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This might be why there are few Black engineers in Big Tech By The Washington Post By Nitasha Tiku For years, Googles recruiting department used a college ranking system to set budgets and priorities for hiring new engineers. Some schools such as Stanford University and MIT were predictably in the "elite" category, while state schools or institutions that churn out thousands of engineering grads annually, such as Georgia Tech, were assigned to "tier 1" or "tier 2." But one category of higher e...

Louisiana Tech University mathematics alumnae and professor emeritus Dr. Jenna Carpenter has been selected as the president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the national engineering education society dedicated to the professional needs of engineering educators. Carpenter served in several leadership roles over 26 years with Louisiana Tech’s College of Engineering and Science (COES). She served as program chair of the mathematics and statistics program, director ...

Tom Peterson A distinguished national engineering leader has agreed to join the University of Wyoming as a senior strategic adviser to President Ed Seidel for science, technology and engineering. Tom Peterson, most recently the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California-Merced, will assist the faculty and university leadership in building interdisciplinary technology, science and engineering research and education programs at UW. The position, which begins July 1, als...

March 5, 2021 Tom Peterson A distinguished national engineering leader has agreed to join the University of Wyoming as a senior strategic adviser to President Ed Seidel for science, technology and engineering. Tom Peterson, most recently the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California-Merced, will assist the faculty and university leadership in building interdisciplinary technology, science and engineering research and education programs at UW. The position, which begi...

Learn how engineers are making the world more sustainable Updated / Thursday, 4 Mar 2021 00:18 Happy World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development! Today, Thursday, 4 March marks the second annual World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development, a UNESCO international day to highlight the achievements of engineers and engineering in our modern world and improve public understanding of how engineering and technology is central to modern life and sustainable development. Did you know? Engi...

March 3, 2021 Cameron Wright Cameron Wright, who has served as interim dean of the University of Wyoming’s College of Engineering and Applied Science since August 2019, has been named acting dean through August 2023 by the UW Board of Trustees. “Dr. Wright is the right person at the right time to lead the College of Engineering and Applied Science through the pandemic and our current budget headwinds,” Interim Provost Anne Alexander says. “We will restart a dean search in the summer of ...

Despite high demand for engineering, a global effort is needed to address specific regional disparities, especially in Africa, according to the second...

Share Roorkee: The Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee organized the 4th edition of Prof. J B Lal Memorial Lecture. The online lecture on The Future of Chemical Engineering Teaching aimed to review the teaching of chemical engineering in the past and explore needed changes for the future.   Prof. Edward L. Cussler Jr. Emeritus Professor, Chemical Engineering & Material Science, University of Minnesota (USA), and Former President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICh...

Regional disparities in engineering, especially in Africa, must be addressed if the world is to realize a common future where no one is left behind, according to a report issued on Wednesday by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...

FSU physics professor Paul Cottle writes that a Florida Senate bill would mean less Bright Futures scholarship money for high school students who take certain Advanced Placement and dual enrollment courses.