Entrepreneurs, students and inventors are heading to the White House to show off their innovations at the White House’s first “Maker Faire.” Read: Obama Says He Will Build Up Manufacturing The White House says more than 100 “makers” from 25 states will join President Barack Obama on Wednesday as he highlights entrepreneurship and promotes new […]
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Down with Pink: The rise of Female STEM Toys
You may have noticed my habit of blogging occasionally about how gendered toys have the ability to affect children. Whether the topic is limiting the skills sets girls develop while playing or failing to introduce STEM as a career option because those are “boy’s” toys, it’s always been an interesting discussion, to say the least. […]
New teaching approach touted for engineering education
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers who developed a new approach to more effectively teach large numbers of engineering students are recommending that the approach be considered for adoption by universities globally. The system, called the Purdue Mechanics Freeform Classroom, allows students to interact with each other and faculty online while accessing hundreds of […]
X-STEM Extreme STEM Symposium
The X-STEM Extreme STEM Symposium — presented by Northrop Grumman Foundation and MedImmune — is a “TED-style” conference for elementary through high school students featuring interactive presentations and workshops by an exclusive group of visionaries who aim to empower and inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Don’t miss this unique opportunity […]
Photos of the Day: Influential women in engineering
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, aka Ada Lovelace, is credited as the world’s first computer programmer. The English mathematician and writer worked extensively with Charles Baggage’s mechanical “computer”, the Analytical Engine, and Ada’s notes on the engine earned her a place in the history books. Read: Influential women in engineering Jocelyn Goldfein is the […]
Women in engineering at Tech
In what’s been a traditionally male-dominated field, the female face of engineering at Tech and beyond is set to take on a whole new look. The advances of undergraduate Jamie Clark, alumna Melissa McCoy, and faculty member Karen Feigh offer a glimpse of what Georgia Tech’s women in engineering are capable of accomplishing. Read the […]
STEM Students Sought for Virtual Mentoring Program
Entrepreneurs and innovators of late are keen on applying the idea of gamification, or introducing aspects of gaming into other products and services. In one campus program, it’s now being applied to mentoring. BreakThru, a virtual mentoring program funded by the National Science Foundation, pairs science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students with learning disabilities […]
Military training equals skills in STEM Ed
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Today about 3 million positions are vacant because companies can’t find workers with basic technical skills in science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM, according to the U.S. News and World Report, if unchecked, they say that number grows to about 10 million by 2020. That is why 93 students, […]
Art could help create a better ‘STEM’ student
New project from College of Education turns ‘STEM’ into ‘STEAM’ Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have become part of educational vernacular, as colleges, universities and other institutions strive to raise the profile of the areas of study and the number of graduates in each field. Now a project from the University of Houston College […]
Women, STEM, and stereotypes
UD researcher gets to the root of why women leave STEM fields Call it a self-fulfilling prophecy. Women who are the most invested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM) are also the ones who are most likely to leave them. Part of it may have to do with a well-studied phenomenon called stereotype […]