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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... More

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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... More

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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... More

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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... More

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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... More