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Space design challenge 2011

2011 will ring in another year for a NASA space design competition. For students who wish to help further space exploration and development, ASA is searching for college and graduate level students In the US who are interested in devising technology for the 2011 Space Tech Engineering Design Challenge . ASA has requested that those who have competed in other NASA contests, such as Lunabotics... More

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Researchers want to know how engineers think

53 engineering educators will come together on December 13 to participate in the upcoming National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education program. The goal of the symposium is to focus on ways to ensure that students are learning the necessary fundamental engineering skills to become an effective engineer or engineering researcher. Shane Brown, an assistant... More

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Students engineer independence

This could very well be the most stressful point in the semester for most students. Preparing for presentations, researching for final projects, and struggling to deliver quality work to achieve that ‘A’ can be altogether daunting. For one engineering class, getting an ‘A’ is not exactly what’s most important this semester. Students in one University of... More

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Engineering class strives for professionalism

For most graduating engineering students, post-college can often seem overwhelming and even frightening. Yet, one Penn State Professor aims to educate students on developing skills to assertively dive into the job market. Anita Persaud, associate director of the Multicultural Engineering Program at Penn State has created the class, ENGR 497G: “Career Development Seminar,”... More

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Laser camera sees around corners

If you could tell me that you could see what’s coming around the corner, I would say you have psychic powers. Yet, Professor Ramesh Raskar, head of the Camera Culture group at MIT’s Media Lab, would say you have a new camera. A group of students from the MIT Media Lab and Raskar have developed a camera that can literally take pictures of something, or someone that’s... More