Kathy Jenkins Mann watched on television from the Student Center as the space shuttle landed in the early-1980s. At the time, she didn’t realize that moment would propel her to a career in engineering and to her current position with NASA.
Now, the alumna who helped to establish the Temple chapter of the Society of Women Engineers is coming back to campus to speak at the spring commencement ceremony.
“Who knew?,” she laughed when asked to think back at her journey.
Jenkins Mann started with NASA in 1991 and currently manages 70 employees as Associate Branch Head, Mis...
The College of Engineering is about to undergo the first of two phases of renovations to deliver modern, efficient and collaborative spaces designed specifically for engineers.
To best accommodate the needs of a growing student body, a group of student leadership, staff, faculty and architects collaborated to design upgrades to the Science & Engineering Library (SEL), the second floor machine shop and the first floor “Fishbowl” space to be more efficient and flexible while adding expanded technologies.
The expansion is expected to happen in two phases: phase one wi...
Picture yourself as a prospective student, or the parent of one. Orienting yourself to Temple’s campus has always involved a map, particularly for campus tours. However, one senior design team is re-imagining wayfinding for campus tours using autonomous drone flight.
“A lot of times on campus I’ll see people staring at the map. If they’re looking for a while, I try to stop and help them but, it’s not ideal,” said James McHugh (ECE), one the team’s members.
Their solution is also the focus of their senior design project: an autonomous tour drone to navigate Temp...
Most people shop at farmers markets for local tomatoes or squash. Brett Riley (ME) found his team’s senior design project: an opportunity to restore a community greenhouse damaged by vandalism.
“We originally wanted to build our own greenhouse,” Riley said, in describing the team’s focus on sustainability. “But after talking to the farm manager, seeing that the greenhouse was in rough shape from being vandalized, we thought this was a good use of our skills.”
Since, the team has designed technologies that are aimed at giving the farm more control of the humidity and...
During the National Society of Black Engineers National Conference last week, the Temple NSBE Chapter took First Place at the Boeing Flight Competition for the second consecutive year and third time since 2012. But it was how they won this time that set them apart.
The competition included two components: presentation and design examining various aspects of building and construction of the balsa wood gliders and another for flight distance. The Temple team focused on the flight portion.
Working with Boeing engineer Kenneth Carter (ME, '11)—a member of the 2012 Temple team an...
