Today’s blog posting is brought to you.... By Chris Knutson, P.E. With completion of the recent U.S. and China summit, increased media attention has been focused on the need for expanding bilateral links between the two countries. The shift from a strong linkage between the U.S. and Europe to one...
President Barack Obama honored the top achievers from the Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition at the White House on July 20. In the competition, held in Orlando on May 8, Texas placed first in the team competition and Missouri placed second (view the webcast ). Obama praised the “mathletes”...
Last night's "News Hour with Jim Lehrer" featured a excellent story about the National Engineers Week Future City Competition . If you missed it, be sure to check out the story online .
When engineers talk about engineering to students or the public (and we don’t do this enough), we frequently deliver wrong messages. How many of us have said, “It’s a very tough degree” or “You really need to be good in math and science,” or my personal favorite, “Only...