In the ongoing debate over the impact of offshoring on the American workforce, BusinessWeek notes a new study arguing that the engineering deficit may be a myth. This new study by Vivek Wadhwa of Duke University points out that “Indian and Chinese numbers [of engineers] can be wildly exaggerated, while America’s are understated.” [...]

Engineering and science have become increasingly at odds with religion, or so it seems. On Tuesday, John E. Jones III, a federal judge, ruled that it was unconstitutional for a Pennsylvania school district to teach intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology courses, citing that it is a religious viewpoint [...]

Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
1. 532.35 cm3 gluten
2. 4.9 cm3 NaHCO3
3. 4.9 cm3 refined halite
4. 236.6 cm3 partially hydrogenated tallow triglyceride
5. 177.45 cm3 crystalline C12H22O11
6. 177.45 cm3 unrefined C12H22O11
7. 4.9 cm3 [...]

The U.S. may be running its hopes of improved engineering research into the ground. Resurrected in part by the recent November elections and President Bush’s approval of an increased budget for immigration enforcement, immigration policy has come to the foreground of many political debates. Additionally, in light of the fact that Arizona and [...]

In honor of World AIDS Day, ASEE would like to extend its condolences to the millions of people who are afflicted by this horrible and devastating epidemic. Issues of funding have long plagued the end to this disease. However, some progress has been made since the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation identified the [...]