Joseph B. Stoney was a 23-year-old out of Northeast Philadelphia when he started his Temple journey almost a decade ago. After overcoming a series of obstacles that would have defeated many students, he will become the first person in his family to earn a college degree. The mechanical engineering major has been chosen to be the student speaker at Temple's 126th Commencement Exercises.

Nearly 50 engineering faculty, staff, students and alumni got a sneak peek at the College of Engineering's new Bioengineering Department during an informal open house last week.

During an Engineers Week session held in the College of Engineering's exhibit hall, astronaut David Wolf discussed his experiences from more than four space missions with approximately 50 students, mostly from the College of Engineering.

Juniors in a fluids mechanics course taught by Mechanical Engineering Professor Jim Chen turned the recreational field at 11th Street and Montgomery Avenue into Cape Canaveral last week, launching uncooked eggs aboard water and compressed air-powered rockets they designed and built from two-liter plastic soda bottles.

Temple's week-long celebration of National Engineers Week concluded with a public demonstration of student and faculty research projects at Amtrak's 30th Street Station. Nearly a dozen students, faculty and staff from the College of Engineering took part in the demo, which was arranged by Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Eengineering Joseph Picone.