Day: June 7, 2021

Children’s book by U of I students teaches third graders about automotive engineering

By Michael J. Moody 8 months ago
Children's book by U of I students teaches third graders about automotive engineering
Bioengineering professor Jennifer Amos created a program in which students write and illustrate children’s books with science, technology, engineering and mathematics themes. “Jenny Saves a Convertible,” the first book from the program to be published, teaches third-grade students the nuts and bolts of automotive design and engineering. Credit: Fred Zwicky

A new book written and illustrated by two recent alumnae of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign introduces third graders to the nuts and bolts of automotive mechanics and engineering.

“Jenny Saves a Convertible” is the first book written and illustrated by U. of I. students to be published through a project with Illinois Engineering Ambassadors, a public outreach and professional development group for students in the Grainger College of Engineering.

The group reaches more than 1,000 schoolchildren each year, providing high-quality educational events and hands-on activities on the U. of I. campus and in elementary and secondary schools in the

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7 Things You Have To Implement Into Your Corporation Funds Now

By Michael J. Moody 8 months ago

The willingness of purchasers to pay fastened monthly retainers, however, could also be problematic and, even whether it is agreed to, could also be reassessed at the first whiff of a downturn anyway. Ironically, many purchasers who had beforehand advised a exhausting and fast value arrangement with flat monthly retainers have lately began to see the benefits of a variable value construction, which frees up month-to-month burdens throughout challenging instances. The pandemic could finally accelerate the pattern toward converting labor to capital. Fee earners’ embrace of producing paperwork and other ways to turn into extra self-sufficient have already elevated the ratio of charge earners to assistants from possibly 1.5 or 2 to 1 ten years in the past to 3 to three.5 to 1 now. Some of the replaced assistants could turn out to be retooled to fee earning work, similar to quasi paralegal work, particularly as authorized fees proceed … Read More