Engineering Education and Careers
In this blog, Test & Measurement World contributing editors comment on the state of engineering education and careers for recent engineering graduates.
And the winner is...Scotch Tape?
From the debut of “Scotty McTape” in the 1950’s, to the 1978 Saturday Night Live skit, “Scotch Boutique,” Scotch Tape has become a household name and a celebrated convenience for all our sealing needs. Now, in the year 2010, Scotch tape has helped two Russian-born scientists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov to win a Nobel Prize in physics. University of Manch ...... Read More
Comments (3)IDEAS for world change
To envision making a positive change in the world is easy; putting these visions into action is what matters most. The 2011 MIT Global Challenge seeks innovative teams of MIT students and collaborators to work with a community partner to design projects that improve the quality of life in communities around the world. As the MIT website states, the program was “Developed in conjunction with ...... Read More
Comments (1)Put your mind to the test…and win big!
Knovel, the leading provider of a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools has announced the fourth annual Knovel University Challenge. The challenge requires students to answer at least three questions across multiple engineering disciplines in order to be entered into a random drawing for prizes. Perhaps the most rewarding part of the challenge wil ...... Read More
Comments (1)Better tools for better schools
The most cutting edge technology is not always easy to acquire for schools and training programs. Fluke Corporation, the global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology is aiming to provide the chance for educators to obtain state-of-the-art equipment. Through the new Fluke Industrial Control Grant Program, $65,000 worth of test instruments is up for grabs for instructors in a ...... Read More
Comments (1)Firefighting robots
Attention inventors of all ages and experience: Let the worries of a house fire happening to you or your family extinguish! Now you can bring “Sparky the Fire Dog” to life. Trinity College will be holding its 18th Annual Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest in the spring of 2011. The idea behind the competition is for inventors of all ages and skill level to create a firefighting, compu ...... Read More
Comments (1)Work on a project for NASA
NASA is looking for students to submit ideas and create projects for their 2011 RASC-AL, or Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage contest. Undergraduate and graduate engineering students are invited to choose one of next year’s themes to work on: designs for a cost-effective 2030 mission to a near-Earth object; approaches to reduce the risk of orbital debris from space j ...... Read More
Comments (4)MIT to go green
At a time when society is striving to be more environmentally friendly, many students are considering how “green” a college is when they are going through the college researching process. Now MIT is joining the ongoing trend of helping the environment by making plans to become more energy efficient. NSTAR, a leading Massachusetts electric and gas company, has teamed up with MIT for t ...... Read More
Comments (1)Powered by movement
Wouldn’t it be cool if when you stepped into a room, music would start to play? Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to charge your MP3 player? Researchers at the University of Southampton are currently working on generating energy in a way that will make these scenarios quite possible. Dr Steve Beeby was awarded the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Leader ...... Read More
Comments (2)HELP-ing Africa
This summer, rather than heading to the beach or renting a summer house with friends, a group of students from Dartmouth’s college of engineering are using their education to help better society. Nine students made the long trek to Tanzania as members of HELP (Humanitarian Engineering Leadership Projects) Worldwide. Their goal this summer is to use what they’ve learned in their engin ...... Read More
Comments (0)Professors experimenting with hurricane force
Hurricanes are one of nature’s most dangerous natural disasters. Luckily, engineers work every day to make buildings more or less hurricane-proof. But did you ever wonder just how they know that a room or building can withstand the force of a mighty hurricane? Like true scientists, they must test their designs. And what better way than to replicate the wrath of the storm itself? Ian Roberts ...... Read More
Comments (0)Students use sign language...over the phone
The advent of texting has allowed the deaf to communicate over cellphones like never before. However, now research is in progress for giving them the opportunity to correspond with one another over the phone in the way they feel most comfortable- by signing. Many smart phones like the iPhone offer video chat technology. However, the picture quality is not currently good enough for signing to be ef ...... Read More
Comments (3)Laser....backpack?
Imagine walking into an unknown building, and exiting with a 3D model of its interior. The only extraneous equipment you had on was a bulky backpack, and all you did was push a button. Well, this scenario has transformed into a plausible reality. It is not uncommon to see 3-dimensional views of areas even as large as cities. Google Earth shows great detail in its 3D perspective of streets, buildin ...... Read More
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