Engineering Education in the News

A recent article was written highlighting five engineering schools in the United States as the “crème de la creme of the pedagogical world.”

In alphabetical order, the schools mentioned were:

University of California, Berkeley – (CA A)

Georgia Institute of Technology – (GA A)

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign – (IL A)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology – (MA B)

Stanford University – (CA G)

Read the article to learn more about why these five institutions were singled out for their engineering programs.

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The Ohio Alpha Chapter at Case Western Reserve University is hosting the sixth annual Pi Mile Run, on October 11, 2009.

Visit the chapter’s website for more information or contact Jenna (OH A 2010) with questions.

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Researchers at Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) have been working on measuring crowd noise at PSU’s Beaver Stadium.

The team installed sound meters throughout the stadium before the recent Penn State/Iowa football game. In a steady rain, the team remained in their places for the entire game.

After the game, the team announced that the maximum noise level was 110 decibels, “which is similar to the level experienced in front of a speaker at a loud rock concert.”

Read the article for more as the research team prepares for its next sound measurement game, November 7, against The Ohio State University.

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