Technology and Innovation
Hundreds of students visited the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Research & Development facility in Scappoose on Friday, Oct. 4, meeting with potential employers and learning about educational opportunities in the trades on Manufacturing Day's second anniversary.
A Portland-based industrial company completed the construction of a first of its kind renewable wave energy device.
Friday is National Manufacturing Day and the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center in Columbia County is hosting an event to get high school students interested in manufacturing careers.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici will also speak to students Friday morning.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici is inviting students from area middle or high schools to participate in the Congressional App Challenge.
The competition gives students a chance to show off their computer science and coding skills, developing an app for mobile, tablet or computer devices.
Even before he enters high school, Rishab Jain was recognized as America's top young scientist and one of Time magazine's 25 most influential teens of 2018.
Heady stuff.
Rishab, 14, is an eighth grader at Stoller Middle School in Beaverton.
Rishab envisions a future as a doctor or a biotechnical engineer.
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee advanced four bills targeting ocean acidification today, as well as one measure to ensure the Department of Energy includes water conservation and use in demonstration and research projects.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, a longtime advocate of adding the arts to science education, got a firsthand look at what students are learning.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a Congressional committee on Tuesday that President Trump's accelerated timeline to put humans back on the Moon is within the space agency's capabilities, and that a revved-up lunar mission will improve the odds of American astronauts reaching Mars by 2033.