Engineering Spotlight: People and Trends 2010

TED, (Technology, Entertainment, Design), started as an annual event “where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about.”

On February 12, there will be a “TEDx” event in Tampa Bay, FL. Included in the presenters is Dr. Paul Schnitzler, FL G ’57, a faculty member at the University of South Florida and Senior Director, Systems, for Deep Sea Link, Inc.
Learn more about this event.

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Ellen J. Kullman spoke as part of the Lyon and Bendheim Lecture as Tufts University last week.

Kullman is currently CEO and Chairman of DuPont. She received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts.

Read the interview with The Tufts Daily about Kullman’s experience at Tufts and her advice for young engineering students.

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This past week in Florida, an aerospace sector vice president of Northrop Grumman Corp. , spoke to students about the future of engineering.

According to Tom Vice, “aerospace engineers will still be in demand, despite the shutdown of NASA’s space shuttle program.” Read the article to find out what Vice sees as the future of engineering in the United States.

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