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The consumption of fossil fuels is one of the biggest problems in today's society.  Though cars get blamed as the culprit, buildings consume about half of the energy in the world today (Gissen).  Mechanical systems within the building are now being redesigned and rethought to consume less energy. 

New York City is indisputably an urban environment. As such, urban runoff is a leading cause of impairment to its rivers and streams.   Large cities have high percentages of impervious surfaces such as roads and parking lots.  

The grid system of both Europe and the United States has served its purpose, and served it well.  It is considered to be one of the most marvelous achievements of the twenty-first century.  Over the years, the system has been able to provide millions of people with electricity directly to their homes utilizing advancements in transmission technology.

Resistance, in particular the kind that is in opposition to motion, may or may not be beneficial.  All motion resistance involves one object's atoms bumping against another object's atoms and exchanging kinetic energy, which on a microscopic level is heat.

The fuel efficiency of automobiles and efficiency of gas powered engines has gained much interest in recent years.  Fuel prices have been rising, there is growing concern about the environment and global warming, and the U.S. is dependent on foreign countries for its oil. 

ENGS 115 is a freshmen class at Manhattan College that all freshmen engineering majors are required to take.  The class is designed by the professors and academic advisors at Manhattan College to help students determine which field they would like to pursue in engineering.

Each year in the Computer Engineering Design course CMPE 411, senior computer engineers are presented with the difficult task of inventing an interesting, original idea and creating an extensive business plan for a startup company. Requirements throughout the semester include daily logs of the continuing work on the project, and biweekly meetings with the professor, Brother Henry Chaya.

Nanopantography is a unique term describing the method of simultaneously etching any shape (such as letters) on any surface, over a large area. Through the use of a pulsed plasma source and manipulation of several parameters, a focused ion beam is generated to deposit materials onto or etch the substrate surface. 

Collapsing bridges, overcrowded roadways, failing levees; it's all apart of the ever declining infrastructure. In August the media nationally broadcasted the collapse of the I-35W Minneapolis bridge and called it a disaster. Unfortunately, what the media fails to convey to the public is that for the past decade America's infrastructure has been failing on many levels. 

Tissue engineering, also known as regenerative medicine, is a multi disciplinary field that is rapidly growing.  The fundamental premise of this technology is to replace damaged or diseased tissue within a patient's body with a functional equivalent.  Three important considerations must be made in order to successfully accomplish this.  

Computer consumers in the United States are getting increasingly sick and tired of expensive software to run on their expensive hardware.  Typically, these consumers are only familiar with operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS.  However, even fewer are aware of another operating system called Linux.

Lego's in the classroom? It must be a classroom full of little kids, right? This is not the case at all. Lego Mindstorms, developed by MIT for the LEGO corporation, are the LEGO toys for the engineer. 

Recently in the news, there have been discussions of the rise of ethanol gas prices and other forms of natural fuels. 

Since 1982, Manhattan College has been offering summer and year-wide programs for minority and women students, introducing them to the study of engineering and trying to encourage them to pursue this study.