The profession of engineering has come a long way since the original 1325 definition of an engineer in the Oxford English Dictionary as “a constructor of military engines.” Today the profession of engineering has grown into 17 specialized disciplines and is viewed as the field with the most trusted professionals [...]

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A professional looking for an environmental engineering job is expected to see industry growth of 27% or more through the year 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. One of the driving forces behind this rapid increase in the environmental engineering profession is the growing concern over issues [...]

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According to the United Nation’s World Food Program, 25,000 people die of starvation on a daily basis in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 million people are going hungry regularly in sub-Saharan Africa and over 40% of the population has no access to safe drinking water. Although the problems in Africa are deeply [...]

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Whereas scientists historically warned about the coming dangers of global warming, it is becoming accepted fact in the scientific community that the world is now in the midst of global warming. The amount of ice that flows from the glaciers in Greenland every year has more than doubled over the past [...]

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