How do you keep gas prices down in the face of a shaky energy policy? Engineers and legumes, of course. The Bush administration issued new rules on Wednesday improving gas mileage requirements for pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans, for the first time covering the largest SUVs on the road like the [...]

As concerned as the U.S. with its international competitiveness, we are not the only ones. China and India are also worried about how their innovative talent will stack up in a global economy.
From Thomas Friedman’s March 24th op-ed in the New York Times:
“We need to encourage more incubation of ideas … to make [...]

“If we ensure that America’s children succeed in life, they will ensure that America succeeds in the world.” - President George W. Bush, 2006 State of the Union Address
Hundreds of politicians, educators, and industry leaders gathered to ensure exactly that last night at the Intel Science Talent Search Awards Gala in Washington, [...]

Engineering &… would like to wish all its readers a happy Pi Day. For those unclear on the rituals involved in celebrating Pi Day, listen to a short story on NPR, check out some great Pi Day resources from the Mathematics Educators of Greater Saint Louis, or simply eat a slice of [...]

Engineers at NASA have found more than one use for their Laser Scaling and Measurement Device for Photographic Images (LSMDPI). This device, contained in a small black box, was initially designed to provide a non-intrusive means of adding a scale to a photograph of an object in space when there is no [...]