Engineering College Central

Engineering challenge winners (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Students from 21 high schools across Kentucky competed February 16 in the Junior Engineering Technical Society’s TEAMS contest, sponsored by the University of Kentucky College of Engineering. The students worked in groups most of the morning to solve engineering design challenges. TEAMS stands for Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science. Here are the winners: Varsity overall …

Engineering a fresh image for a vital vocation (The Australian)
WITH the right marketing, engineering could be pitched to a new generation of students as a generalist degree similar to law or commerce under a plan released last week.

Controversy over Cal Poly SLO’s Saudi engineering program (The Fresno Bee)
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is planning a partnership with Saudi Arabia for an engineering program, which is stirring passions among some because the treatment of women in the oil-rich kingdom.

Controversy over Cal Poly SLO’s Saudi engineering program (The Fresno Bee)
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is planning a partnership with Saudi Arabia for an engineering program, which is stirring passions among some because the treatment of women in the oil-rich kingdom.

Creston hires Manager of Engineering Studies (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Creston Moly Corp. is pleased to announce that it has hired Mr. John Harman as its Manager of Engineering Studies. Mr. Harman will be responsible on behalf of Creston for overseeing pre-feasibility and feasibility studies to be conducted on the El Creston Molybdenum Deposit.

An engineering shortage? (BizJournals)
This week’s question: Do you foresee a wave of engineering job vacancies in the next decade and what impact will that have on the future of the industry?

New England ThinkFEST 2008 - Catapult Contest, Hands-On Science and Engineering Fair at Merrimack College (Centre Daily Times)
For the second consecutive year, New England’s sixth to twelfth graders are invited to learn fun and useful science and engineering concepts in a hands-on way at ThinkFEST 2008 at Merrimack College.

New England ThinkFEST 2008 - Catapult Contest, Hands-On Science and Engineering Fair at Merrimack College (Centre Daily Times)
For the second consecutive year, New England’s sixth to twelfth graders are invited to learn fun and useful science and engineering concepts in a hands-on way at ThinkFEST 2008 at Merrimack College.

UALR Engineering & IT College Expansion Gets Under Way (Arkansas Business)
Gov. Mike Beebe and University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Joel E. Anderson mark the start of construction on the university’s $30 million expansion of the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology.

205 companies attend engineering job fair (The Daily Toreador)
A green trolley transferred students to Texas Tech’s College of Engineering Job Fair to meet with 205 different companies Wednesday at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Shelli Crockett, director of career services and study abroad in the College of Engineering at Tech, said the college has organized the job fair once each semester for 10 years.