Real World Engineering

$1 million for engineering scholarships (Beaumont Enterprise)
Lamar University President James M. Simmons announced Monday morning that the Valero Energy Foundation, the charitable arm of the Valero Energy Corporation, has committed $1 million to provide scholarships for students in the College of Engineering.

‘Metabolic Engineering’ Could Herald The End Of Fossil Fuels In Industrial Chemical Production (ChemicalOnline)
A team of South Korean scientists have succeeded in engineering the bacterium E. coli to produce the industrial chemical putrescine. The research, published in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering, provides a renewable alternative to the production of this important chemical which is traditionally created using fossil fuels

$1 million for engineering scholarships (Beaumont Enterprise)
Lamar University President James M. Simmons announced Monday morning that the Valero Energy Foundation, the charitable arm of the Valero Energy Corporation, has committed $1 million to provide scholarships for students in the College of Engineering.

Thermal Engineering earns safety award (The Joplin Globe)
A Joplin manufacturer of large heat exchangers for utilities has been honored by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for its workplace safety record.

Engineering degrees offer greatest starting salary (The Miami Hurricane)
Four years of studying, one pricey private school education and a bachelor s degree how will it all pay off in the job market after graduation? According to a study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) the average starting salary offer for new college graduates is $49,307. When that is compared to last [...]

Gearing up for engineering success (Ottawa Business Journal)
During a week smack in the middle of a sweltering August, a group of teenage girls built Lego structures, went geocaching in the woods and did other activities to polish their math and science skills.

Jacobs Engineering Group gets DHS subcontract (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Engineering and construction firm Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. said Tuesday it received a subcontract from Vetco LLC to help provide technical services for a Department of Homeland Security contract.

WATCH: Retro-Engineering Dinosaurs (Discovery Channel)
Flip a genetic switch and turn a bird into a dino? Not quite, but not so far off either.

Jacobs Engineering Group gets DHS subcontract (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Engineering and construction firm Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. said Tuesday it received a subcontract from Vetco LLC to help provide technical services for a Department of Homeland Security contract.

All in the asphalt: Lesson brings engineering to life (The Salem Observer)
By Darrell Halen Last summer, Laura Preston learned how to make and test asphalt samples at the University of New Hampshire. The science teacher then used that knowledge to develop a lesson for her own geology students at Salem High School. She not only taught the class something they had known little about, but also tried to foster in her students a love for scientific discovery and an …