5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, all engines running…liftoff, we have a liftoff. These words echoed around the world as Jack King, Kennedy Space Center’s chief of public information, narrated the events of July 16, 1969. Millions watched from their television screens, and others in person, as the Saturn V […]
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore, I believe in work, hard work. Capturing carbon is one of engineering’s grand challenges. In Lauren Beckingham’s mind, it might just be the grandest. “CO2 is a greenhouse gas and a […]
It was March 22. Chris Spiker didn’t have to guess which garage was Michael Zabala’s. On a normal Sunday afternoon, he might have thought he was looking at someone gearing up to mow the lawn. But during a pandemic? The guy in the medical mask bent over a work table […]
Get Cordelia Brown talking about how her office’s new location has impacted its mission, and you’ll hear one word over and over: Transform. “It has really transformed what we do and what our students can do,” Brown said. Brown serves as director of the Engineering Academic Excellence Program (AEP), an […]
For students experiencing difficulties, an academic advisor is often one of the first people they seek out for advice. But it can be hard to vocalize those concerns in a crowded office space teeming with other students and student services staff. That was a challenge in the former Engineering Student […]
Jessica Taylor, ’09 polymer and fiber engineering, loves her new office. It’s beautiful. It’s spacious. And not only has it made her job as director of Recruiting and Scholarships for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering easier, in a certain sense it’s practically doing it for her. “This building just makes you […]
Before students begin to file into the Engineering Tutoring Center on a recent fall day, Kathy Friedenreich does a quick scan of the room. The work stations are neatly organized. The glass white boards and tables – perfect for diagramming engineering equations – have been wiped clean of the previous […]
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