Jim Romeo Editorial Contributor

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• Competition Embodies Spirit of “the New Polytechnic”
  May 1, 2019
  The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) hosts a student design competition to help students explore how to develop "creative solutions to real-world problems."
• Building Student Teamwork Via Robotics
  April 1, 2019
  Next-Gen Engineers Student Design Competition Profile: VEX IQ Challenge Next Level
• Event Sparks Student Interest in Solar Energy
  March 1, 2019
  Student Design Competition Profile: Solar Splash 2019
• Designing for Environmental Sustainability
  January 1, 2019
  The Biomimicry Institute's Global Design Challenge
• Competition Embodies Spirit of “the New Polytechnic”
  May 1, 2019
  The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) hosts a student design competition to help students explore how to develop "creative solutions to real-world problems."
• Building Student Teamwork Via Robotics
  April 1, 2019
  Next-Gen Engineers Student Design Competition Profile: VEX IQ Challenge Next Level
• Event Sparks Student Interest in Solar Energy
  March 1, 2019
  Student Design Competition Profile: Solar Splash 2019
• Designing for Environmental Sustainability
  January 1, 2019
  The Biomimicry Institute's Global Design Challenge
• Digital Design Technology: a New Dawn
  November 12, 2018
  Today, design engineers have access to affordable, photorealistic rendering, 3D animations and simulation, as well as immersive design technologies like augmented and virtual reality.
• Putting Engineering in Reverse
  October 12, 2018
  How 3D scanning and an underlying hunger to compete is driving the design quest for reverse engineering in global industry.
• Awarding Materials Design
  October 1, 2018
  Next-Gen Engineers: ASM Materials Education Foundation Undergraduate Design Competition
• Evaluate Testing Services
  September 1, 2018
  Consider more than cost when choosing a testing service provider partner. There are numerous considerations when evaluating a testing service and laboratory.
• Extraordinary Vehicle Design
  September 1, 2018
  Student Design Competition Profile: The RIT Baja SAE
• Challenge Launches STEM Skills Into Space
  August 1, 2018
  The STEM skills challenge will feature annual competitions where students reach milestone achievements during the development of liquid-fuel rockets, including design, static testing and smaller popup innovation challenges.
• Base 11 Challenge Launches STEM Skills Into Space
  July 9, 2018
  The Base 11 Space Challenge is a $1 million prize for a student-led university team to design, build and launch a liquid-propelled, single-stage rocket to an altitude of 100 km (the Karman Line) by December 30, 2021.
• Students Disrupt Worlds of Aviation and Astronautics
  July 1, 2018
  David W. Levy is the director of Technology at Sierra Nevada Corp. and the chair for the AIAA Aircraft Design Technical Committee. We spoke to him to better understand the competition.
• Students Walk the Innovation Talk
  June 1, 2018
  Rini Paiva is the vice president, Recognition and Selection, for the National Inventors Hall of Fame. We spoke to him to learn more about the Collegiate Inventors Competition.
• Bots Battle Gladiator Style in the National Robotics League
  May 2, 2018
  Students are immersed in the process of researching, designing, building and testing their robots for the National Robotics League competition.
• Digital Manufacturing Challenge: Playing with Design in Today’s Digital Sandbox
  April 1, 2018
  SME’s Digital Manufacturing Challenge offers students an introduction to the industry beyond the classroom, providing a showcase for their creativity, leadership and entrepreneurship.
• Data Acquisition:  A Primer for the IoT Age
  March 1, 2018
  Data acquisition hardware and software enable smarter decisions in engineering design environments.