The University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez Campus, known as RUM, has been selected among 25 U.S. institutions by the NSF-funded National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (known as Epicenter) to join the Pathways to Innovation Program.
The Puerto Rico Professional College of Engineers and Surveyors will present a conference on the rescue of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, offered by the collapsed ship’s salvage master, Captain Nick Sloane, who was responsible for directing the work of refloating the vessel that ran aground off the coast of Italy.
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico was recenlty chosen to host Honeywell Day, when company representatives from the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico visited the school and conducted several lectures on engineering and technology, as well as issues related to the needs and opportunities in the industry.