***Editor’s Note: The “I Became an Engineer” blog runs every Friday. To share your story email jennifer.delaosa@advantagebizmarketing.com*** This week’s story comes from ECN reader La Vesha Parker, senior software engineer & tech lead, Etsy; Speaker, IEEE WIE ILC. Like many middle schoolers living in the 2000s, I got an iPod for Christmas in 2006. I initially assumed it […]
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Air Force Leaders Strengthen Community Ties, Engage Students at JB Andrews Air & Space Expo
To bolster the long-standing bond between Joint Base Andrews and the local community, Air Force senior leaders interacted with local science, technology, engineering and mathematics students at the JB Andrews Air & Space Expo May 10. Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson delivered opening remarks for this year’s biennial three-day event, which focused on JB Andrews’ partnership […]
In Robotics Classes, Armenian Teens Dream of High-Tech Future
In a sleek classroom in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, one of the poorest post-Soviet republics, 14-year-old Nazeli Ter-Petrosyan peers at the screen of her Apple Mac. During a computer programming course offered at the high-tech Tumo school, Ter-Petrosyan and her classmates learn how to digitise medieval texts. “I’m developing a programme to enable artificial […]
Robots Shoot for the Moon in MIT’s Annual 2.007 Competition
In their historic lunar mission 50 years ago, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong collected and returned to Earth more than 48 pounds of lunar material, including 50 moon rocks that researchers have been analyzing intensely ever since. If they’d only had help from some MIT robots, the astronauts might have been able […]
Information-Based Careers Versus Information Technology
There are many job opportunities available in the quickly growing information and technology fields. However, because they all deal so closely with computers, many people who aren’t yet in the field aren’t always sure what the jobs will really look like once they start their careers. Sometimes, people complete an entire degree before realizing that […]
On the Job: Generation Z Women Code Their Way to the Workforce
As members of Generation Z become the newest entrants into the workforce, women in this age group have a good chance of becoming a force majeure in IT and other STEM fields—making them more diverse. A new report on women in technology depicts positive prospects for Gen Z females, who started to write code at […]
Rutgers Senior Heads First Student-Led Rocket Launch
Whether it’s landing the first human on the moon, launching the first satellite into orbit or capturing the first images of Mars, space exploration has long been a competition led by a handful of organizations vying to become “the first.” But a Rutgers student said this competitive atmosphere deters some of the brightest minds who […]
Robotics Challenge Sparks Students’ Passion for STEM Careers
More than 15,000 students from about 40 countries brought robots they’ve spent months building and fine-tuning to Louisville recently for a world championship designed to spark their interest in pursuing careers in fields such as engineering and technology. These students, who span in grades from elementary school through college, are part of around 1,650 teams […]
Girls Outscore Boys on Tech, Engineering, Even Without Class
Though less likely to study in a formal technology or engineering course, America’s girls are showing more mastery of those subjects than their boy classmates, according to newly released national education data. Known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” the latest findings made public Tuesday from the National Assessment of Educational Progress also shows U.S. eighth-graders […]
I Became an Engineer: Because I Delayed Law School
***Editor’s Note: The “I Became an Engineer” blog runs every Friday. To share your story email jennifer.delaosa@advantagebizmarketing.com*** This week’s story comes from ECN reader Jeannette F. Wilson, product marketing manager, Computing Products Group, Microchip Technology Inc. An engineering career was not what I always envisioned for myself, but I’m so glad I pursued it. At six or […]