The first engineering courses in machine construction and mechanical drawing were offered on campus in 1892. By the turn of the century, Drexel launched the Department of Electrical Engineering, which ...

Michigan Technological University began life as the Michigan Mining School in Houghton back in 1885. Established by the state of Michigan to train mining engineers to better operate the local copper ...

From the first engineering class in 1979 to ABET accreditation in 2000, Hope’s engineering department has had an interesting history. 1979: First Engineering class offered Engineering courses have ...

Isaac Newton’s portrait. What can students learn from his life? Alessandro Grussu, CC BY-NC-ND Lately, there has been a lot of discussion highlighting the need for incorporating social sciences in ...

Insight into Frank J Sprague’s lifetime of invention. How his electric motor and braking system revolutionized inner city transportation. Looking at his legacy in the modes of transportation we use ...

It’s what each UB alumnus said—and, we imagine, what every one of the thousands of men and women working on the New NY Bridge project would say as well. The sheer magnitude of the project (it’s a ...

That fireball was LZ37. Nobody wanted to see repeats post-war. Image: “The great exploit of lieutenant Warnefort 1916 England” by Gordon Crosby, public domain. After all the crashing and burning of ...