Shropshire-based digital manufacturer Protolabs has launched an online academy that aims to tackle a widening skills gap by helping engineers at any stage in their career increase their understanding of designing for injection moulding, 3D printing and CNC machining. The inspirON academy features a series of free continuing-professional-development-accredited online training … [Read more...] about New online academy aims to close the manufacturing skills gap
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Lego programme inspiring engineers of the future
A programme developed at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is using Lego to help hundreds of young people across the state to build robotics skills one brick at a time. Coordinated through Nebraska 4-H, part of the university’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the FIRST Lego League features young people in grades 4 through 8 teaming up to solve robotics … [Read more...] about Lego programme inspiring engineers of the future
New bioengineering curriculum cultivates human-centred approach to medical design
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has provided a five-year grant to support the development of an innovative undergraduate bioengineering curriculum component intended to cultivate inclusive design principles for students at Rice University in Houston who are contemplating a career as medical practitioners or medical technology innovators. Sabia Abidi (pictured … [Read more...] about New bioengineering curriculum cultivates human-centred approach to medical design
Using sweet treats to teach kids about engineering
Children and young people will soon be able to design and make their own sweet treats while learning about engineering at a chocolate factory set up especially by a Barnsley engineer. The JJA Snack manufacturing facility will open soon at the Business Village in Barnsley. The new hands-on STEM-educational venture is being launched by Jamie Ashpole (picture above), director … [Read more...] about Using sweet treats to teach kids about engineering
Students smash world speed record for electric boats
A team of students from Princeton University in New Jersey has smashed the world speed record for electric boats, surpassing the old record by 41 km/h. The Princeton team set the new record on a one-kilometre course on Lake Townsend outside Greensboro, North Carolina. Piloted by veteran speedboat captain John Peeters, the Princeton boat made one pass through the course at … [Read more...] about Students smash world speed record for electric boats