Four Lafayette Engineers Named Tau Beta Pi Scholars

Four Lafayette Engineering seniors have been awarded Tau Beta Pi (TBP) scholarships to support their final year of undergraduate study: Sophia (Bella) Harrill ’26, Owen Paschke ’26, Kashif Chopra ’26, and Aidan Rose ’26. The TBP scholarship is one of the most prestigious honors in engineering education.

Sophia (Bella) Harrill ’26, Chemical Engineering
An honors thesis candidate, Harrill recently completed a process engineering internship at Air Products and hopes to pursue a career as a process engineer in the pharmaceutical or chemical industries. On campus, Bella serves as co-president of Lafayette’s AIChE chapter and vice president of the Tau Beta Pi chapter. Beyond engineering, she leads a volunteer effort to plant pawpaw trees on campus and serves on the advisory board of Camp Manatawny, a Christian summer camp in Pennsylvania.

Owen Paschke ’26, Mechanical Engineering
Born in Houston, Texas, in an engineering family, Paschke developed an early interest for the field. At Lafayette, he serves as president of the Pennsylvania Epsilon chapter of Tau Beta Pi, vice president of Engineers Without Borders, and captain of the club baseball team. He hopes to pursue a career in renewable energy or another global-impact field where he can apply his engineering training and leadership experience.

Kashif Chopra ’26, Electrical and Computer Engineering
An Electrical & Computer Engineering major and Economics minor, Chopra co-founded SpaceOna, a campus project developing sensors to track laundry machine availability in real time. His interests extend to public speaking and debate, working out, playing the Indian hand drum called a tabla, traveling, and spending time outdoors. He plans to apply his technical, product management, and problem-solving skills to tackling real-world challenges after graduation.

Aidan Rose ’26, Mechanical Engineering
Aidan pairs his mechanical engineering studies with a philosophy minor. He has held internships with the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Philadelphia and BR+A Consulting Engineers in New York City. His current research focuses on developing a bicycle simulator that responds to user exertion, as well as examining galling testing procedures. Aidan also serves as president of the club spikeball team, an engineering peer mentor, an orientation leader, and is an active member of the Marquis Scholars, Lafayette Activities Forum, and Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. He looks forward to applying his engineering skills in industry after graduation.

These four Lafayette engineers embody Tau Beta Pi’s mission of scholarship, integrity, and service, continuing a proud tradition of excellence that has earned Lafayette students TBP scholarships for the last decade.