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JANUARY 2014            
 
Engineer Your Future

Welcome to The Accelerator, a monthly e-newsletter and blog that keeps engineering students informed and helps them connect and succeed. Here you will find the latest news affecting student life, engineering, and higher education; information on contests, grants, fellowships, scholarships, and internships; tips on career planning; and interesting examples of student research. Each of the categories below links to a website-blog that features a large and growing collection of useful sources. Sign up here.     
Robots Help Children Get in Shape 
Marquette University engineers design an exercise robot to fight childhood obesity.
DARPA Showcases Rescue Robots
A Japanese team and its robot, Schaft, is poised to take the top prize.
Two companies started by engineering students aim to bring robotics to classrooms around the country. Read More 
 
From the Student Division 
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The ASEE Student Division was created at the 2007 Annual Conference and Exposition. This was in response to the need for ASEE student members to have a voice and home within the national organization. Learn more about the Student Division.   
   
Resources
null Kick-start your career with great internships, fellowships, and scholarships that can help you get ahead in engineering.

 

Useful Links
From ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) to WEPAN (Women in Engineering ProActive Network), some 30 professional societies, nonprofits, activist groups, and service organizations offer a variety of programs and information for engineering students. Click here for a complete alphabetical listing.

Have an awesome student project or startup company? Or a great story about how you got your first engineering job?
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About This Newsletter
The Accelerator is published by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), a non-profit organization committed to improving education in engineering and engineering technology. It is a collaboration between ASEE Editorial staff and the ASEE Student Division. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr for more updates.

Managing Editor: Sarah Khan

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