East Texas Review » engineering http://www.easttexasreview.com The Community Paper Everyone Should Read Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:38:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tyler ISD student to study with NASA engineers http://www.easttexasreview.com/2011/02/tyler-isd-student-to-study-with-nasa-engineers/ http://www.easttexasreview.com/2011/02/tyler-isd-student-to-study-with-nasa-engineers/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:00:53 +0000 Joycelyne Fadojutimi http://www.easttexasreview.com/?p=3484 Robert E. Lee High School junior, Cole Paxson, has been nominated to participate in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program.
Paxson will begin the first phase of the program with interactive web-based activities and distance learning in the spring. The next phase will be a residential experience and an on-site workshop at the NASA Johnson Space Center this summer.
Selected students are encouraged to study mathematics, science, engineering and computer science by interacting with engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
To participate online pharmacy without a prescription in this program, students from across the state of Texas go through a competitive process that includes providing a high school transcript, a letter of recommendation and writing an essay to one of their state legislators.  Representative Leo Berman nominated Paxson to the HAS program.

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Courses for the Master of Science in electrical engineering and Master of Science in mechanical engineering will be offered from the Longview University Center beginning fall 2011.
“We are expanding our offerings to meet the needs of students and bring more prospective students to UT Tyler,” said Dr. Peter Fos, UT Tyler provost and executive vice president for Drugs Without Prescription academic affairs. “The programs will be housed at the Longview campus, and with the vast industry in the Longview region, we believe this will be a good niche for both the East Texas area and the Longview University Center.”
This effort comes after the university aggressively searched for additional ways to reach students and increase university revenue, while cutting costs.
A working engineer will be able to complete their master’s degree within two to three years as a part-time student, according to Dr. James Nelson, UT Tyler College of Engineering and Computer Science dean.

By 2012, the college also hopes to offer additional master’s degrees online as well as online and on-site professional development courses to help licensed engineers meet the continuing education requirements for license renewals, he added.
“With both of these offerings, we hope to better serve practicing engineers and particularly those in Tyler and Longview,” Nelson said.
Established in 1997, both programs prepare students for various cialis drugs careers in their field as well as graduate study and research.
The UT Tyler College of Engineering and Computer Science include the Departments of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Computer Science.
For additional information about the electrical and mechanical programs at UT Tyler, contact Dr. Mukul Shirvaikar, Department of Electrical Engineering chair, 903.565.5620 or  Mukul_Shirvaikar@uttyler.edu; Dr. Y.J. Lin, Department of Mechanical Engineering chair, 903.566.7468 or yjlin@uttyler.edu.

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