Engineering

Sirena Hargrove-Leak recently gave a talk, “Engaging Current and Future Engineering Students Using PBS Design Squad,” at the American Society for Engineering Education Southeast Section Meeting.

Two Elon students completing their dual-degree program at Washington University in St. Louis – a partner school for engineering majors – both received top honors this spring for superior academic achievement among their peers in Missouri.

Elon University has formalized partnerships with three distinguished engineering schools as part of the dual-degree engineering program here.

Learning from past failures is an important part of the design process for future structures, engineering professor Henry Petroski said during a Voices of Discovery lecture Nov. 29. He also discussed engineering aspects of the New Orleans levee failures during Hurricane Katrina. Details...