Posted on January 6th, 2010 by als
Residential camp focused on girls who have just completed their freshman or sophomore year in high school, and is designed to better acquaint the participants with opportunities in engineering and how their interests and talents can be utilized in this exciting career. The campers will spend a week on Purdue’s campus learning about engineering by working with current Purdue students, faculty and staff doing activities such as building their own gaming device, creating a cardboard chair and touring engineering laboratories and local industry facilities.
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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by axb
You’ve no doubt often used printers for school papers and reports. But can you imagine printing a three-dimensional object – something as complex as an action figure or a human heart? Soon such creation might be (almost) as simple as hitting Ctrl + P.
3D technology – from the new immersive animated movies to breakthrough medical imaging software – has been in the news a lot lately. So what about 3D printers? These remarkable devices, which possess the ability to print a three-dimensional object, have actually been around since the 1980s, aiding countless engineers and designers. But only recently have they become much faster, smaller, and more affordable.
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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by als
Residential summer camp focused on girls who have completed 7th and 8th grades. The campers will work with current Purdue Engineering students on hands-on activities such as designing a city to withstand earthquakes and creating packaging to protect food from contamination and the elements. Campers will also tour Purdue Engineering laboratories and meet faculty and graduate students conducting cutting edge research.
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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by axb
Turns out pirates might have had it right all along – a new wood-based synthetic bone could be the modern day answer to the peg leg. This extraordinary material was made when Italian scientists heated rattan wood and mixed it with calcium and phosphate, and is so realistic that, when implanted, human bones will actually fuse with it over time.
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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by rxt
The West Point Bridge Design Contest aims to provide middle school and high school students with a realistic, engaging introduction to engineering. The contest is provided as a service to education–and as a tribute to the Academy’s two hundred years of service to the United States of America. Contest registration opens January 28, 2010.
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Tags: Bridge Design, Contest, Design, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
