The essence of a teacher-training program that has proven to be successful with faculty from around the nation, and the world, is presented. T 4 E is a week-long short course run at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. The goal of this short course is to provide participants with a solid foundation of effective teaching skills that they can subsequently build upon as they continue to teach. The focus of T 4
The West Point Bridge Design Contest is a nationwide competition intended to increase middle school and high school students' interest in engineering. Unique among national engineering competitions, it entails no cost to participants, is entirely Internet‐based, and is achievable by any student with a Web‐enabled computer. By leveraging information technology, a project team of just three people has provided an engaging engineering design experience to over 30,000 students in the past two years. The project receives financial and promotional support from the American Society of Civil Engineers and private industry. Feedback from contestants and teachers indicates that students' interest in engineering is positively affected by their participation in the contest.
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