This is a shame, because the truth is that, of the two technologies, Horizontal Drilling is the real marvel of engineering and scientific innovation.
To generate more interest and enrolment, engineering itself requires innovation and transformation, and the Report makes a number of suggestions.
Koch tends to invest in industries that convert raw materials into higher-value products, with complicated operations that require a lot of engineering talent and constant innovation in production methods.
Once the industry engages and constructively contributes to the ongoing energy debate, they will do what they have always done: tackle the problem using good science, good engineering, innovation and responsible business practices.
In recognition of its leadership in innovation, design and engineering, Samsung won four CES 2013 Innovation Awards for its TV line.
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Yahoo desperately needs to get back to basics like Friday morning product smack-downs, engineering-led innovation and using their own products with pride.
The Director-General underlined the importance of a better interface between science and policy, and to engineering as one of the pillars of science, innovation and technology.
In his new role, Pagano will lead all of ESPN's core technical functions and operations including distribution, transmission, engineering, IT, software development, technology innovation and strategic technology forecasting across all areas of the company.
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Like Y-Combinator, TechStars and other U.S. incubators, Innovation Works attracts top entrepreneurs and engineering talent with seed funding, office space and high-profile mentoring from the likes of Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and Guitar Hero founders Kai and Charles Huang.
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They also say the U.S. isn't producing enough professionals in science, technology, engineering or mathematics to spur innovation and growth.
They also say they are hiring Americans for jobs but that the U.S. isn't producing enough professionals in science, technology, engineering or mathematics to spur innovation and growth.
California cities like San Jose and San Francisco have become hotbeds of innovation and recruit talent with backgrounds in engineering and computer science, among the best-paying fields.
Hewlett-Packard has long been the engineer's engineering company and its reputation for quality and innovation is not lightly come by.
As testament to Samsung's leadership in innovation, design and engineering, the Samsung HW-F750 Soundbar and Samsung BD-F7500 Smart Blu-ray Player have each been awarded a 2013 CES Innovation Award.
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One main reason is that CEOs disconnect from their organizations, and focus more on financial engineering than on innovation.
Does the school rank any of three disciplines identified as hotbeds for innovation and entrepreneurship--Engineering, Biological and Biomedical Science or Physical Science-- among its most popular majors?
The innovation is in the engineering of a racking system and floating structure that can accommodate water rising and falling.
Two world-class universities, Stanford and Berkeley, seeped in a balance of engineering and the humanities set the original stage out of which successful innovation emerged.
Later still, as the industry matured, the skills that counted moved back somewhat from science (where they had rested for a time) to engineering, as growth and profits came to depend less on product innovation and more on process ingenuity.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said it was looking to support engineering "at all levels".
Ensuring that young people learn the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math while in school is crucial to maintaining our culture of innovation, but so is exposing youth to the types of career opportunities available in these and other high-growth fields.
Initially the service was a minority interest, with just a handful of Ceefax-capable TVs in the UK, but it slowly started to gain popularity and the engineering team that developed the service was honoured with a Queen's Award for innovation.
Combining IBM Research's expertise in the areas of mathematical sciences, computer science and high-performance computing with the deep-power engineering and operational know-how of the participating members, the Institute will focus on five core innovation tracks to pursue joint research and where shared investments, knowledge and capabilities will benefit every member.
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This adds to anxiety among industry professionals and policy leaders that the U.S. could fall behind other countries in innovation if it doesn't foster education in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
But one of the participating schools, University of Cincinnati, will offer a course called Innovation and Design Thinking, which a student could use toward a degree in business or engineering.
During the late 1980s into the 1990s, business innovation was often driven by top-down initiatives for the sake of business process re-engineering and enterprise resource planning software.
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This forum will bring together various partners of UNESCO, as the International Council for Science (ICSU), the World Federation of Engineering Organizations, the International Council of Social Sciences (ICSS), the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
The Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development is organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in partnership with UNESCO, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the International Council of Social Sciences, the Brazilian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Academy Brazilian Science.
Crane has a long history covering innovation, interviewing SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, famed futurist and Google's director of engineering Ray Kurzweil, and NASA's William Gerstenmaier.
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