GVSU engineering students transform 1999 Subaru Outback into electric vehicle

GVSU engineering students transform 1999 Subaru Outback into electric vehicle
Next year, new electric or hybrid models from Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota are hitting the market as the shift away from gasoline-powered vehicles by the world’s automakers quickens pace. But the only electric Subaru you’re likely to see on the road will be here in Grand Rapids.

Female engineering majors hit record high at Purdue
Just a few years ago, Catherine Courchaine would have stuck out alongside the men at Purdue University studying engineering. But now, the male-dominated major at the West Lafayette campus is experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of women applying for and accepting enrollment in the College of Engineering.

Geo-engineering: a bad idea whose time has come?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The mainstream approach to climate change does not seem to be working so some scientists and policymakers say it may be time to look into something completely different: re-engineering Earth’s climate. Variously called geo-engineering, climate remediation and planet hacking, the idea is to do on purpose what industry and other human activities have done inadvertently …

Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, & Rhode Island School of Design Host Undergraduate Product Design Final …
WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Three colleges that are among the best in their fields — Babson College in entrepreneurship, Olin College of Engineering in engineering, and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in industrial design — will sponsor the…