Use Your Microwave to Measure the Speed of Light
Can your microwave oven really measure the speed of light? Yes, it can be done. And since many of the suggested experiments also involve chocolate, it will be done. Oh yes, it will [...]
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It is now official, Team WEngineering missed the sign up for the 2010 Portland Adult Soapbox Derby held on Mt. Tabor every year that is worth remembering. We were wavering over theme and costumes vs. actually mounting a serious build of a quick racer and simply missed the earlier-than-we-can-believe post time. We will once again simply [...] Image via Wikipedia These are a great series of instructional MIT videos on “Machining Skills for Prototype Development.” Quite a nice little introduction to basic machine shop skills. MIT TechTV — Machine [...]
This was an interesting piece from the University of Washington about the environmental factors which subtract female students from Computer Science and I would suggest Engineering as well. Joel Schwarz joels@u.washington.edu
Photo by Sapna Cheryan Just the appearance of science fiction memorabilia, computer game boxes and junk food in a classroom or workplace is enough to create an environment that makes computer science an unattractive field to many women. In real estate, it’s location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment.The stereotype of computer scientists as nerds who stay up all night coding and have no social life may be driving women away from the field, according to a new study published this month. This stereotype can be brought to mind based only on the appearance of the environment in a classroom or an office. “When people think of computer science the image that immediately pops into many of their minds is of the computer geek surrounded by such things as computer games, science fiction memorabilia and junk food,” said Sapna Cheryan, a University of Washington assistant professor of psychology and the study’s lead author. “That stereotype doesn’t appeal to many women who don’t like the portrait of masculinity that it evokes.” Such objects help create what Cheryan calls ambient belonging, or the feeling that you fit or don’t fit in somewhere. “It is the sense you get right away when you walk into a room. You look at the objects and make an instant appraisal of how you would fit with the objects and the people who are typically found in that environment. You also make a judgment of ‘I like it here’ or ‘I don’t belong here,’” she said. Continue reading Environment may be why women don’t like computer science Wired has a great engineering and technology list appropriate to the day called This Day in Tech. Check out the site and see a plethora of information from a variety of past years [...] The public is invited! I believe we are going to attend some of these events. Call us if you are interested in getting together in Seattle at one of these. CSE Distinguished Lecturer Series Thursday, 10/01/2009, 3:30 p.m. in the Allen Center Atrium Tuesday, 10/06/2009, 3:30 p.m. in the Allen Center Atrium Project Draw is a new feature-rich web-based vector drawing application built by the Labs team. Use it to create simple floor plans, electronic-circuit diagrams, network diagrams, user interface mock-ups, and more. Save your work in a variety of formats on our server or yours. No plug-ins or downloads required – if you have a JavaScript-enabled Internet [...] Re-Make America Following on President Obama’s call to “begin again the work of remaking America”, Maker Faire 2009 will be organized around the theme of Re-Make America. Held in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 30-31, Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called “the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things.” The fourth annual [...] |
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