Engineering Students at Work
Test & Measurement World contributing editor Jessica MacNeil profiles the various engineering internships and education opportunities available to students and their experiences in the industry. Jessica is a senior Journalism major at Northeastern University.
Now is the time to promote engineering
You’ve probably heard the worries that the US is falling behind in science and technology and looking for more students to pursue careers in these fields, but apparently engineering and computer science students are declining around the world, in Europe, Australia, Japan, and India. Alarmed by this trend, and worried about the effect it could have on public welfare and technological progres ...... Read More
Comments (0)Gifted student engineers through origami
Nicholas Kramer has his own Web site dedicated to origami, Origami Squared. He identifies a relationship between origami and engineering by using the folded paper art to demonstrate how physical structures are built and behave. The 14-year-old York Township, PA native knows a bit about engineering himself, as he studies it at York College of Pennsylvania on a full scholarship. ...... Read More
Comments (0)Innovation Center helps businesses get off the ground
Starting a business requires a lot of resources and comes with a high risk of failure. For those reasons, business incubator programs are designed to provide support for businesses to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial companies. Ohio University’s Innovation Center offers business services, resources, and facilities to promote and aid entrepreneurship. The center featu ...... Read More
Comments (0)Team Hyper begins its robotics season
Every Wednesday at Quincy High School’s Center for Technical Education in Quincy, MA, students from the school and nearby North Quincy High School meet as Hyper Robotics Team 69. Team Hyper’s name is an acronym for its purpose: helping youth pursue engineering and robotics. Sponsored by Quincy Public Schools and Gillette, the team designs and builds robots to compete in regional comp ...... Read More
Comments (0)PhD student helps advance wind-produced energy
Wind-produced energy is an idea that dates back to the development of windmills in Persia, but there are still obstacles keeping wind turbines from being heavily relied upon today. While working on his PhD at the Public University of Navarre in Spain, Jesús López Taberna began researching solutions for problems wind turbines experience during dips in voltage in a part of the e ...... Read More
Comments (1)Think outside the bubble
Another competition aimed at getting young innovators to create solutions for real-world challenges is asking students to "think outside the bubble," by using Bubble Wrap. The Sealed Air Corporation and the National Museum of Education are teaming up to present the third annual Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors, which invites middle and junior high school students to make inventions that ...... Read More
Comments (0)Iraq veteran is honored for designing life-saving equipment
One of the most dangerous threats to mobile units in Iraq have been improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Able to attest to that is Marine Sgt. Jason Cox, who while serving seven months in Iraq in 2006, often patrolled near Fullujah in a Humvee. Recognizing the threat, Cox put his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute to use as he set out to design a device to d ...... Read More
Comments (3)EcoCAR uses student innovation to design more efficient cars
The idea behind science fairs is for students to learn, but there’s always the possibility of finding technological breakthroughs that could be used in the real world. That same idea has been expanded upon by the Department of Energy, General Motors, the Mathworks, and other sponsors of the university-level competition EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge. EcoCAR aims to “advance the level of ...... Read More
Comments (0)IEEE calls on young engineers to make real change
While technology is an issue of national concern discussed by Presidential candidates, the IEEE Presidents are looking to foster interest in engineering education and inspire change through technology. IEEE is “Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future” with the introduction of a new competition to reward students for using technology to solve life challenges. In the 2008 elec ...... Read More
Comments (1)A new generation of nerds
Nerd is typically not a highly sought after title, but there are a group of female engineers from Tufts University out to prove they live up to the name. The Nerd Girls are a group of 16 female engineering students who are featured in a reality series of the same name that’s out to prove that engineering can make a difference in everyone’s lives and that women can play an important ...... Read More
Comments (0)IUPUI offers first degree in motor sports engineering
Sometimes students who have very specific career goals and industries in mind have to get general degrees then work their way into their field and be trained on the job. But if your industry is motor sports, one school is offering a specific degree program to prepare you for your career. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), located in what is known as the home of open-wheel r ...... Read More
Comments (0)Teenager engineers impressive domino display
Although dominos are intended to be pieces of a board game, setting them up and knocking them down is arguably a great deal more fun. Despite the simplicity of it, some people go to great lengths to set up elaborate designs that often put on quite a display of clever engineering and design. After years of collecting and a full year of careful planning, 16-year-old Max Poser’s design w ...... Read More
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