Posted on July 11th, 2012 by Mary Lord
Searching for the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? Look around your classroom. Or rather, check out Sydney, Australia, where students – many of them computer science and engineering majors – from every continent competed to solve the world’s toughest problems at Microsoft’s 10th annual Imagine Cup.
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Tags: computer engineering, Computer Science, contests for students, environmental engineering, global challenges, grand challenges, Imagine Cup 2012, Microsoft, STEM education, student competition, Sustainability, Technology, Technology Contest
Posted on August 27th, 2009 by als
When he was a senior in high school, Marc Edwards was sure he wanted to be a veterinarian. But after he spent a summer working with pets and getting bitten, he realized that “vets end up treating the owners more than the animals.” So he switched to civil engineering. Edwards is now a professor at Virginia Tech.
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Tags: Civil Engineering, environmental engineering
Posted on August 25th, 2009 by als
Chemical Engineer
Joy Barrett is a senior working on a double major in chemical engineering and physics at Tuskegee University. Her focus is environmental engineering. Outside of class, she does community service and mentors local high school students.
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Tags: chemical engineering, environmental engineering, physics
Posted on August 25th, 2009 by als
Environmental Engineer
Elyse Rester is a senior at Georgia Tech majoring in environmental engineering. Ultimately, she wants to use her training to get basic sanitation and clean water to rural areas in developing countries.
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Tags: environmental engineering
Posted on June 27th, 2007 by als
It was a problem that had baffled civil engineer Marc Edwards for a decade. By the time the Virginia Tech professor finally figured out the answer, he had stumbled across a health issue that ended up pitting him against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the utility that supplies Washington, D.C., with its drinking water.
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Tags: environmental engineering, Water pollution
