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DiscoverE’s blog features ideas and strategies you can use to nurture a student’s engineering identity and to celebrate how engineers and technicians make the world a better place.

 

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Increasing Engineering Interests

5 Engineering Messages to Share

We've spent more than a year researching student attitudes, thoughts, concerns, and hopes about engineering through our Messages Matter research project.     The Results When we combine appealing messages with engineering role models student interest in engineering...

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Engineering Activities

October Featured Activities

Each month our team highlights three engineering activities that pair the Engineering Design Process with open-ended questions and invite students to Discover Engineering.   Creepy Putty This engineering challenge is perfect for the spookiest month! Students...

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Celebrate Engineering

Welcome to the Future: Engineer’s Week 2024

Welcome to Engineers Week 2024! This year’s theme "Welcome to the Future" is about celebrating today’s achievements and paving the way for a brighter and more diverse future in engineering.  Engineers Are Shaping the Future.  Engineering is at the forefront of...

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Chats with Change Makers: Jay Abbott

  On Thursday, December 7, DiscoverE partnered with the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) on Chats with Change Makers. Our student host Kavya got to interview Change Maker Jay Abbott, a field engineer at McCarl's who uses advanced technology...

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