Civil Engineering students Elizabeth Diaz-Gunning, Sean Yoshishige, Melissa Hamling, and Bryson Tamaye, with advisors Jordy Wolfand, CJ Poor, and industry advisor Nate Buddress received honorable mention in the EPA Rainworks challenge for “extending the useful life of existing green infrastructure practices.” The UP Team competed against 42 student teams from 24 states and 35 different […]
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A Women’s First in Engineering
Religious sisters have been part of life on The Bluff since the early days of the University, as caretakers, students, and professors. While most student-nuns enrolled in nursing and education courses, one did not, opting instead to enroll in an engineering course. The story of this nun and her interesting background is the subject of […]
Tech Talk Podcast: Transcontinental Tutoring
The University recently expanded its study-abroad options for engineering majors from a short week during the summer term to a full spring semester in Salzburg, Austria. Engineering students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the culture and language of Austria while staying on track to graduate with their classmates by taking advantage of courses […]
Newsmakers
Aziz Inan, engineering, was featured in an article titled “12/12/12 and the Myriad of Number Patterns in Dates” in the Surprising Science blog at Smithsonian.com on December 12 (http://tinyurl.com/b6vyvnm). His recent article titled, “Happy December 12, 2012–12-12-12 (121212)” was published in the blog thorugh a link to his website at http://tinyurl.com/br9bqav, also in articles in […]