Today in History – January 28, 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after launch, killing the entire crew. American’s stared in shock at their televisions watching the Challenger accident in full motion video. The 35th Challenger’s flight had been previously scheduled for January 22, but delayed because of bad weather, high winds and icicles on [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes After Launch
January 28th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Tags: Aerospace Engineering · Engineering Ethics · General Engineering, Engineering Science
Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Kornberg creates DNA in a test tube
December 14th, 2012 · Add a Comment
Today in History – December 14, 1967 – DNA was first created in a test tube. Working with a variety of bacteria, Arthur Kornberg synthesized genetically active DNA. He used very small bacterial viruses (phages), such as the phi X174 and M13 viruses of E. coli, for his study. Their relatively comparatively short DNA strands [...]
Tags: BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering · Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering · Engineering Ethics · General Engineering, Engineering Science
Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein and Robert Mulliken Awarded Nobel Prizes
December 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Today in History – December 10, 1964 – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The title of his Nobel lecture was “The Quest for Peace and Justice”. Martin Luther King, Jr. attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. [...]
Tags: African American · Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering · Engineering Ethics · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Materials Engineering · Nuclear Engineering
Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: General Electric fires all Communist employees
December 9th, 2012 · Add a Comment
Today in History- December 9, 1953 – General Electric announces it will fire all Communist employees. McCarthy’s Un-American hearings had huge impact across the United States in political, industrial and academic spheres. By the early fifties, many powerful employers (General Electric, Westinghouse, R.C.A., Bethlehem Steel, U.S. Steel, to name only a very few), and indeed, [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Deadly earthquake in Armenia, natural disasters, global warming and viewing Earth from space
December 7th, 2012 · Add a Comment
Today in History – December 7, 1988 – 6.9 earthquake destroys Armenia, Spitak and kills over 60,000. It is reported that the entire population of Spitak died in this devastating earthquake, making it one of the most deadly earthquakes in human history. Partial blame was placed on the substandard infrastructure in Soviet-era buildings. The Soviet [...]
Tags: Civil Engineering · Construction Engineering · Engineering Ethics · Engineering Mechanics · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Geological Engineering