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Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement

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Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement Published: The global cement industry is gigantic, so finding ways to reduce its impact on the climate is essential for a sustainable future. The chemistry of cement It is the use of resources, especially raw materials, that forms the current focus of Theo’s 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. BIOECONOMY — the economic potential of harnessing the power of bioscience.

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Living in a material world: the importance of materials science and engineering

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Living in a material world: the importance of materials science and engineering. Published: TALK LIKE A MATERIALS SCIENTIST AND ENGINEER. WHAT IS MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING? Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is the field that deals with the science of making, characterising and testing all types of materials. “MSE

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Readers Respond: Does Fixing the Leaky STEM Pipeline Require Calculus To Adapt?

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The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. IMO, this memorization-heavy approach is why so many of my fellow students flushed out of Engineering and why I never really understood it until my EE ‘waves and fields’ class let me see the ‘what and the why.’”

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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ERIC ERIC which stands for the Education Resources Information Center is basically an academic search engine that allows you to search for scholarly literature and research papers published across different peer-reviewed journals and academic periodicals. JSTOR search engine will only return results with open access.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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How can engineering address human rights issues? Dr Davis Chacon-Hurtado , a Peruvian engineer at the University of Connecticut in the US, is using a human rights-based approach to engineering to solve these problems. TALK LIKE A HUMANITARIAN ENGINEER. Published: June 30, 2022. HOW DOES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFFECT INEQUALITY?

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Who will be the engineers of the future?

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Who will be the engineers of the future? Published: In recent years, EngineeringUK has published a suite of data tables to accompany chapters in its The State of Engineering report. Senior Research Analyst Marie Horton explains what these data can tell us about the future of engineering. WHAT ARE THE DATA TABLES TELLING US?