Brookdale’s Engineering Students Create Prosthetic Hand

Monmouth County, NJ – Two Brookdale Community College Engineering students created a prosthetic hand to qualify as a designer for e-NABLE, a national organization of volunteers who make free upper limb prosthetics for those in need, particularly children.

Professor of Engineering and Technology Lisa Hailey introduced the 3D printer to her students at the beginning of the semester. She offered

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Consulting engineer opens Liverpool office

Consulting engineer opens Liverpool office
Rodgers Leask’s Liverpool squad (left to right) Abbie Butler, Gavin Briscoe, Chris Pollett and Daniel Cahill

Rodgers Leask began in a single office in Derby in 1984 and now offers structural, civil, geo-environmental and transport planning services across a range of sectors nationwide.

The new Liverpool office is headed by divisional director Chris Pollett.

 “Having worked in Liverpool earlier in

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Laser writing may enable ‘electronic nose’ for multi-gas

Environmental sensors are a step closer to simultaneously sniffing out multiple gases that could indicate disease or pollution, thanks to a Penn State collaboration. Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics in the College of Engineering, and Lauren Zarzar, assistant professor of chemistry in Eberly College of Science, and their teams combined laser writing and responsive sensor … Read More