Breakthrough technology from an engineering research center could help prevent blackouts while allowing the grid to run on solar and other clean energy sources.

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Tags: alternative energy transmission, ASEE Prism magazine, blackouts, daylighting, electrical and computer engineering, NC State FREEDM Center, power grid, Solar Energy, Technology, transformer

This spring’s USA Science & Engineering Festival may have been postponed but its popular X-STEM presentations have moved online, offering free, livestream discussions with inspiring engineers, explorers, and researchers May 13-18 – including a special guest appearance by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist. Perfect for engaging your STEM students at home!

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Tags: Curriculum, Engineering, Events, Internet Resources, Resources for Teachers, STEM education, USA Science and Engineering Festival 2020 X-STEM, virtual STEM learning, Web Resources, X-STEM All Access 2020

The American Society for Engineering Education’s Pre-college Engineering Education (PCEE) Division offers $500 and $800 grants to help P-12 teachers implement an engineering project in their classroom. Apply by Jul1 1, 2020.

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ASEE’s Pre-College Engineering Education (PCEE) division invites teachers to participate in high-quality professional development June 22-26 at ASEE’s first-ever Virtual Conference, where they will learn best practices for integrating engineering and STEM in their P-12 classroom. The PCEE will cover both annual ASEE and division dues for the first 35 non-member teachers who register and pay to participate in ASEE’s “At Home with Engineering Education” Virtual Conference.

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From better mountain-bike suspension systems to frames designed for women, there’s a lot of engineering that goes into today’s high-performance bicycles. Meet some of the engineers whose research is improving your ride!

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Tags: bicycle design, Eric L. Wang, forces and motion, helmet, Liv cycling Sophia Shih, Mechanical engineering, Sports Engineering, University of Nevada Reno

In this open-ended design activity, students in grades 3 to 5 use everyday materials such as water bottles and straws to build small-scale transportation devices that incorporate two simple machines: a wheel and axle, and a lever. They race their vehicles, measuring distance, time and weight; and then calculate speed.

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Tags: bicycle, Engineering Design Process, Geometry, levers, measurement, NGSS aligned activity, Physics, simple machines, transporation, vehicle