Engineering

Md. students juggle, scrapbook, & build rockets

By Paul Katula •
Lessons today in collaboration are valuable in that they mitigate some of the inherent competitiveness and anti-collaboration we see when we rank schools, states, and students in any way we can find.

Engineer, not an accountant, named CEO at GM

By Paul Katula •
The largest US auto maker named a woman to the post of CEO. Mary Barra will take over the reins at GM in January. She's also an engineer who is credited with the redesign of several product lines.

STEM committee forms in Edwardsville School District

By Paul Katula •
A committee has formed to implement STEM subjects from kindergarten through high school. This is the kind of thing that is happening in real schools, and we can use some of those as models.

Obama takes aim at power plant CO2 emissions

By Paul Katula •
President Obama has spelled out an outline for a plan that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from US power plants and take care of the environment in other important ways.