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Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Discoveries
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NSF's public investment in science, engineering, education and technology
helps to create knowledge and sustain prosperity. Read here about the Internet,
microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries
and innovations that began with NSF support.
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![Eight thumbnail images and 2008 in Review](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/2008_review_l.jpg) |
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2008: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities that made news last year Released
March 13, 2009
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2007: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year Released
January 30, 2008
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![Chemist Peidong Yang is the 2007 winner of the National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/yang_l.jpg) |
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Berkeley Nanotechnology Pioneer to Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
Annual prize from NSF recognizes outstanding young individual who is revolutionizing research Released
May 15, 2007
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2006: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported activities highlighted last year Released
January 9, 2007
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![Students participating in David Snider's class measure the dimensions of a work of modern art.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/art1_l.jpg) |
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The Art of Engineering
Professor uses the fine arts to broaden students' engineering perspectives Released
September 11, 2006
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![Fiberglass-polymer composites form the core of a renovated bridge deck in Springfield, Mo.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/panel_perspective_view2_l.jpg) |
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Easy Up, Not-So-Easy Down
Builders replace bridge in only days using lightweight, corrosion-resistant composites Released
March 2, 2006
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![The 3D-Seek software rapidly locates objects with only a few quick steps.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/search1_l.jpg) |
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Doodle Search
New software can hunt through online catalogs using only a sketch Released
February 23, 2006
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![The Bernard M. Gordon Prize medal](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/medal1_l.jpg) |
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Engineering Educators Receive Prestigious Gordon Prize
2006 prize recognizes development of new curriculum that addresses real-world industry needs Released
January 17, 2006
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![This illustration compares the artificial cochlea to its mammalian counterpart.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/cochlea_l.jpg) |
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New Sensor Based on Human Organ Is No Tin Ear Precision micromachining yields life-size, precise, artificial cochlea Released
November 3, 2005
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![The new nanofountain probe produced these patterns; features are as thin as 40 nanometers](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/pen1_l.jpg) |
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The World’s Smallest Fountain Pen? New microscope tips use capillary action to print patterns tens of nanometers across Released
October 5, 2005
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![An unmanned aerial vehicle searches wreckage for survivors in Pearlington, Miss.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/kat2_l.jpg) |
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Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage
Hurricane search and rescue is one of first domestic uses of such vehicles Released
September 14, 2005
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![the 10.2-channel surround sound system,](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507203851im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/audiocsetup_l.jpg) |
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Academy-Award Winning Cinema Pioneer Creates Theater Sound for the 21st Century Tom Holman, developer of the Lucasfilm THX Sound System© used in thousands of movie theaters, is an audio engineer at the forefront of movie theater acoustics and speaker technology. Released
September 29, 2003
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