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10 stories you might have missed over the weekend A look at stories in the Grand Forks Herald and on grandforksherald.com that you might have missed from over the weekend. 9:28 am, Mar. 1, 2021 × UNDs Otis Weah returned to action for the first time since 2018 on Saturday and gained 91 yards in a victory over Southern Illinois. Forum News Service file photoForum News Service Herald Sports Editor Wayne Nelson writes that UND is beginning to forge its own identity in its ne...

For Northrop Grumman, Engineers Week is all about mousetrap cars and inspiration Austin Armendariz Lotito said he used CDs for the wheels, and his car was propelled by a string that unfurled when the mousetrap was set off, which sent it speeding through the hangar for a distance of 75 feet. 7:00 am, Feb. 28, 2021 × Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski assists Mike Fridolfs, site director for Northrop Grumman, in measuring the distance traveled by a student-built mousetrap ...

Engineers help serve Pine Belt behind scenes of projects Engineers help serve Pine Belt behind scenes of projects By Melissa Rademaker | February 26, 2021 at 5:04 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 5:23 PM PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Saturday wraps up this year’s National Engineers Week. Engineers are often the people behind projects and work that people benefit from and use every day. Jeremiah Seal, manager of Engineering Services at Southern Pine Electric, says his team does a lot of planni...

Engineering is a vast and varied discipline that opens the door to a huge array of careers. Those who choose this path could end up specialising in anything from researching new materials for use in

5 Engineers Week events to spark your interest 26 Feb 2021330 Views Sustainability challenges, fun engineering shows and virtual workshops are all on offer during this year’s Engineers Week. Engineers Week 2021 kicks off tomorrow (27 February) and with Covid-19 restrictions still firmly in place, it will be a very different set-up to previous years. However, the restrictions have not stopped the Engineers Ireland STEPS programme from putting on a range of events to encoura...

Vermont may be known for its bridges, but when two of them became far too deteriorated in Middlebury, it was time for an upgrade to a rail tunnel. It was an ambitious project, but no match for the ambitions of Jonathan Griffin, P.E., ‘10 a distinguished alumnus of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) at UVM. His years of work on the Middlebury Bridge and Rail Tunnel Project recently earned him the honor of being named Vermont’s 2021 Young Engineer of the Year. “Succ...

Gas Networks Ireland recognised for community support Updated / Friday, 26 Feb 2021 13:54 John Dunlea and David Crancher from Age Action Ireland with the van Gas Networks Ireland donated Gas Networks Ireland has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Community Support award as part of the 2021 CCA Excellence Awards. It comes as the semi-state organisation exceeded its corporate social responsibility goals throughout 2020, contributing over €250,000 to more than 30 charities. This was up 15%...

Perot Museum Kicks off Engineers Week With Daily Activities Share via: Make Plans To Visit Perot Museum During Engineers Week Kids and adults alike can unlock their inner engineer with daily activities, building challenges, TECH Truck fun, experiments and more, while younger children can get hands on with robotics and crafts Brainstorm, build, break and create! Recognizing the importance of training the STEM leaders of tomorrow, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science will kick off  Engineers ...

BASF Sponsors Chattanooga Engineers Week Thursday, February 25, 2021 As part of its ongoing commitment to promoting the importance of engineering, as well as math, science and technical skills, BASF is a premier sponsor of Chattanooga Engineers Week, which started Sunday. The local annual outreach event is part of National Engineers Week, which celebrates how engineers make a difference in the world and brings engineering to life for children, educators and parents.   “The spirit of En...

Pentagon aims to field hypersonic weapons by mid-2020s By (0) Members of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 test team make final preparations before a test flight of a prototype hypersonic weapon at Edwards Air Force Base last August. Photo by Kyle Brasier/U.S. Air Force Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. military is hoping to field offensive hypersonic weapons by the early- to mid-2020s, the Pentagon said this week. The Department of Defense also plan...