These students are taking part in experiments designed to test their knowledge and inspire them to concentrate on science,technology, engineering and math.
VOA: standard.2010.05.10
Drawing on more than 150 years of materials scienceand process engineeringknowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences.
The technology revolution increased the need for people with knowledge of science, mathematics andengineering, but the number of degrees granted in these hard majors is roughly stagnant.
To make the machine commercial strength and add depth to his materials scienceknowledge, he brought in Weinberg, his onetime chemical engineering professor at the California Institute of Technology.