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Mass Manufacturers Face Workforce Shortage
One in three Massachusetts manufacturers report having a difficult time hiring the production workers they need, according to a UMass Dartmouth survey of 1,350 manufacturing firms conducted for the...
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Urban Program Helps Boost Minorities, Women in Engineering
ST. LOUIS—Eric’El Johnson was great at science and math in high school, so you’d think the move to engineering school would have been smooth for her. But two things stood in the way: stereotypes and...
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Virtual Reality: The Next Big Thing in Education?
Virtual reality. When we hear these words, we may immediately think of computer or video games, while others may conjure up images of Neo from the 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix. And while it’s true...
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U.S. Universities Work to Close the Skills Gap
Over the past five years there has been one glaring problem plaguing the U.S. labor market: Lots of jobs, not enough qualified people to fill them. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, there are 4.7...
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Top 5 Most Underrated Careers of 2014
The Stephen Kings and Don Drapers of the world are pretty rare. Advertising executives don’t have the time for impromptu trips to fabulous locations or to gently hatch catchy slogans for weeks on end,...
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MFG Day Targets Skilled-Labor Shortage
This Friday is Manufacturing Day, a chance for young people to see manufacturing in action across America. Manufacturers from an array of industries will be opening up their doors to students,...
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Teachers Urged to Feed Demand for IoT Workforce
The continued meteoric growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), with billions of connected products worldwide, hinges on a crucial ingredient, speakers said this weekend at the nation’s oldest teachers’...
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Demand for Robotics Engineers Grows
When we think of a robot, many of us might envision something like Rosie the robot maid from the Jetsons cartoon, a machine designed to do its owner’s bidding with varying degrees of competence and...
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Robotics Teacher Succeeds Against the Odds
When the town where she taught math to middle schoolers wanted to start a class in robotics to lure students into science, engineering, and technology, Kathy Shay took the job. The class was scheduled...
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Veterans Meet Demand in Advanced Manufacturing
Thanh Duong got his Army release papers just as the Great Recession was beginning. “Jobs were nonexistent—at least, jobs you could live on,” says Duong, who goes by Tom, and who drove to California...
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Teacher Training Key to Better STEM Results
Improving education in science, technology, engineering, and math means weaving those topics into every class in every school at every grade, according to a panel of teachers, policymakers, and...
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High Schoolers Design Better Way to Feed the World
This week, teams of high school students from around the United States gathered in Washington DC for the final leg of the Real World Design Challenge, a state-level and national competition focused on...
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Across Borders: Young Engineers Solve Problems and Build Trust
Taylor Dupre is a senior at Northern Illinois University studying mechanical engineering with an emphasis on sustainable energy. He’s also helping to build a ceramic water filtration systems in...
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Small New York School Leads in 3D Printing
The State University of New York at New Paltz, or SUNY New Paltz, is a small state school about 100 miles north of New York City, and it’s well on its way to becoming a national leader in 3D printing...
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Why Engineers Need To Develop T-Shaped Skills
What are the most crucial skills an engineer needs? Most people, when asked this question, may say that mathematical proficiency and technological expertise are most important. And they are right, to a...
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Mass.-Based Military Program Brings Engineering to Low-Income Kids
Xavier Boss can hardly contain his zeal for explaining why one model stock car propelled by an eight-gram canister of CO2 won its race against a heavier car driven by a four-gram canister. “Because it...
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FIRST Robotics Competition Kicks Off with Recycling Theme
More than robots. That was the mantra at this week’s kick-off event for the FIRST Robotics Competition held at the home of FIRST and DEKA founder Dean Kamen. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of...
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IoT Hackathon Challenges Students to Think Differently
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the nature of engineering and technology, but the growth of jobs in this new area is outpacing the ability of universities to turn out students with the proper...
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How Do We Integrate IoT Skills into the Classroom?
The Internet of Things is affecting almost every aspect of business—from people to devices to data and processes—and creating new opportunities for growth and competition. Many companies, including...
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Industry Looks to Girl Scouts for Next-Gen Workforce
It’s Engineers Week, and big industry is looking to Girl Scouts for its next generation of STEM workers. As part of Girl Day—which is aimed at encouraging girls to pursue careers in...
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