Imagery has the power to communicate volumes, sometimes in a surprisingly economical way. Edward Tufte, author of Visual Explanations points out in the introduction, “Those who discover an explanation are often those who construct its representation.” The 2009 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science, […]
Archive for January, 2009
The Inauguration of Barack Obama: Science and Engineering Front and Center
Monday, January 19th, 2009 2:22 pm
Written by: Carol Minton Morris
Public health and safety, security, sanitation, logistics, and operations are just a few of the buzz words around Washington D.C. this week as the 44th President of the United States is sworn in on January 20, 2009 in front of crowds that have been estimated to grow to three to five million people. Among the […]
Posted in Topics: Education, Engineering, Interactive, Mathematics, Physics, Science, Social Studies, Technology
One-stop Engineering Education News Service
Monday, January 12th, 2009 2:45 pm
Written by: Carol Minton Morris
The Engineering Pathway (EP) has launched an Engineering and Computing Education news service–a continuous feed of user-submitted items, featured on the EP homepage, parsed by discipline and displayed on EP disciplinary community pages. The entire feed is available on the News in Engineering Education page. All registered users of Engineering Pathway are invited to submit current news related to Engineering, Computing and Technology […]
Posted in Topics: Engineering, Interactive, Mathematics, Science, Technology
“Science Friday” All Week Long
Monday, January 5th, 2009 12:54 pm
Written by: Carol Minton Morris
Every Friday NPR radio talk show host Ira Flatow brings listeners interesting and sometimes surprising science tidbits on Science Friday. The show airs at 2:00 p.m. EDT, but can also be heard online anytime. This week’s offerings include Mystified, Solve it With Science, a look at a new book, 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With […]
Posted in Topics: Chemistry, Education, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Posted in Topics: Chemistry, Education, Engineering, Health, Interactive, Mathematics, multimedia
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