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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

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This week, February 18-24, 2024, is DiscoverE’s Engineers Week. Their tagline: “A week-long event, a year-long commitment” Do you wonder why anyone would be passionate about engineering? million engineering jobs that pay $42 per hour in median. Since 2007, the number of engineering grads nationwide has shot up 33%.

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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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Can we engineer bacteria to regenerate tissues?

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Can we engineer bacteria to regenerate tissues? Published: Dr Christopher Contag , a biomedical engineer and microbiologist at Michigan State University in the US, is creating engineered endosymbionts – bacterial cells that can be delivered into cells of other organisms where they can persist and control cellular functions.

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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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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. TALK LIKE A BIOMANUFACTURER. Among the F1 constructors (e.g., GENOME SEQUENCING.

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Left-brain or Right-brain Dominant? Explore the Ideal Subjects to Nurture your Strengths

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Here are some ideal subjects for left-brain dominant individuals: Electrical or Computer Engineering Electrical or computer engineering is a perfect fit for left-brain dominant individuals. This field requires strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of mathematical concepts.

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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