Aided by advanced computing and chemistry, researchers fight the forces that prevent optimal speed and fuel efficiency in ships and boats.

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Applications are now open for the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP), an eight-week, paid summer research program for rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors administered by the American Society for Engineering Education. Students work alongside professional engineers and research scientists on real projects at one of 28 Navy labs around the country. Online applications are due by 6 p.m. Eastern onNovember 1, 2019.

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American students spend more time studying science but perform less well than their international peers. That’s just one of the fascinating comparisons in the latest OECD Education At A Glance report, which analyzes data on topics from early-childhood education to time spent instructing students.

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From melting polar ice to savage storms, the shifting global climate inspires new research – and opportunities – in naval engineering.

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Failure is central to engineering. It also proved pivotal in creating Jaws,, the 1975 summer blockbuster that transformed Hollywood and established the reputation of a young director who snatched box-office victory from the maw of a malfunctioning mechanical shark.

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Winners can receive up to $250,000 in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science, technology, engineering, and mathematics competition for high school seniors. Apply by November 12, 2019.

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How do you build the world’s fastest human-powered submarine? A team of CalPoly engineering students sought inspiration in nature – with the goal of besting the competition at the 2019 international submarine race.

Last fall, a team of California Polytechnic Institute engineering students took up the challenge and sought inspiration from nature.

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Sharks were the inspiration for an autonomous drone that can cruise coastal waterways and gobble up plastics, oil, and other floating debris.

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Two policy think tanks, one conservative and the other liberal, have teamed up in a contest to generate breakthrough ideas for dramatically improving K-12 student outcomes, including in STEM. Submit brief descriptions by August 1, 2019. Ten finalists will receive $1,000 and a chance to compete for the $10,000 grand prize.

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