Posted on May 15th, 2018 by Mary Lord
A lot of engineering goes into making today’s gravity-defying rides both exciting and safe. Read about some roller coaster designers and the skills they bring to creating the world’s most thrilling wooden, steel, and virtual-reality experiences.
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Tags: Design, Energy, Engineering, engineering careers, Feature Story, forces, Physics, roller coaster engineering, Videos
Posted on February 22nd, 2016 by Mary Lord
African-American males represent a sliver of engineering enrollment. More could succeed if schools understood what it takes to beat the odds. In its summer 2014 cover story, ASEE’s Prism magazine explores the challenges and experiences of black engineering students, including their lessons for higher education.
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Tags: African American scientists and engineers, ASEE, black male engineering students, engineering education, Feature Story, Prism magazine, Public Policy, STEM education
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by asee admin
For residents of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, Blue Mountain is a scar on the landscape and a health hazard. But for 120 sixth graders at Eyer Middle School in Macungie, Pa., Blue Mountain became a laboratory for understanding the nation’s problems with toxic waste and ways to clean it up.
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Tags: Environmental Engineering, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental science, Feature Story, Recycling, Superfund, Waste management
Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
In a sport where just fractions of a second can separate a winner from also-rans, engineering makes a big difference. Speed skating, for instance, once depended on endurance and brute force. Now, it’s as much a feat of science and technology as strength.
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Tags: Amazing Engineering, Feature Story, Olympics, Sports Engineering
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by ASEE
A growing number of engineering students are tapping into clean water projects, some through campus chapters of Engineers Without Borders. As a nonprofit humanitarian organization, EWB works with developing communities to improve quality of life through sustainable engineering projects.
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Tags: Clean Water, Engineers Without Borders, Feature Story, Irrigation
