Artificial intelligence’s (AI) potential is real, and children should start learning about it early. Many took their first steps in the field using Siri, Alexa, and other personal assistants incorporating elements of AI. The application of AI will cross disciplines, including business, education, journalism, law enforcement, and medicine. Whether students eventually work in those fields, […]
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I Became an Engineer: Because I Always Knew I Would Be One
***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 to us from ECN reader Sudipto Bose, general manager, automotive and time domain solutions, Tektronix. Growing up in a small town in India, I always knew I’d become an engineer. The same way you support […]
Students Team with Argonne Scientists and Engineers to Learn about STEM Careers
More than 100 eighth-grade girls from area schools attend IGED to learn about math, science and technology. Destiny McNair, of Joliet, is like many eighth graders. The 14-year-old Troy Middle School student is thinking about her future and a career that includes teamwork. She got a taste of that teamwork during the 17th annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IGED) on […]
I Became an Engineer: Because I Went to Work with My Dad
***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 to us from ECN reader Patty Felts, principal product manager—product strategy, cellular, u-blox Americas. As a kid, I gravitated toward math and science, I really enjoyed it. My dad was a civil engineer. Often he […]
Programming in Crayon
Electronic devices can spark kids’ creativity, says Stéphane Magnenat from the Game Technology Center. But doing so requires apps that bridge the real and virtual worlds. Smartphones, tablets, laptops – all these devices are now integral parts of everyday life. Yet these digital helpers have their downside, too: they capture and hold our attention, distract […]
Harwin Establishes Academy for Aspiring Young Engineers
Always looking to support upcoming generations of engineering talent, Harwin has announced the founding of its Harwin Academy. This exciting new venture, which has been undertaken in partnership with Havant & South Downs College, has the objective of giving high quality training to students – thereby opening up career paths for them within the burgeoning […]
I Became an Engineer: Because of the Air Force Technical Applications Center
***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 to us from ECN reader Ken Whiteleather, pr. electrical engineer, Sparton DeLeon Springs, LLC. When I was a senior in high school, I really had no direction and no idea what I would grow up […]
A Robot You Can Hack
To help bolster science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) abilities, Sphero has developed an all-terrain, high-torque, programmable robot named RVR (pronounced “rover”). Right out of the box, the sensor-packed RVR is ready to start driving. The platform offers more than that, though, as it’s highly customizable, designed to be hacked from users of all […]
Educational Products Bring Robotics into the Classroom
Newark element14 has added a full collection of educational robotics kits to their product range, offering an engaging and accessible platform for teachers to incorporate physical computing into the classroom. A variety of kits are available from innovative suppliers including BinaryBots™, Robotical, and Wonder Workshop, suitable for children in elementary through high school. Whether it’s physically […]
I Became an Engineer: By Turning Curiosity into a Career
***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 to us from ECN reader Abdel Hezzini, senior electrical systems engineer, Veeco Instruments. I think my engineering story was written before I was born. It began in the 1980s when my parents migrated to the […]