Dr. Nicholas R. CollinsAdjunct ProfessorDepartment of Physical Sciences and
Engineering
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Link to the Engineering Program
is here.
The current engineering brochure is
here.
Courses in progress for the Spring 2011
Courses offered in the Engineering program:
See the Engineering Program web site.
Important resources offered by the STEM division, PGCC, and beyond
- STEM Collegian Center -- great
resource to extend your engineering connections
- The Library -- great resource for books and journals (link is slow; wait)
- Financial Aid -- this is a good general resource even beyond PGCC (link is slow; wait)
- Ask Us Now -- Library services for the great state of Maryland
- Study Guides -- Books that will help you succeed in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science courses!
- Internships (Scholarships as well) -- Places to apply for internships. Remember that 2010 internships and scholarships should be applied for well in advance. Start looking during the winter break or sooner!
Brief Bio:
Dr. Collins joined Prince George's
Community College in the Fall of 2010.
Dr. Collins continues to work as scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Fun Links:
- Engineering
Page -- Produces Engineering-type pages, quite interesting
- Efunda -- Ultimate
Online Reference for Engineers
- Astronomy
Picture of the Day -- great pictures everyday
- Earth Science Picture
of the Day
- Extreme
Engineering
- How
It's Made -- Very fun show
- Place for links to
many sites on science and engineering
Professional Organizations in Science:
- National Academy of
Sciences
- American Chemical
Society
- Materials Research
Society
- The American Institute of
Physics
- American Physical Society
- Optical Society of America
- Acoustical Society of America
- The Society of Rheology
- American Crystallographic Association
- American Astronomical Society
- The American Association of Physicists in
Medicine
- American Vacuum Society (AVS)
- American Geophysical Union
- American Mathematical
Society
- Society of American
Foresters
- American Association for
the Advancement of Science
- American Academy of
Forensic Science
Government Laboratories utilizing engineers and scientists:
- Sandia National
Laboratories
- National Institute of
Standards and Technology
- National Renewable
Energy Laboratory
- National
Telecommunications and Information Administration
- National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
- NASA is 50 years old
- NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center -- close to PGCC
- Launchfest
at Goddard
- NASA's Langley
Research Center -- a little far from PGCC but drivable
- NASA's Dryden
Flight Research Center -- airplanes!
- NASA's Ames
Research Center
- NASA's Glenn
Research Center
- Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
Academic Laboratories utilizing engineers and scientists:
- The Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory
- Laboratory for
Physical Sciences - University of Maryland
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Mechatronic
Research Laboratory (MIT)
- The Harvard Robotics
Laboratory
- University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science
- The Norbert
Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis and Application --
"Mathematical Engineering"
Magazines of interest (science):
- Science News
-- Layperson magazine on science and engineering: This is for anyone and
is published each week
- Scientific American
-- Science oriented, but occasionally has engineering articles
- Mercury
-- Astronomy (good for general reading without a lot of science
background)
- Publications of
the Astronomical Society of the Pacific -- Astronomy (advanced)
- American
Journal of Mathematics -- Started in 1878 (advanced)
- Nature
Physics -- Physics is one of the basic sciences along with Chemistry
and Mathematics
- Nature
Chemistry -- April 2009
- Nature
Geoscience -- New Magazine
- Nature reports
-- Topical discussions of the day - Free
- Johns
Hopkins APL Technical Digest -- Technical Journal for APL
Popular Science Magazines:
Magazines (mostly on-line) of interest for your Kids:
- Science News
for Kids -- Free for Kids: Very Good like Science News for adults:
Science and Engineering
- Dig --
Archaeology
- Astro for
Kids -- Astronomy for Kids
- National
Geographic for Kids
- Physics for Kids
- Chemistry for Kids
- Biology for Kids
- Astronomy for Kids
- Physical
Geography for Kids
- Math for Kids
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