Engineering Education
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The Virtues of Virtual Labs
Web-based laboratories allow students to conduct detailed experiments any time they want–and cost far less to create and maintain than the real thing. By Margaret Mannix There’s no question the…
News - Part 29
Calls for Papers
2001 ASEE Annual Conference The following Calls for Papers are for the 2001 ASEE Annual Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be held June 24-27. All abstracts and final papers…
The Dragon Slayer
The aggressive and charismatic Constantive Papadakis, an engineer turned university president, has transformed troubled Drexel into a thriving urban campus. By Kerry Hannon It’s only 7:30 a.m., but Constantine “Taki”…
Memories Are Made of This
By Phillip Wankat and Frank Oreovicz When thinking back on our past, we often have deeper memories of planned events—whether they be weddings or graduations or birthday parties—that serve as…
A Juggling Act
Striking the right balance between work and family is especially tough in academia, particularly for those trying to keep pace with the frantic ticking of the tenure clock. By J.J….
A Little Help From Your Friends
By Douglas M. Green Building an industrial consortium is a first step toward bigger research goals. Over the past few decades, federal agencies have devised a variety of programs to…
A Case for Case Studies
By Vicky Hendley One of the resources most commonly requested by Prism readers is case study information, and the World Wide Web has a variety of sites offering case studies on engineering…
New Age for the Elderly
By Joannie Fischer The legendary poet Dylan Thomas, who wrote “Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave,” would probably be very proud of…
Her Brilliant Career
by Joannie M. Schrof The words “first black woman” have been used to describe Shirley Ann Jackson for so long that her name seems incomplete without them. She was the…