Engineering Education
Magazine
Silver Bullets of Retention
OPINION BY JAMES E. MOORE II AND LOUISE YATES Build a community, and pay attention to data. A flood of recent headlines focused on the problems of retaining and graduating…
News - Part 9
Summer 2012 – Feature
Mary McCormick joined an environmental engineering firm after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 2006 from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. But after four months analyzing levees and dams…
DISSECTING DISASTER
+ BY LUCILLE CRAFT + PHOTO CREDITS: KYODO / AP IMAGES; RIGHT: AP PHOTO / YASUSHI KANNO, THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN After the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, as in past accidents, Japan…
The Perils of Teamwork
BY DEBBIE CHACHRA Social factors affect who gets the best chance to learn. Engineering is not a solo activity. Most work is done in teams of people, bringing together their…
The ‘Z’ Factor
A start-up veteran guides researchers’ adventures in entrepreneurship. BY ALISON BUKI Whether surfing, backcountry skiing, hurtling down Los Angeles mountainsides on a bicycle, or launching a start-up, Krisztina “Z” Holly…
The 24/7 Tutor
An original dynamics course brings engineering under the big top. Teetering on a narrow metal bar 30 feet from the floor, AnnMarie Thomas lets go of the support ropes and…
A Way With Waste
The Gates Foundation’s Reinvent the Toilet challenge inspires no-plumbing solutions that turn human effluent into useful products. The academic engineers who toil in the field of sanitation, especially sanitation for…
Great Expectations
Freeman Hrabowski knows how students can succeed in STEM – and makes sure they do. It’s not easy to remain a mere face in the crowd at the University of…
The 10,000 Challenge
+ BY THOMAS K. GROSE + ILLUSTRATION BY STANFORD KAY For years, U.S. industry has repeated the mantra “We need more engineers.” Now the White House is listening, with the President’s…