The Engineering Pathway announces the first winners of our new Premier Curriculum Award for K-12 Engineering.
Congratulations to
Susan Powers and Jan DeWaters of Clarkson University, for their original middle school curricular unit entitled, Energy Systems and Solutions.
In this unit, students explore energy production and consumption issues from everyday life, learning about our nation’s energy […]

February is Black History month. This would be a great time to browse the Engineering Pathway’s resources on African American scientists, engineers & inventors and our computing and engineering diversity websites.
Readers interested in inventions by African Americans may want to view the following blogs: Ice cream scoop invented (February 2), Birth of […]

Today in History - January 20, 1986 - First federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King. Through fifteen years of the persistent efforts of Congress Members John Conyers (Michigan), Shirley Chisholm (New York) and an army of other supports, Martin Luther King Day legislation was passed in 1983. A number of changes were required for it […]

Today in History - December 1, 1955 - Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a bus in Montgomery and galvanized the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks showed the world that a single courageous act could positively change the course of history. How can we use engineering and human-centered technologies to positively impact […]

Today in History - November 27, 1895 - The first gasoline-powered automobile race in the United States. The Duryea brothers - Charles and Frank - created their first gasoline-powered “horseless-carriage” in 1893. The Duryeas were bicycle mechanics who built their first car in a workshop located in a building in downtown Springfield, MA. in […]