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Educating Young Women about Engineering

Have you ever wondered how a bridge is capable of supporting a lot of weight? Using candy and toothpicks, young females explored the strength of shapes and how they relate to the structure of bridges.
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Photo: Elise BarrellaUndergraduate Researchers Represent JMU at Pair of Conferences

Spring 2013

James Madison University sent 20 student researchers to a pair of undergraduate research conferences this month.

PHOTO: Student project offers guidance on controversial natural gas drillingStudent Project Offers Guidance on Controversial Natural Gas Drilling

Spring 2013

A tool to assist decision-makers in weighing the pros and cons of a controversial natural gas drilling process is being designed by a group of JMU engineering students.

PHOTO:  Photo: Student Designed Testing SystemStudent-designed Testing System to Aid Hearing Research

Spring 2013

How would your life be different if you could hear out of just one ear? How would your life change if surgery suddenly allowed you to hear out of both ears after having spent a significant part of your life only able to hear out of one?

PHOTO: Olga Pierrakos 2013 CISE Faculty Awards Announced

Spring 2013

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2013 CISE Faculty Awards and Support Grants.

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This is an exciting time for the Department of Engineering. We've grown in the three years since our formation with a few faculty and no students to a robust program with a growing faculty and hundreds of students. More >

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