Groups of students huddled together in the Texas Tech University Livermore Center, working furiously against the clock. After being postponed a week, so students could avoid icy roads, the annual 24- hour Appathon mobile application-creating contest was held Friday at 6:30 p.m. through Saturday evening, and contained five groups of students. The event was sponsored […]
Appathon Contest to be Held Feb. 27, Students Encouraged to Compete
February 18, 2015 by
The Texas Tech University Appathon, a student mobile application-building contest, is scheduled for Feb. 27. There is still a week left for students to register for the competition and have a chance at winning prizes such as GoPro cameras, digital tablets and campus parking passes. Hosted by the College of Media and Communication and the […]
Striving For Safety : “One Explosion At A Time”
May 5, 2014 by
The Hub@TTU presents a new web series! “Striving for Safety” will feature research labs around campus. These videos will show what they do and how they stay safe. For the first episode, we visited the Combustion Lab in the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. In the mechanical engineering lab, students and faculty members […]
Female Engineer : “My Brain And My Shoes Are Not Connected.”
March 26, 2014 by
With fuchsia nail lacquer and impeccably glossed lips, Mukaddes Darwish is a vision of femininity. Her office is filled with pictures of family and student groups, with an Ulta Beauty shopping bag on her desk. The ladylike office sticks out on the second floor of the mechanical engineering building. Darwish, Ph.D., is the only female […]
Tech Graduate Schools Ranked on U.S. News & World Report
March 11, 2014 by
Both the Rawls College of Business Administration’s and the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering’s graduate schools were ranked in the top 100 ‘Best Grad Schools’ announced Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report. The lists separately ranks schools by their areas of study. The best business schools section ranked Tech’s business college as […]
Application Builder
February 26, 2014 by
Slamming down energy drinks and filling up on pizza was the key to success for Delta Unknown, who won the 2014 Appathon on Feb. 22. Three teams participated in this year’s competition, hosted by the College of Media and Communication and the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. Laredo Petroleum Inc. and Timeforge also […]
