Local universities and colleges are getting ready for school to start up again. Things are eerily quiet now. The above photo features McNair Hall, the School of Engineering building on NCA&T’s campus. McNair Hall, located on East Market Street, is named for physicist and NASA astronaut, Ronald McNair. McNair accomplished so much in his short life, including earning a Ph.D. He died at the young age of 35 when the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated in 1986. 

NCA&T is one of North Carolina’s big engineering schools and we are proud to boast that it is right here in Greensboro. According to NCA&T’s website, their engineering degree programs are distributed across six departments: chemical biological and bio engineering; civil, architectural and environmental engineering; computer science; electrical and computer engineering; industrial and systems engineering; mechanical engineering and the interdisciplinary computational science and engineering program. They are the home of the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials.* The 21st century is a time of great advances in science and engineering. It is so important to encourage our children to pursue engineering. Engineering majors work extremely hard; however, (to quote TED) at the end of the day, they are developing ideas worth sharing…..

Today is ABC Wednesday and for our Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics Round (STEAM link here), E is for Engineering! In about another week, McNair Hall will be teeming with brilliant people conducting brilliant engineering research.

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