Now in K-12

Scouting Out Tomorrow's Robotics Leaders

For those concerned about the shortage of future engineering talent in the United States: have no fear, the Boy Scouts are here. And thanks to the Scouts' newest tech-focused merit badge, a new generation of better, faster and smarter robots might be close on their heels.

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Laser Experiments <br />to Share with Your Kids

Laser Experiments to Share with Your Kids

The word LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A laser is a device that emits a concentrated beam of photons, which are the basic units of electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic radiation is another word for light.

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5 Ways to Demonstrate<br /> Air Pressure to Children

5 Ways to Demonstrate Air Pressure to Children

Author Aurora Lipper presents five interesting experiments you can do with your children to help them understand air pressure and the way it works in the everyday world around us. Common household items such as ping pong balls, water glasses, and 2-liter soda bottles can be used.

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Groups

Basic Engineering Technical Group (BETG)

Comprised of six Divisions concerned with the application of basic engineering principles

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Applied Mechanics Division (AMD)

Energy and Technology Management Group (ETMG)

Committee on Power Boilers

K-12 have many programs and initiatives aimed at them in recent years as the movement to attract people to mechanical engineering at an early age has gained prominence. Seen as one of the primary methods of replenishing the talent pool of engineers in the U.S. and of cultivating the next generation of engineers, programs such as “Future City” and “Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs” have grown steadily.

In The News

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