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With Facebook’s ‘Meta’ Pivot, Digital Reality Is Growing at Breakneck Speeds

Imagine a place where you could always stay young, name a city after yourself, or even become the president — …

Engineering Your Career, Part 1: Challenges Facing the Profession

Engineering entails solving societies’ real-world problems using machines, systems, materials and processes. There are many different engineering disciplines and diverse …

Space concrete created with ‘literally blood-curdling’ technique

Scientists from the University of Manchester have developed a material stronger than concrete and suitable for extra-terrestrial construction. The material …

Fast Facts

You May Be Surprised to Know Many people generally understand the type of work performed by engineers, architects, landscape architects, …

Engineering Podcasts – If You Were An Engineer

The If You Were An Engineer is based around a simple premise ‘If you were an engineer what would you …

How to Turn Old Soda Cans into a Working Electrical Motorbike Toy

If you are looking for a new project, and happen to have a few old soda cans lying around, you …

The Problem With One-Size-Fits-All ‘Universal Licensing’

Making it easier for professionals to practice across state lines is appealing, but if it isn’t done right, it can …

Powering up: UK hills could be used as energy ‘batteries’

Engineers explore using gentle slopes rather than steep dams or mountains to store electricity Full Article

Occupational Licensing Reforms Must Maintain Standards to Protect the Public

As the United States works to reverse the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, state legislatures will once again …

Engineering Meme of the Week – Feb1, 2021

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5 CONSEQUENCES OF WEAKENING PROFESSIONAL LICENSING STANDARDS

Calls to eliminate or weaken licensing make no distinction for advanced, highly complex, technical professions that impact public safety, trust, …

Happy New Year

As 2020 winds down, it is the people – the connections – that made the year truly meaningful. On behalf …

Engineering Meme of the Week – December 21, 2020

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Engineering Meme of the Week – December 18, 2020

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Engineering In Focus – A Career Guide to Automotive Engineering

The automobile industry is known for being very competitive as manufacturers are always looking for ways to up their competition …

How chemical engineering can help you make the perfect turkey

Chemical Engineering phenomena such as mass transfer and process control that dominate chemical plants are also used in your own …

11 podcasts that should be on every engineer’s playlist

With more than 850,000 podcasts available to download and only 525,600 minutes in a year, it can be hard to …

Persevering Through the Pandemic

PEs are finding ways to rise above the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. BY DANIELLE BOYKIN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH …

Engineers Develop Self-Watering Soil That Could Transform Farming

A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the …