Engineering FYI: March 2011

At a recent event Florida-area middle school girls attended the University of North Florida to learn more about STEM careers. Click here to read the article

The “Expanding Your Horizons North Florida” event was a successful host to hands-on activities and mentors encouraging participants to explore science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

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Dr. Frances H. Arnold, NJ D ’79, and her lab’s work were recently profiled by the LA Times.

Dr. Arnold recently won the prestigious Draper Prize. Her laboratories at Caltech are focusing on “harnessing the evolutionary process to create new proteins and enzymes that have the potential to wean the world off fossil fuels.” Read the full article

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The state Senate in Kansas this week announced plans to include $1 million in 2012 budget divided between the state’s three schools of engineering.

Kansas State University, the University of Kansas, and Wichita State University will have to match the funds with private contributions, but the initiative is aimed at producing more local engineers. Read more here

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