NOVEMBER 2008AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION

TALE OF TWO CAMPUSES

Separated by decades of conflict, Israel’s Technion and Gaza’s Islamic University each strives in its own way to prepare 21st century engineers.
BY MARK MATTHEWS

WHEN DISASTER STRIKES

Recovering from Katrina´s damage, two
New Orleans engineering schools
make emergency preparation a priority.
BY MARY LORD

A CASE STUDY IN FAILURE

When Katrina breached New Orleans’s levees in 2005, engineering schools gained a valuable lesson in design flaws and the tragedy that can result.
BY MARGARET LOFTUS