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MARCH 2008

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COVER STORY: Help Wanted
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ONCE HAD TO COMPETE FOR COVETED FEDERAL JOBS. NOW THE GOVERNMENT MUST COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ATTRACT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST. - BY JEFFREY SELINGO
FEATURE: Caroline Baillie
AN ENGINEER CAMPAIGNS ON TWO FRONTS: AGAINST POVERTY IN ARGENTINA AND OLD-STYLE TEACHING AT HOME. - BY MARGARET LOFTUS
FEATURE: Route to the Top
A FIFTH OF THE TOP EXECUTIVES AT AMERICA’S BIGGEST COMPANIES ARE ENGINEERS. ONE REASON: THEIR HARD-NOSED PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS HELP THE BOTTOM LINE. BY THOMAS K. GROSE

FEBRUARY 2008

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COVER STORY: Staying on Track
ENGINEERING SCHOOLS USED TO SHRUG OFF HIGH ATTRITION RATES. NOW THEY’RE WORKING TO HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE EARLY—AND ENDURING—SUCCESS. - BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: The Sky's the Limit
A SMALL NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS THINK THEY CAN RE-ENGINEER THE CLIMATE TO STALL OR REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING. BUT TO ENVIRONMENTALISTS, SUCH IDEAS ARE HERESY. - BY CORINNA WU
FEATURE: Harvard Turns a Corner
WITH THE RARE OPENING OF A NEW SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY RESTORES ENGINEERING TO ITS ONCE-PROMINENT SPOT. - BY PIERRE HOME-DOUGLAS
SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE: 2008 ASEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ISSUE
2008 ASEE Annual Conference - June 22 - 25, 2008 - Pittsburgh, PA
Learn more about ASEE's 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition, including workshops, distinguished lecturers and special tours. Find out why Pittsburgh is the place to be in late June.

JANUARY 2008

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COVER STORY: Game of Chance
TO STAY COMPETITIVE, AMERICA NEEDS A LEADER COMMITTED TO MAKING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A PRIORITY, EDUCATORS SAY. BUT NONE OF THE 2008 CANDIDATES OFFERS A SURE BET. - BY JEFFREY SELINGO- BY JEFFREY SELINGO
FEATURE: Extreme Learning
CAR BOMBS, TSUNAMI SHELTERS, SPACE ROBOTS—UNIVERSITY LABS ARE MAKING THE STUDY OF ENGINEERING EVER MORE REAL. WHO WOULDN’T GET DRAWN IN WITH HANDS-ON PROJECTS LIKE THESE? - BY MARY LORD
FEATURE: Too Little Respect
BRITISH ENGINEERS, ONCE THE PRIDE OF AN EMPIRE, ARE TYPECAST BY THE PUBLIC AND RARELY REACH THE EXECUTIVE SUITE. EDUCATORS EXPLORE CURRICULUM CHANGES TO GIVE THE PROFESSION A BOOST. - BY THOMAS K. GROSE

DECEMBER 2007

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COVER STORY: Why Won’t She Listen?
JUST WHEN WOMEN START TO MAKE THEIR MARK AS ENGINEERING EDUCATORS, YOUNG FEMALE STUDENTS ARE TUNING THEM OUT. - BY MARGARET LOFTUS
FEATURE: A Practical Visionary
RICHARD LIEBICH BROUGHT BUSINESS SAVVY TO THE TASK OF PREPARING YOUNG STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE ENGINEERING. - BY PIERRE HOME-DOUGLAS
FEATURE: Taking the Plunge
THE FIRST ENGINEERING GRADUATES OF OLIN COLLEGE SAY THE SCHOOL’S EMPHASIS ON TEAMWORK AND INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING GAVE THEM A LEG UP ON CHALLENGING CAREERS. - BY ANNA MULRINE

NOVEMBER 2007

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COVER STORY: ‘Patch and Pray’ -
AMERICA’S NEGLECT OF ITS INFRASTRUCTURE HAS ALREADY PRODUCED FATAL DISASTER AND ECONOMIC LOSS. RESEARCH CAN EASE THE PROBLEM, BUT SUCCESS REQUIRES MORE MONEY, SPENT MORE WISELY. BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: GM Shifts Gears
SHEDDING OUTDATED DESIGN PRACTICES, THE AUTO GIANT ENLISTS THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO DEVELOP A WORLDWIDE POOL OF ENGINEERS TRAINED IN CROSS-CULTURAL TEAMWORK. BY MARY LORD
FEATURE: Eye on the World
CALL IT ‘GLOBALISM FOR GEARHEADS.’ A UNIVERSITY-STATE-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA CREATES TECHNOLOGY—FROM NEW CANCER TREATMENT TO INTERNET ACCESS FOR POOR CAMBODIANS—THAT IS BOTH GROUNDBREAKING AND SOCIALLY USEFUL. BY PIERRE HOME-DOUGLAS

OCTOBER 2007

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COVER STORY: BANGALORE-JOLT
INDIA’S RAPID HIGH-TECH GROWTH HAS FUELED A HUGE DEMAND FOR WELL-TRAINED ENGINEERS. STARTUPS, INDUSTRY, RETURNING EXPATRIATES AND EVEN A SPIRITUAL LEADER—THE ‘HUGGING SAINT’—OFFER INNOVATIVE WAYS TO FILL THE VOID. BUT ARE THEIR EFFORTS ENOUGH? BY LUCILLE CRAFT
FEATURE: 2 FOR 1
IN PUTTING ITS BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING SCHOOLS UNDER ONE ROOF, PENN STATE BEHREND AIMS TO FOSTER CREATIVE TEAMWORK WHILE MAKING ITS STUDENTS ATTRACTIVE TO INDUSTRY. BY MARY LORD
FEATURE: EDUCATOR FOR THE REAL WORLD
JIM MELSA WANTED TO CHANGE HOW ENGINEERING IS TAUGHT, EVEN IF IT MADE HIM ‘A PAIN IN THE NECK.’ BY PIERRE HOME-DOUGLAS

SEPTEMBER 2007

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COVER STORY: What Price Security?
More research and development funding is flowing to government labs and industry—but not to engineering schools. BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: Team Player
Football opened doors, but engineering "opened the world" for The University Of Delaware's new president. BY ALVIN P. SANOFF
FEATURE: A Network of a Different Stripe
Zebras go wireless on the Kenyan plains. BY DON BOROUGHS

SUMMER 2007

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COVER STORY: Cream of the Crop
Engineering students usually stick close to home for their training, but more are finding that experience abroad gives them a distinct advantage in the eyes of employers. - BY MARGARET LOFTUS
FEATURE: Hero by Nature
Hero by Nature - UC Berkeley professor Jay Keasling takes his farm-grown work ethic to the fight against malaria. - BY ALICE DANIEL
FEATURE: Wringing Gold From the Old
Wringing Gold From the Old - Rochester Institute of Technology’s remanufacturing expertise helps turn used widgets into good-as-new wonders. - BY THOMAS K. GROSE

APRIL 2007

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COVER STORY: Powering Up the Pipeline
Schools hope their innovative K-12 programs will propel more students into college engineering courses—and careers. - BY JEFFREY SELINGO
FEATURE: Germany’s Bright Flight
An engineering brain drain prompts Europe’s largest economy to seek reforms and coax its talented flock back to the nest. - BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: Piercings, Not Pocket Protectors
Tufts engineering undergrads show young girls that engineering can be cool—just by being themselves. - BY MARGARET LOFTUS

MARCH 2007

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COVER STORY: Role Reversal
WHILE GETTING ACCEPTED TO A FOUR-YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM CAN BE DIFFICULT, ONCE THEY’RE IN, COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS PROVE THEIR WORTH AND WIN OVER UNIVERSITY SKEPTICS. BY JEFFREY SELINGO
FEATURE: Where the Action Is
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY COMPANIES ARE OUTSOURCING THEIR R&D ABROAD. THE COUNTRY’S MARKET APPEAL IS ONE OF THEM. BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: Mostly Sunny Skies
AFTER WEATHERING SEVERE BUDGET CUTS, STATE SPENDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IS ON THE RISE AS LEGISLATORS REALIZE THE CRUCIAL ROLE UNIVERSITIES PLAY IN THE STATE’S ECONOMY. BY THOMAS K. GROSE

FEBRUARY 2007

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COVER STORY: Meeting of the Minds
APPLYING THEIR PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS TO HEALTHCARE, ENGINEERS ARE CHANGING MODERN MEDICINE. BY BETHANY HALFORD
FEATURE: Girl Power
THE GIRLS SCOUTS ARE WORKING HARD TO ATTRACT GIRLS TO ENGINEERING. BY LYNNE SHALLCROSS
FEATURE: A Man of Big IDEOS
STANFORD’S DAVID KELLEY URGES HIS STUDENTS NOT TO THINK LIKE A TYPICAL ENGINEER WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN. BY ALICE DANIEL
SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE
ASEE's 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition, including workshops, distinguished lecturers and special tours. Find out why Hawaii is the place to be in late June.

JANUARY 2007

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FEATURE: 21st Century Prof.
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO DO IT ALL—RAISE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY TO FUND RESEARCH PROJECTS AND EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL. BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: Counting on Them
THERE WERE FEW MISHAPS IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, BUT COMPUTER ENGINEERS SAY THAT DOESN’T MEAN VOTING MACHINES AREN’T FRAUGHT WITH RISKS. BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: A Man of Vision
PENN STATE ENGINEERING DEAN DAVID WORMLEY OVERSEES ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST ENGINEERING PROGRAMS AND SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF ASEE. BY PIERRE HOME-DOUGLAS

DECEMBER 2006

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COVER STORY: A Future Engineer?
To stay competitive, the U.S. needs to attract more Hispanics to engineering, and there are a number of programs doing just that. - By Margaret Loftus
FEATURE: Please Don’t Go
Europe is trying to boost its research funding so PH.D.’s don’t leave for better opportunities in the United States. - By Thomas K. Grose
FEATURE: Japan’s Slow-Moving Tide
A few professors are pushing for curriculum change in Japan’s tightly regulated world of academe. - By Lucille Craft

NOVEMBER 2006

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COVER STORY: Fields of Fuel
Engineers are developing promising sources for alternative fuels. - By Bethany Halford
FEATURE: Higher Ambitions
University of Maryland President Dan Mote Jr. is pushing to make his school a top 10 research university.- By Alvin P. Sanoff
FEATURE: The Burden of Plagiarism
The cheating scandal at Ohio University has raised all sorts of questions. - By Thomas K. Grose

OCTOBER 2006

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COVER STORY: Trouble on the Horizon
ASEE’s new numbers show declining enrollments, particularly among women. - BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: Get SMART
A new government program helps students pay for an education in science and engineering. - BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: Tulane’s Next Move
Engineering at Tulane is facing a major restructuring after Katrina. - BY JEFFREY SELINGO

SEPTEMBER 2006

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COVER STORY: Booting Up
In Texas, top levels of government, industry and academia work together to attract more engineers. - BY THOMAS K. GROSE
FEATURE: Woman of the World
As head of the World Bank Institute, engineer Frannie Léautier can make a real difference. - BY PIERRE HOME-DOUGLAS
FEATURE: Getting in Gear
Mexico enrolls over 450,000 students in engineering programs and may become a player in the global economy. - BY JEFFREY SELINGO

Summer 2006

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MAY I HELP YOU? - More and more engineering schools are embracing service learning as a way to prepare students for the real world. By Jeffrey Selingo
FERTILE NEW GROUND - An increasing number of researchers are looking into how engineering students learn. By Thomas K. Grose
FEAST OR FAMINE? - The nation’s R&D budget will shrink for fiscal year 2007, but there are some bright spots. By Thomas K. Grose
TOUR DE FACTORY - A behind-the-scenes look at some of the nation’s most interesting factories.

April 2006

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ALL THE RIGHT MOVES
More and more engineering deans are moving into the ranks of provosts. What’s behind the new trend? - By Alvin P. Sanoff
SHAKY GROUND
Civil engineering professor Peter Nicholson, who investigated levee failures in New Orleans, reminds us that the nation has many infrastructure problems. - By Pierre Home-Douglas
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
Today, distance education takes many forms, including beaming classes across campus. - By Nancy Shute

March 2006

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TO THE RESCUE
Engineers use their skills to help solve the problems of the developing world. - By Anna Mulrin.
ON THE MOVE
Ireland’s tech-based economy means that many more engineers will be needed. - By Thomas K. Grose
THE HOUSE THAT KIM BUILT
Jeong H. Kim is part of a new breed of entrepreneurs whose generosity has helped to create state-of-the-art engineering programs. - By Mary Lord

February 2006

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SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE:

FEBRUARY 2006 ISSUE:
Time-consuming wrangling with industry over intellectual property issues are making negotiations more difficult.
SPECIAL 2006 ASEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ISSUE:
2006 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
JUNE 18-21, 2006
Chicago, Illinois

January 2006

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A NEW ERA - Concerns about global warming and oil shortages are making nuclear energy more attractive. - By Corinna Wu
A POWERFUL FORCE - Ioannis Miaoulis is using the Boston Museum of Science to intoduce engineering to children at a young age. By Alice Daniel
A MIND FOR DESIGN - Engineering psychology—a discipline that looks at the why behind the design. By Pierre Home-Douglas

December 2005

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WAVE OF INFLUENCE - Three foundations have had a major impact on biomedical engineering, entrepreneurship and distance education. - By Jeffrey Selingo
SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE - The Bachelor of Arts degree in engineering is for people who want to be conversant in technology, but not necessarily engineers. - By Anna Mulrine
ENGINEERING? ¡SÍ! - A program popping up in many high schools draws Latino and other underrepresented students into engineering. - By Margaret Loftus

November 2005
SPECIAL ISSUE: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

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SPECIAL ISSUE: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
DOWN, BUT NOT OUT - Thanks to Katrina, Tulane and the University of New Orleans have had to find other ways to get their students into the classroom. - By Thomas K. Grose, Mary Lord and Lynne Shallcross
DIVINE INTERVENTION - Cornell’s W. Kent Fuchs almost didn’t pursue an engineering career. His first choice was the ministry. - By Alvin P. Sanoff
FIRST TO FILE - Major changes that appear underway in the U.S. patent system would reward the first applicant to get in the paperwork. - By Bethany Halford

October 2005
SPECIAL ISSUE: Women in Engineering

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COMPETING FORCES - What can we learn from medicine, business and law, all of which do a better job than engineering at attracting women? By Alvin P. Sanoff
MAKING IT THROUGH THE MAZE - Women find themselves going around a lot of blind corners when it comes to getting tenure. By Mary Lord
OPENING DOORS - Stanford engineering professor Sheri Sheppard knows what it’s like to be the only female faculty member in the department. By Alice Daniel

September 2005

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Coming to America - From terminology to résumé pointers, Cooper Union’s job-oriented retraining program helps immigrant engineers build their American dreams. By Mary Lord
Planting the Seed - eBay's first president, Jeffrey Skoll, helps University of Toronto students build stronger engineering careers–with business. By Pierre Home-Douglas
Jolly Good Fellow - University of Sheffield’s Noel Sharkey made his name in robotics. Now he’s using bots to sell young Brits on engineering. By Thomas K. Grose

Summer 2005

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THE REAL WORLD - Six Smith College grads recount their experiences during their first year as engineers. And they react to Harvard President Larry Summers' recent comments. By Anna Mulrine
CUTTING THE GORDIAN KNOT - After the federal government began restricting funding for stem-cell research, a number of states jumped in to take up the slack, but a lack of coordination among states could lead to limited results. By Jeffrey Selingo
MAKING IT BIG - As world consumption of materials steadily increases, mining education graduates are few in number and highly pursued. By Corinna Wu
RISING AGAIN - As the last of the World Trade Center buildings to fall, Seven WTC held its ground until just after 5 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2001. And almost four years later, it's the first making its way back up. Photographs by Sylvia Plachy

April 2005

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THE NEXT REVOLUTION: China has set its sights on becoming a world leader in engineering, and the college campus is the breeding ground for reform. By Lucille Craft
SEND IN THE ENGINEERS: Soon after the tsunami disaster, U.S. researchers headed to flood-ravaged Sri Lanka to learn what they could about mitigating such destruction in the future. By Thomas K. Grose
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE PRESIDENCY: Purdue President Martin Jischke recognized early on that he could better serve society by assuming leadership positions. By Alvin P. Sanoff

March 2005

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THE MECHANICS OF A CAREER: Six highly accomplished educators tell why they became engineers.
By Thomas K. Grose
A CLICK AWAY: A new online collection of hands-on engineering lessons and activities is up and running.
By Barbara Mathias-Riegel
YOU CALL THIS SCHOOL?: Undergraduates at Caltech are SURFing their way to innovative research.
By Pierre Home-Douglas

February 2005

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February 2005 issue: Between 2003-2004, applications from abroad to U.S. graduate engineering schools declined 36 percent. Post 9/11 visa restrictions continue to discourage foreign applicants.
Special 2005 ASEE Annual Conference Issue:
2005 ASEE Annual Conference June 12-15 - Portland, Oregon Discover Portland
Engineering's New Look: The engineering department at the University of Texas-San Antonio has done an impressive job of attracting minorities to its program. By Thomas K. Grose

January 2005

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Lending a Hand: Retention is a big issue in engineering education, and more schools are developing programs to keep students from dropping out. - By Margaret Loftus
Crafting a New Curriculum: Hands-on learning has taken Japanese engineering education by storm, gaining a cachet somewhere between motherhood and sushi.- By Lucille Craft
Measure for Measure: Despite its liberal arts focus, Alverno College may be able to tell engineering schools a bit about assessment. - By Alvin P. Sanoff

December 2004

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Engineering For Everyone: Everyone needs to know about engineering, and more and more schools are teaching the basics to nonengineers. - By Bethany Halford
Model Behavior: Vanderbilt professor Peter Cummings is developing one of the most accurate models of water ever created. - By Pierre Home-Douglas
Answering the Call: Aerospace and defense companies are working to get more youngsters into the engineering pipeline. - By Robert Gardner

November 2004

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Above the Fray: Bucking the trend in higher education, engineering departments have yet to employ nontenured "contingent" faculty in significant numbers. - By Thomas K. Grose
The Water Guy: First, Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards discovered dangerously high levels of lead in Washington, D.C.'s, drinking water. Then he had to persuade the bureaucracy to get the word out. - By Pierre Home-Douglas
Storm Riders: Thanks to hurricanes like Charley and Francis, engineering students in Florida get real-world research experience with hurricanes—and are making houses safer in the process. - By Stephen Budiansky

October 2004

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Sweating the Small Stuff: Nanotechnology has the potential to greatly improve our lives, and schools are scrambling to figure out how to teach it. By Corinna Wu
East Side Story: The digital divide in Europe is pretty wide, and the former Eastern bloc countries are information technology "have-nots." By Thomas K. Grose
True Grit: University of Colorado professor Jackie Sullivan has forged a remarkably successful career, from climbing the corporate ladder at EDS to turning youngsters on to engineering. By Mary Lord

September 2004

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The Cheating Culture: Professors say that college students are cheating now more than ever. And engineering students are no exception. By Jeffrey Selingo
Remade in Japan: Japan is working to improve the quality of engineering education, which has slipped in recent years so that grads are no longer guaranteed jobs. By Lucille Craft
Revolutionary Approach: To build the unmanned X-45 fighter, Boeing and Northrup Grumman are experimenting with a new design process: spiral development. By Stephen Budiansky

Summer 2004

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Expanding the Mind: Creativity is such an integral part of being an engineer, but how on Earth do you teach it?
Pure Motion: How Cornell University's engineers, mathematicians, and librarians are bringing the Reuleaux models to the world.
An Engineer First: After leaving his boot print on the moon, Neil Armstrong returned to what got him there and back - engineering.
Lights, Camera, Trains: Engineering was good training for photographer O. Winston Link, particularly when it came to shooting fast-moving steam engines in the dark of the night.

April 2004

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High School Goes High Tech: Until recently, high schools that catered to students gifted in math and science were few and far between, but now they're popping up all over the place.
The Voice of Engineering: Bill Hammack uses the airwaves to emphasize engineering in everyday life.
The Power of One: A single cyber-thief can steal millions worldwide with a few clicks of a keyboard, but engineering schools are coming up with ways to fight back.

March 2004

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A New Kind of Engineer(x): The pharmaceutical industry needed someone who could manage the expensive task of developing drugs. Enter the pharmaceutical engineer.
114th and Success: The street signs outside young Yvonne Freeman's window were prophetic in foreseeing her future as an extraordinary mentor for youngsters in science, math - and engineering.
Toys that Teach: Teachers are discovering that toys like Slinkys and yo-yo's may be better than books when it comes to teaching kids about engineering.

February 2004 - Special Annual Conference Issue

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Opening a New Book: Today's engineering students must be able to communicate well, work in teams, and take societal concerns into account. The question for educators is how to teach these skills.
Miracle Workers : Bioengineers are developing micro-electronic devices that could lead to amazing medical breakthroughs, including rudimentary sight recognition for the blind and, for the paralyzed, the ability to reach and grab.
Few and Far Between: Females students are hard to find in engineering technology program but schools are working to address the problem.
Soaring in Salt Lake City: Breathtaking natural beauty, world-class restaurants, shops, museums, and family history. Salt Lake City has it all.
What's Cooking: Salt Lake City Dining Guide

January 2004

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Putting it into Perspective: Globalization has hit the engineering workforce hard in the United States, but the nation's strongest assets - innovation and creativity - should help keep its competitive edge.
Painting Everyone Into The Picture: Princeton's new engineering dean Maria Klawe wants to broaden engineering so that all the school's undergraduates learn about the impact of technology on society.
Wizardry at Work: Joel Spira and his wife, Ruth, have always believed in the importance of engineering education. They have been giving out awards for teaching excellence for 20 years and are still going strong today.

December 2003

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My Job Lies Over The Ocean: Globalization is helping to strengthen economies abroad by creating high-tech jobs at wages too low for American workers - and U.S. engineers are starting to feel the effects.
The De-Ice Man Cometh: A Canadian professor of mechanical engineering has given aircraft designers a powerful tool to help minimize the dangerous effects of ice forming on wings during flight.
Connecting the Dots: A professor at Rice University has developed an electronic textbook of sorts that could become the model for engineering education.
Nominations for 2004 ASEE Elections

November 2003

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Munching on Hazardous Waste: Cleaning up toxic waste is a huge job in the United States. Engineering researchers are putting microbes to work consuming toxic contaminants.
Taking A Crack at Predicting Quakes: Researchers are studying ways to process the mountains of real-time data on earthquakes - all in an effort to improve their dismal record of forecasting them.
Pursuing New Paths: The number of chemical engineering grads continues to decline, but that may be partly because students are being wooed away to bioengineering departments.
Toy Story: An engineer has made a career out of creating hot-selling toys such as Fur-Real, a lifelike cat that can hiss and flex its back when provoked.

October 2003

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Proceed With Caution: The debate about academic researchers getting too cozy with industry rages on. It's a relationship that can work, however, if certain rules are followed.
The Corps at a Crossroad: While the Army Corps of Engineers has been charged with helping to rebuild Iraq, the venerable agency finds itself in trouble at home. It has turned to engineering educators for help.
A Model For Success: Stanford's Tom Byers has plenty of experience as an entrepreneur and now he's teaching engineering students how to navigate the complex world of business.

September 2003

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The Winning Edge: Engineering researchers helped the U. S. triumph on the battlefield of Iraq and will play a crucial role in transforming the military of the future.
The Phoenix Man: The person who supervised the massive and complex cleanup at the World Trade Center following the terrorist attacks was - what else? An engineer.
Clean Machines: Hydrogen-powered cars may be one answer to the nation's pollution problems, but the technology is still more than a decade down the road.

May-June 2003

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The Graduate: Educators Struggle to prepare well-rounded engineers for today's workplace.
Engineers, Start Your Engines: NASCAR drivers used to rely on self-taught mechanics to supe up their engines, but now that NASCAR is really big business, they are turning to engineers for the winning edge.
Magnetic Fields: Attracting more women to engineering is just as problematic for Canada as it is for this country, but our northern neighbors have managed to boost their numbers by designing new programs in areas like microelectronics.
All The President's Friends: You might think that running a top-ranked undergraduate engineering program would be Rose-Hulman President Sam Hulbert's greatest achievement, but his real genius may be his warmth. Incredibly, he's on a first-name basis with most of the school's 1,800 students.
2003 Annual Conference - Nashville: Hitting A High Note in Nashville: You don't have to love the twang of steel guitars to enjoy this sophisticated southern city that has plenty to offer in the way of history, culture, and just plain fun. But if country music is your thing, you're going to be in heaven.

April 2003

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Can Distance Education Be Unlocked? : Only a handful of schools offer undergraduate engineering degrees online, and there's some very good reasons why more haven't taken the plunge.
A New Era: One of the goals of ABET 2000 is to make engineering education more relevant to society. A byproduct of the new criteria may be that it's making the profession more appealing to women.
Blazing an Entrepreneurial Trail: Engineering students who graduate from Michigan Tech's Enterprise Program have a choice. They can work for someone else or they can start their own companies.

March 2003

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America's Newest Export: U.S. engineering schools are gradually venturing into the global marketplace - setting up shop in countries such as France, Greece, Singapore, and even China.
Scaling The Ranks: Former Pentagon official Delores Etter may well be the most sought after engineer in the power corridor of the nation's capital.
Palace of Science: A fascinating new book tells the story of Alfred Lee Loomis, a visionary who set up a world-class private lab that laid the groundwork for detection technologies that changed the course of World War II.
The Sky's the Limit: The new Joint Strike Fighter is one of the most sophisticated war machines ever conceived and may also change the way engineering is taught.

February 2003

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Getting Down to Business: European educators haven't been as entrepreneurial as their American counterparts, but now they are jumping on the research park bandwagon in a big way.
An Unsettling State of Affairs: New security regulations initiated in the aftermath of Sept 11 are creating havoc for engineering researchers across the country.
Down & Out in Afghanistan: Engineering has hit rock bottom in this war-ravaged nation, leaving educators anguishing over how to train desperately needed engineers when the nation's schools are on life support.

January 2003

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High Tech Hunting: The Pentagon's controversial Information Awareness Office breaks its silence about plans to use technology to stop tomorrow's terrorists.
Engineers For All Seasons: Olin College is a different kind of engineering school.
Shrinking Assets: With university endowment funds continuing to erode, many colleges and universities will be forced to make deep spending cuts, probably beginning in 2004.

December 2002

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A Whole New Ball Game: Engineers Take Competition to a New Level.
Up In Smoke: The experts say that existing technology can reduce the carbon dioxide emissions that may cause global warming, but it's very expensive, and the United States isn't investing enough to make a difference.
A Contrarian For All Ages: University of South Carolina president Steve Sample is not your regular college president. Nor is he your regular engineer.
The Lure of Industry: Corporate America has become a magnet for engineering innovations, but many don't want to leave academia altogether.

November 2002

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The ABC's of Engineering - Reaching Out To Kids: A number of innovative programs are underway to get kids excited about engineering, and they are just beginning to provide models that might be adopted by others.
All Things Great & Small: After realizing the incredible potential of nanotechnology, University of Toronto engineering professor Doug Perovic turned the study of this emerging field into an undergraduate major.
Hard Act To Follow: The architect of the new $55 million Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is winning praise for his groundbreaking use of concrete, but much of the credit goes to the engineers who have developed new ways to use the age-old material.

October 2002

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Facing The Problem - Who's Missing in the Faculty Club? Everyone knows that engineering education has trouble attracting women, African-Americans, and Hispanics to its ranks. Now, a new study shows just how serious the situation is.
All The Right Moves: Freeman Hrabowski, who stands out among college presidents for showing minority youth how to be stellar engineers, mathematicians, and scientists, uses chess to get students excited about the intellectual process.
Natural Borne-Killers: Food poisoning can make you plenty sick - and even lead to death - but help is on the way. Engineers are developing new techniques that can destroy the deadly microorganisms that cause it.

September 2002

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Engineering Their Way To the Top: An MBA is no longer the only way to climb the corporate ladder. Engineers are moving into the upper echelons of business without straying far from their roots.
A Quiet Sort of Revolutionary: National Academy of Engineering president Bill Wulf may be soft spoken, but that doesn't keep him from calling for a major overhaul of engineering education.
Feeling the Pinch: Engineering schools around the nation are cutting back programs and handing out pink slips as states struggle with budget shortfalls.

May-June 2002