Engineering+links

Exciting News Sources & Resources
[|Wired News] [|VIBES program at Vanderbilt] [|Prism magazine website] - Prism is the flagship publication of the [|American Society for Engineering Education] (ASEE) [|ASEE K-12 Workshop] (June 21, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA) [|ASEE K-12 Program] for Educators [|Strategies for Creative Problem Solving, Fogler & LeBlanc] - textbook used by Laurel School (Licia Kovach) [|Laurel School Curriculum] [|Engineering Your Future - Project Based] - textbook used by Holton-Arms (Chris Lee) [|Problem Solving Strategies] - textbook used by Holton-Arms (Chris Lee). Get the instructor's resource manual! [|Holton-Arms Curriculum] (VERY much a work in progress!! per Chris) [|Al Gomez' Imagine101 website] - Madison HS in Wisconsin [|Society of Women Engineers] - resource for summer internships for students? [|Independent School Educators Network] (a Ning community - great resource!) [|Junior Engineering Technical Society] [|Eli Whitney] [|Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative] - free, online engineering courses, open to anyone http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT725/PSsyn/PSsyn.html - Article on Integrating Mathematics and Advanced Problem Solving

CAD
[|SolidWorks]

Robotics
[|Botball Competition] [|Lego Mindstorms] [|First Lego League] - International competition [|FIRST Robotics] [|CMU Robotics]

Bridge simulations
[|Chronic Logic] [|West Point Bridge Design Contest]

Engineering, Art & Design
[|Luigi Colani] [|Athena statue in Nashville's Parthenon] [|Oleg Cassini] (thanks Chris!)

Activities
[|Rube Goldberg projects]

Summer Programs for Youth
[|Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth] [|Duke University] [|Vanderbilt University Program for Talented Youth]