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Where the Engineering Jobs Are

patricia — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:47:27 +0000

Last year, pink slips were seemingly everywhere for engineers and computer scientists, as the likes of Texas Instruments and Microsoft laid off employees in record numbers. Things are better for engineers this year, but the signals are still mixed. Tech companies plan to hire at least as many electrical engineers as last year, but those already laid off are having a hard time finding jobs. And while new grads are getting fewer offers, they’re doing better than their peers—according to a recent report, engineering degrees accounted for eight of the 10 highest paid degrees in the United States. [read full article at IEEE Spectrum]

Engineering Graduate Schools Take Recent Disasters to Heart

patricia — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:44:11 +0000

Events such as the BP oil spill have prompted the creation of new engineering careers that focus on the prevention of accidents. As a result, some schools are creating engineering masters programs that can prepare students for these emerging positions.

For instance, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) recently created an online masters program in advanced safety engineering and management, The Birmingham News reports. [read full article at GradView]

Women and Minorities Discouraged from Pursuing STEM Careers

patricia — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:19:27 +0000

Significant numbers of today’s women and underrepresented minority chemists and chemical engineers (40 percent) say they were discouraged from pursuing a STEM career (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) at some point in their lives, according to a new Bayer Corporation survey.

U.S. colleges are cited by them as the leading place in the American education system where discouragement happens (60 percent) and college professors as the individuals most likely responsible for the discouragement (44 percent). [read full article at redOrbit]

Drexel University Launches Online Master’s in Engineering Technology

patricia — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:39:18 +0000

Drexel University Online, a leader in online degree programs, has added a new online degree program to its offerings, the online Master of Science in Engineering Technology from Drexel’s Goodwin College.

The online master’s in Engineering Technology uses a professional, multi-disciplinary, team and project-oriented approach to graduate education. It focuses primarily on the applied aspects of the technological spectrum closest to product development and improvement, industrial practices, and engineering technology operation functions. It meets the needs of and provides the flexibility for graduate students who want to expand their knowledge through advanced engineering technology courses. It also provides the flexibility for graduate students to expand their knowledge in a specific technical specialty. [read full article at Yahoo! News]

Girls Learn About Engineering During Lockheed Martin Event

patricia — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:58:14 +0000

Lockheed Martin, Manassas, recently introduced 89 female students from 17 local high schools to the world of engineering during the firm’s sixth annual “Women in Engineering Day” at its local facility. [read full article at InsideNova.com]

Auto ID Solutions Signs Multi-year Sponsorship for the University of St. Thomas STEPS Program

patricia — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:02:48 +0000

Auto ID Solutions has made a three year commitment to the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering’s STEPS (Science, Technology and Engineering Preview Summer camp for girls) program. This program is for girls entering the 7th grade who spend a week taking classes in plastics, electricity, machining, computer-aided design, assembly, web design, chemistry, physics, engineering, and robotics. [read full article at Yahoo! News]

For Space Careers, a Crisis of Confidence

patricia — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:15:29 +0000

Fluctuating funding for NASA could drive away highly specialized workers at a time when fewer students want to embark on careers in science, space industry officials warned a House panel Thursday.

“One of the reasons for a lack of interest in aerospace and defense could be the uncertainty of NASA programs,” Marion Blakey, president of the Aerospace Industries Association, told the House Science and Technology Committee. “A commitment to a robust human spaceflight program will help attract students and hold workers.” [read full article at Florida Today]

Engineering Professor Creates Mobile Lab for Testing Bridges

patricia — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:07:36 +0000

Funded with a $95,500 Champlin Foundations grant, the Structural Monitoring and Remote Testing (SMART) Laboratory includes the high-tech instrumentation and processing power necessary to measure and analyze structures in natural conditions, all contained in a van for easy access to sites around Rhode Island.

“The lab will enable students to work together in small groups designing experiments on challenging problems related to structural health monitoring, and then gain experience obtaining real-world measurements that can be applied in their future careers,” explained Mayrai Gindy, associate professor of civil engineering who developed the mobile lab. [read full article at PhysOrg.com]

Professional Engineering Licensure a Four-Step Process

patricia — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:51:30 +0000

Four steps.

Eight years.

Two exams.

It all adds up to what Ben O’Neal, engineering professor, calls two “pretty exhausting” eight-hour exams.

After four years of undergraduate coursework, engineering students encounter additional education and practice for another four years before acquiring a professional engineer license. [read full article at TechnicianOnline.com]

NSF Supports Case Western Reserve University’s IDEAL

patricia — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:01:59 +0000

A program at Case Western Reserve University to encourage career advancement of women and underrepresented minority men in sciences and engineering is expanding to five public institutions of higher education through a three-year, nearly $1 million National Science Foundation grant.

Institutions Developing Excellence in Academic Leadership (IDEAL) brings together CWRU and five public research universities across Northern Ohio: Bowling Green State University, Cleveland State University, Kent State University, the University of Akron and the University of Toledo. The goal is to foster environments conducive to recruiting, advancing and retaining women and underrepresented minority faculty in science and engineering (S&E). [read full article at EurekAlert!]