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Current Issue

Summer 2021

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  • COVER: MOONSHOT MOMENT
    THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHES ON A BOLD MISSION TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION AND JOB CREATION, PROPEL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, AND BOLSTER U.S. COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH HEFTY BOOSTS IN FEDERAL R&D FUNDING.
  • VIRAL LOAD
    FEMALE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACULTY HAVE BORNE A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF COVID-19’S CAREER SIDE EFFECTS.
  • SURE SHOT
    ENGINEERS PLAY A VITUAL ROLE IN SHEPHERDING COVID-19 VACCINES FROM LAB TO ARM.

Previous Issues

March + April 2021

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  • COVER: THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER 10 YEARS LATER
    A DECADE AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT DISASTER, JAPAN CONTINUES THE CLEANUP AND CONSIDERS ITS ENERGY FUTURE.
  • DOUBLE DEUTSCH
    A NEW INITIATIVE AT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY AIMS TO GRADUATE ENGINEERINGS WHO CAN HOLD THEIR OWN IN A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY—IN THE U.S. OR ABROAD.

February 2021

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  • COVER: DOUBLE JEOPARDY
    HOSTILE FEDERAL POLICIES AND A GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAVE HAMMERED INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CHANGES COULD OFFER RELIEF, BUT THE LONG-TERM EFFECT REMAIN UNCLEAR.
  • POWER DRIVE
    AS SALES OF ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES GROW, THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE REMAINS KING OF THE ROAD. ENGINEERS AIM TO MAKE IT CLEANER AND GREENER.
  • DIY BY DESIGN
    ONCE A NOVELTY, MAKER SPACES HAVE BECOME A MUST-HAVE FEATURE FOR ATTRACTING, ENGAGING, AND RETAINING ENGINEERING STUDENTS.

Winter 2021

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  • COVER: WISDOM OF THE AGES
    INDIGENOUS INNOVATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHOS INSPIRE THE FUTURE OF ENGINEERING.
  • HEAL THYSELF
    IN SITU 3-D BIOPRINTERS AND BIOENGINEERED INKS PROMISE TO TRANSFORM WOUND CARE—AND SAVE LIVES—ON AND OFF THE BATTLEFIELD.
  • SOLVING FOR EQUITY
    A CURRICULUM REDESIGN BREAKS CALCULUS' STRANGLEHOLD ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION, ENGAGING STUDENTS WHO MAY BE UNDERPREPARED IN MATH WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTICS.

November 2020

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  • COVER: VIRTUOUS CIRCLE
    ENGINEERS ARE EXPLORING NOVEL RECYCLING METHODS TO KEEP COMMUNITIES FROM DROWNING IN A TOXIC TSUNAMI OF CAST-OFF ELECTRONICS.
  • WINDOW ON OUR WORLD
    BUILT FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE DISCOVERY, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION'S CUPOLA ALSO DELIVERS AWE AND INSPIRATION.
  • RADICAL INCLUSION
    A GROUP OF VISIONARY ENGINEERING EDUCATORS AIMS TO CULTIVATE THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF STUDENTS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER "NEURODIVERGENT" LEARNERS.

October 2020

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  • COVER: HEADS OF THE CLASS
    ENGINEERING EDUCATORS ARE INCEEASINGLY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND SOLUTIONS AS INSTITUTIONS NAVIGATE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES DURING TURBULENT TIMES.
  • IN THE HOT SEAT
    PROVOSTS PLUCKED FROM ENGINEERING SCHOOLS WEATHER TENSE TIMES IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 AND BLACK LIVES MATTER.
  • ENGAGING ETHICS
    THESE INNOVATORS ARE TEACHING THE CRITICAL SUBJECT IN WAYS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE STUDENT ATTENTION.

September 2020

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  • COVER: A VIRTUAL REALITY
    LOCKED DOWN BY THE PANDEMIC, ENGINEERING EDUCATORS FIND CREATIVE SUBSTITUTES FOR IN-PERSON LABS AND OTHER HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
  • SHAPE SHIFTER
    SHERYL SORBY ONCE STRUGGLED TO IMAGINE 3-D OBJECTS. ASEE'S NEW PRESIDENT IS NOW ENVISIONING WAYS TO TRANSORM THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM.
  • FRESH PERSPECTIVES
    CREATIVE PURSUITS FROM EMBROIDERY TO KNITTING TO PAINTING HELP FACULTY HONE DIVERSE SKILL SETS—AND RESTORE EQUILIBRIUM DURING THE PANDEMIC.

Summer 2020

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  • COVER: INTENSIVE CARE
    FROM MODELING DISEASE SPREAD TO THE HUNT FOR A VACCINE, COVID-19 SPURS ENGINEERS TO PROVE ANEW THAT NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
  • CHINA SYNDROME
    A U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY CRACKDOWN PUTS UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTY ON NOTICE ABOUT RISKS IN GLOBAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS.
  • AERIAL CONFLICT
    A CONTROVERSIAL CABLE CAR PROJECT IN JERUSALEM SHOWS THE PERILS OF URBAN PLANNING IN HALLOWED PLACES.

March + April 2020

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  • COVER: SPECIAL SECTION ON TACKLING KEY PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

February 2020

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  • COVER: NATURE'S DATABANK:
    RESEARCHERS LOOK TO DNA, THE ESSENTIAL BLUEPRINTS OF LIFE, TO CAPTURE A DIGITAL-AGE DELUGE OF INFORMATION.
  • NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE:
    EXPERTS FEAR ELECTION MACHINERY IN TOO MANY U.S. PRECINCTS REMAINS VULNERABLE TO HACKERS.
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  • JOIE DE VIVRE:
    SUMMER IN MONTREAL MEANS FUN, FESTIVALS, AND AN INFINITE VARIETY OF FOOD—ALL IN A HISTORIC, COSMOPOLITAN SETTING.
  • 127TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    UN CÉLÉBRATION INTERNATIONALE.

January 2020

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  • COVER: UNDER SIEGE
    UNIVERSITIES—ENGINEERING SCHOOLS INCLUDED—BECOME FLASHPOINTS IN HONG KONG'S PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS.
  • POWER HITTERS
    START-UPS, DEFYING ACADEMIC SKEPTICS, ENLIST BIG-NAME INVESTORS AS THEY VIE TO BE FIRST WITH A WORKABLE SOURCE OF FUSION ENERGY.
  • FROM HOTLINE TO FRONT LINE
    AN INFORMAL NETWORK OF FEMALE ENGINEERING FACULTY STRIVES TO OPEN DOORS AT THE TOP—PARTICULARLY TO WOMEN OF COLOR.

December 2019

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  • COVER: COMPASS COURSE
    A PAIR OF AIR DISASTERS EXPOSES ENGINEERING MISTAKES AND CATALYZES REAL-WORLD LESSONS FOR FUTURE PROFESSIONALS.
  • DON'T CALL IT A CELEBRATION
    CANADA'S IRON RING RITE OF PASSAGE IS A SOLEMN REMINDER OF ENGINEERS' RESPONSIBILITY.
  • THE DRUDGE RETORT
    SWAMPED INSTRUCTORS ARE TURNING TO—AND EVEN INVENTING—AUTOMATED GRADING TOOLS THAT SPEED FEEDBACK WHILE SAVING LABOR, ESPECIALLY THEIR OWN.

November 2019

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  • COVER: PEOPLE GET READY
    AS CLIMATE CHANGE BRINGS MORE ERRATIC AND EXTREME WEATHER, ENGINEERS JOIN INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY-BASED EFFORTS TO BUILD RESILIENCE.
  • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
    RESEARCHERS RACE TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM CLUTTERED SATELLITE LANES BEFORE ONE TINY COLLISION TRIGGERS A DISASTROUS CHAIN REACTION.
  • URBAN RENEWAL
    A POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY PARTNERS WITH ITS LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM, AIMING TO TRIPLE ENROLLMENT FROM A STRUGGLING CITY.

October 2019

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  • COVER: THE NEW FACTORY FLOOR
    INDUSTRY 4.0 PROMISES TO ADD NEARLY $1 TRILLION TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY BY 2025.
  • RUMBLING IN THE RANKS
    TIRED OF SHOULDERING HEAVIER COURSE LOADS FOR UNEQUAL PAY AND PROMOTION, NON-TENURE-TRACK FACULTY SEEK FAIRER WORK ENVIRONMENTS—AND A SAY IN DECISION-MAKING.
  • LAB IN A BOX
    HOW A DEVOTION TO ACTIVE LEARNING SPURRED THE CREATION OF nSCOPE, A LOW-COST ANSWER TO EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS.

September 2019

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  • COVER: SHERPAS OF SUPERCOMPUTING
    AN ESSENTIAL, IF NOT YET WELL-DEFINED, FIELD IS EMERGING AT THE INTERSECTION OF RESEARCH AND THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE MACHINES THAT MAKE SENSE OF BIG DATA.
  • NATURAL-BORN EDUCATOR
    STEEPED IN STEM AS A CHILD, ASEE'S PRESIDENT BRINGS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO ENSURING THAT ENGINEERING'S "HIDDEN FIGURES" GET THEIR DUE.
  • POWER PLAY
    BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY FROM AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER COULD HELP PREVENT BLACKOUTS WHILE ALLOWING THE GRID TO RUN ON CLEAN ENERGY.

Summer 2019

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  • COVER: IN SEARCH OF THE NEXT MEAL
    ENGINEERS GET CREATIVE TO COMBAT A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM OF HUNGER ON CAMPUS.
  • PRIME REWARDS
    A STATEWIDE COMMITMENT TO EXPAND THE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE TALENT POOL HELPED WOO AMAZON TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA. WILL THE PIPELINE FLOW BOTH WAYS?
  • NEW TOOLS FOR THE TRADES
    A BRITISH PROJECT SEEKS TO REENGINEER ONE OF THE LEAST DIGITIZED INDUSTRIAL SECTORS: CONSTRUCTION.

March + April 2019

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  • COVER: A FRAYED WELCOME MAT
    ENGINEERING DEANS STRUGGLE TO ATTRACT FOREIGN GRADUATE STUDENTS DISCOURAGED BY THE TONE OF THE U.S. POLICIES AND RHETORIC.
  • RELIEF IN SIGHT
    EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE GATES FOUNDATION LAUNCHED ITS REINVENT THE TOILET CHALLENGE, PROMISING PROTOTYPES MAY BE POISED TO TRANSFORM URBAN SANITATION—AND MAKE MONEY.
  • SHOW WHAT THEY KNOW
    SCHOOLS INTRODUCE NONDEGREE—AND POST-DEGREE—CREDENTIALS TO EQUIP ENGINEERS FOR AN ERA OF RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND JOBS THAT MAY NOT YET EXIST.

February 2019

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  • COVER: POLAR PROSPECTS:
    AS THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE COME INTO SHARPER FOCUS, GEO-ENGINEERS SEEK SAFE, REVERSIBLE WAYS TO HALT IT, SUCH AS STABILIZING THE ARTIC ICE CAP.
  • CANADA'S NEW TECHNOLOGY GAMBIT:
    THE GOVERNMENT'S INNOVATION SUPERCLUSTERS IDEA IS A WINNER WITH UNIVERSITIES.
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  • TANTALIZING TAMPA:
    A CITY ON THE BAY BECKONS WITH A RICH HISTORY, WATERBORNE FUN, INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS, AND A BIG-CAT SANCTUARY.
  • 126TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    CHARGED UP FOR THE NEXT 125 YEARS

January 2019

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  • COVER: FORCE MULTIPLIERS
    WHEN THEY WORK WELL, COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN MINORITY-SERVING AND PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS CAN STRENGTHEN AND DIVERSIFY THE ENGINEERING TALENT POOL.
  • STREET SENSE
    TORONTO ENGINEERING SEEK TO TURN A WATERFRONT WASTELAND INTO A HIGH-TECH TEST BED—AND THE WORLD’S SMARTEST CITYSCAPE.
  • EXTENSION SERVICE
    MIXING ALTRUISM AND BUSINESS PROMOTION, BRITAIN EMPLOYS SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO BATTLE DISEASE, ASSIST FARMERS AND HERDERS, AND BOOST ECONOMIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.

December 2018

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  • COVER: JUST ENOUGH BRAINPOWER
    RESEARCHERS TRY TO REPLICATE THE HONEYBEE’S REMARKABLE NAVIGATING ABILITY IN DEVELOPING MORE EFFICIENT AND VERSATILE AERIAL DRONES.
  • FASTER, LIGHTER, STRONGER
    AIDED BY ADVANCED COMPUTING AND CHEMISTRY, RESEARCHERS FIGHT THE FORCES THAT PREVENT OPTIMAL SPEED AND FUEL EFFICIENCY IN SHIPS AND BOATS.
  • AI HEADS TO CLASS
    RESPONDING TO EXPLOSIVE DEMAND, A FLURRY OF NEW UNDERGRADUATE CONCENTRATIONS FOSTERS ETHICS ALONG WITH COMPUTING AND ENGINEERING SKILLS.

November 2018

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  • COVER: THE LAST STRAW
    AS THE WORLD WAKES UP TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS, ENGINEERS STRIVE TO DEVELOP EARTH-FRIENDLY SUBSTITUTES AND REMOVE DEBRIS FROM THE OCEANS.
  • MOONSTRUCK
    A WHITE HOUSE DIRECTIVE HAS NASA RECALCULATING THE ROUTE TOWARD HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
  • PARADOX OF PROSPERITY
    DESPITE A RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMY, MANY UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IN GHANA ARE UNEMPLOYED. ONE REASON IS A FAILURE TO MATCH ENGINEERING EDUCATION WITH THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY.

October 2018

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  • COVER: CLASS ACTION
    COMMUNITY SERVICE MOVES FROM EXTRACURRICULAR PROJECTS INTO THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM, ATTRACTING DIVERSE STUDENTS, TACKLING SOCIETAL PROBLEMS—AND MAKING SOME FACULTY MEMBERS UNEASY.
  • UNFRIENDLY SKIES
    AIRLINES' DRIVE TO FILL THEIR PLANES CAN MAKE TRAVEL UNCOMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
  • THE MIND'S EYE
    A PILOT PROGRAM TO BOOST 3-D VISUALIZATION SKILLS—ONE THAT ANY ENGINEERING SCHOOLS CAN ADOPT—YIELDS BIG GAINS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS.
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  • PRISM 125TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

 

September 2018

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  • COVER: ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE: TIME TO SEPARATE?
    HUGE DEMAND FOR CODING SKILLS ENCOURAGES A PUSH FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OR DEPARTMENTS. BUT FINDING FACULTY WON'S BE EASY.
  • ENGINEERING BROUGHT TO LIFE
    ASEE'S PRESIDENT ENLIVENS CLASSES AND PROMOTES DIVERSITY BY REFLECTING SOCIETY IN ALL ITS DIMENSIONS.
  • STRANGE ENCOUNTERS
    A NOW ENDED GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO INVESTIGATE UFO SIGHTINGS POSES INTRIGUING QUESTIONS FOR ENGINEERS AND ASTROPHYSICISTS.

Summer 2018

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  • COVER: YOUNG PACESETTERS
    TODAY'S EARLY-CAREER FACULTY ARE TRANSFORMING CLASSROOMS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY.
  • COMMAND PERFORMANCE
    IMPROV CLASSES TEACH ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO THINK ON THE FLY WHILE SHARPENING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS.

March + April 2018

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  • COVER: ROOM TO GROW
    INDOOR 'VERTICAL FARMING' COULD BE AN ANSWER TO URBAN FOOD NEEDS AND SHINKING AGRICULTURAL SPACE—IF COST AND ENERGY OBSTACLES CAN BE OVERCOME.
  • BRING IT ON
    WHILE NOT EVERYONE IN WISCONSIN WELCOMES MANUFACTURING BEHEMOTH FOXCONN, EDUCATORS ANTICIPATE A VARIETY OF JOBS FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES.
  • HEAD START
    HIGH SCHOOL-COLLEGE COLLABORATIONS ARE PUSHING ENGINEERING SCHOOLS TO REIMAGINE THE STUDENT PIPELINE.

February 2018

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  • COVER: NOT QUITE THE NEXT BIG THING:
    WHY THE BIOTECHNOLOGY BOOM IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
  • PART WAY TO PARADISE:
    A FLOATING UTOPIA (ENGINEERING DETAILS STILL TO COME) PROMISES RELIEF FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND INEFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
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  • CROSSROADS OF THE WEST:
    ASEE'S 125th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, BECKONS EXPLORERS OF ALL STRIPES WITH SPECTACULAR SCENERY, SOARING SPIRES, COOL CUISINE, AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE.
  • 125TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    125 YEARS AT THE HEART OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION.

January 2018

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  • COVER: CYBER SCHOOL
    AS DEMAND MOUNTS FOR GRADUATES WITH COMPUTER SECURITY SKILLS, THE QUESTION ARISES: WHAT'S THE RIGHT TRAINING?
  • HEARTS & MINDS
    IN AN UNUSUAL PARTNERSHIP, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS EDUCATORS ARE HELPING VIETNAM BOOTSTRAP ITS ECONOMY BY TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEERS.
  • BRAGGING RIGHTS
    UP FOR PROMOTION? THESE TECH TIPS COULD HELP SPARE YOUR PORTFOLIO—AND SCHEDULE—FROM DISASTER.

December 2017

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  • COVER: A Grand Challenge? Maybe Not
    …but the problem posed by America’s half-million homeless is ripe for engineering solutions.
  • Sustainable Skies
    Breakthroughs in propulsion systems and power storage herald a new era of clean, green electric flight.
  • Real World 101
    Courses in financial planning, job-search strategies, and other life skills help ease the transition from campus to profession.

November 2017

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  • COVER: ENGINEERING FOR CATASTROPHE
    RESEARCH ON CONSRUCTION MATERIALS, COASTAL PROTECTION, AND POWER GRIDS COULD HELP PROTECT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND SPEED RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS.
  • WILD BLUE YONDER
    DECADES AFTER THE X-15 LAST FLEW, HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY IS ONCE AGAIN POISED TO TAKE WING IN WHAT SOME ARE CALLING A NEW SPACE RACE.
  • LOVE ME, LOVE MY TEACHING:
    STUDENTS’ COURSE EVALUATIONS ARE A FACT OF ACADEMIC LIFE. HERE’S HOW INSTRUCTORS CAN COMBAT STEREOTYPES AND GENDER BIAS WHILE IMPROVING THEIR OWN EFFECTIVENESS.

October 2017

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  • COVER: PREFERRED PROVIDERS
    BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING START-UPS STRIVE TO PLUG THE GAPS IN U.S. HEALTH CARE WITH ADVANCES IN TREATMENT, MORE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY, AND COST SAVINGS.
  • Rx FOR SUPERBUGS:
    SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY MAY HOLD THE KEY TO BATTLING A CRITICAL GLOBAL HEALTH THREAT: ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT MICROBES.
  • SWEET INSPIRATION:
    LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MOTIVATE AND ENGAGE STUDENTS? RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT CANDY IS DANDY.

September 2017

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  • COVER: GREAT AI LEAP FORWARD
    CHALLENGING U.S. LEADERSHIP, CHINESE INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, AND CONSUMERS ARE MAKING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A WAY OF LIFE.
  • MENTOR, BUILDER, PARTNER:
    BEVLEE WATFORD’S ADVICE TO A STRUGGLING STUDENT SUMS UP HER MISSION AS AN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST ON BEHALF OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES: ‘WORK WITH ME. YOU CAN MAKE IT.’
  • THIRSTY GIANT:
    SOFT-DRINK BOTTLERS WORLDWIDE DEPEND ON DIMINISHING SUPPLIES OF CLEAN WATER. HERE’S HOW COKE COPES.

Summer 2017

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  • COVER: BUILDING BOOM
    FUELED BY MAJOR GIFTS, EMPLOYER DEMAND, AND ENROLLMENT GROWTH, DOZENS OF ENGINEERING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE UNDERGOING OR PLANNING MAJOR EXPANSIONS. OTHERS ARE STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
  • NO BARRIERS HERE:
    U.S.-MEXICAN RESEARCH COLLABORATION FLOURISHES DESPITE POLITICAL STRAINS.
  • HEADS UP!:
    COLLECTING DATA ON EVERYTHING FROM ATTENDANCE AND QUIZ SCORES TO LIBRARY VISITS, SCHOOLS BOLSTER AT-RISK STUDENTS LONG BEFORE THEY STUMBLE.

March + April 2017

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  • COVER: BRAIN GAIN:
    IRANIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE AN OUTSIZE FOOTPRINT AT U.S. ENGINEERING COLLEGES, CONTRIBUTING TO INNOVATIONS RANGING FROM SOFT ROBOTICS TO NOVEL IGNITION SYSTEMS AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT CEMENT PRODUCTION. WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICY DISRUPT THIS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PIPELINE?
  • REPLACED BY MACHINES:
    WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUTTING AUTOMATION ON STEROIDS, MORE JOB-MARKET DISRUPTION LIES AHEAD. WHAT’S THE ROLE OF EDUCATORS?
  • COURSE CORRECTION:
    GEORGIA TECH’S PIONEERING ONLINE MASTER’S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE REVEALS A LARGE—AND UNMET—DEMAND FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION. WILL OTHER SCHOOLS FOLLOW SUIT?

February 2017

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  • COVER: DOWN TO EARTH:
    ASTROPHYSICIST FRANCE CÓRDOVA HAS BUILT A CAREER PERSUADING NONSCIENTISTS TO SUPPORT BIG AND SOMETIMES CONTROVERSIAL GOALS. HOW WILL NSF’S DIRECTOR FARE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?
  • THE DARK SIDE OF ‘OPEN ACCESS’:
    PREDATORY JOURNALS—AND OUTRIGHT IMPOSTERS—LURE RESEARCHERS WITH PROMISES OF QUICK PUBLICATION.
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  • CREATIVE COLUMBUS:
    FROM THE ALE TRAIL AND MOUTH-WATERING DESSERTS TO A TOUCH-EVERYTHING KIDS’ MUSEUM, ART MAKER SPACE, AND BOTANICAL TREASURES, OHIO’S CAPITAL GIVES ‘LOCAL FLAVOR’ A WHOLE NEW MEANING. BRING AN APPETITE.
  • 124TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    WHERE ENGINEERING EDUCATION TAKES FLIGHT: FROM P-12 THROUGH LIFE.

January 2017

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  • COVER: QUBIT REVOLUTION:
    ONCE THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION, QUANTUM COMPUTERS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON THE QUIRKY PROPERTIES OF SUBATOMIC PARTICLES COULD SOON BECOME A REALITY.
  • MORE THAN TALK:
    WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS WILD, ENGINEERS TAKE ACTION.
  • INSPIRATION CORPS:
    BOSTON UNIVERSITY REIMAGINES K-12 ENGINEERING OUTREACH, DISPATCHING UNDERGRADUATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS SPEAKERS AND INSTRUCTORS.

December 2016

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  • COVER: MOVING PARTS:
    HIGH COSTS OF TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY HAVE CITIES AND VISIONARIES RETHINKING HOW TO TAKE US FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
  • LIP SERVICE:
    MACHINE TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGIES ARE SET TO CHANGE HOW TRAVELERS INTERACT WITH JAPANESE LOCALS LEADING UP TO THE 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS.
  • SINK OR SWIM:
    A NOVEL ENGINEERING COURSE EMBEDS RIGOROUS MATH AND PHYSICS IN PROJECT-BASED LEARNING.

November 2016

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  • COVER: THE BIG BREAKUP:
    WHILE POLITICIANS AND ECONOMISTS ARGUE WHETHER BRITISH VOTERS’ DECISION TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION WAS WISE, BRITISH ACADEMICS FEAR A DAMAGING FALLOFF IN RESEARCH FUNDING, COLLABORATION, AND TALENT.
  • UNDERWHELMING FORCE:
    POST-9/11 VETERANS WERE SEEN AS A NATURAL FIT FOR ENGINEERING, BASED ON THEIR TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. YET JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF RETURNEES HAVE JOINED THE FIELD. WHY?
  • MAKER MOVEMENT 2.0:
    EDUCATORS SEEK TO DERIVE STRUCTURED LEARNING FROM “FAIRES” AND “SPACES” WITHOUT SACRIFICING HIGH-SPIRITED CREATIVITY.

October 2016

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  • COVER STORY: DISRUPTIVE DEVELOPMENT:
    AMERICA'S PREMIER FOREIGN AID SUPPLIER IS TAPPING ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS' CREATIVITY TO SOLVE GRAND CHALLENGES FROM DISEASE TO WATER POLLUTION—UPENDING TRADITION IN THE PROCESS.
  • NOT FEELING THE HEAT:
    CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE MAY BE WHAT OUR WARMING CLIMATE REQUIRES, BUT GETTING ENERGY MARKETS ON BOARD WILL BE TOUGH.
  • SIGNIFICANT OTHER:
    NSF STRIVES TO GET ITS ‘BROADER IMPACTS’ CRITERION TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY BY RESEARCHERS.

September 2016

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  • COVER STORY: TOUGH FIBER:
    STURDY, FAST-GROWING, AND EARTH-FRIENDLY, BAMBOO IS PROVING IDEAL FOR HOMES IN DISASTER ZONES AND CELEBRITY BUNGALOWS IN HAWAII. WILL IT CATCH ON IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.?
  • A GAME CHANGER:
    THE ASEE PRESIDENT'S CAREER REFLECTS HIS EARLY REALIZATION THAT ENGINEERS CAN MAKE AN IMPACT.
  • INVENTION ROULETTE:
    TO THE ALREADY HIGH HURDLES IN FRONT OF MEDICAL-DEVICE START-UPS, ADD ONE MORE: PRODUCTS MUST BE COST-EFFECTIVE.

Summer 2016

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  • COVER STORY: BACK TO THE FUTURE:
    AFTER DECADES OF COLD WAR SANCTIONS, A THAW IN U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS OPENS OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOINT RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES.
  • FLIGHT RISK:
    NASA-LED RESEARCHERS STRIVE TO KEEP THE SKIES SAFE IN AN ERA OF LOW-FLYING COMMERCIAL DRONES.
  • STANDARDS OF PRACTICE:
    PROPOSED CHANGES TO ACCREDITATION CRITERIA HAVE TOUCHED OFF A TEMPEST IN THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY.

March - April 2016

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  • COVER STORY: OFF CAMPUS CRUSADERS
    A FEISTY BREED OF ACADEMICS RESPONDS TO CRISES, INVESTIGATES DISASTERS, AND SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER THROUGH ENGINEERING.
  • TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM:
    THE BEST GROUP PROJECTS MAY NOT REPRESENT THE MOST LEARNING. INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS AND SCAFFOLDING CAN HELP IMPROVE RESULTS.

February 2016

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  • COVER STORY: POWER PLAY:
    ENGINEERS RENEW THE CASE FOR DIRECT CURRENT AS THE ANSWER FOR AN ERA OF MOBILE DEVICES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, BATTERIES, AND MICROGRIDS.
  • MADE TO MEASURE:
    AN END TO GRADE GRUBBING? NOVEL ASSESSMENTS HELP ENGINEERING STUDENTS GAIN CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE BY FOCUSING ON WHAT THEY NEED TO LEARN—NOT THEIR GPAS.
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  • COVER STORY: BIG EASY BLISS:
    WHETHER YOU’RE INTO BEIGNETS, BRASS BANDS, OR BRIDGES, THE CRESCENT CITY HAS SOMETHING TO SUIT EVERY TASTE.
  • 123RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    JAZZED ABOUT ENGINEERING EDUCATION.

January 2016

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  • COVER STORY: A MATTER OF DEGREE:
    JUST A FRACTION OF U.S. ENGINEERING GRADUATES SEE A MASTER’S OR PH.D. AS NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE, LEAVING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AS THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THE NATION’S RESEARCH ENTERPRISE.
  • PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF:
    ADVANCES IN DESIGN AND ENGINE TECHNOLOGIES COULD SIGNAL A COMING BOOM IN SUPERSONIC BUSINESS TRANSPORT.
  • NO ACCIDENT:
    EMBRACING STANDARD INDUSTRY PRACTICE, ENGINEERING SCHOOLS SEEK TO IMPROVE LAB SAFETY BY TRANSFORMING THEIR CULTURES.

December 2015

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  • COVER STORY: GOING FOR BROKE:
    WOMEN FACE A NUMBER OF HURDLES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INCLUDING - FOR MANY - THEIR OWN RELUCTANCE.
  • THE NEXT GREEN REVOLUTION:
    ADVANCES IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE HASTEN A FUTURE OF FARMS WITHOUT FARMERS.
  • MARGIN OF ERROR:
    AS LANDLINES FALL INTO DISUSE AND SURVEY RESPONSE RATES PLUMMET, POLLSTERS ARE SEARCHING FOR NEW WAYS TO MEASURE PUBLIC OPINION.

November 2015

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  • COVER STORY: INDUSTRIAL RX FOR HEALTHCARE:
    BY NOTING AND FIXING INEFFICIENCIES, SYSTEMS ENGINEERS – RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS – ARE OUT TO SHOW THEY CAN MAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE CHEAPER WHILE IMPROVING QUALITY.
  • ROAD WARRIORS:
    ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS REFINE TRUCK DESIGNS TO MEET EVER STRICTER FUEL-ECONOMY TARGETS.
  • CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BORDERS:
    AN 11-UNIVERSITY SERIES OF VIRTUAL COURSES REACHES ACROSS OCEANS AND CULTURES TO PROMOTE GLOBAL COLLABORATION AND SHARED LEARNING.

October 2015

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  • COVER STORY: EYES ON THE SKIES:
    DEVELOPMENT OF A SPRAWLING TELESCOPE ARRAY HAS MADE SOUTH AFRICA A WORLD LEADER IN RADIO ASTRONOMY AND PRODUCED A PIPELINE OF SPECIALIZED ENGINEERS.
  • CIRCUIT BREAKERS:
    BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS TAP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM'S ELECTRICAL HARDWARE FOR DRUG-FREE TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
  • LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION:
    THE CLEAR SKIES ABOVE HAWAII'S MAUNA KEA MAKE THE SITE IDEAL FOR A GIANT TELESCOPE. THAT'S ASSUMING ENGINEERS CAN SHIELD IT FROM EARTHQUAKES, FIERCE WINDS, AND EXTREME TEMPERATURES.

September 2015

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  • COVER STORY: GROUND SHIFT:
    LOOKING BEYOND MINING AND COPPER EXPORTS, CHILE OVERHAULS 10 TOP ENGINEERING SCHOOLS IN A BID TO JOIN THE WORLD'S ADVANCED ECONOMIES.
  • LEADING BY EXAMPLE:
    ASEE'S PRESIDENT FOUND HIS CALLING AS A TEACHER AND HIS PASSION AS A LEADER.
  • IN-FLIGHT RECOVERY:
    HOW AN OLD-LINE MAKER OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES DEFIED THE RUST BELT CURSE.

Summer 2015

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  • COVER STORY: R-E-S-P-E-C-T:
    ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STEPS UP TO TCB IN THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ERA.
  • CLIMATE CHANGE:
    WAYS TO CREATE A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE IN ENGINEERING FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS.

March-April 2015

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  • COVER STORY: Growing Pains:
    Ethiopia is pushing engineering education harder than any other country in Africa, creating challenges for its academics.
  • Driver's Ed:
    On Virginia Tech's “smart” highway, researchers and students put pedal to the metal in an effort to improve cars, reduce collisions, and ease traffic.
  • Full Steam Ahead:
    Engineering and art collaborations flourish, but which group is leading?

February 2015

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  • COVER STORY: Human Spare Parts:
    A new engineering discipline looks ahead to the manufacture of personalized organs for testing or replacement.
  • Piercing the 20 Percent Ceiling:
    Several enterprising engineering schools have figured out how to lift the number of female graduates beyond a dismal, decades-old norm.
  • Reality Knocks:
    A graduate program trains engineering leaders by pushing them out of their comfort zones.

January 2015

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  • COVER STORY: Sea Change:
    From melting polar ice to savage storms, the shifting global climate inspires new research – and opportunities – in naval engineering.
  • Checkered Careers:
    If engineers like what they do, why do so many – including some of the best – work outside the field? An ongoing study seeks to understand the connection between engineering education and the workforce.
  • 'Bot Diggity!
    Cheap yet sophisticated personal robots enliven an introduction to engineering.

December 2014

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  • COVER STORY: To Market, To Market
    Since 2011, NSF's Innovation Corps has sent 365 research teams out of their labs to scout potential customers, and helped launch 208 start-ups.
  • Don't Miss A Beat
    NYU researchers crunch data from cameras, sensors, and cellphones to capture the city’s pulse in real time.
  • STEM by Design
    A novel cross-campus collaboration is forging a pathway to teaching through engineering – without sacrificing quality or prestige.

November 2014

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  • COVER STORY: The Switch from Hell
    The way GM handled a fatal flaw provides grist for instructors in engineering ethics.
  • Damage Control
    Self-healing polymers, coatings, and concrete hold promise in fighting corrosion, closing cracks in plastic, and repairing structures – from dams to tunnels.
  • To the Barricades
    Seeing RED, NSF aims to overthrow outdated curricula and exclusionary practices by ‘revolutionizing’ engineering departments.

October 2014

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  • COVER STORY: Millennial Magnet
    The Grand Challenge Scholars Program reaches cruising speed, attracting the altruistic, the entrepreneurial, and the bored.
  • Atomic Power? Mai Oui!
    France’s future-generation reactor would recycle most of its spent fuel. Could the process revive the U.S. nuclear industry?
  • Driven to Distraction
    From texting to tardiness to cheating, incivility and misconduct can disrupt learning. Here are some tips for controlling a class.

September 2014

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  • COVER STORY: 20 under 40
    Today’s young faculty are powered by ideas - in the classroom and the lab.
  • Recovery Engineer
    ASEE’s president draws a lesson from the post-Katrina revival at Tulane: Play to your strengths.
  • Tips for a Winning Research Proposal
    Experts suggest ways to gain favor with funding agencies.

Summer 2014

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  • COVER STORY: Survival Course
    African-American males represent a sliver of enrollment. More could succeed in engineering if schools understood what it takes to beat the odds.
  • STEM’s Unlikely Patron Saint
    Indiana’s budget-slashing former governor is betting Purdue’s future on engineering and technology education.
  • Game On!
    Simulations and mobile apps can help students grasp fundamental engineering concepts – including structural failure.

March + April 2014

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  • COVER STORY: Higher Reach
    Proponents say an engineering Advanced Placement test would bring prestige, broaden the field’s Appeal, and assure better K-12 preparation. Will engineering schools agree?
  • Carbon Creativity
    CO2 researchers discover productive ways to recycle a climate change culprit.
  • Where Dots Connect
    A new institute at Britain’s oldest university takes an interdisciplinary crack at 21st- century problems.

February 2014

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  • COVER STORY: Road to Recovery
    Aided by faculty in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere, Afghan engineering schools – women included – regain their footing.
  • Creative Spark
    Engineering students pen haiku, hawk bad art — even propose marriage — in courses meant to stimulate ingenuity.



     

Special Double Issue: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference Issue

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  • COVER STORY: Just Your Speed
    From racecars and football to cycling and scenic strolls, Indy suits any pace.
  • 121st Annual Conference & Exposition: 
    360° of Engineering Education 


     

January 2014

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  • COVER STORY: CANCER WARRIORS 
    Engineers, life scientists, and medical doctors converge to fight a common foe.
  • MOTHER LODE OF INVENTION
    Entrepreneurs hope online tech transfer sites can help universities pitch – and profit from – their discoveries.
  • PIPELINE TO PRACTICE
    Undergraduate research experiences foster skills, confidence, and the desire to pursue engineering careers.

     

December 2013

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  • COVER STORY: Icon of the Air
    Behind the B-52’s longevity: overdesign to start with, and inventive, painstaking engineering ever since.
  • Extra Jolt
    Small federal subsidies can be a lifesaver for struggling start-ups.
  • Upward Mobility
    Techniques for mastering MOOCs – from ‘lecturelets’ to stage presence.

November 2013

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  • COVER STORY: HOME SCHOOLING 
    After decades of sending its top talent abroad, Botswana invests capital and effort in engineering education.
  • BOOM OR BUBBLE?
    Engineering schools wager that the job market will keep pace with swelling enrollments. Some economists aren’t so sure.
  • STEP ONLINE IN STYLE
    Techniques for mastering MOOCs – from ‘lecturelets’ to stage presence.

October 2013

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  • COVER STORY: THE UNDEFEATED 
    Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a leading champion of science and technology, has won battle after battle and is now at the peak of influence. Can she keep it up?
  • STAYING POWER 
    Breakthroughs in electrical storage technology are transforming the lowly battery.
  • WORK ETHIC
    Industry experiences help lift a Canadian engineering school to star status.

September 2013

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  • COVER STORY: DELIVERING DIVERSITY 
    From classroom to cafeteria, rising international enrollments are changing the culture at U.S. engineering schools.
  • What's Her Secret? 
    As U.S. engineering programs struggle to close a stubborn gender gap, growing numbers of Muslim-world women are eager to join the field.
  • Hook, Line, & thinker
    ASEE’s president brings a strong administrative record and a passion for research, advocacy – and fly-fishing.
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Summer 2013

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  • Cover Story: 120 Years of Inspiration
    A decade-by-decade tour of technological marvels and education milestones.
  • Hardy Perennials
    As engineering education advanced through the decades, key debates kept recurring.
  • FORWARD THINKERS
    From multidisciplinary new specialties to MOOCs, engineering education must meet expanding challenges and serve new constituencies.

     

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Summer 2021

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  • COVER: MOONSHOT MOMENT
    THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHES ON A BOLD MISSION TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION AND JOB CREATION, PROPEL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, AND BOLSTER U.S. COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH HEFTY BOOSTS IN FEDERAL R&D FUNDING.
  • VIRAL LOAD
    FEMALE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACULTY HAVE BORNE A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF COVID-19’S CAREER SIDE EFFECTS.
  • SURE SHOT
    ENGINEERS PLAY A VITUAL ROLE IN SHEPHERDING COVID-19 VACCINES FROM LAB TO ARM.

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March + April 2021

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  • COVER: THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER 10 YEARS LATER
    A DECADE AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT DISASTER, JAPAN CONTINUES THE CLEANUP AND CONSIDERS ITS ENERGY FUTURE.
  • DOUBLE DEUTSCH
    A NEW INITIATIVE AT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY AIMS TO GRADUATE ENGINEERINGS WHO CAN HOLD THEIR OWN IN A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY—IN THE U.S. OR ABROAD.

February 2021

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  • COVER: DOUBLE JEOPARDY
    HOSTILE FEDERAL POLICIES AND A GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAVE HAMMERED INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CHANGES COULD OFFER RELIEF, BUT THE LONG-TERM EFFECT REMAIN UNCLEAR.
  • POWER DRIVE
    AS SALES OF ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES GROW, THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE REMAINS KING OF THE ROAD. ENGINEERS AIM TO MAKE IT CLEANER AND GREENER.
  • DIY BY DESIGN
    ONCE A NOVELTY, MAKER SPACES HAVE BECOME A MUST-HAVE FEATURE FOR ATTRACTING, ENGAGING, AND RETAINING ENGINEERING STUDENTS.

Winter 2021

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  • COVER: WISDOM OF THE AGES
    INDIGENOUS INNOVATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHOS INSPIRE THE FUTURE OF ENGINEERING.
  • HEAL THYSELF
    IN SITU 3-D BIOPRINTERS AND BIOENGINEERED INKS PROMISE TO TRANSFORM WOUND CARE—AND SAVE LIVES—ON AND OFF THE BATTLEFIELD.
  • SOLVING FOR EQUITY
    A CURRICULUM REDESIGN BREAKS CALCULUS' STRANGLEHOLD ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION, ENGAGING STUDENTS WHO MAY BE UNDERPREPARED IN MATH WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTICS.

November 2020

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  • COVER: VIRTUOUS CIRCLE
    ENGINEERS ARE EXPLORING NOVEL RECYCLING METHODS TO KEEP COMMUNITIES FROM DROWNING IN A TOXIC TSUNAMI OF CAST-OFF ELECTRONICS.
  • WINDOW ON OUR WORLD
    BUILT FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE DISCOVERY, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION'S CUPOLA ALSO DELIVERS AWE AND INSPIRATION.
  • RADICAL INCLUSION
    A GROUP OF VISIONARY ENGINEERING EDUCATORS AIMS TO CULTIVATE THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF STUDENTS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER "NEURODIVERGENT" LEARNERS.

October 2020

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  • COVER: HEADS OF THE CLASS
    ENGINEERING EDUCATORS ARE INCEEASINGLY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND SOLUTIONS AS INSTITUTIONS NAVIGATE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES DURING TURBULENT TIMES.
  • IN THE HOT SEAT
    PROVOSTS PLUCKED FROM ENGINEERING SCHOOLS WEATHER TENSE TIMES IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 AND BLACK LIVES MATTER.
  • ENGAGING ETHICS
    THESE INNOVATORS ARE TEACHING THE CRITICAL SUBJECT IN WAYS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE STUDENT ATTENTION.

September 2020

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  • COVER: A VIRTUAL REALITY
    LOCKED DOWN BY THE PANDEMIC, ENGINEERING EDUCATORS FIND CREATIVE SUBSTITUTES FOR IN-PERSON LABS AND OTHER HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
  • SHAPE SHIFTER
    SHERYL SORBY ONCE STRUGGLED TO IMAGINE 3-D OBJECTS. ASEE'S NEW PRESIDENT IS NOW ENVISIONING WAYS TO TRANSORM THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM.
  • FRESH PERSPECTIVES
    CREATIVE PURSUITS FROM EMBROIDERY TO KNITTING TO PAINTING HELP FACULTY HONE DIVERSE SKILL SETS—AND RESTORE EQUILIBRIUM DURING THE PANDEMIC.

Summer 2020

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  • COVER: INTENSIVE CARE
    FROM MODELING DISEASE SPREAD TO THE HUNT FOR A VACCINE, COVID-19 SPURS ENGINEERS TO PROVE ANEW THAT NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
  • CHINA SYNDROME
    A U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY CRACKDOWN PUTS UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTY ON NOTICE ABOUT RISKS IN GLOBAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS.
  • AERIAL CONFLICT
    A CONTROVERSIAL CABLE CAR PROJECT IN JERUSALEM SHOWS THE PERILS OF URBAN PLANNING IN HALLOWED PLACES.

March + April 2020

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  • COVER: SPECIAL SECTION ON TACKLING KEY PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

February 2020

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  • COVER: NATURE'S DATABANK:
    RESEARCHERS LOOK TO DNA, THE ESSENTIAL BLUEPRINTS OF LIFE, TO CAPTURE A DIGITAL-AGE DELUGE OF INFORMATION.
  • NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE:
    EXPERTS FEAR ELECTION MACHINERY IN TOO MANY U.S. PRECINCTS REMAINS VULNERABLE TO HACKERS.
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  • JOIE DE VIVRE:
    SUMMER IN MONTREAL MEANS FUN, FESTIVALS, AND AN INFINITE VARIETY OF FOOD—ALL IN A HISTORIC, COSMOPOLITAN SETTING.
  • 127TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    UN CÉLÉBRATION INTERNATIONALE.

January 2020

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  • COVER: UNDER SIEGE
    UNIVERSITIES—ENGINEERING SCHOOLS INCLUDED—BECOME FLASHPOINTS IN HONG KONG'S PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS.
  • POWER HITTERS
    START-UPS, DEFYING ACADEMIC SKEPTICS, ENLIST BIG-NAME INVESTORS AS THEY VIE TO BE FIRST WITH A WORKABLE SOURCE OF FUSION ENERGY.
  • FROM HOTLINE TO FRONT LINE
    AN INFORMAL NETWORK OF FEMALE ENGINEERING FACULTY STRIVES TO OPEN DOORS AT THE TOP—PARTICULARLY TO WOMEN OF COLOR.

December 2019

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  • COVER: COMPASS COURSE
    A PAIR OF AIR DISASTERS EXPOSES ENGINEERING MISTAKES AND CATALYZES REAL-WORLD LESSONS FOR FUTURE PROFESSIONALS.
  • DON'T CALL IT A CELEBRATION
    CANADA'S IRON RING RITE OF PASSAGE IS A SOLEMN REMINDER OF ENGINEERS' RESPONSIBILITY.
  • THE DRUDGE RETORT
    SWAMPED INSTRUCTORS ARE TURNING TO—AND EVEN INVENTING—AUTOMATED GRADING TOOLS THAT SPEED FEEDBACK WHILE SAVING LABOR, ESPECIALLY THEIR OWN.

November 2019

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  • COVER: PEOPLE GET READY
    AS CLIMATE CHANGE BRINGS MORE ERRATIC AND EXTREME WEATHER, ENGINEERS JOIN INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY-BASED EFFORTS TO BUILD RESILIENCE.
  • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
    RESEARCHERS RACE TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM CLUTTERED SATELLITE LANES BEFORE ONE TINY COLLISION TRIGGERS A DISASTROUS CHAIN REACTION.
  • URBAN RENEWAL
    A POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY PARTNERS WITH ITS LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM, AIMING TO TRIPLE ENROLLMENT FROM A STRUGGLING CITY.

October 2019

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  • COVER: THE NEW FACTORY FLOOR
    INDUSTRY 4.0 PROMISES TO ADD NEARLY $1 TRILLION TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY BY 2025.
  • RUMBLING IN THE RANKS
    TIRED OF SHOULDERING HEAVIER COURSE LOADS FOR UNEQUAL PAY AND PROMOTION, NON-TENURE-TRACK FACULTY SEEK FAIRER WORK ENVIRONMENTS—AND A SAY IN DECISION-MAKING.
  • LAB IN A BOX
    HOW A DEVOTION TO ACTIVE LEARNING SPURRED THE CREATION OF nSCOPE, A LOW-COST ANSWER TO EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS.

September 2019

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  • COVER: SHERPAS OF SUPERCOMPUTING
    AN ESSENTIAL, IF NOT YET WELL-DEFINED, FIELD IS EMERGING AT THE INTERSECTION OF RESEARCH AND THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE MACHINES THAT MAKE SENSE OF BIG DATA.
  • NATURAL-BORN EDUCATOR
    STEEPED IN STEM AS A CHILD, ASEE'S PRESIDENT BRINGS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO ENSURING THAT ENGINEERING'S "HIDDEN FIGURES" GET THEIR DUE.
  • POWER PLAY
    BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY FROM AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER COULD HELP PREVENT BLACKOUTS WHILE ALLOWING THE GRID TO RUN ON CLEAN ENERGY.

Summer 2019

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  • COVER: IN SEARCH OF THE NEXT MEAL
    ENGINEERS GET CREATIVE TO COMBAT A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM OF HUNGER ON CAMPUS.
  • PRIME REWARDS
    A STATEWIDE COMMITMENT TO EXPAND THE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE TALENT POOL HELPED WOO AMAZON TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA. WILL THE PIPELINE FLOW BOTH WAYS?
  • NEW TOOLS FOR THE TRADES
    A BRITISH PROJECT SEEKS TO REENGINEER ONE OF THE LEAST DIGITIZED INDUSTRIAL SECTORS: CONSTRUCTION.

March + April 2019

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  • COVER: A FRAYED WELCOME MAT
    ENGINEERING DEANS STRUGGLE TO ATTRACT FOREIGN GRADUATE STUDENTS DISCOURAGED BY THE TONE OF THE U.S. POLICIES AND RHETORIC.
  • RELIEF IN SIGHT
    EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE GATES FOUNDATION LAUNCHED ITS REINVENT THE TOILET CHALLENGE, PROMISING PROTOTYPES MAY BE POISED TO TRANSFORM URBAN SANITATION—AND MAKE MONEY.
  • SHOW WHAT THEY KNOW
    SCHOOLS INTRODUCE NONDEGREE—AND POST-DEGREE—CREDENTIALS TO EQUIP ENGINEERS FOR AN ERA OF RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND JOBS THAT MAY NOT YET EXIST.

February 2019

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  • COVER: POLAR PROSPECTS:
    AS THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE COME INTO SHARPER FOCUS, GEO-ENGINEERS SEEK SAFE, REVERSIBLE WAYS TO HALT IT, SUCH AS STABILIZING THE ARTIC ICE CAP.
  • CANADA'S NEW TECHNOLOGY GAMBIT:
    THE GOVERNMENT'S INNOVATION SUPERCLUSTERS IDEA IS A WINNER WITH UNIVERSITIES.
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  • TANTALIZING TAMPA:
    A CITY ON THE BAY BECKONS WITH A RICH HISTORY, WATERBORNE FUN, INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS, AND A BIG-CAT SANCTUARY.
  • 126TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    CHARGED UP FOR THE NEXT 125 YEARS

January 2019

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  • COVER: FORCE MULTIPLIERS
    WHEN THEY WORK WELL, COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN MINORITY-SERVING AND PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS CAN STRENGTHEN AND DIVERSIFY THE ENGINEERING TALENT POOL.
  • STREET SENSE
    TORONTO ENGINEERING SEEK TO TURN A WATERFRONT WASTELAND INTO A HIGH-TECH TEST BED—AND THE WORLD’S SMARTEST CITYSCAPE.
  • EXTENSION SERVICE
    MIXING ALTRUISM AND BUSINESS PROMOTION, BRITAIN EMPLOYS SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO BATTLE DISEASE, ASSIST FARMERS AND HERDERS, AND BOOST ECONOMIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.

December 2018

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  • COVER: JUST ENOUGH BRAINPOWER
    RESEARCHERS TRY TO REPLICATE THE HONEYBEE’S REMARKABLE NAVIGATING ABILITY IN DEVELOPING MORE EFFICIENT AND VERSATILE AERIAL DRONES.
  • FASTER, LIGHTER, STRONGER
    AIDED BY ADVANCED COMPUTING AND CHEMISTRY, RESEARCHERS FIGHT THE FORCES THAT PREVENT OPTIMAL SPEED AND FUEL EFFICIENCY IN SHIPS AND BOATS.
  • AI HEADS TO CLASS
    RESPONDING TO EXPLOSIVE DEMAND, A FLURRY OF NEW UNDERGRADUATE CONCENTRATIONS FOSTERS ETHICS ALONG WITH COMPUTING AND ENGINEERING SKILLS.

November 2018

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  • COVER: THE LAST STRAW
    AS THE WORLD WAKES UP TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS, ENGINEERS STRIVE TO DEVELOP EARTH-FRIENDLY SUBSTITUTES AND REMOVE DEBRIS FROM THE OCEANS.
  • MOONSTRUCK
    A WHITE HOUSE DIRECTIVE HAS NASA RECALCULATING THE ROUTE TOWARD HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
  • PARADOX OF PROSPERITY
    DESPITE A RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMY, MANY UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IN GHANA ARE UNEMPLOYED. ONE REASON IS A FAILURE TO MATCH ENGINEERING EDUCATION WITH THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY.

October 2018

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  • COVER: CLASS ACTION
    COMMUNITY SERVICE MOVES FROM EXTRACURRICULAR PROJECTS INTO THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM, ATTRACTING DIVERSE STUDENTS, TACKLING SOCIETAL PROBLEMS—AND MAKING SOME FACULTY MEMBERS UNEASY.
  • UNFRIENDLY SKIES
    AIRLINES' DRIVE TO FILL THEIR PLANES CAN MAKE TRAVEL UNCOMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
  • THE MIND'S EYE
    A PILOT PROGRAM TO BOOST 3-D VISUALIZATION SKILLS—ONE THAT ANY ENGINEERING SCHOOLS CAN ADOPT—YIELDS BIG GAINS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS.
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  • PRISM 125TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

 

September 2018

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  • COVER: ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE: TIME TO SEPARATE?
    HUGE DEMAND FOR CODING SKILLS ENCOURAGES A PUSH FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OR DEPARTMENTS. BUT FINDING FACULTY WON'S BE EASY.
  • ENGINEERING BROUGHT TO LIFE
    ASEE'S PRESIDENT ENLIVENS CLASSES AND PROMOTES DIVERSITY BY REFLECTING SOCIETY IN ALL ITS DIMENSIONS.
  • STRANGE ENCOUNTERS
    A NOW ENDED GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO INVESTIGATE UFO SIGHTINGS POSES INTRIGUING QUESTIONS FOR ENGINEERS AND ASTROPHYSICISTS.

Summer 2018

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  • COVER: YOUNG PACESETTERS
    TODAY'S EARLY-CAREER FACULTY ARE TRANSFORMING CLASSROOMS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY.
  • COMMAND PERFORMANCE
    IMPROV CLASSES TEACH ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO THINK ON THE FLY WHILE SHARPENING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS.

March + April 2018

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  • COVER: ROOM TO GROW
    INDOOR 'VERTICAL FARMING' COULD BE AN ANSWER TO URBAN FOOD NEEDS AND SHINKING AGRICULTURAL SPACE—IF COST AND ENERGY OBSTACLES CAN BE OVERCOME.
  • BRING IT ON
    WHILE NOT EVERYONE IN WISCONSIN WELCOMES MANUFACTURING BEHEMOTH FOXCONN, EDUCATORS ANTICIPATE A VARIETY OF JOBS FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES.
  • HEAD START
    HIGH SCHOOL-COLLEGE COLLABORATIONS ARE PUSHING ENGINEERING SCHOOLS TO REIMAGINE THE STUDENT PIPELINE.

February 2018

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  • COVER: NOT QUITE THE NEXT BIG THING:
    WHY THE BIOTECHNOLOGY BOOM IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
  • PART WAY TO PARADISE:
    A FLOATING UTOPIA (ENGINEERING DETAILS STILL TO COME) PROMISES RELIEF FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND INEFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
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  • CROSSROADS OF THE WEST:
    ASEE'S 125th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, BECKONS EXPLORERS OF ALL STRIPES WITH SPECTACULAR SCENERY, SOARING SPIRES, COOL CUISINE, AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE.
  • 125TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    125 YEARS AT THE HEART OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION.

January 2018

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  • COVER: CYBER SCHOOL
    AS DEMAND MOUNTS FOR GRADUATES WITH COMPUTER SECURITY SKILLS, THE QUESTION ARISES: WHAT'S THE RIGHT TRAINING?
  • HEARTS & MINDS
    IN AN UNUSUAL PARTNERSHIP, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS EDUCATORS ARE HELPING VIETNAM BOOTSTRAP ITS ECONOMY BY TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEERS.
  • BRAGGING RIGHTS
    UP FOR PROMOTION? THESE TECH TIPS COULD HELP SPARE YOUR PORTFOLIO—AND SCHEDULE—FROM DISASTER.

December 2017

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  • COVER: A Grand Challenge? Maybe Not
    …but the problem posed by America’s half-million homeless is ripe for engineering solutions.
  • Sustainable Skies
    Breakthroughs in propulsion systems and power storage herald a new era of clean, green electric flight.
  • Real World 101
    Courses in financial planning, job-search strategies, and other life skills help ease the transition from campus to profession.

November 2017

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  • COVER: ENGINEERING FOR CATASTROPHE
    RESEARCH ON CONSRUCTION MATERIALS, COASTAL PROTECTION, AND POWER GRIDS COULD HELP PROTECT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND SPEED RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS.
  • WILD BLUE YONDER
    DECADES AFTER THE X-15 LAST FLEW, HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY IS ONCE AGAIN POISED TO TAKE WING IN WHAT SOME ARE CALLING A NEW SPACE RACE.
  • LOVE ME, LOVE MY TEACHING:
    STUDENTS’ COURSE EVALUATIONS ARE A FACT OF ACADEMIC LIFE. HERE’S HOW INSTRUCTORS CAN COMBAT STEREOTYPES AND GENDER BIAS WHILE IMPROVING THEIR OWN EFFECTIVENESS.

October 2017

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  • COVER: PREFERRED PROVIDERS
    BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING START-UPS STRIVE TO PLUG THE GAPS IN U.S. HEALTH CARE WITH ADVANCES IN TREATMENT, MORE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY, AND COST SAVINGS.
  • Rx FOR SUPERBUGS:
    SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY MAY HOLD THE KEY TO BATTLING A CRITICAL GLOBAL HEALTH THREAT: ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT MICROBES.
  • SWEET INSPIRATION:
    LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MOTIVATE AND ENGAGE STUDENTS? RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT CANDY IS DANDY.

September 2017

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  • COVER: GREAT AI LEAP FORWARD
    CHALLENGING U.S. LEADERSHIP, CHINESE INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, AND CONSUMERS ARE MAKING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A WAY OF LIFE.
  • MENTOR, BUILDER, PARTNER:
    BEVLEE WATFORD’S ADVICE TO A STRUGGLING STUDENT SUMS UP HER MISSION AS AN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST ON BEHALF OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES: ‘WORK WITH ME. YOU CAN MAKE IT.’
  • THIRSTY GIANT:
    SOFT-DRINK BOTTLERS WORLDWIDE DEPEND ON DIMINISHING SUPPLIES OF CLEAN WATER. HERE’S HOW COKE COPES.

Summer 2017

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  • COVER: BUILDING BOOM
    FUELED BY MAJOR GIFTS, EMPLOYER DEMAND, AND ENROLLMENT GROWTH, DOZENS OF ENGINEERING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE UNDERGOING OR PLANNING MAJOR EXPANSIONS. OTHERS ARE STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
  • NO BARRIERS HERE:
    U.S.-MEXICAN RESEARCH COLLABORATION FLOURISHES DESPITE POLITICAL STRAINS.
  • HEADS UP!:
    COLLECTING DATA ON EVERYTHING FROM ATTENDANCE AND QUIZ SCORES TO LIBRARY VISITS, SCHOOLS BOLSTER AT-RISK STUDENTS LONG BEFORE THEY STUMBLE.

March + April 2017

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  • COVER: BRAIN GAIN:
    IRANIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE AN OUTSIZE FOOTPRINT AT U.S. ENGINEERING COLLEGES, CONTRIBUTING TO INNOVATIONS RANGING FROM SOFT ROBOTICS TO NOVEL IGNITION SYSTEMS AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT CEMENT PRODUCTION. WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICY DISRUPT THIS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PIPELINE?
  • REPLACED BY MACHINES:
    WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUTTING AUTOMATION ON STEROIDS, MORE JOB-MARKET DISRUPTION LIES AHEAD. WHAT’S THE ROLE OF EDUCATORS?
  • COURSE CORRECTION:
    GEORGIA TECH’S PIONEERING ONLINE MASTER’S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE REVEALS A LARGE—AND UNMET—DEMAND FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION. WILL OTHER SCHOOLS FOLLOW SUIT?

February 2017

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  • COVER: DOWN TO EARTH:
    ASTROPHYSICIST FRANCE CÓRDOVA HAS BUILT A CAREER PERSUADING NONSCIENTISTS TO SUPPORT BIG AND SOMETIMES CONTROVERSIAL GOALS. HOW WILL NSF’S DIRECTOR FARE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?
  • THE DARK SIDE OF ‘OPEN ACCESS’:
    PREDATORY JOURNALS—AND OUTRIGHT IMPOSTERS—LURE RESEARCHERS WITH PROMISES OF QUICK PUBLICATION.
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  • CREATIVE COLUMBUS:
    FROM THE ALE TRAIL AND MOUTH-WATERING DESSERTS TO A TOUCH-EVERYTHING KIDS’ MUSEUM, ART MAKER SPACE, AND BOTANICAL TREASURES, OHIO’S CAPITAL GIVES ‘LOCAL FLAVOR’ A WHOLE NEW MEANING. BRING AN APPETITE.
  • 124TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    WHERE ENGINEERING EDUCATION TAKES FLIGHT: FROM P-12 THROUGH LIFE.

January 2017

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  • COVER: QUBIT REVOLUTION:
    ONCE THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION, QUANTUM COMPUTERS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON THE QUIRKY PROPERTIES OF SUBATOMIC PARTICLES COULD SOON BECOME A REALITY.
  • MORE THAN TALK:
    WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS WILD, ENGINEERS TAKE ACTION.
  • INSPIRATION CORPS:
    BOSTON UNIVERSITY REIMAGINES K-12 ENGINEERING OUTREACH, DISPATCHING UNDERGRADUATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS SPEAKERS AND INSTRUCTORS.

December 2016

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  • COVER: MOVING PARTS:
    HIGH COSTS OF TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY HAVE CITIES AND VISIONARIES RETHINKING HOW TO TAKE US FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
  • LIP SERVICE:
    MACHINE TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGIES ARE SET TO CHANGE HOW TRAVELERS INTERACT WITH JAPANESE LOCALS LEADING UP TO THE 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS.
  • SINK OR SWIM:
    A NOVEL ENGINEERING COURSE EMBEDS RIGOROUS MATH AND PHYSICS IN PROJECT-BASED LEARNING.

November 2016

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  • COVER: THE BIG BREAKUP:
    WHILE POLITICIANS AND ECONOMISTS ARGUE WHETHER BRITISH VOTERS’ DECISION TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION WAS WISE, BRITISH ACADEMICS FEAR A DAMAGING FALLOFF IN RESEARCH FUNDING, COLLABORATION, AND TALENT.
  • UNDERWHELMING FORCE:
    POST-9/11 VETERANS WERE SEEN AS A NATURAL FIT FOR ENGINEERING, BASED ON THEIR TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. YET JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF RETURNEES HAVE JOINED THE FIELD. WHY?
  • MAKER MOVEMENT 2.0:
    EDUCATORS SEEK TO DERIVE STRUCTURED LEARNING FROM “FAIRES” AND “SPACES” WITHOUT SACRIFICING HIGH-SPIRITED CREATIVITY.

October 2016

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  • COVER STORY: DISRUPTIVE DEVELOPMENT:
    AMERICA'S PREMIER FOREIGN AID SUPPLIER IS TAPPING ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS' CREATIVITY TO SOLVE GRAND CHALLENGES FROM DISEASE TO WATER POLLUTION—UPENDING TRADITION IN THE PROCESS.
  • NOT FEELING THE HEAT:
    CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE MAY BE WHAT OUR WARMING CLIMATE REQUIRES, BUT GETTING ENERGY MARKETS ON BOARD WILL BE TOUGH.
  • SIGNIFICANT OTHER:
    NSF STRIVES TO GET ITS ‘BROADER IMPACTS’ CRITERION TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY BY RESEARCHERS.

September 2016

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  • COVER STORY: TOUGH FIBER:
    STURDY, FAST-GROWING, AND EARTH-FRIENDLY, BAMBOO IS PROVING IDEAL FOR HOMES IN DISASTER ZONES AND CELEBRITY BUNGALOWS IN HAWAII. WILL IT CATCH ON IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.?
  • A GAME CHANGER:
    THE ASEE PRESIDENT'S CAREER REFLECTS HIS EARLY REALIZATION THAT ENGINEERS CAN MAKE AN IMPACT.
  • INVENTION ROULETTE:
    TO THE ALREADY HIGH HURDLES IN FRONT OF MEDICAL-DEVICE START-UPS, ADD ONE MORE: PRODUCTS MUST BE COST-EFFECTIVE.

Summer 2016

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  • COVER STORY: BACK TO THE FUTURE:
    AFTER DECADES OF COLD WAR SANCTIONS, A THAW IN U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS OPENS OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOINT RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES.
  • FLIGHT RISK:
    NASA-LED RESEARCHERS STRIVE TO KEEP THE SKIES SAFE IN AN ERA OF LOW-FLYING COMMERCIAL DRONES.
  • STANDARDS OF PRACTICE:
    PROPOSED CHANGES TO ACCREDITATION CRITERIA HAVE TOUCHED OFF A TEMPEST IN THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY.

March - April 2016

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  • COVER STORY: OFF CAMPUS CRUSADERS
    A FEISTY BREED OF ACADEMICS RESPONDS TO CRISES, INVESTIGATES DISASTERS, AND SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER THROUGH ENGINEERING.
  • TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM:
    THE BEST GROUP PROJECTS MAY NOT REPRESENT THE MOST LEARNING. INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS AND SCAFFOLDING CAN HELP IMPROVE RESULTS.

February 2016

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  • COVER STORY: POWER PLAY:
    ENGINEERS RENEW THE CASE FOR DIRECT CURRENT AS THE ANSWER FOR AN ERA OF MOBILE DEVICES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, BATTERIES, AND MICROGRIDS.
  • MADE TO MEASURE:
    AN END TO GRADE GRUBBING? NOVEL ASSESSMENTS HELP ENGINEERING STUDENTS GAIN CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE BY FOCUSING ON WHAT THEY NEED TO LEARN—NOT THEIR GPAS.
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  • COVER STORY: BIG EASY BLISS:
    WHETHER YOU’RE INTO BEIGNETS, BRASS BANDS, OR BRIDGES, THE CRESCENT CITY HAS SOMETHING TO SUIT EVERY TASTE.
  • 123RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION:
    JAZZED ABOUT ENGINEERING EDUCATION.

January 2016

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  • COVER STORY: A MATTER OF DEGREE:
    JUST A FRACTION OF U.S. ENGINEERING GRADUATES SEE A MASTER’S OR PH.D. AS NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE, LEAVING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AS THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THE NATION’S RESEARCH ENTERPRISE.
  • PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF:
    ADVANCES IN DESIGN AND ENGINE TECHNOLOGIES COULD SIGNAL A COMING BOOM IN SUPERSONIC BUSINESS TRANSPORT.
  • NO ACCIDENT:
    EMBRACING STANDARD INDUSTRY PRACTICE, ENGINEERING SCHOOLS SEEK TO IMPROVE LAB SAFETY BY TRANSFORMING THEIR CULTURES.

December 2015

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  • COVER STORY: GOING FOR BROKE:
    WOMEN FACE A NUMBER OF HURDLES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INCLUDING - FOR MANY - THEIR OWN RELUCTANCE.
  • THE NEXT GREEN REVOLUTION:
    ADVANCES IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE HASTEN A FUTURE OF FARMS WITHOUT FARMERS.
  • MARGIN OF ERROR:
    AS LANDLINES FALL INTO DISUSE AND SURVEY RESPONSE RATES PLUMMET, POLLSTERS ARE SEARCHING FOR NEW WAYS TO MEASURE PUBLIC OPINION.

November 2015

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  • COVER STORY: INDUSTRIAL RX FOR HEALTHCARE:
    BY NOTING AND FIXING INEFFICIENCIES, SYSTEMS ENGINEERS – RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS – ARE OUT TO SHOW THEY CAN MAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE CHEAPER WHILE IMPROVING QUALITY.
  • ROAD WARRIORS:
    ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS REFINE TRUCK DESIGNS TO MEET EVER STRICTER FUEL-ECONOMY TARGETS.
  • CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BORDERS:
    AN 11-UNIVERSITY SERIES OF VIRTUAL COURSES REACHES ACROSS OCEANS AND CULTURES TO PROMOTE GLOBAL COLLABORATION AND SHARED LEARNING.

October 2015

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  • COVER STORY: EYES ON THE SKIES:
    DEVELOPMENT OF A SPRAWLING TELESCOPE ARRAY HAS MADE SOUTH AFRICA A WORLD LEADER IN RADIO ASTRONOMY AND PRODUCED A PIPELINE OF SPECIALIZED ENGINEERS.
  • CIRCUIT BREAKERS:
    BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS TAP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM'S ELECTRICAL HARDWARE FOR DRUG-FREE TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
  • LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION:
    THE CLEAR SKIES ABOVE HAWAII'S MAUNA KEA MAKE THE SITE IDEAL FOR A GIANT TELESCOPE. THAT'S ASSUMING ENGINEERS CAN SHIELD IT FROM EARTHQUAKES, FIERCE WINDS, AND EXTREME TEMPERATURES.

September 2015

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  • COVER STORY: GROUND SHIFT:
    LOOKING BEYOND MINING AND COPPER EXPORTS, CHILE OVERHAULS 10 TOP ENGINEERING SCHOOLS IN A BID TO JOIN THE WORLD'S ADVANCED ECONOMIES.
  • LEADING BY EXAMPLE:
    ASEE'S PRESIDENT FOUND HIS CALLING AS A TEACHER AND HIS PASSION AS A LEADER.
  • IN-FLIGHT RECOVERY:
    HOW AN OLD-LINE MAKER OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES DEFIED THE RUST BELT CURSE.

Summer 2015

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  • COVER STORY: R-E-S-P-E-C-T:
    ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STEPS UP TO TCB IN THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ERA.
  • CLIMATE CHANGE:
    WAYS TO CREATE A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE IN ENGINEERING FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS.

March-April 2015

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  • COVER STORY: Growing Pains:
    Ethiopia is pushing engineering education harder than any other country in Africa, creating challenges for its academics.
  • Driver's Ed:
    On Virginia Tech's “smart” highway, researchers and students put pedal to the metal in an effort to improve cars, reduce collisions, and ease traffic.
  • Full Steam Ahead:
    Engineering and art collaborations flourish, but which group is leading?

February 2015

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  • COVER STORY: Human Spare Parts:
    A new engineering discipline looks ahead to the manufacture of personalized organs for testing or replacement.
  • Piercing the 20 Percent Ceiling:
    Several enterprising engineering schools have figured out how to lift the number of female graduates beyond a dismal, decades-old norm.
  • Reality Knocks:
    A graduate program trains engineering leaders by pushing them out of their comfort zones.

January 2015

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  • COVER STORY: Sea Change:
    From melting polar ice to savage storms, the shifting global climate inspires new research – and opportunities – in naval engineering.
  • Checkered Careers:
    If engineers like what they do, why do so many – including some of the best – work outside the field? An ongoing study seeks to understand the connection between engineering education and the workforce.
  • 'Bot Diggity!
    Cheap yet sophisticated personal robots enliven an introduction to engineering.

December 2014

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  • COVER STORY: To Market, To Market
    Since 2011, NSF's Innovation Corps has sent 365 research teams out of their labs to scout potential customers, and helped launch 208 start-ups.
  • Don't Miss A Beat
    NYU researchers crunch data from cameras, sensors, and cellphones to capture the city’s pulse in real time.
  • STEM by Design
    A novel cross-campus collaboration is forging a pathway to teaching through engineering – without sacrificing quality or prestige.

November 2014

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  • COVER STORY: The Switch from Hell
    The way GM handled a fatal flaw provides grist for instructors in engineering ethics.
  • Damage Control
    Self-healing polymers, coatings, and concrete hold promise in fighting corrosion, closing cracks in plastic, and repairing structures – from dams to tunnels.
  • To the Barricades
    Seeing RED, NSF aims to overthrow outdated curricula and exclusionary practices by ‘revolutionizing’ engineering departments.

October 2014

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  • COVER STORY: Millennial Magnet
    The Grand Challenge Scholars Program reaches cruising speed, attracting the altruistic, the entrepreneurial, and the bored.
  • Atomic Power? Mai Oui!
    France’s future-generation reactor would recycle most of its spent fuel. Could the process revive the U.S. nuclear industry?
  • Driven to Distraction
    From texting to tardiness to cheating, incivility and misconduct can disrupt learning. Here are some tips for controlling a class.

September 2014

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  • COVER STORY: 20 under 40
    Today’s young faculty are powered by ideas - in the classroom and the lab.
  • Recovery Engineer
    ASEE’s president draws a lesson from the post-Katrina revival at Tulane: Play to your strengths.
  • Tips for a Winning Research Proposal
    Experts suggest ways to gain favor with funding agencies.

Summer 2014

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  • COVER STORY: Survival Course
    African-American males represent a sliver of enrollment. More could succeed in engineering if schools understood what it takes to beat the odds.
  • STEM’s Unlikely Patron Saint
    Indiana’s budget-slashing former governor is betting Purdue’s future on engineering and technology education.
  • Game On!
    Simulations and mobile apps can help students grasp fundamental engineering concepts – including structural failure.

March + April 2014

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  • COVER STORY: Higher Reach
    Proponents say an engineering Advanced Placement test would bring prestige, broaden the field’s Appeal, and assure better K-12 preparation. Will engineering schools agree?
  • Carbon Creativity
    CO2 researchers discover productive ways to recycle a climate change culprit.
  • Where Dots Connect
    A new institute at Britain’s oldest university takes an interdisciplinary crack at 21st- century problems.

February 2014

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  • COVER STORY: Road to Recovery
    Aided by faculty in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere, Afghan engineering schools – women included – regain their footing.
  • Creative Spark
    Engineering students pen haiku, hawk bad art — even propose marriage — in courses meant to stimulate ingenuity.



     

Special Double Issue: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference Issue

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  • COVER STORY: Just Your Speed
    From racecars and football to cycling and scenic strolls, Indy suits any pace.
  • 121st Annual Conference & Exposition: 
    360° of Engineering Education 


     

January 2014

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  • COVER STORY: CANCER WARRIORS 
    Engineers, life scientists, and medical doctors converge to fight a common foe.
  • MOTHER LODE OF INVENTION
    Entrepreneurs hope online tech transfer sites can help universities pitch – and profit from – their discoveries.
  • PIPELINE TO PRACTICE
    Undergraduate research experiences foster skills, confidence, and the desire to pursue engineering careers.

     

December 2013

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  • COVER STORY: Icon of the Air
    Behind the B-52’s longevity: overdesign to start with, and inventive, painstaking engineering ever since.
  • Extra Jolt
    Small federal subsidies can be a lifesaver for struggling start-ups.
  • Upward Mobility
    Techniques for mastering MOOCs – from ‘lecturelets’ to stage presence.

November 2013

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  • COVER STORY: HOME SCHOOLING 
    After decades of sending its top talent abroad, Botswana invests capital and effort in engineering education.
  • BOOM OR BUBBLE?
    Engineering schools wager that the job market will keep pace with swelling enrollments. Some economists aren’t so sure.
  • STEP ONLINE IN STYLE
    Techniques for mastering MOOCs – from ‘lecturelets’ to stage presence.

October 2013

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  • COVER STORY: THE UNDEFEATED 
    Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a leading champion of science and technology, has won battle after battle and is now at the peak of influence. Can she keep it up?
  • STAYING POWER 
    Breakthroughs in electrical storage technology are transforming the lowly battery.
  • WORK ETHIC
    Industry experiences help lift a Canadian engineering school to star status.

September 2013

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  • COVER STORY: DELIVERING DIVERSITY 
    From classroom to cafeteria, rising international enrollments are changing the culture at U.S. engineering schools.
  • What's Her Secret? 
    As U.S. engineering programs struggle to close a stubborn gender gap, growing numbers of Muslim-world women are eager to join the field.
  • Hook, Line, & thinker
    ASEE’s president brings a strong administrative record and a passion for research, advocacy – and fly-fishing.
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Summer 2013

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  • Cover Story: 120 Years of Inspiration
    A decade-by-decade tour of technological marvels and education milestones.
  • Hardy Perennials
    As engineering education advanced through the decades, key debates kept recurring.
  • FORWARD THINKERS
    From multidisciplinary new specialties to MOOCs, engineering education must meet expanding challenges and serve new constituencies.

     

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