Applying Skills Outside of Engineering

Two students at Lafayette College have been named the 2011-12 Maroon Club Scholar-Athletes. The award annually recognizes “students who display exemplary skills in the classroom and on the field of competition.”

Michael Y. Thompson, PA E 2012, received the male award. He is a civil engineering major, Goldwater Scholarship recipient, and 2010 second team All-Patriot League selection as a pole vaulter. Read more

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Dartmouth College engineering students recently “showed off their problem-solving skills by attacking a social problem instead of an engineering dilemma.”

When Dartmouth President Jim Young Kim visited an engineering class, students were engaged in working on problems related to binge drinking. Read the full article from the AP

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The San Jose Mercury News profiled computer engineers/scientists taking part in a creative writing group at Google. Two of the engineers compose daily poetry, while a third writes science fiction.

According to the article, the skills used for software engineering lend themselves to creative writing as well.

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