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California State University finds and protects personal data across 23 campuses - Spirion
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Locating, classifying, and protecting data has become a routine part of the cybersecurity program at the California State University system. It all goes back to a simple idea: If you don’t know what you have, you can’t protect it.
With Robots, Additive Manufacturers Create Larger Parts and Add Precision
Robots increasingly facilitate additive manufacturing, enabling efficiency, precision, and the size of created parts. In this growing field, both long-time industry leaders and start-up companies improve additive manufacturing results with robots.
Two companies that make single-piece components with robotic assistance are A...
What Is Dual Enrollment — And What's So Great About It
Over the past decade, the number of American high school students taking community college classes has continued to grow. According to a nationally representative study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, about a third of U.S. high school students (34%) took dual enrollment courses in high school.
What is dual enrollment? In a nutshell, dual enrollment (also called concurrent enrollment) is a way for students to earn college credit while still in high school and prove that they are...
Talking Mobile: How Smartphone Apps are Monitoring Automation
The ability to control automation and robots through cloud platforms continues to change in ways that increase access and also increase security. In addition to access via PCs and laptops, now cloud-based mobile apps on tablets and cell phones can connect an engineer or technician remotely to a machine that needs attention. This availability decreases response time and at the same time has increased security.
ProSoft Connect, a cloud-native platform from ProSoft Technology, e...
Implementing Safety in a World of Motion Control and Motors
Improving safety with motion control and motors is a continuing concern for those who work with machinery and design it. Many of the advances are now inside the servo motors that control production lines, a complex piece of machinery that can predict malfunctions and alert users to dangers or the need for maintenance.
Jim Grosskreuz, a product manager in motion control at Rockwell Automation and a certified functional safety engineer, says safety features have evolved. “Machi...
Mobile Robots – Where Are They Going Now?
In warehouses, hospitals, and factories, mobile robots are doing tasks that can tax workers with repetitive stress injuries or fatigue. AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots) carry heavy loads in factories, deliver meals, medicine, and laundry in hospitals, and select and pick products off warehouse shelves for shipments. In some cases, AMRs can fill empty jobs that lack applicants, and in others, they work alongside humans. Robot makers are continuously incorporating better mapping...
Tapestries of Truth
Trena McNabb began painting her Diverse Portrats series during a lull between comissions. She eyed a person-size canvas she had stretched for a cancelled commission and asked her adult son, Rob Joiner, to pose, as he had dne for his mother all his life.
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In 2012, BIM adoption for water projects was among the lowest in the infrastructure sector. By 2018, engineers, contractors and owners
had rapidly taken to implementing BIM on their projects.
With BIM, project teams can deliver more accurate designs and increase reliability on projects, helping to improve project quality
and minimize costly project overruns.
RAPID BIM ADOPTION
TOP PROJECT BENEFITS OF BIM
2012 2018
WATER SECTOR BIM ADOPTION
2021 (projected)
68% Deliver better
design solutions
...
More diners want natural, healthy food to go
Food
Consumers want grab-and-go meals, and they frequently want these meals to be healthier, giving a hard pass to traditional deep-fried meals that long have been standard takeout fare. Now consumers ask restaurants to prepare delicious food that matches the goals of particular diet plans, such as meals with an emphasis on high-protein food or on naturally grown produce.
As the trend toward grab-and-go meals grows, restaurant owners feel growing pressure to create new, diverse menus. The nex...
3 Innovative ways grocers can increase potato sales
Fresh FoodPotatoes are a staple in many home kitchens—they keep well and hold their flavor.
Potatoes are a staple in many home kitchens—they keep well and hold their flavor. Week-to-week potato sales are steady, with spikes at major holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. It comes as no surprise, then, that potatoes are a grocery-store top seller. In fact, IRIdata* notes that potatoes are one of the most popular vegetables sold, bested only by lettuce.
According to IRI research, 87% of c...
Roasted vegetables elevate menus, streamline prep and increase attendance in dining halls
Menu
College and university students want more vegetable options in cafeterias, with some identifying their diets as flexitarian, vegetarian or vegan. Experimenting with roasted vegetables is one way to meet students’ demand for plant-based meals because roasting not only gives vegetables more flavor and interest, it also gives them more status on the menu and helps entice student diners.
Roasted vegetables offer delicious taste, an attractive health profile
Chefs roast vegetables to maximize...
Ask an Expert: What Is the Importance of Family Involvement in Early Childhood Education?
When you have a difficult question, it’s always best to turn to a subject matter expert for answers. In our blog series, Ask An Expert, National University faculty take turns answering challenging questions in their areas of expertise.
In this post, we put the focus on family involvement in early childhood education. We asked Professor Susan Ferguson of the Department of Early Childhood Education at National University to share a few insights on how families make a difference in classrooms. F...
Shared Swipes, Food Donation, and Food Pantries Help Overcome Student Food Insecurity
Food insecurity on campus is not unusual. The Wisconsin Hope Lab found that 36 percent of university students surveyed
said they were food insecure in the 30 days preceding the
survey, meaning they lacked access to nutritional food or felt
real hunger pains. The number was even larger for community
college students at 42 percent.
Did you know food insecurity affects nearly half of students enrolled in a college or university?
Unfortunately, there are students all over the country
and on your campus who are unable to consistently
access or afford adequate food. They have resorted to
attending classes with an empty stomach or making
a single meal last throughout their day. To ensure the
success of students, it is paramount higher education
institutions work with their food service providers to
ensure all students have access to food. Here’s why—
and how you c...