Engineering Education
Magazine
Openning 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. – BY…
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School For Wonks
Engineering schools are slowly responding to the need for grads with both technical and public policy know-how. – BY LINDA CREIGHTON Ask any engineering student in the country whether modern…
Nov 2003 – Briefings: Attracting Women in Engineering
Attracting Women to Engineering For years it’s been assumed that young women avoid careers in mathematics-based fields, like engineering and physics, because they lack confidence in their math skills. But…
Oct 2003 – ASEE Today
MINITAB WINS ASEE CORPORATE TRIVIA CHALLENGE ASEE boosted support for its corporate partners with the first-ever ASEE corporate development booth at the annual conference. The booth provided exhibitors with information…
Sep 2003 – ASEE Today
About people ASEE Members Elected to the National Academies ASEE Members Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Books by Members Call for Sponsorship Symposium 2004 ASEE Annual…
Can Distance Education Be Unlocked?
By Thomas K. Grose Only a handful of schools offer undergraduate engineering degrees online, and there are some very good reasons why more haven’t taken the plunge. Michele A. Eller…
Harvard Turns a Corner
On a warm, sunny afternoon in September, 2007, Harvard did something it hadn’t done in more than 70 years: It opened a new school. The Harvard School of Engineering and…
The Real Test
– BY ANNA MULRINE The ABET visits were a huge success at your school but now that they’re over, how do you put continuous improvement into practice? ABETvisits have never…
From Our Readers
WHAT KNOT TO WEAR I find it ironic that in your recent issue dedicated to discussing “who’s missing” in engineering education, you also include a column by Henry Petroski called…
Engineers – Start your engines
– By Dan McGraw 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…