Ellen Lauri Ochoa is a former astronaut and current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became director of the center upon retirement of the current director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. She was born May 10th, 1958 in Los Angeles and educated at Stanford University. For more in depth information check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ochoa. EngineeringContinue reading “Happy Birthday Ellen Ochoa Director Johnson Space Center.”
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Extended hours, Free Coffee, Interim!
Final Week Hours. Open till Midnight! starting Sun, 2:00 pm-Midnight. Mon, May 13- Thurs, May 16 8:30- Midnight. Fri, May 17: 8:30 am-5 pm….Closed May 18th & 19th. Free Coffee and Hot Chocolate. Mon, May 13-Thurs, May 16th- 8:30 am- Midnight. Fri, May 17: 8:30-5 pm. Until supplies last Summer Break Hours: May 20-June 10,Continue reading “Extended hours, Free Coffee, Interim!”
Zipper Day–the mechanical wonder!
“It was a long way up for the humble zipper, the mechanical wonder that has kept so much in our lives ‘together.’ On its way up the zipper has passed through the hands of several dedicated inventors, none convinced the general public to accept the zipper as part of everyday costume. The magazine and fashionContinue reading “Zipper Day–the mechanical wonder!”
Patents
No one has received more U.S. patents than Thomas Edison – 1,093 to be exact. http://ow.ly/kx1Vs
It’s Earth Day!
http://www.earthday.org/blog/2013/04/22/its-earth-day http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/earth-day-2013-to-celebrate-google-doodle-puts-the-power-of-nature-at-your-fingertips/2013/04/22/3259c822-ab40-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_blog.html http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2262944/Earth-Day-2013-Google-Doodle-Control-the-Weather-in-Interactive-Logo http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BUOQ_yPW_0s
National Library Week
Celebrate National Library Week, April 14-20, 2013, with Honorary Chair Caroline Kennedy. Communities matter @ your library Every day across the country, libraries open their doors to everyone: students, parents, seniors, teachers, writers, artists, job seekers, entrepreneurs, readers, gamers, movie lovers and travel buffs. Head to your library during National Library Week to see what’s newContinue reading “National Library Week”
ebrary new titles
ebrary currently hosts 630,401 documents with 13, 634 added in the past 30 days. This month, ebrary added more than 5,500 e-books from Encyclopedia Britannica, Peter Lang Publishing, University of California Press, World Scientific College Press and other leading publishers to their growing catalog of over 399,700 titles for purchase. ebrary has already added 13,5800Continue reading “ebrary new titles”
National Rubber Eraser Day
April 15th Tax Day is when you celebrate this weird and wacky holiday called national Eraser Day. Office supply geeks, eraser collectors, artists, writers, librarians school children and rubber eraser lovers band together every April 15th to praise this simple product that has done so much for so many. Since the day Nicolas Conte madeContinue reading “National Rubber Eraser Day”
Happy birthday Leonardo da Vinci
born on April 15, 1452 Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. He epitomized the Italian Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy during the 14th century and lasted until the 16th century, marking the transition between MedievalContinue reading “Happy birthday Leonardo da Vinci”
The MECCA Exhibit
check out the Engineering Library’s MECCA exhibit an Engineering celebration very popular from the 1920-1970 celebrated with parades, long beard contests, finding and kissing the Blarney stone by upper classman. The Blarney stone imported from Ireland was lost for 27 years. Some pictures from parades and events from political statements having to do with theContinue reading “The MECCA Exhibit”