Engineering Education
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Competing Forces
By Alvin P. Sanoff It’s no secret that most young women aren’t drawn to engineering. They flock to medical and law schools. Even M.B.A. programs, which have had problems attracting…
Category: Features
Hardy Perennials
In the summer of 1893, a group of engineering academics took time out from reviewing the showcase of technological prowess at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago to form the Society…
Grave New World
Among pet and wildlife lovers, few topics incite more fury than the use of animals in laboratories. But federal regulators and many scientists agree that mice, along with rabbits, dogs, and…
Home Sweet Utopia
SEOUL — With his athletic build and snappy letter jacket, Dong-Hwan Lee could pass for a linebacker, but he makes no claim to football prowess. “For $35,” admits the SungKyunKwan University…
American Society for Engineering Education
COVER STORY URBAN OUTFITTERS How engineers hope to transform congested cities into sustainable homes for half of humanity. + BY THOMAS K. GROSE HOME SWEET UTOPIA South Korea’s “ubiquitous cities”…
120th Annual Conference & Exposition
Exposition Highlights The 2013 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition features an exciting schedule of activities in the exhibit hall, including refreshment breaks, product demonstrations, and interactive attractions. EXPOSITION HOURS Sunday,…
The New Ph.D.
When university engineering departments advertise vacancies these days, they can expect “100 to many hundred applications for every tenure-track faculty opening. That’s true in engineering nationally,” says Joseph Helble, dean of…
Grave New World
Over the past decade, the burst of new technologies has been breathtaking—and often revolutionary. Pilotless drones track human footprints to help locate bombing targets. Tiny molecular robots made from DNA seek…
American Society for Engineering Education – NOVEMBER 2012 – Volume 22 | Number 3
COVER STORY DANCE WITH THE DRAGON Research partnerships grow alongside U.S.-Chinese competition. + BY MARK MATTHEWS GRAVE NEW WORLD Emerging technologies with the power to harm or help pose tough…
Miracle Material
It has been hailed as a wonder material full of suprising, often counterintuitive properties, one of the most versatile materials ever to spring from the engineering lab. Tougher than steel, a…