Engineering College Central

FAU receives grant from Florida Engineering Foundation (Boca Raton News)
Florida Atlantic University s College of Engineering and Computer Science received a $2,000 grant from the Florida Engineering Foundation (FEF) to support students competing in professional, society-sponsored design competitions.

Rohm and Haas Supports Safety Initiative for College and University Engineering Students (Centre Daily Times)
Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) awarded a four-year, $60,000 grant to The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in support of ScaleUp, the Student Membership Initiative, specifically for the expansion of the Safety and Chemical Engineering Education program (SACHE).

Maplewood students make the grade in engineering test (The Meadville Tribune)
RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP Students from Maplewood High School have done it again, with the junior varsity team placing fourth out of 23 schools at the national level in the third division during the 24th Annual Junior Engineering Technical Society competition.

Engineering managements reject new fee structure (The Hindu)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Self-financing Engineering College Managements Association has rejected the three-tier fee structure proposed by the P.A. Mohammed committee and described the proposal to grade the colleges as an attempt to create …

Hilldale students win at science, engineering fair (Muskogee Phoenix)
Nine students from Hilldale Middle School recently competed in the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair and the Oklahoma Junior Academy of Science State Competitions.

Duke’s engineering school lands $5M donation (Triangle Business Journal)
The school of engineering at Duke University has received a $5 million gift to establish a new undergraduate curriculum in “uncertainty analysis.”

Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Opens in Atlanta May 12 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA—-More than 1,500 high school students from 51 countries will arrive in Atlanta next week to compete in the world’s largest science fair, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, presented by Agilent Technologies.

Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Opens in Atlanta May 12 (Centre Daily Times)
More than 1,500 high school students from 51 countries will arrive in Atlanta next week to compete in the world’s largest science fair, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, presented by Agilent Technologies. The finalists will compete for nearly $4 million in awards and scholarships, including the top honors – three $50,000 Intel Young Scientist scholarships.

Four Iowa engineering students recognized (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Four University of Iowa engineering students from the Iowa City area are part of a 15-member team that won national recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for developing a hand-held water sanitizer to disinfect drinking water in households of poor communities around the world.

Man held in fatal stabbing of Berkeley engineering student (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
Police say a 20-year-old has admitted to stabbing an engineering student near the University of California, Berkeley campus during an early morning melee.