Engineering in the Classroom, June 2010

Florida A&M University is hosting a two-week program this summer as part of the nationwide ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp.

The program is for underrepresented middle-school students. The students take part in STEM-related projects. Dr. Decatur B. Rogers, TX K ’67, is overseeing the camps and is “impressed with the Houston-based Harris Foundation, which helped create the camps’ curriculum.”

“It’s based on educational research. They’ve been able to capture most of the pedagogy you need to run a successful pre-college program,” said Dr. Rogers. “The kids seem to be taking to it pretty good.” Read more here

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The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has conferred the “University Distinguished Professor emeritus” title on Dr. Ali Nayfeh, CA G ’62.

Dr. Nayfeh has authored over 1,00 publications, given 124 invited talks, and been part of the Virginia Tech community since 1971.

Read the full press release here for more information

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An opinion piece in Design News tackles the issue of engineering education reform.

From the demands of complex systems, engineers need to be educated in “critical-thinking problem solving, turning easily accessible information into insight and understanding.”

Read the article for more of this “new engineering mindset.”

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