Posted on October 17th, 2011 by axb
Imagine if someone gave you up to $41,000 in cash to realize your dreams. That – plus full tuition and other education-related benefits –is what the SMART scholarship offers students majoring in science, engineering and mathematics. SMART scholars also get paid summer internships and a job placement after graduation. ASEE invited eight current SMART scholars to spend a day in Washington, D.C., and talk about what got them into engineering. Bios after the jump.
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Filed under: Aerospace, Architectural, Biomedical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Materials, Mechanical, Meet More Students, Ocean, Scholarships, e-News | 4 Comments »
Tags: Aerospace, Architectural, Biomedical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Ocean, Scholarships, SMART
Posted on August 24th, 2011 by axb
Dillard University, New Orleans, La.
Mechanical Engineering & Physics
“I really chose to become a mechanical engineer because I love to build and create things that will benefit others. I love to help people, and to see a smile on their faces is when I feel most accomplished.”
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Tags: Biomedical, Mechanical, SMART
Posted on July 14th, 2011 by axb
A mosquito-blasting laser gun is a sensible weapon for fighting malaria — but a smartphone? Turns out that high-def touchscreen might be good for more than video chatting and slinging angry birds.
Five graduate students have designed a smartphone app for the 2011 Imagine Cup that will allow doctors to quickly and accurately diagnose malaria. It works by analyzing data from the phone’s camera – which has been outfitted with a microscopic lens – to determine whether malarial parasites are present in blood samples.
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Tags: Biomedical, Computer
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by axb
Every once in a while, an engineer comes along whose work combines different disciplines in a way that is both fascinating and inspiring. Natalie Jeremijenko is one such engineer. A modern-day Renaissance woman, Jeremijenko challenges traditional approaches to problem solving with such initiatives as zip-lines to speed kids to school or The Environmental Health Clinic, where “im-patients” come in with environmental health concerns and leave with creative prescriptions to help solve these issues:
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Tags: Art, Biomedical, Environmental, Mechanical, Trailblazers
Posted on May 11th, 2011 by axb
It’s not edible, but this new fiber could be the right medicine for persistent wounds.
A fluffy new material composed of glass fibers could be the latest in wound-healing technology, say researchers from Missouri University of Science and Technology. This cotton candy-like substance (pictured above) is composed of borate glass nanofibers and has been labeled DermaFuse.
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Tags: Biomedical, Materials, Nanotechnology
