Posts Tagged ‘engineering’

How to Find the Right Prototype Service

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

PrototypeToday.com is a website that offers an expansive list of prototyping services as well as trusted information for professionals to stay up-to-date on the most relevant industry information. PrototypeToday.com, launched last November, acts as a centralized database of information and content for service bureau owners to independent inventors. Among the most popular sections: An industry [...]

$9.5 Million Boost for STEM

Friday, September 24th, 2010
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The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) announced the launch of the Global Innovation Initiative (GII), a program designed to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) educators and students in solving the problems of global poverty in environmentally and economically sustainable ways. Focusing especially on STEM Education, the NCIIA and its partners seek [...]

Science Needs a Woman’s Touch

Monday, May 3rd, 2010
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By Mike Drummond Like a plane crash survivor describing a brush with disaster, Joan Herbers is eager to talk about her “glass ceiling story.” She was a biology professor and one of eight department chairs in her college at Colorado State University. Herbers had been there for about seven years and was second in seniority. [...]

Planting the Seeds of STEM

Friday, April 16th, 2010
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If you believe fostering a culture of innovation begins with nurturing America’s interest in science, technology, engineering and math – aka STEM – then brace yourself for some good news. According to this year’s Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, an annual survey that gauges Americans’ perceptions about invention and innovation, 77 percent of teens are interested in [...]