by Anna Fiorentino, originally published in the summer 2012 issue of .
It’s not only ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø students who receive a -inspired education. Alumni who teach at universities throughout the country bring their Thayer experiences into their own classrooms and labs. ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Engineer asked eight alumni in academe about their research, Thayer influences, and how to encourage more people to become engineers.
Timothy Weihs ’83, Thayer ’85, is a professor of materials science and engineering at the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. He told ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Engineer, “Thayer gave me a broad education that has served me well, especially as I’ve entered areas beyond my current research. The breadth of education that I received at Thayer has been especially useful as engineering research becomes more interdisciplinary. Through a role I play here at Johns Hopkins, as director of the Center for Leadership Education, I’ve been in contact with Professor about our new program similar to Thayer’s program. I also serve on the External Advisory Committee at Thayer, and it’s been inspirational.â€
The story also features interviews with:
- Kathryn Miller-Jensen ’97, Thayer ’98, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, Yale University
- David Freyberg ’72, Thayer ’72, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Stanford University
- John McNeill ’83, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Sara Atwood ’03, Thayer ’04 and ’05, assistant professor of physics and engineering, Elizabethtown College
- Steven Beyerlein, Thayer ’81, professor of mechanical engineering, University of Idaho
- Dan O. Popa ’93, Adv ’94, Thayer ’94, associate professor of electrical engineering, Automation and Robotics Research Institute, The University of Texas at Arlington
- Thierry Blanchet, Thayer ’88 and ’92, professor of mechanical engineering,
 Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute