A pair of air disasters exposes engineering mistakes and catalyzes real-world lessons for future professionals.

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High school students analyze an assortment of popular inventions to determine their intended beneficiaries as well as who has access to, might be harmed by, and is profiting from them. They then develop and apply class standards for ethical design to re-imagine the devices in a way that would do more good for humanity.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo of VeriScan facial recognition tablet at Dulles International airport by Glenn Fawcett

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Tags: Class Activities, design constraints, Drones, engineering ethics, genetic engineering, Grades 9-12, Lesson Plan, National Society of Professional Engineers, Presentations

Most kids think scientists and engineers are men. Mission Unstoppable With Miranda Cosgrove, a new CBS Saturday morning program aims to inspire teenage girls to pursue STEM by showcasing female STEM researchers and their exciting work.

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Tags: girls in STEM, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Internet Resources, Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove, Resources for Teachers, STEM careers, Web Resources, Women in Engineering

Elementary students discover the entire process that goes into designing rockets, including what real-world decisions engineers must make in such important areas as supplies, ethics, deadlines, and budgets. They also learn about the engineering design process and that the first design is almost never the final design.

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Rapid diagnostic tests for use in the field, protective gear for physicians, and genetically modified mosquitoes are among the ways engineering researchers are joining the global health effort to fight ebola and other emerging diseases.

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Tags: Biomedical Engineering, CDC, disease diagnosis, ebola, genetically modified mosquitoes, Gottingen University, Harvard Wyss Institute, Intrexon, paper-based diagnostic test, suitcase lab, Zika

A Defense Department study recruits engineers and scientists in an effort to study animal-to-human disease transmission and prevent emerging epidemics.

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