University of Pittsburgh receives $22 million from the Richard King Mellon Foundation
( University of Pittsburgh ) The Center for Energy in the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering has received a $22 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation -- one of the largest private foundation grants in Pitt's history. The gift will accelerate the research and education efforts of the center, which is dedicated to improving energy technology development and ...
TMS Co-Sponsoring Materials Innovation Informational Event in Washington, D.C.
Improving global competitiveness by preparing current and prospective American innovators and scientific engineers with skills for advanced material acceleration will be the subject of a materials information luncheon co-sponsored by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) February 15 in Washington, D.C.
Two engineers named to national academy
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today (Feb. 9) announced it has named two UW-Madison engineers to its 2012 class of new members.
WSU Biomed Engineering Students Design New Medical Devices
Nigil Valikodath hopes to enroll in medical school and eventually become an orthopedic surgeon. His biomedical engineering classes at Wayne State University have him already building real-world advanced medical devices
Ten Society for Science & the Public Science Fair Alumni Participate in the Second White House Science Fair
President Obama Praises the Next Generation of Innovators
Clemson professor honored by American Physical Society
CLEMSON, S.C. - Terry M. Tritt, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Physics at Clemson University, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the scientific society's highest member honor.
The “education crisis” myth
Has the term "education" become a code word? And if so, a code word for what? These are the major unasked -- but resoundingly answered -- questions to emerge from two much-discussed articles about the future of American manufacturing. One is a cover story in the Atlantic Monthly about why jobs are being shipped overseas. It concludes that "to solve all the problems that keep people from ...
TELUS Reports Fourth Quarter 2011 Results
TELUS Reports Fourth Quarter 2011 Results
Stover students attend Future City competition
Students from Stover Middle School attended the annual Future City Competition — Great Plains Regional on Jan. 21 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
Marty Sites Added To National Register Of Historic Places
PIERRE — The Marty Indian Gymnasium and St. Therese Hall in Marty is one of two South Dakota properties added in January to the National Register of Historic Places, according to the South Dakota State Historical Society.