- Future robots need no motors — ScienceDaily
- Engineers have created a novel actuating material that can be powered by visible light, electricity, and other stimuli, and which may replace traditional bulky motors and pneumatic actuators
- Creativity Tools: 24 Free Online Creative Thinking Tools – Daring to Live Fully
- creativity tools to help kick your creativity into high gear. This list of creative thinking tools includes creativity cards, tools to scribble, idea markets, and more.
- 21 Things Engineering Students Wished They Knew When They Started University
- “Your university years can be some of the most exciting years of your life, but it’s easy to lose your focus. Here’s a few things budding engineers wished they knew when they started
- China Expandable container house —10 minutes one house! – YouTube
- Prefab container house for granny flat/ clinics, tourist resort.
- Liquid crystal shells: ‘Smart’ material enables novel applications in autonomous driving and robotics — ScienceDaily
- application could be fire exit signage on walls inside buildings that only becomes visible when the temperature exceeds a certain threshold. The big advantage of these sensors
- Heating up the search for hidden weapons | Science News for Students
- A simple infrared-sensing camera and some fancy software can reveal the presence of a concealed knife or gun
- Hurricane crisis inspires teen’s water-cleanup system | Science News for Students
- system from easy-to-find materials.The filtering system has three steps. Each takes place in a separate plastic bucket. Short lengths of pipe made from PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, join the buckets
- Ruthenium found to have unique magnetic properties at room temperature: Discovery could have big impact on semiconductor industry — ScienceDaily
- Magnetic materials are very important in industry and modern technology and have been used for fundamental studies and in many everyday applications such as sensors, electric motors, generators
- ITEEA – Professional Development
- The STEM±Center for Teaching and Learning is building a community of STEM Education Leaders through face-to-face professional development, webinars, and an online learning community
- Start Engineering
- Get them excited about engineering! From elementary school …Start Engineering publishes educational materialsto help today’s youth understand and identify pathways into STEM careers
- Engineers On Deck
- Engineering possibilitiesfor K-12 We work with K-12 educators to make engineering possible for them to teach and possible for their students to learn. The Engineers On Deck teacher training program
- Learn to Teach Engineering: PD options for PK-12 Educators
- Engineering has been commonly seen as the advanced application of math and science to solve problems, rather than a design process that utilizes research, creativity, social consciousness
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