May 15—Engineering students from the University of Texas Permian Basin’s STEM Academy were given a first-hand look at the construction going on at the Ellen Noël Art Museum Wednesday. Currently, the museum is undergoing its Capital Enhancement Project. The event was a part of the “Day On The Job” program that mentors engineering students through […]
Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost EV meant for the masses, and the Alaska, Fisker’s entry into the red-hot pickup truck market. In the weeks that followed, Fisker stopped paying the […]
BOULDER Colo, (KDVR) — The University of Colorado Boulder said it has seen an increase in women enrolling in its engineering classes. According to the American Society for Engineering Education, CU leads the nation in the percentage of first-year female engineering students. Meow Wolf cuts 50 employees in Denver “The gender parity in engineering is […]
A third year mechanical engineering student with a “passion for adventure” from California Polytechnic State University tragically fell to his death while on a trip to Big Sur. Kenneth Taylor, 21, was found dead by emergency responders around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 at the base of a 120-foot waterfall along California’s rugged coast, […]
The historic Paris climate agreement started a mantra from developing countries: “1.5 to stay alive.” It refers to the international aim to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.8 Fahrenheit) compared with preindustrial times. But the world will likely pass that threshold within a decade, and global warming is showing little sign of slowing. […]
The city of St. Paul hopes to install a Mississippi River Learning Center in Hidden Falls/Crosby Farm Regional Park, and it’s looking for a multi-disciplinary team of design and engineering experts to take existing concept plans and turn them into design and construction documents. Proposals are due to the city by May 15. The River […]
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Alabama high schoolers can get a head-start in their careers for free through a new interdisciplinary program at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. According to a press release, ASMS — a public residential STEM school in Mobile, Alabama — is introducing two specialized academic tracks for students in Engineering […]
Mar. 7—The renovation of SUNY Oneonta’s Alumni Hall has won an award for an engineering firm that worked on the project. Erdman Anthony, a Rochester-based, multidisciplinary firm specializing in infrastructure engineering and support services, received an American Council of Engineering Companies of New York 2024 Engineering Excellence Award for the Alumni Hall Rehabilitation. The project […]
Feb. 23—CUMBERLAND — Allegany County Commissioners on Thursday approved a $174,900 proposal from The EADS Group to provide civil and site engineering at the former Allegany High School property. The school was razed in 2022 to prepare for housing development. EADS recently completed a similar project in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, the company said in a letter […]
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Computers turn math into objects and images. Jason Fenske, known as the maestro at YouTube channel Engineering Explained, turns objects and images back into math to help us understand how things work, what they mean, and, in this case, whether things are true. When it comes to the boast about the Tesla Cybertruck that’s towing […]
Jan. 15—Perry Village Council has selected a new engineering firm to assist the community’s government. Council, during its Jan. 11 meeting, appointed Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. to provide the village with professional engineering services. CEC is an engineering and environmental consulting firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm serves the Cleveland area through an […]