Purdue Schedule of Events for Engineering Week, Feb. 20-25, 2012

Purdue Schedule of Events for Engineering Week, Feb. 20-25, 2012
Preceding and During E-Week 2012 Feb. 13 through Feb. 25: Penny Wars
The fourth-annual Penny Wars competition will take place between the individual schools of engineering.Proceeds go to United Way. The winning discipline receives the rotating trophy currently housed in the Mechanical Engineering building. This event is hosted by the Mechanical Engineering Ambassadors.

Career Quest Kicks Off at Sci-Quest
For the third straight year, Sci-Quest will help students explore their career possibilities with Career Quest. The lecture series focuses on different science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers, but these careers also have the highest growth potential in the Tennessee Valley for the next ten years.

Pontotoc Technology Center offers introduction to engineering
Students from Allen, Latta, Roff, Vanoss, Stonewall, and a home-schooler recently participated in a six-week course for high school students interested in engineering careers.

Engineering gala planned for March 1
The Quad-City Engineering and Science Council will welcome Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad among its guests at its upcoming Engineers Week Gala in Bettendorf.

Col. Shawn M. Morrissey (R) Joins Waltonen Engineering, Inc.
WARREN, Mich., Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Waltonen Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce that Col. Shawn M. Morrissey (R) has joined the Waltonen team as Executive Director of Business Development — Government Services. Morrissey recently retired from the U.S. Army after 31 years of service. He will report directly to Waltonen President and CEO Lloyd Brown.

Digital Arts Leader Cogswell College to Hold Open House for Next-Generation of Black Collar Students
Cogswell College , one of the world s leading regionally-accredited institutions offering a unique curriculum that fuses digital arts, engineering and entrepreneurship, is holding an Open House on March 10, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at its Sunnyvale campus.

Week of events promotes engineering on Yale campus

Week of events promotes engineering on Yale campus
This week the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science will host its first ever Engineers Week to promote opportunities in the field and raise enthusiasm about the discipline. Coinciding with National Engineers Week, the events ranging from an ice cream social on Monday to a catapult design competition on Friday were conceived and planned by graduate engineering students Ying Zheng ENG ’13 and Enping Hong ENG ’14, with the assistance of faculty in engineering and applied science.

Early puzzle play can help boost math-related skills in kids
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Engaging children in puzzle play can help in the development of spatial skills, which has implication for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers later in their life, say experts.

Tissue Engineering: The Combination of Cells & Engineering – A Global Market Overview
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Tissue Engineering: The Combination of Cells & Engineering – A Global Market overview. Engineered tissues can be successfully constructed through the recreation of a biologically active extracellular environment in which the product can be developed. These technologies offer new hope for medical progress, and the economies of emerging nations have recognized the potential of tapping into these fast emerging fields to gain maximum mileage.

Michelle Obama is J.Crew’s best sales tactic
Deborah Kim First Lady Michelle Obama arrives for an event where she spoke on the importance of supporting and retaining women and girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers, in the East Room in Washington on September 26, 2011.

Hundreds celebrate Engineering Field Day
The second annual Engineering Field Day was held at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Feb. 15 in celebration of National Engineers Week. The event was designed to encourage students to get excited about engineering and other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines.

Engineering students told to nurture entrepreneurial skills
Engineering students should first strive to hone their academic and communication skills in college and later strive to become entrepreneurs rather than employees of some company or the other, according to Mr Y.S. Chowdary, Chairman of the Sujana Group of industries and a Rajya Sabha member representing the Telugu Desam Party.

Engineering company UGL’s profits fall
Engineering firm UGL remains confident of achieving a rise in underlying annual earnings, after a fall in its first half net profit due to acquisition costs.

Waltonen Engineering, Inc., Receives GSA Schedule
WARREN, Mich., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Waltonen Engineering, Inc., a global leader in engineering services, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 871 Professional Engineering Services (PES) Contract. With headquarters in Warren, Mich., and offices throughout the United States, Waltonen specializes in engineering, design, systems engineering and product lifecycle management for various government and commercial customers.