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Time & Tide
BY DAVID ZAX Rising sea levels wait for no man. Will we be ready in time? Whether or not the end-of-year talks in Copenhagen yield bold global action on…
Category: Features - Part 5
SUMMER 2009 – Volume 18 | Number 9
HIGHLIGHTS: A PLACE IN THE SUN SHADOWED BY THE PAST WAY TO GO ABOUT PRISM Prism is the flagship publication of the American Society for Engineering Education, a nonprofit association…
October 2009 – Feature
BY MARGARET LOFTUS ALL IN THE FAMILY To reach the next generation of engineers, involve the parents, too. After participating in a recent K-12 engineering workshop, Emma Sarazin stopped to…
September 2009 – Feature
BY THOMAS K. GROSE EMERGENCY RESPONSE Crisis engineers bring needed skills and order to disaster zones, easing victims’ plight with water, shelter, and sanitation systems. LONDON — Soon after a…
FLIGHT TO ACHIEVEMENT
BY MARGARET LOFTUS ILLUSTRATION BY ALEX NABAUM With cash incentives and coaching, a Texas-based initiative dramatically improves minorities’ success in science and math. Hintsa Hagos saw his dream of an…
HELP! I NEED SOME ’BOT-Y
BY LUCILLE CRAFT Japan’s robots build cars and entertain youngsters. Can they care for the old and the sick? KITAKYUSHU CITY, JAPAN – Earthquake evacuations will never be the same. Meet…
TEAMING WITH IDEAS
BY MARK MATTHEWS ILLUSTRATION BY STEPHEN ROUNTREE www.stephenrountree.com Engineering students go global, designing solutions while competing for cash. Dorisel Torres almost left engineering behind when she began graduate studies in soil…
The Pull Of Integrity
Sure, you can catch cheaters. But why not inspire students to stay honest? At Ohio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology, graduate students now submit their theses or dissertations…
Hands And Minds
An engineering-inspired school curriculum, A World in Motion, connects standards-based theory with practical invention. The exercise seemed simple enough: Roll a car down a ramp and measure how far it…
When Disaster Strikes
BY MARY LORD PHOTOGRAPHS BY LEE CELANO Recovering from Katrina’s damage, two New Orleans engineering schools make emergency preparation a priority. For Nicholas Altiero, dean of Tulane University’s College of…