Posted by Hilary Parker
Mechanical and aerospace engineering major Zhen Xia is accustomed to solving problems that have cut-and-dried solutions, but an internship at IBM this past summer taught him how to approach problems that don’t have one right answer.
As part of a new internship program, Xia spent three months working with senior marketing executives at [...]

When Stanford students come back to school this month after a hot summer, they’ll be in the ideal frame of mind to consider a new engineering degree that is rare, if not unique, in the United States: the atmosphere and energy major.
The interdisciplinary undergraduate program is being launched as governments and businesses around the world [...]

Written by: Ben Jabbawy, Cornell University
Science and Engineering REALLY ARE COOL. Over the next few months, I will introduce different career paths within these fields. Since I am majoring in Operations Research (OR) Engineering, I figure its a great place to start.

Q: So what is OR anyways?
A: Today, business managers make many decisions involving time, [...]

ISST is the acronym for Information Systems Science Technology a new and upcoming major that focuses on how to best manage and collect information. Data and databases are typical methods and students in this major learn how to manage large quantities of information, which can come in many different forms. [...]

Q: So what is chemical engineering anyway?
Chemical engineering is an integrative engineering discipline that ranges from the typical oil refinery industry to the recently rising pharmaceutical research, not to mention the food design industry as well! Contrary to the common belief, chemical engineers not only focus on the chemical aspect of production, but they also [...]

Written by: Ben Jabbawy, Cornell University

“Don’t Forget to memorize the Krebs Cycle for this week’s exam…”
What’s so funny about this quote, which I’m sure all of you will hear from your science teachers at some point, is that everyone in the class, myself included, was too busy packing up our bags and shuffling our folders, [...]