Engineering and basketball go together as we begin the Sweet 16 games in the NCAA tournament, but just how has engineering affected the game? History In 1891, at Springfield College, Massachusetts, Dr. James Naismith, a thirty-year old physical education instructor, was encouraged to create an indoor, winter “athletic distraction.” Using two vegetable baskets, a soccer ball, nineContinue reading “How Sweet It Is: Basketball Engineering”

Join the Lichtenberger Engineering Library and the People in Engineering LLC for an exciting afternoon of free pie and Pi(e) trivia. The fun begins at 1:59 pm on 3.14 in the Seamans Center Student Commons. Show off your knowledge of Pi(e). Form a team of four and pre-register for a trivia game at http://goo.gl/Ncnvmy. PiContinue reading “Pi Day : Pie, Trivia & Fun … Oh, My!”

The College of Engineering celebrates E-Week in conjunction with National Engineers Week, February 16 – 22, 2014. During E-Week, a variety of student-organized activities help celebrate and recognize engineers and their contributions to society. However, did you know that the College of Engineering founded a similar event more than 100 years ago? On March 17,Continue reading “Celebrating Engineers”

What is more romantic than riding a Ferris wheel? Considering George W. G. Ferris, Jr. was born on Valentine’s Day in 1859, perhaps nothing. Ferris was an engineer who graduated from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) and founded the G.W.G. Ferris & Co. firm (Pittsburgh, PA) which tested and inspected metals for railroads and bridges. He is credited forContinue reading “Let the Spinning Wheel Spin”