San Angelo Standard TimesOil slump takes toll on recent engineering gradsSan Angelo Standard TimesRecent graduates entered the field when colleges boasted near 100 percent job placement rates and six-figure jobs awaited the top of the class. Today, the big …

The Dirt: Idaho engineering company expands into SpokaneThe Spokesman Review (registration)Meridian, Idaho-based civil engineering firm T-O Engineers has expanded into Washington with its first outlet in Spokane. The office recently opened in about 2,000 s …

Shop classes will never look the same after VHS creates 'engineering hub'nwitimes.comTwo levels at VHS will house coursework in science, technology, engineering and math — a hub for STEM. It will include bio-med instruction, an expanded robotics pr …

Afro AmericanHoward Univ. Names New Dean of Engineering, Architecture and Computer ScienceAfro AmericanNoted engineering academician Achille Messac has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Science at Howard Universi …

Shreveport TimesLA Tech professor earns Engineering Faculty Professionalism AwardShreveport TimesDr. Beth Hegab, lecturer of industrial engineering and program coordinator for engineering and technology management at Louisiana Tech University, has received …

MIT NewsEngineering foe into friendMIT NewsWhat if a centuries-old foe could become a workhorse for drug delivery in the future? Jacquin Niles, an associate professor of biological engineering at MIT, sees potential for such a transformation in what others …

New York TimesAs Oil Money Melts, Alaska Mulls First Income Tax in 35 YearsNew York TimesThis is the least-taxed state in the nation, where oil royalties and energy taxes once paid for 90 percent of state functions. Oil money was so plentiful that resident …

Wall Street JournalSubsidies for Cooking OilWall Street JournalThe Journal reports that Solazyme, which in 2009 received more than $20 million in grants to build a refinery for automotive fuel, is now selling an algae-derived oil for cooking. Readers may r …

USC Viterbi School of Engineering Center funded under White House initiativeEurekAlert (press release)Los Angeles, October 1, 2015, Priya Vashishta, professor in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and director of the C …

Johnston Community College NewsCollege of Engineering not doing enough to round its studentsArizona Daily WildcatIn the UA College of Engineering, there's not much of an emphasis on expanding a student's horizons beyond the technical skills of an e …