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Beth Jarvie, Keller Center May 10, 2021 4:45 p.m. Princeton University was not on junior Raya Wards radar when she was deciding where to study. A spur-of-the-moment Orange Key tour — her mothers suggestion en route from their home in Georgia — shot Princeton to the top of her list. "A huge consideration for me was financial aid," Ward said. "And my tour guide spent at least ten minutes explaining the incredible support Princeton offers." On the flip side, when Ron Miasnik invited a hometown...

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Submitting... It is hoped that the Edinburgh firm’s WasteMap analytics platform will provide companies with greater scrutiny over their waste and by-products, leading to cost and resource efficiencies and reductions in carbon emissions. Mike Groves, CEO, Topolytics: Delighted to join up with CeeD and Innovate UK on its ‘smart manufacturing’ challenge. Picture: Claire Watson Photography Mike Groves, chief executive of Topolytics, said the venture would address the “smart manufacturing”...

Florida International University Search May 3, 2021 at 1:00pm FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing has named Monica E. Cardella director of its School of Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED). Cardella, who currently serves as a professor of engineering education at Purdue University, will officially join FIU at the start of the Fall 2021 semester. In this role, Cardella will oversee SUCCEED, which will be housed at the college’s new engineering building, set to...

News Join our Engineering Community! Sign-in with: News Technology Revolutionizes EE Educational Structures 4 hours ago by Tyler Charboneau With technology constantly evolving and expanding, it only makes sense that the EE educational structure would try to keep up, even during unexpected circumstances. It’s widely understood that the engineering world is frantically evolving, affecting various outlets from workflow processes to the EE educational system. As companies continue to innovate via...

UF Chief Marshal looks to first in-person commencements after a year For many years, Hans van Oostrom, Ph.D., said he felt something was missing from his role as a professor.  At the end of each semester, he said he “checked the box” that said his students were done with their courses and ready to graduate.  And that was it. Off they went. But that was long ago. Now, van Oostrom serves as chief marshal at UF’s commencement ceremonies, an assignment he accepted in Summer 2018, in additio...

Ida Habtemichael understands she’s a statistical rarity. Black, female mechanical engineers make up less than 2 percent of the engineering workforce. A role model for those seeking STEM careers, she couldn’t be prouder of her 14 successful years rising through the senior ranks of Micron Technology. Yet Habtemichael admits she downplays the exact title of her college degree. “I don’t really identify that I have a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology, because there’s...

Johnson said that, like his student, he himself didn’t fully understand the differences in opportunity for the two disciplines when he switched from engineering to engineering technology in his first year at North Carolina A&T State in 1983. Johnson had never heard of engineering technology before arriving at college until he was  paired with a roommate who was an ET major. While Johnson was taking theoretical classes, his roommate was in the lab.  “Though I did well in theoretical course...

University of Virginia names Jennifer West dean of engineering and applied science Published Saturday, Apr. 24, 2021, 7:39 am Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© Melinda Fawver – stock.adobe.com) The University of Virginia announced this week the appointment of Jennifer L. West as the 14th dean of the School of Engineering and Appli...

The university is teaming up with the company “Edge Pathways” to launch an online, one year program for passionate, creative, problem solving high school grads who are interested in an engineering career, but perhaps haven’t had the experience, education, or guidance to help them thrive at the college level.  “The challenge is more than 50% of students that start STEM and engineering degrees never complete them and it’s often due to a lack of support,” said Dan Sommer, CEO & co-fou...