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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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Challenges and Solutions in Mathematics College professors frequently adopt a lecture-based approach, emphasizing theory over practice. The question then arises: How can students adapt to this new learning environment while maintaining their enthusiasm and comprehension?

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Using adsorbents to help society

Futurum

Such a model will be an important engineering design tool to advance work in drug delivery, power production, energy storage, atmospheric water harvesting and carbon capture technologies,” says Yamil. The team then combines these molecular simulations with active learning (AL) algorithms. . (© How does the team do this research?

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The engineering behind Evolutor

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The engineering behind Evolutor. Published: Professor Tuck Seng Wong , based at The University of Sheffield in the UK, leads a team focused on applying the concept of Darwinian evolution to engineer biological systems for industrial applications. ENZYMES — the proteins responsible for catalysing all chemical reactions in cells.

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A Summer of Research and Discovery

Northeastern University

Placements for REU participants span across the College of Engineering and include Professors David Kaeli, Michael Kane, Laura Lewis, Amy Mueller, and Sarah Ostadabbas. Professor Jennifer Love, Assistant Director for The Center for STEM Education, further enhances the summer program through an Arduino Workshop.

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How machine learning is revolutionising materials science

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How machine learning is revolutionising materials science Published: Research in materials science and engineering is crucial for developing materials that can help solve some of society’s biggest challenges. These new capabilities are impacting almost all aspects of life and the study of materials is no exception.

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Engineering Exploration Week + Engineering for Everyone Expo

Northeastern University

Northeastern University’s Center for STEM Education hosted this year Engineering Exploration week from Tuesday, February 21st to Friday, February 24th. On Tuesday, February 21st, we kicked off the program with and introduction to the engineering design process and chemical engineering.

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Building Bridges – Fall 2021

Northeastern University

On Friday, December 3, 2021 the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern University, in collaboration with the College of Engineering/Admissions, hosted the Fall edition of our Building Bridges event. 103 students from 32 different schools in 5 states came to learn all about engineering.