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Tag Archives: engineering
Innovating in a bigger pond: McMaster’s engineering dean heads to California
Paul Wells talks to Ishwar Puri about California versus Canada, the changing nature of education, and what happens when the worlds of politics and research collide
How engineers are engineering change on the gender gap
Opinion: Levelling the gender gap is important as a point of principle—as well as for the economy. And change is starting to happen in engineering.
Global warming makes ice forecasting a hot field
Ice forecasting — meteorology, oceanography, and a lot of thermodynamics — is a growing field, as climate change makes the Arctic more accessible
Why do so many jihadis have engineering degrees?
Two researchers comb through the records and discover that religious faith doesn’t drive Islamist terrorism
Top 10 Engineering Universities
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Why don’t future engineers learn real-world skills in school?
From 2015: Many engineering graduates don’t feel confident they can build anything. Experts say the schools are letting them down. How can that be?
Starting engineering school? Aim for 80-plus.
Admission is competitive, as shown by these average final-year high school grades
McMaster engineers angry over alcohol ban
Students say they’re being punished for the actions of a few
Entrepreneurs get head starts on campus
Waterloo’s VeloCity and Ryerson’s DMZ nurture startups