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    Rise Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future—Read it online or download a free PDF from the National Academies Press: www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11463FIRST Web site:www.usfirst.orgProject Lead the Way: www.pltw.orgNational Science Foundation Web site:
    www.nsf.gov ISA Web site:www.isa.orgWaking up to the Quiet Crisis in the United States: (From The College Board Review, Winter/Spring 2007) www.rpi.edu/homepage/quietcrisis/CBReview.pdfInnovation and Human Capital: A Renewable Resource for a Secure Energy Future By Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Full text can be found here: www.rpi.edu/president/speeches/ps061008-ralphcoatsroe.htmlRensselaer Polytechnic Institute page on The Quiet Crisis:www.rpi.edu/homepage/quietcrisis/news.htmlASEE—American Society of Engineering Education Web site: www.asee.orgRelated Feature - Exciting the Next Generation EngineerTo read the feature article relating to this story, go towww.automationworld.com/feature-6314.

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