PGA In the Spotlight

Workshop on Women in Post Bachelor's Engineering The Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine hosted Leaning in or Creating Their own Path? A Workshop on Career Outcomes of Female Engineers on April 24, 2013 at the National Academies.  The workshop examined the career outcomes of female recipients of bachelor's degrees in engineering and related research on women in technology. Learn more...

GUIRR Webinar   
Please join us June 4 at 1pm EST for a webinar on the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), which will consist of over 15 linked regional clusters.  NNMI is based on the idea that manufacturing plays a critical role in the American economy; underpins U.S. innovation; creates high-paying, value-added jobs, and is essential to national security. Learn more...

Ideas to Innovation: Stimulating Collaborations in the Application of Resilience Engineering
to Healthcare
Please join us June 13 and 14th for an event hosted by MedStar Health and the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) as the first conference in UIDP’s Ideas to Innovation series. During this two day gathering world experts in resilience engineering and resilient health care will present a set of principles and practices that practitioners can leverage in their efforts to improve safety. Learn more...

Chemical-oxidation research impacts national EPA ground water sampling protocol
A NRC Post-Doctoral Research Associate since February, 2009 at the U.S. EPA, Dr. Saebom Ko has made a discovery that impacts the way the EPA does ground water sampling at hazardous waste sites. More accurate readouts could have broad political, health, and environmental impacts. Learn more...