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Engineering Students Aid Bolivian Villagers
In an effort to provide aid to Bolivian villagers, a group of engineering students at the University of Kansas (USA) will travel to the nation in December to tackle a variety of projects, including the construction of composting latrines for the community, the monitoring of the area’s water quality and the completion of a health survey for the villagers. The initiative is part of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a national group that joins forces with poor or developing countries to enhance their quality of life. EWB has already finished similar projects in Juarez, Mexico. Read more
Call for Papers for Special Issue of IEEE Potentials
IEEE Potentials is seeking articles geared to young engineers for a March 2009 issue. Articles should deal with cutting-edge technical ideas, advice about professional development, or insights into the problem-solving process. The deadline for submitting manuscripts is 1 December. Learn more
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Grant Awarded to Fund Study for Female Student Engineer Retention Efforts
A US$500,000 three-year National Science Foundation grant has been awarded to the University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Applied Science for the purpose of examining how cooperative education and related on-the-job experiences impact female undergraduate engineering students. The college will partner with colleagues at Northeastern University, Rochester Institute of Technology and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to create a research team. The purpose of the team is to analyze whether or not women in traditional engineering programs who take part in work related to their field of study as undergraduates have higher self-efficiency and are more likely to achieve with a degree in their field. The goal of the study is to gather data that might prove useful in female engineer retention efforts. Read more
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IEEE Strives to Spur Students’ Interest in Pursuing Engineering Careers
In an effort to bolster the appeal of engineering as a career choice for students, IEEE has embarked on an initiative that focuses on sparking young people’s interests through educational outreach. By gearing their efforts around the global themes of lifelong learning objectives, workforce challenges, re-thinking the engineer and mastering the innovation process, IEEE hopes to motivate students to pursue engineering careers. Additionally, IEEE joined forces with the National Academy of Engineering to further these goals. Read more
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Summer 2009 Grants Available
Undergraduate and graduate students interested in exploring an entrepreneurial opportunity in the technology of alternative energy fields over the summer of 2009 are eligible to apply for a grant offered by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Park, California, USA. Winners will be required to work on their project for a minimum of 10 weeks between 1 June and 30 September in Lightspeed’s office. For complete details and to download an application, visit the summer grant web page.
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Solar Boats Train Students for the Future
The solar-powered machine familiar to most people is likely no more complex than a calculator. But a group of engineering undergrads aimed higher when it came to harnessing the power of the sun. They built and raced solar-powered boats in the annual Solar Splash competition, held on the campus of the University of Arkansas. Read more
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180 km Mileage Car Created
Students from the mechanical engineering department RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, have created and demonstrated a model car with a low power 97 cc Honda generator engine of two horsepower. The single-person car covers 180 km on one liter of petrol and has a high specific strength aluminum alloy frame and a fiberglass shell. The details of the project were revealed in a presentation titled ‘Project Garuda – RVCE Supermileage Car.’ Read more
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Utility and University Join to Study Biomass Power
Michigan's forest industry produces thousands of jobs and hundreds of thousands of tons of unused residues each year which can be used to help generate clean electric power, according to a report by Michigan Technological University scientists, who say the potential exists for homegrown biomass to reduce the use of fossil fuel while also decreasing carbon dioxide emissions from the generation of electricity. The report, commissioned by the Wolverine Power Cooperative, says that unused logging residues and other material removed from timberland within 75 miles of Rogers City total about 220,000 dry tons per year, enough to generate at least 35 megawatts of electricity. Equally promising, according to the Michigan Tech researchers, is the potential for using idle agricultural lands to grow energy crops, including switchgrass and fast growing trees such as hybrid poplar, silver maple and European larch. Michigan Tech found that using up to 20 percent biomass from logging residues offered the greatest potential CO2 and energy consumption reduction compared to geologic sequestration or reducing CO2 emission through forest stand management. Read more
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Call for Participation: IEEE GOLD Session at IEEE GLOBECOM 2008
Find yourself in a perplexing situation in your early career? Feel a strong need for direction and guidance to facilitate decision? Join the IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Panel at IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, being held 3 December, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The GOLD Panel Session at IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 will bring together world-renowned scholars, researchers, practitioners and business leaders from academia, industry and government to discuss issues of interest to both students and young professionals who are in their early stages of career planning. Each panelist will give a short presentation, and a Question & Answer section will follow. Come along to share your ideas. Admission is Free! Learn more
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ASU Professor Creates Online Engineering Textbook
An online text that teaches engineering to high school students is being touted as a textbook that can not only introduce students to the subject of engineering, but allow them to think of it as a career choice. The book and its content can be changed, updated and adapted by teachers to suit specific classroom and curriculum needs and can also be employed in math and science courses to provide extra resources for topics in those subjects. The book was written by an Arizona State University (ASU) professor who partnered with the CK-12 Foundation and several ASU faculty members to create the text. Read more
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How to Deal With a Low Salary Offer
It is said that in this life you don't get what you deserve, but what you negotiate. Your value has little to do with it, so take your ego out of the equation, says an article at theladders.com. You may feel that you received a lowball offer, but far more often than not, a company's initial offer is not meant to denigrate you. It is just part of the game. To play well, the article advises job hunters to understand what led the other party to toss out a set of figures as well as where the pitch lands with respect to your ideal and no-go amounts. Read more
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