2019 wk.10

From video game to day job: How ‘SimCity’ inspired a generation of city planners – Los Angeles Times the games…

Engineering is…

Engineering is … making things and making things better Through That’s Engineering series of stories, explore the ideas and activities…

aerogel, co2 capture, new black

Ultra-light ceramic aerogel stands up to intense temperature swings Aerogels are strong, solid structures that are up to 99 percent…

soft robots, engineering vacations

Activities that boost spatial reasoning | Educanda Use spatial language in everyday interactionsSpatial language is a powerful spatial learning tool.…

gasoline engine

Gasoline engine Gasoline engine and car Gasoline engine – internal combustion engine which is often used for automobiles, aircraft, small…

fluid mechanics

Fluid mechanics – the study of the physics of continuous materials which take the shape of their container. Fluids –…

fluid mechanics

— fluid dynamics / fluid mechanics Everything is Fluid Mechanics and Navier-Stokes equations — Chris Rogers, Tufts Center for Engineering…

gears

Gears – Two toothed wheels fit together either directly or through a chain or belt so one wheel will turn…

Maria Klawe

Maria Klawe – President of Harvey Mudd College – Maria Klawe began her tenure as Harvey Mudd College’s first female…

Ethel H. Bailey

Ethel H. Bailey was an American mechanical engineer who began her working life in aviation and went on to develop…

Judith Love Cohen

Judith Love Cohen was an American aerospace engineer and author. Cohen worked as an electrical engineer on the Minuteman missile,…

Mary G. Ross

Mary Golda Ross (August 9, 1908 – April 29, 2008) was the first known Native American female engineer, and the…

Nora Stanton Blatch Barney

Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (1883-1971) In 1905, Nora Stanton Blatch Barney became the first woman to graduate from Cornell University…

Alice Parker

Alice Parker (18??-19??) Underscoring the difficulty of honoring the contributions of African American women prior to the Civil Rights Movement,…

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz (1903-1974) Flügge-Lotz joined the Stanford faculty in 1950 as the university’s first female professor of engineering – applied…