Princeton chapter wins national EWB award

By On February 22, 2013 · In Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, civil engineering, engineering education, Keller Center, School of Engineering and Applied Science

The United States Engineers Without Borders organization has named Princeton’s EWB chapter a 2013 Premier Project winner for its library project in Ashaiman, Ghana. In the summer of 2011, five students from Princeton Engineers Without Borders traveled to Ashaiman, to finish the construction of a community library. This trip was the culmination of […]

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Princeton ranked third world-wide among engineering schools

By On October 14, 2011 · In Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, engineering education, mechanical and aerospace, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Times Higher Education has just published its world university rankings, with Princeton ranked third among engineering schools. The top five engineering schools are Caltech, MIT, Princeton, UC-Berkeley, and Stanford (in that order).

Princeton Engineering has experienced extraordinary growth of late. During the past six years, sponsored research […]

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Circa 1962: Senior independent work and the importance of engineering in a liberal arts setting

By On September 14, 2010 · In Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, Keller Center, mechanical and aerospace, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Princeton’s Mudd library has posted a 1962 instructional film for students who were serving as campus tour guides.

At first what is striking about this film (above) is how much the Princeton undergraduate experience has changed in less than 50 years. For one, thing Princeton students are a much more cosmopolitan group, taking […]

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Paper and peer review here to stay, at least for now

By On February 20, 2007 · In Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, electrical engineering

The tradition of peer-reviewed journals in the sciences has been much in the news recently, as online publishing and communally edited wikis threaten traditional forms of publishing.

A panel of distinguished researchers debated the future of the peer-reviewed journal recently on a lively panel organized by

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Princeton DARPA team gears up for urban challenge

By On February 7, 2007 · In Center for Innovation in Engineering Education

The story of how Princeton’s undergraduate team made it to the fiercely competitive DARPA Grand Challenge finals in 2005 is worthy of a Hollywood screenplay. Princeton’s self-driving truck didn’t win (a software glitch did them in) but their heroic efforts drew media coverage and acclaim.

Now the underdog team is back at […]

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Jamieson forecasts the future of engineering education

By On February 2, 2007 · In Center for Innovation in Engineering Education

What skills will the engineer of the future need?

Leah Jamieson, a keynote speaker at DesignCon 2007 this week, said that in addition to imparting superb technical skills, engineering schools must reward ingenuity and flexibility and give students opportunities to develop leadership and business skills.

Jamieson, who received her doctorate from Princeton […]

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