Abstract: With the growing need for technically knowledgeable sales professionals, it is imperative that colleges effectively and efficiently prepare students for these jobs. Sales engineering or technical sales programs bridge engineering and business disciplines to educate students in sales techniques and ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Completing its third year, ASEE's P-12 Engineering Education Committee (PEEC) is pursuing ambitious aims. It wants to see engineering taught widely and well in pre-K through 12th grade classrooms and integrated within a system of engineering education. It also wants to increase respect in academia ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Can't visit Antarctica to watch penguins frolic? The Detroit Zoo has you covered- literally. Attracting record zoo attendance following its opening last April, the Polk Penguin Conservation Center features a 326,000-gallon pool laced with swimming channels up to 25 feet deep, underwater ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: More than 80 years ago, two physicists predicted that if hydrogen could be squeezed with enough pressure, it would turn into a super metal: atomic metallic hydrogen. Now in a recent Science paper, two Harvard researchers-Isaac Silvera, a professor of natural sciences, and his postdoctoral fellow, ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: For years, Bitcoin was thought to be an entirely anonymous way to exchange money, which explains why some users were criminals. In reality, the system records every transaction in a public "blockchain" ledger that anyone can look at and learn a user's entire financial history. Now researchers at ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Tomaso Poggio, the physicist who directs MIT's Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, has for the past few years been building computational models of human brains to better understand human intelligence-ultimately down to the level of the circuitry of each neuron. The overarching purpose of this ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: In an era of segregation, sexism, and Sputnik, an unsung group of African-American women calculated how to put astronauts into orbit.Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race By Margot Lee Shetterley. William Morrow, ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: In last year's March-April issue of Prism, Henry Petroski took issue with the credit given to science for engineering's advances in aviation. He suggested that engineering educators should "emphasize how much of engineering is independent of math and science" as well as impress upon students that ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Robert Langer, an MIT professor of chemical engineering and a pioneering bioengineer, has been working with Giovanni Traverso, a gastroenterologist and bioengineer at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, to develop small, ingestible devices that could be used to monitor physiological conditions, ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Some fruits, such as tomatoes, self-pollinate. But three-quarters of all crops, including almonds, apples, lemons and squash, require birds and insects-particularly bees-to spread pollen from one flower to another. Such cross-pollination increases genetic diversity. Thus, for many farmers, the ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Seeing in the dark is about to get easier. Night-vision, or infrared, goggles have been in use for 80 years, typically by the military and people observing the nocturnal behavior of wild creatures. The gadgets are cumbersome, however. Now a team led by Dragomir Neshev, a professor in the Nonlinear ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The fall in global oil prices may please American drivers and resurrect sales of gas-hungry SUVs, but for Saudi Arabia, home to one of the world's largest oil reserves, the economic impact is dire. Two years of budget deficits and growing domestic energy needs has sent the kingdom's royal family ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Missions to our nearest neighbor in the solar system are exceedingly rare. There have been only four, and all were conducted in the early- to mid-1980s by the Soviet Union. Why has Venus gotten the cold shoulder? Extreme heat: Surface temperatures reach 878 degrees Fahrenheit, far hotter than the ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Providing access to clean drinking water is one of engineering's 14 "grand challenges" for the 21st century. That includes planning for and managing supplies during times of drought, such as the one New York experienced in the mid-1960s.Until recently, the solution to municipal water scarcity was ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Navid Kazem fits neatly into the research-driven, entrepreneurial culture that has helped turn Pittsburgh from a decaying steel town into a high-tech hub. Now in his final year pursuing a Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University, the Tehran-raised civil and environmental engineer is part of an ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Bill Dunne is the chair of ASEE's Engineering Research Council and associate dean for research and facilities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's college of engineering. A geologist by training, Dunne came to ASEE in a roundabout way. After 22 years as an associate professor of geology, ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Great Britain's controversial exit from the European Union could curb an unusual import: high school STEM teachers. Faced with the nation's worst shortage of educators since the mid-1970s, the Conservative government quietly solicited bids from recruitment agencies to hire math and physics teachers ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Most chemotherapy drugs are platinum-based and not only costly but are also now more than 40 years old. So researchers are looking at other precious metals to treat cancer. Investigators at Britain's University of Warwick recently found a new organo-metal compound, Organo-Osmium FY26, which ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The most common complication following orthopedic implant surgery is bacterial infection. When it occurs, the only treatment is surgical removal of the implant and infected tissue, and a lengthy course of antibiotics. Researchers in India, however, have come up with a nanoscale treatment of ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Of the 127,697 graduate degrees awarded to women between 2006 and 2015, nearly one-third were in just three fields: computer science (inside engineering); electrical engineering; and civil engineering. By contrast, women earned just 2,633 graduate degrees in engineering science and engineering ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Jennifer Michaeli has sea water in her blood. A fourth-generation boat builder, whose forebears left England's shipyards to set up shop in Newport News, Va., she grew up "hearing about projects in the yard and culture in the yard" while sailing with her father and brother on boats they handcrafted ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: There's a subtle but important difference between these two statements:* I'm learning about engineering.* I'm learning to be an engineer.The first is about engineering knowledge- learning about engineering as a discipline separate from oneself. The second describes engineering being-a discipline ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: When the Georgia Institute of Technology teamed up with Udacity to launch an all-online master's program in computer science (OMS CS) in 2013, organizers knew they were doing something new and possibly radical: offering a complete graduate degree from a U.S. News top-10 program for the rock-bottom ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Joining ASEE's diverse and international staff last summer was nothing new for Yessica Yang Choy, a research analyst in our Assessment, Evaluation, and Institutional Research Office. She comes from Panama City, Panama, a robust collection of nationalities, languages, and ideas.Though she was born ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The United States currently hosts just about one-fourth the number of Iranian students who were here in November 1979, when militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Yet even the current number-12,269-is remarkable given the near-constant tension between the U.S. and Iranian governments in the ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Brandy gets much of its distinctive color, aroma, and flavor from spending years-at least two and often more-fermenting in in oak casks, where bioactive compounds in the wood, or congeners, are slowly released into the alcohol. But now, according to Discovery, Spanish researchers have found a way ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: A team led by University of California, Berkeley, architect Maria Paz Gutierrez is working on a device that could help homeowners in drought-prone areas curb water use while also heating their homes for less money. The focus is on the hundreds of gallons of graywater that the typical family ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Only about half the trash in Egypt is collected and taken to landfills. The rest remains in plastic bags piled along roadsides. And some of the waste in those bags is shrimp shells. So Nicola Everitt, an associate professor of materials engineering at the University of Nottingham, is working with ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: A centrifuge is basic equipment in most medical labs. By spinning blood, urine, or stool samples, it allows for the isolation and detection of infections, pathogens, and parasites. But the machines are too costly and require too much electricity for use in remote areas of poor countries. So ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Last month, the Pentagon released a video of its successful October 2016 test of a swarm of leaderless drones that work collectively, like swarms of birds or insects. The 103 miniature Perdix drones, each with a wingspan of just one foot, were unleashed by three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets in ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Move over Hulk, Goliath, and the BFGMethod-2 is joining your towering ranks. The manned, South Korean-built bipedal robot stands 13 feet tall, weighs 1.5 tons, and can walk like a human- shaking the ground with each step. Its movements are humanlike because its torso houses a cabin for its human ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: One of the futuristic devices in the Jetsons, the '60s TV cartoon show about life in the space age, was the family's flying car. That's no longer a fantasy. Airbus, the European aerospace giant, expects to begin flight-testing a semiautonomous flying taxi by the end of the year. The firm's Silicon ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Today's fighting men and women are swathed in body armor that does a pretty good job of protecting them from shrapnel in explosions. But armor cannot protect them from blast pressure, the shock waves from bombs that can cause traumatic brain injury. TBI victims often show no obvious physical ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Data presented here show little change over five years in the demote ^«graphic breakdown of engineering technology students. Caucasians represented 79-81 percent; African Americans, 8 percent each year; Asian-Americans, 4-5 percent; Hispanics, 5-7 percent; Native Americans, 1 percent each year; and ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Eva Castelo is on ASEE's IT team, previously as lead developer for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Her work is now distributed across many projects, including mentoring several new junior staffers.Eva hails from the Galicia region in the northwest of Spain, an area known for its ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: In the annals of blue-sky research, the National Science Foundation's gamble on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in the early 1990s ranks as a doozy. Designed to detect ripples in the fabric of space-time that Albert Einstein predicted would result from cosmic cataclysms, the ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: FROM THE ALE TRAIL AND MOUTH-WATERING DESSERTS TO A TOUCH-EVERYTHING KIDS' MUSEUM, ART MAKER SPACE, AND BOTANICAL TREASURES, OHIO'S CAPITAL GIVES 'LOCAL FLAVOR' A WHOLE NEW MEANING. BRING AN APPETITE.A buckeye is a small brown nut from a tree native to Ohio. The tree is famously hard to kill and ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Iraq's Mosul Dam, erected across the Tigris River to irrigate farmland and generate electricity, has been a catastrophe waiting to happen almost since it began operating in 1986. Built on porous gypsum and limestone, it keeps hundreds of workers busy round the clock, six days a week, pumping tons ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: As the world's lightest yet strongest material, graphene-a two-dimensional, single layer of carbon atoms first isolated nearly 13 years ago at Britain's University of Manchester-has great potential to revolutionize electronics, energy storage, and materials science. Now it's been used to construct ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Many a 1990s youngster was thrilled by the wild adventures of science teacher Ms. Frizzle and her students in The Magic School Bus. The science-based animated show-in which the eponymous bus morphed into a variety of vehicles, including a submarine and a spaceship-debuted on PBS in 1994 for four ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Printed electronics already have many uses. For example, they are used in the anti-theft radio frequency identification (RFID) tabs stuck to the backs of DVD packages. But use of printed electronics is limited by heat-it requires a fair amount of it to melt all of the nanoparticles in the ink into ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: During World War One, Britain created a National Council of Women to get women to take on traditional male jobs-like engineering-so more men could join the armed forces. Rachel Parsons, the daughter and granddaughter of famous inventors, was an engineer and leader of women in factories during the ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: It is hard to believe that as of this writing I am just over halfway through my ASEE presidency I have enjoyed the opportunity to represent you and lead our Board of Directors as we set the course for ASEE's future. It's been an active year so far.Making a more diverse, welcoming environment in our ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: On February 1, 2017, ASEE's Board of Directors issued the following statement on the Trump administration's order regarding immigration by nationals of seven countries:The U.S. Presidential Executive Order on immigration enforcement, issued on Friday January 27, may have a significant potential ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: PRESIDENT'S LETTERIt was a great honor to serve as your president during the 2015-2016 Society Year. ASEE has been central to my professional career for many years, and being President has allowed me to experience the Society and enjoy interactions with fellow members in new and rewarding ways.ASEE ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: As this is written, the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health-both major funders of engineering research-are the only big federal science agencies outside the Pentagon whose top leaders are still at their desks. With vacancies at the White House Office of Science and ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Trains operated by NS, a Dutch railway company, make 5,500 journeys a day and carry 600,000 passengers. That consumes 1.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity a year-enough juice to keep all the households in Amsterdam running. NS partnered with Eneco, a Netherlands energy company, in 2015 to find ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The cosmic web is a vast network of streams of gases between the galaxies. Christopher Martin, a professor of physics at Caltech, says that for the past 30 years he's been consumed by the question: What is that gas doing? He's now helped design and build an instrument that may provide the answer: ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Last spring, an academic in Algeria alerted ASEE to an email from an online, open-access publication using the name Journal of Engineering Technology (JoET): "With Ref. to your manuscript Ref. 67-2016-JoET, yes journal publish all papers under open access policy to support online publishing and ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: A SEE's ties with peer organizations overseas have deep roots. As Japan sought to rebuild its economy after World War II, for instance, ASEE in 1951 sent a 15-member mission to visit universities and industrial sites. Led by Harold Hazen, then head of MIT's electrical engineering department, the ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Before Hurricane Matthew barreled up the East Coast last fall, Dartmouth engineering graduate Anna Stork prepared to help hundreds of thousands of people who were about to lose power. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Stork and business partner Andrea Sreshta had founded LuminAID, which ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The mainstay of pharmaceutical companies remains small-molecule drugs. The traditional way of finding molecules that might be turned into useful therapies is to screen large numbers of them to lo ok for ones that might prove effective, using a series of costly tests and trials. It's a process, as ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: This year marks the centennial of the birth of one of the 20th century's softest-spoken but deepest-thinking engineers, Walter G. Vincenti.Vincenti was born on April 20, 1917 in Baltimore and grew up in Pasadena, Calif., just three blocks from Caltech. Not wanting to go to college so close to home, ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: My most disappointing moments after joining Duke's engineering school in 2004 came in seeing our graduates join investment banks or management consultancies. Instead of solving important engineering problems, they chose to engineer our financial system, which I considered a waste of talent. We ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Leadership is important for advancing both the field of engineering and the careers of individuals. With increasingly complex problems embedded within an expanding technology-driven environment, there is a greater need for individuals who have technical expertise and who are capable of developing ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Blueberries, yum. Who doesn't like them generously sprinkled on cereal, baked into muffins, or just eaten by the handful? Moreover, they're crammed with antioxidants and plenty of vitamins, especially Vitamin C. But raw blueberries also provide a welcoming home to the human norovirus, which can ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: A new robotic jumping champion has been created by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley. Salto (which is short for the much more tongue-twisting "saltatorial locomotion on terrain obstacles") can jump five times within four seconds to reach a combined height of8.56 meters, or 27.9 ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: BYTE BACK A journalist extols the virtues of vinyl, handwritten letters, and other old-fashioned tactile experiences that enrich our digital lives. The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter By David Sax. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. 396 pages.The rustle of newspaper in your ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: There's a lot of junk in space. It's estimated that 100 million pieces of debris orbit Earth, traveling at speeds up to 17,500 mph. It's a problem because it places satellites and the International Space Station (ISS) at risk of damage. To help collect and destroy some of that junk, Japan recently ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Wind turbines not only provide clean power but may also give some crops a boost- thanks to the air turbulence they create. Gene Takle, a professor of agronomy at Iowa State University, erected research towers on a 200-turbine wind farm and, between 2010 and 2013, collected data on wind speeds and ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The American company Rapiscan makes a huge X-ray machine that can take images of what's inside each of the more than 8,000 shipping containers passing daily along a track at Holland's Port of Rotterdam at speeds of just over 9 mph. Trouble is, the humans employed to read the scans and look for ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Solving problems that are complex and illstructured is a central activity of engineering practice. Graduates of engineering programs accredited by ABET are expected to be able to solve problems requiring consideration of "realistic constraints," including: "economic, environmental, social, ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Pricking a finger to check blood-sugar levels could be a thing of the past for Type 1 diabetics if a group of former science and engineering students at Canada's University of Waterloo has its way. Harry Gandhi and his team at Medella Health, a medical tech start-up formed in 2013, have created a ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Militaries have long used sandbags as fortifications, but until recently there's never been much research into understanding how well sand resists impacts. A team of civil and environmental engineers at the National University of Singapore has taken a close look at the ability of sand to withstand ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The accompanying graphics compare trends over the period 2005-15 in enrollment and research funding of four engineering disciplines that figure in quantum engineering, the topic of this month's cover story: computer engineering, computer science (inside engineering), engineering science and ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: How hot is it?" That question, which teed up many of Johnny Carson's late-night riffs, is no laughing matter to California farmers grappling with record drought or victims of lethal heat waves in India. Extreme weather events-heat waves, droughts, wildfires, heavy rainstorms, blizzards, and ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: This month, ASEE is launching Engineer Your Career-Success for Up-and-Coming Faculty and Professionals, a four-part professional development webinar series for students and new and up-and-coming engineering professionals. Each webinar will feature thought leaders and subject matter experts and is ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Inside a wire-festooned lab in College Park, Md., engineers and physicists are experiencing something like the pioneering days of computing in the late 1940s. That was a time when inserting a program was a laborious process, and success in factoring a small number stood out as a "moment to ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Sustainable development and sustainability have played an increasingly important role in engineering education over the past 20 years, but more needs to be done. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer educators an ideal platform to inspire engineering students at all levels ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Back in 2011, Prism reported on the eventual expiration of Moore's Law, the 1965 observation by Intel cofounder Gordon Moore that computer chip performance doubles approximately every two years. Industry was nearing the physical limit on the number of transistors that could be crammed onto a single ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: "Sweat is a rich, chemical broth containing a number of important chemical compounds with physiological health information." So says John A. Rogers, a bioengineer at Northwestern University, whose team has developed a one-use, adhesive device that measures a person's sweat and can relay medical ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Battery technology, which our current mobile devices depend on, hasn't advanced much in 150 years. The last big leap in rechargeable batteries was the lithium-ion battery developed by Sony 25 years ago. And while they're pretty efficient, they're also prone to catching fire. That's because they're ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: You're headed for a family vacation, the kids are cranky, and your fuel gauge is in the danger zone. "Bridge closed," reads the sign ahead, sending you on a detour that, in parts of rural America, could mean an added 40 minutes and an empty tank.Atorod Azizinamini wants to make such episodes a ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The prospect of autonomous vehicles presents a variation on an old philosophy question: "You are in your driverless car and a child stumbles on to the road. What action should your car take? Should it run into a wall, possibly killing you, or run over the child?" The new ethical twist, of course, ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Ït's the last class before the weekend on a sparkling mid-November afternoon, but no one is yawning or eyeing the exit. Instead, the lab fills with excited chatter as students launch vivid blue gel beads down hole-punctured slopes, testing the delivery of cancer-fighting medicine. These "nanodrugs" ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: For around 400 years, the Gulf of Maine was a cod-fishing paradise, so plentiful was the tasty species popular with fish-lovers. But the number of cod of reproductive age has been dwindling, so New England regulators drastically cut the cod quota to 280 metric tons, down from 20 14's 1,550 metric ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: A cat's tongue is rough, like sandpaper, right? Well, no. Researchers led by Georgia Tech's Alexis Noel, a Ph.D. candidate, determined it's actually more like Velcro. Noel's team used macro- and high-speed videography equipment to capture a cat's tongue at work during grooming. From those images, ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Aerogel is a silica-based material that was invented in 1931. It contains microscopic pores and is 99 percent air, so it's very lightweight. But it's also very brittle. So it was lightweight in another sense, too: No one had much use for it. Until now. Researchers at Singapore's Nanyang ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Steel parts are typically heat-treated to harden them. Traditionally, this was done by heating them to high temperatures-from 1,472°F to 1,832°F-and then rapidly cooling them. But that method, while it hardens the steel, can also make a part more brittle and slightly distort it. So, over the past ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Growing up, Teri Reed had a single ambition: She wanted to be a petroleum engineer. Raised in a household of Haliburton employees, "I think I was the only fourth grader to have an oil collection," she recalls. "I had baby food jars of different types of crude oil that my dad would bring back from ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Ever wonder how some kids can spend hours in front of a video game, solving complex problems, but then balk at problem solving in their homework? Brianno Coller did.Coller, a professor of mechanical engineering at Northern Illinois University, first noticed his students' engagement with animation ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The New York Times crossword puzzle is widely acknowledged to be the gold standard of the popular pastime. Like the content of the newspaper of record itself, puzzle clues and answers range across broad spectra from ancient history to current events, from fine arts to pop culture, from science to ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Sean St. Clair draws his inspiration as a teacher from a professor at Ricks College, a church-owned two-year school in rural Idaho where he earned an associate's degree. "He just had an infectious enthusiasm for the topics he was teaching," recalls St. Clair, who went on to earn a Ph.D. in civil ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Predicting suicidal behavior in patients is hard. A recent Canadian study found that young doctors were particularly bad at diagnosing patients as suicidal, and that older doctors were only marginally better. However, an algorithm that assesses the verbal and written language of patients may help ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: London and Paris have them. So do New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia: They're the big, bold signs put up decades ago by urban transit agencies that diagram subway, bus, and streetcar routes in red, silver, yellow, and fuchsia. "This is how we've decided you'll get from Point A to Point ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: The "flipped class" is a buzzword in education circles. This transformative approach inverts the traditional workflow of each lesson, and places the listening to lectures out of class and the doing of work inside the class. The flipped model reflects a drive toward more student-centered, active ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: (ProQuest: denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.)Since Westerners first reached Japan in the 16th century, the language of these remote islands has provoked angst among would-be translators. Frustrated Jesuit missionaries fumed about "the devil's tongue." Centuries later, in the 1980s, American ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Superior technical skills gave Northern forces a decisive edge against the South.Engineering Victory: How Technology Won the Civil War By Thomas F. Army. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. 369 pages.You don't have to be a Civil War buff to enjoy Engineering Victory. Its perspective is a ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: On Day 1 of the pilot course, first-year Olin College students were handed what looked like a straightforward challenge: Design and build a boat in two hours. Plunging in, they sought pointers on the Internet and then proceeded to cut up and assemble polystyrene foam, soda cans, and duct tape. They ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: HIV treatment has made great strides in the past two decades, and many patients can now look forward to a normal life expectancy. But crucial to this treatment is monitoring viral load in the bloodstream. These tests require expensive equipment and sending results to a lab, which can take days-a ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: One of the problems with wearable electronics is that the folding, wrinkling, and fraying of fabrics can, over time, break circuits. A solution may be at hand, however. Engineers at the University of California, San Diego led by Joseph Wang, head of the Center for Wearable Sensors, have invented a ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Donald Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton in last month's presidential election was unexpected because polls and poll aggregators strongly predicted a win for Clinton. But a software program invented at Britain's Loughborough University that analyzed Twitter feeds got the outcome ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Virtual reality plays with your senses of vision and hearing to make you feel immersed in a real environment even though it's actually computer-generated. Now researchers are working to fool our senses of taste and touch to bring us virtual food. Nimesha Ranasinghe at the National University of ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: After the last Ice Age, water levels rose rapidly in what is now the Black Sea. Just how rapidly the sea rose and how it affected humans living on its coasts remain in dispute. So an ongoing, three-year study led by the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, using high-tech ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: James Dyson, the British entrepreneurial engineer best known for introducing bagless vacuum cleaners, has long complained that the United Kingdom is not producing enough engineers and soon faces a severe shortage. So when Jo Johnson, the U.K. government's universities minister, challenged him to ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Three years ago, physicist and entrepreneur Elon Musk-the guy behind Tesla Motors and SpaceX-proposed a hyperloop linking Los Angeles and San Francisco. In hyperloop systems, pods inside an elevated vacuum tube, freed from the resistance of air, whiz along a magnetic field at speeds up to 745 mph. ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Only around 20 percent of engineering degrees are awarded to women, a figure that has been flat for many years. But in the profession itself, the gender gap is worse: Only 11 percent are women. Forty percent of female engineers eventually quit the field, or never enter in the first place. According ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Displayed on the checkout counters of the bookstores that I frequent, there seems to be a growing collection of volumes with titles like What I Learned in Design School, or What I Learned in Business School (I live in a college town, admittedly). But a generation out from my own undergraduate ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: Norman L. Fortenberry, executive director of the American Society for Engineering Education, co-chaired a workshop this fall on "Enhancing Teachers' Voices in Policy Making Related to K-12 Engineering Education." The two-day national event, held September 30 and October 1, was a project of the ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
Abstract: One of the latest trends in STEM education is active learning, a collection of practices that engage students in the learning process, including critical thinking and problem solving, in order to help them learn and retain material. Most strategies consist of a lecture, where the student listens ... (Publication: ASEE Prism) PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -050
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