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Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and Square, spoke to students in Associate Professor Patrick Crowley’s Technology Entrepreneurship class about how the technologies he helped create have impacted society.
WU Racing unveiled the new 2013 formula-style race car yesterday at the Danforth University Center.
“I’m an engineer.”
What does that mean to Gallaudet University President T. Alan Hurwitz? “That’s why I’m asking you before I make a decision. I’m asking you for not your opinion, but I want to know more than that. I want to know data that supports your opinion.”
WUSTL IEEE built a 3-D printer to build robot parts. And Darth Vader.
WURacing, #wustl’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team, tests the race car’s new fuel tank. #wustlengineers
Andrew Brimer (above) and engineering student Abigail Cohen came up with the Educational Asthma Management Campaign. Having already been part of a team that invented an award-winning patented mobile device that measures lung function - at a cost of under $10 - the duo came up with a plan to develop a campaign that raises asthma awareness worldwide.
“I would encourage everyone to learn how to program … it will make you think in a very, very different way.”
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Square, co-founder of Twitter, spent several hours with engineering and business school students at Washington University in St. Louis April 5 before the start of the Clinton Global Initiative University. Kasey Joyce, Olin MBA’14, asked Jack about the relationship between engineering and business in the start up world.This is one of 4 excerpts from an exclusive interview.
Created by WUSTL Engineering students, this parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s song “Call Me Maybe” highlights the importance of engineering and was named runner-up for the National Academy of Engineering’s US Global Grand Challenges Summit Video Contest.
Washington University engineering student Christopher Bell, a senior, steals a few moments before a CGI U public health session to prepare a poster he’ll have on display later tonight. The poster details projects of the school’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders-Engineering World Health.
