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President’s Letter: A Natural Role
As I write my last letter for Prism, I reflect on the tremendous privilege it has been to serve as ASEE president this past year. I have gone many places…
News - Part 22
APRIL 2006 – SHAKY GROUND – By Pierre Home-Douglas
By Pierre Home-Douglas Peter Nicholson had seen natural disasters before, but nothing prepared him for what he confronted in New Orleans. He arrived at the end of September 2005, one…
Mar 2002 – Unequal Opportunity
Women engineers and scientists who want to pursue academic careers in Japan face almost insurmountable obstacles, but increasingly they’re fighting back. – By Lucille Craft TOKYO—In another country, 59-year-old Nobuko…
A Challenging Matchup
By Thomas K. Grose With a hint of nostalgia in his voice, Joe O’Brien recalls an era that ended some 20 years ago. He remembers when corporate-sponsored research contracts with…
A Push for Participation
By Phillip Wankat and Frank Oreovicz Active learning makes lectures a more powerful classroom technique. You’ve surely heard about active learning, cooperative groups, personalized systems of instruction and problem-based learning….
January 2006 – Briefings
SECURITY – CAREFUL, HE MIGHT HEAR YOU BOOK NOTES – BAD INFLUENCE EMERGENCY PLANNING – EASING THE PAIN OF WAITING AEROSPACE – FLIGHT TIPS FROM A FLY HIGHER ED –…
President’s Profile – Looking Ahead
By Pierre Home-Douglas Photograph By Wyatt McSpadden A lot has changed since Ronald Barr, 58, graduated with his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1969. “Back then,” ASEE’s new president…
First To File
By Bethany Halford Ideas are the capital of the engineering world. And like any other asset, ideas can be stolen. To protect their intellectual property, engineers and other inventors rely…
Reflecting on Katrina
By Marybeth Lima Engineers must engage the community in addressing disenfranchisement. THE SKY GETS HIGHER in September. A fellow graduate student taught me that proverb, which she translated from her…