The bill implements most of the K–12 science education recommendations of the National Academies report, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.” It...

“10 Simple and Effective In-class Experiments and Demonstrations for Materials Education- An Overview,” is a formal evaluation of 10 basic activities which can be utilized in classrooms from the elementary level...

The 2004 Science and Engineering (S&E) Indicators report, produced biennially by the National Science Board (also reported on in the May 10, 2002 report), is considered "the nation's most authoritative source for...

The Connecticut Community Colleges and their College of Technology (COT) in partnership with the Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program (CPEP) is expanding and enhancing their Life Support and Sustainable Living (LSSL)...

A collaboration between three universities is working to create a battery that is capable of powering microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The work is especially important because no viable battery currently exists...

Civil engineering analysis and modeling frequently reduces 3-D land features and structures to 2-D representations on such media as paper and overhead projection systems. Students often have trouble understanding the...

In this paper, we present a novel hardware Central Processing Unit (CPU) design methodology based on a 5-step approach. The method starts with a definition of the target CPU internal components and data and address...

In 1953, Gottfried Moellenstedt invented the electron biprism, more or less by accident, with the serendipity characteristic to him: Aiming at dark-field imaging in an electron microscope, he stretched a thin tungsten...

In our post-genomic world, engineers (including engineering faculties!) increasingly need at least a working knowledge of biology and the life sciences. The Arizona State University faculty short course Bio-Basics has...

This paper presents a model, case study, and prototypical example of how a major educational institution evolves from splintered, specialized, interdisciplinary fields of study, in which each major area develops...