When Cassie Petit, development director at Northern Arizona University’s College of Engineering, Informatics and Applied Sciences (CEIAS), reached out to Boeing about being involved in a student capstone project, she wasn’t sure how the giant aviation manufacturer would respond. Fortunately, her Boeing contact was Senior Engineering Manager Amanda Nemec, an NAU mechanical engineering alumna, who now sits on the CEIAS advisory council. After a discussion with Nemec, other Boeing staff and … [Read more...] about NAU Student Engineers Soar with Boeing Drone Project
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“Gigs for Geeks” Connecting Students with Business
"Gigs for Geeks" is a little-known program established by the NAU Department of Computer Science that connects students with local businesses needing computer engineering services. When local businesses and agencies like Gore, Southwest Windpower, Efficient Learning Systems, Southwest Forest Science and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) need help building a simple data-driven website, creating a more complex Web2.0 portal or writing a piece of custom software, they look to their local … [Read more...] about “Gigs for Geeks” Connecting Students with Business