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  • Database Administrator / Engineer (Hybrid DBA / Software Engineer), Fort Worth, TX

    David Herrmann
    27 Jan 2010 | 7:58 am
    Database Administrator / Engineer (Hybrid DBA / Software Engineer), Fort Worth, TX The Database Administrator will be responsible for designing and maintaining databases for all of the company’s engineering data. The ideal candidate will have a strong software engineering background in addition to the IT focus. Seeking a DBA who has served as a software engineer on engineering applications (low or high level) written in C/C++. Strong Mathematical bent would be ideal. MATLAB would be a plus. Seeking a self-starter, highly motivated, and have a focus on quality. Excellent benefits, in a…

  • Sr. Electrical Engineer, North Dallas suburb, Salary DOE, Full-time

    David Herrmann
    22 Jan 2010 | 12:09 pm
    Sr. Electrical Engineer, North Dallas suburb, Salary DOE, Full-time As the Senior Electrical Engineer at this global leader serving government and Fortune clients with much-needed technical services, you will analyze, design, engineer, test and document complex PCB assemblies used for high speed digital signal processing hardware. You will work with a cross-functional team engineering high performance architectures, platforms, and data transfers needed for complex RTOS and imaging systems. You will design and optimize digital circuits for DSP, Microcontrollers, FPGA and PLD systems requiring…

  • Verification Systems Engineer (Scientific Software and Electronics), N Dallas suburb, salary 70-80k

    David Herrmann
    14 Jan 2010 | 8:47 am
    Verification Systems Engineer (Scientific Software and Electronics), N Dallas suburb, salary 70-80k target A global leader providing vitally-needed services to Fortune clients worldwide needs a Verification Systems Engineer to qualify and validate performance of complex systems, including instruments, sensors, algorithms and subsystems used in their services. In this role a successful employee will have experience in hardware or software development, technical documentation, and validation / verification test planning. Responsibilities include maintaining thorough and detailed notes of…

  • Electrical Designer (Sustaining and PCB electronic support). Contract target to April – $25-30 /hr – N Dallas

    David Herrmann
    7 Jan 2010 | 1:43 pm
    Electrical Designer (Sustaining and PCB electronic support). Contract target to April – $25-30 /hr – North Dallas area Position Overview and Definition: The Electrical Designer will work with product developers, technical operations, procurement professionals and strategic suppliers to provide sustaining engineering and technical support for new product introductions. – Maintain controlled engineering documentation for electromechanical components – Identify, qualify and document substitute and alternate electronic components to ensure availability of material to…

  • Product Marketing Manager (Enterprise/Security SW). N Dallas Area

    David Herrmann
    29 Dec 2009 | 11:50 am
    Product Marketing Manager (Enterprise/Security SW). N Dallas Area Base Pay: $90,000 – $110,000 /Year Join a growing, vibrant organization and leverage your Product and Channel Marketing skills into a fast paced role and visible role. This key employee will define the product strategy and roadmap while delivering PRDs and User Stories with prioritized features. Functional responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams to translate customer needs and technology directions into product definitions. Will design and establish overall product features based on customer feedback.
 
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  • Growing cartilage: bioactive nanomaterial promotes growth of new cartilage

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    Researchers have designed a bioactive nanomaterial that promotes the growth of new cartilage in vivo and without the use of expensive growth factors. The therapy is minimally invasive, utilizes bone marrow stem cells and produces natural cartilage. Unlike bone, cartilage does not grow back, and it cannot effectively be replaced. Countless people learn this all too well when they bring their bad knees, shoulders and elbows to an orthopedic surgeon.

  • Second 'quantum logic clock' based on aluminum ion is now world's most precise clock

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am
    Physicists have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world's most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom. The new aluminum clock would neither gain nor lose one second in about 3.7 billion years.

  • NASA, GM take giant leap in robotic technology

    7 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM are working together to build a new humanoid robot capable of working side by side with people. Using leading edge control, sensor and vision technologies, future robots could assist astronauts during hazardous space missions and help GM build safer cars and plants.

  • Engineers aim to make air travel greener

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm
    Carbon emissions from air travel could be reduced, thanks to a new collaboration between engineers in the UK and the aerospace industry. The million project will investigate new ways of using composite materials for wing panels in aircraft. The research will be using carbon fibres that are curved within flat plates to produce damage-tolerant, buckle-free structures.

  • New material absorbs, conserves oil

    5 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am
    Researchers make new material to clean up oil spills in factories or on the ocean, and conserve the oil.
 
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    C&ENtral Science

  • Jobs Do Exist

    Rachel Pepling
    3 Feb 2010 | 12:57 pm
    Those of you who follow C&EN writers on Twitter may have noticed the small blitzkrieg of tweets (a twitzkrieg?) announcing open positions at C&EN. We’re looking for two assigning editors for C&EN’s ACS Journal News & Community department. Read the full job description/qualifications and apply here. Contrary to what the job ad has listed, location may be flexible.

  • Science And Public Policy

    Rudy Baum
    3 Feb 2010 | 11:12 am
    Critics of this page frequently argue that C&EN’s editor-in-chief should comment only on matters concerning chemistry or the chemical industry. There is no place, they argue, in the American Chemical Society’s newsmagazine for commentary on public policies about which ACS members might disagree. The magazine, in fact, should stay out of public policy issues altogether, in the view of some of these critics. The stories in this week’s issue of C&EN illustrate why this criticism is unrealistic in today’s world. The first seven department stories—from the cover…

  • Elements Abound In D.C.

    Kenneth Moore
    28 Jan 2010 | 10:03 am
    After reading Beth’s elemental town-name Newscripts last week, I spent a bit of time looking through Nicholas C. Thomas’ article trying to find the closest elmental town to Washington, D.C. Of the ones listed, Barium Springs, N.C., is the closest, at just under 400 miles away. (Although Alloy, W.Va., is a bit closer, it’s not an elemental name, so I’m not counting it.) I thought this area should have tons of elementally named towns, what with all the science that goes on here. Maybe we can convince some towns to change their names for the International Year of…

  • Celebrating ACS Scholars

    Rudy Baum
    26 Jan 2010 | 10:12 am
    The American Chemical Society Scholars Program celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2010. The program awards renewable scholarships of up to $5,000 per year to underrepresented minority students who want to enter chemistry or chemical engineering or related fields such as environmental science, toxicology, and chemical technology. As part of the 15th anniversary celebration, C&EN is launching in this issue a series of profiles of current and former ACS Scholars. The profiles will run in the last issue of each month. The first profile is of Steven W. Meier, who is a member of the Citizen…

  • They Might Be Giants of Science

    Jyllian Kemsley
    22 Jan 2010 | 4:40 pm
    Time has a nice video up with interview footage of They Might Be Giants talking about their new album, Here Comes Science. My kids love the album–their current favorite song is The Ballad of Davy Crockett–and if TMBG schedules a family show for SF, we’ll be there!
 
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  • Lessons from Flight 3407: Pay Attention

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:26 am
    Last Tuesday, Feb. 2, the U. S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a synopsis of its final report on the crash of Flight 3407 outside Buffalo, New York a year ago (Feb. 12, 2009, to be exact). All aboard the Colgan Air commuter flight from Newark to Buffalo were killed, as well as one person on the ground, raising the total number of fatalities to fifty. In my initial blog on this crash, I reported that there might have been a problem with the deicing machinery on the plane. But an NTSB hearing last May revealed that evidence had emerged of significant pilot error. At the…

  • An Economic Prophecy for Engineers—And Everyone Else

    1 Feb 2010 | 4:04 am
    "When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."—Deuteronomy 18:22"The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender."—Proverbs 22:7Without modern economies, engineering would be a shadow of its present self, if it existed at all. Huge capital investments in plant, equipment, and R&D needed for advanced engineering require equally huge, smoothly functioning economies. And anything that…

  • Building Codes, Earthquakes, and Haiti

    25 Jan 2010 | 4:44 am
    Two weeks ago tomorrow, the worst earthquake in two centuries hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The official death toll has exceeded 100,000 and it is likely that millions are homeless and will have to leave the city temporarily or permanently. The survivors have my sympathy and prayers, along with hopes that this terrible tragedy will have a few positive outcomes. One of the best possible outcomes would be a change in the way the city and country are rebuilt.Laws concerned with how buildings are constructed can be traced back to the Code of Hammurabi promulgated around 1800 B. C. Its provisions…

  • Should Google Leave China?

    18 Jan 2010 | 4:26 am
    The government of the People's Republic of China has only nominal regard for freedom of speech. It considers censorship part of its job, and so for years now, any internet service provider or search-engine operator in the PRC has had to agree to restrictions on what kinds of things can be searched for and what kinds of private information the government can get its hands on. U.-S.-based companies such as Yahoo and Google have been criticized for giving in to these conditions in the past, and with some justification. If freedom of speech is worth preserving in the U. S., why should it be…

  • Bombs versus Bareness: The Choice for Airline Safety?

    11 Jan 2010 | 3:38 am
    After Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to explode his underwear on a Christmas-day flight from Holland to the U. S. last year, a lot of people got a lot more interested in airport security, and understandably so. In particular, more attention has been focused on the so-called "full-body scanners" now in use at a few U. S. airports. The Transportation Security Administration has ordered 150 more and has money for 300 of these devices. According to a report in the Washington Post, if the Dutch airport where Abdulmutallab boarded his plane had been using such a scanner, they would very likely…
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  • Use of Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers in Solar Heating Applications

    alzack
    30 Jan 2010 | 7:59 pm
    Do you know about brazed plate heat exchanger? It is like a normal type of other plate heat exchanger, but the way the metals or materials are joined is the main difference. It can't be mechanically dismantled or opened. The metals are actually brazed and/or soldered together.Owing to its advantages, brazed plate heat exchangers have become extremely popular in domestic heating applications. Especially in domestic solar heating setups owing to it low cost, low maintenance and high efficiency.One of the most important factors in determining the viability of a solar heater is its heat transfer…

  • Renewable Energy Project Videos

    alzack
    29 Jan 2010 | 10:07 am
    Ever thought of a renewable energy projects? My research is involving a renewable energy reaction, but I'm not revealing it right now until I complete my Ph.D. haha.... But, here are some videos of some student projects that are quite interesting...maybe it can give you some ideas and inspiration...Check it out...Student ProjectStudents at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering develop renewable energy projects for a summer course. The course, directed by Dr. Mahendra Sunkara, is the first project for the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship. Students were…

  • International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials 2010 (ICPEAM2010)

    alzack
    29 Jan 2010 | 9:49 am
    For those researchers who are hunger to present, publish and show case their work, here is a fantastic conference where you can submit them to - The International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials 2010 (ICPEAM2010). For me, yes, I'm thinking of submitting a paper to this conference and I'm working on it. I have also discuss this matter with my supervisor... :)What is ICPEAM201?The ICPEAM2010 under the World Engineering, Science & Technology Congress (ESTCON2010) will be held on 15th to 17th June, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In conjunction with this conference,…

  • My Career Progress...

    alzack
    26 Jan 2010 | 5:06 am
    The new year 2010 just arrived but then suddenly January is almost going to end. I'm now in my early second semester for my Ph.D studies and things are heating up. I've just prepared my Ph.D proposal and submitted it to my supervisor. It's now with her for checking.Ph.D Proposal + Journal Review PaperAt the time, I'm also working on a review paper for my first journal paper. It's very tough. It's not easy reading a lot of technical papers relating to my own research. But, I need to do it. This review paper will be my first international indexed journal paper and I hope it will further boost…

  • IChemE Member news - January 2010

    alzack
    12 Jan 2010 | 5:19 am
    So, what's happening around the chemical engineering world in January 2010? Check out the following IChemE Member news below which I received in my mailbox (you'll receive it too if you are an IChemE member).Scott appointed new international VPRussell Scott has been appointed the first IChemE vice president (international) and will lead the Institution's internationalisation strategy.What can we do for you?IChemE's 2010 value proposition project is launched later this month. It will be led by Council member Judith Hackitt CBE. Read her December/January tce article about the project.Malaysian…
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  • California Dreaming

    29 Jan 2010 | 8:47 pm
    Recent alum Phil Rhyner is working in California on wave makers for research tanks like that in the Sheets Laboratory. He sends along his new license plate. Very cool!

  • Critical Habitat Proposed for Cook Inlet Beluga

    2 Dec 2009 | 10:27 am
    Today's Anchorage Daily News has an interesting article on a proposal by the National Marine Fisheries Service to designate a significant portion of the Cook Inlet near Anchorage as a critical habitat for beluga whales. NOAA officials said the proposed rule would require other federal agencies to consult with the federal fisheries service before approving projects in the proposed critical habitat areas. The proposed rule and the prior listing of belugas could trigger some changes to major development projects over the next decade -- seismic drilling for offshore oil and gas, and a dock for…

  • Prof. Bob Ballard on 60 Minutes

    2 Dec 2009 | 10:10 am
    Our colleague, Prof. Bob Ballard, was featured on 60 Minutes Sunday evening.You can view the video here. A faculty member in the Graduate School of Oceanography, he also has a joint appointment in the Department of Ocean Engineering here at URI.

  • Rhode Island Wind Farm

    9 Nov 2009 | 7:26 pm
    The Ocean SAMP project is continuing to study the potential for wind farm in the waters off Rhode Island.The Ocean SAMP is a strategy for zoning Rhode Island’s offshore waters using an ecosystem approach that involves scientific research and public input to help develop policy. This approach looks comprehensively at the area’s characteristics, resources, uses, and constraints. Projects have been selected that address topics related to proposed renewable energy development.The Department of Ocean Engineering has several projects under the SAMP including investigating structures and…

  • Cape Wind News

    9 Nov 2009 | 7:10 pm
    An article from Reuters on the Cape Wind Project:A decision will be made by the end of 2009 on whether the go ahead will be given to the massive Cape Wind electricity project off the shore of Massachusetts, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Monday.It seems that two Indian tribes are fighting the wind farm.Native American rituals and beliefs have emerged as a surprising last-minute obstacle to federal approval of the nation’s first offshore wind farm, threatening to significantly delay the Cape Wind project.
 
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  • CUP for February 8, 2010

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:33 am
    Did Leonardo paint himself as Mona Lisa? - SeattlePI.com Why did I add this article? A very loose tie-in with geophysics as the group of scientists plans to use small cameras and ground penetrating radar to confirm the presence of Da Vinci's remains. They hope that if the French Government allows them to do carbon testing and DNA testing and if his skull is intact, they can take measurements on his skull and use forensic facial reconstruction techniques and compare them to the Mona Lisa to determine if it is really a self portrait in disguise. Kilbuck Township, PA Landslide (Former Proposed…

  • Massive Mudslides and Debris Flows in California

    6 Feb 2010 | 9:45 pm
    Another El Nino storm just moved through Southern California culminating in significant rainfall on Saturday producing mudslides and debris flows in the area hit by this past September’s Station Fire. More after the break. (Photo from Sacramento Bee, David McNew - Getty Images)

  • Arizona Geological Survey Publishes Earth Fissure Viewer

    6 Feb 2010 | 8:57 pm
    A new Google Maps based interface for viewing earth fissures in four Arizona counties has been launched by the AZGS.  Earth fissures are a serious geologic hazard in Arizona where they have been known to reach lengths of up to 1-mile, depths of 40-ft and widths of up to 15-ft.  They pose a risk to vehicles, structures, livestock and people in addition to creating potential pathways for contaminants to reach groundwater. In 2007 some high profile earth fissures in the news motivated the Arizona State Legislature to mandate that the AZGS undertake an earth fissure mapping program and make the…

  • ASCE 2010 OCEA Award Finalist Projects Full of Geotechnical Engineering Challenges

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:24 am
    I was reading the ASCE News, January edition which announced the 5 finalists for the 2010 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award and I was struck by the significant geotechnical engineering and geoengineering components of these projects. Read on as I highlight some of things hidden beneath the ground of these remarkable projects.

  • January/February GeoPrac.net Newsletter

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:04 pm
    The January newsletter was really late, so I just decided to wait until the beginning of this month and combine it with February. Highlights include Haiti Earthquake coverage, Top Content for December and January and more. You can find this newsletter and all the others in our Newsletter Archive and you can subscribe using the form on this site or directly through Constant Contact.
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  • Automotive X-Prize: Edison 2

    Terry Knight
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am
    Edison 2 based their X-Prize entry on the two absolute virtues for an efficient car: low weight and low aerodynamic drag. Brad Jaeger talks how these to virtues formulated the “Very Light Car” on display at the North American International Auto Show. It’s Automotive X-Prize week on Engineering TV! More Information: Progressive Automotive X-Prize, Edison 2. Hosted by: Lee Teschler Videography by: Terry Knight Edited by: Terry Knight Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com! (35 Views, 0 Comments)

  • Automotive X-Prize: SSI Racing

    Terry Knight
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am
    SSI Racing built their X-Prize entry in their garage as an engineering hobby to build their dream car and a company was formed. The car they built is all electric and holds six world records. Michael "Tyrannosaurus Rex" Kadie took some time at the North American International Auto Show to tell us about SSI Racing and their entry. It’s Automotive X-Prize week on Engineering TV! More Information: Progressive Automotive X-Prize, SSI Racing. Hosted by: Lee Teschler Videography by: Terry Knight Edited by: Terry Knight Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send…

  • Spartan-6 FPGA Consumer Video Kit

    CurtisEllzey
    4 Feb 2010 | 4:59 am
    At the Consumer Electronics Show, Xilinx introduced the first market-specific Targeted Design Platform optimized for creating state-of-the-art digital television (DTV) solutions with the low-cost, low- power Xilinx Spartan-6 field programmable gate array (FPGA) family. DTV OEMs can now bring consumer digital displays to market quickly with high-definition picture quality and greater feature differentiation. For more information, visit Xilinx. Hosted by: Bill Wong Videography by: Curtis Ellzey and Terry Knight Edited by: Curtis Ellzey Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering…

  • ARM: Right-Size Computing

    CurtisEllzey
    3 Feb 2010 | 4:44 am
    According to Bob Morris, ARM’s Director of Mobile Computing, we are at the beginning of the next era of computing, enabling global reach via low-cost internet connected devices. At the vanguard of present and future innovations are devices designed around the concept of “Right-Size Computing”. For more information, visit ARM. Hosted by: Bill Wong Videography by: Curtis Ellzey and Terry Knight Edited by: Curtis Ellzey Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com! (345 Views, 0 Comments)

  • New ARM Powered Mobile Devices

    CurtisEllzey
    2 Feb 2010 | 4:35 am
    ARM’s Jeff Chu demos some of the hottest new ARM powered devices, including the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1, the Dell Latitude Z600 Laptop, and the Tegra-based Mobinnova Netbook. For more information, visit ARM. Hosted by: Bill Wong Videography by: Curtis Ellzey and Terry Knight Edited by: Curtis Ellzey Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com! (484 Views, 0 Comments)
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  • An Earthquake Proof San Francisco Bay Bridge

    Rashida
    25 Jan 2010 | 2:13 pm
    San Francisco Bay Bridge In the wake of the devastating 7.0 earthquake to hit Haiti this past week around the world television screens exploited images of crumbled buildings and poorly reinforced structures reminding us of another earthquake prone territory a little closer to home in California which is taking lengths to improve major infrastructure to a prominent landmark- The San Francisco Bay Bridge. The Bay Area is known for its spectacular bridges,” says Bart Ney, a spokesman for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). “It’s part of our DNA, so naturally…

  • Science and Engineering Indicators 2010

    John Hunter
    25 Jan 2010 | 4:46 am
    The National Science Board’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 gives a comprehensive picture of the rise of developing nations in Asia, with China as the main engine, and gradual erosion of U.S. leadership. Examples: North America’s share of world R&D activity between 1996 and 2007 dropped from 40% to 35% and the European Union’s share from 31% to 28%. The Asia-Pacific share increased from 24% to 31% “even with Japan’s comparatively low growth.” American multinationals are shifting the R&D they conduct overseas from Europe to emerging Asian…

  • Charlotte Watson

    John Hunter
    6 Jan 2010 | 3:01 pm
    Charlotte Watson Charlotte Watson, CFO, served ASEE for 17 years with integrity, style and grace. She lost her fierce battle with cancer January 2, 2010, and we lost more. We lost a stalwart friend, an insightful manager, and a loyal leader. The loss of Charlotte has meant that we are all poorer — bereft of her guidance and humor and courage. We will miss her every day. A life celebration will be held in honor of Charlotte Watson on Saturday, January 9th. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Driving Miss Darby Foundation, Inc. PO Box 634 Millersville, MD 21108 or Gilchrist…

  • Extreme Engineering: Luxury Cruiseship Setting Sail in 2010!

    Rashida
    30 Dec 2009 | 12:40 pm
    Traveling the high seas has just gotten way better! The Oasis of the Seas ready to set sail in 2010 will undoubtedly be the largest cruise liner to date with a capacity to hold over 6,300 passengers over 2,000 more than today’s average passenger ship. The 18 story high luxury liner is a design engineering first with an outdoor park, the largest at sea swimming pool and the most rooms with balconies and decks.  To build such a ship of this caliber over 2,800 people were employed to construct the ship’s design.  The ship has three 20 foot tall propellers  mounted on swiveling…

  • National Engineering Design Challenge

    Rashida
    29 Dec 2009 | 2:07 pm
    The National Engineering Design Challenge which promotes engineering by showing students ways engineers can solve social and community problems, is looking for sponsors. In the 2010 challenge, NEDC teams will put their creativity and problem-solving skills to use by designing and building an assisted technology device for a person in their community. Teams identify the problem they want to solve, work together to develop a solution and present their working prototype to an expert panel of judges.
 
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  • Apple’s iPad

    curiouscat
    27 Jan 2010 | 11:46 am
    Steve Jobs introduces the Apple iPad. A touch screen tablet with wireless internet connectivity and a touch screen keyboard (when desired). Related: Freeware Wi-Fi app turns iPod into a Phone – Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard Using Wii Remote – Build Your Own Tabletop Interactive Multi-touch Computer – Very Cool Wearable Computing Gadget from MIT

  • Siftable Modular Computers

    curiouscat
    19 Jan 2010 | 5:00 pm
    Pretty cool. I must admit I don’t really see how this would function outside of specifically designed situation. I can imagine it could be very cool for education, especially of young kids. Siftables act in concert to form a single interface: users physically manipulate them – piling, grouping, sorting – to interact with digital information and media. David Merrill and Jeevan Kalanithi originally created Siftables at the MIT Media Lab and have formed a company to commercialize the product and have received a grant from NSF to continue the work. Related: Cool Mechanical…

  • Arduino: Open Source Programmable Hardware

    curiouscat
    7 Jan 2010 | 5:51 am
    Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino programming language and the Arduino development environment. The boards can be built by hand or purchased preassembled; the…

  • Printing Bone, Muscle and More

    curiouscat
    6 Jan 2010 | 7:54 pm
    A Pittsburgh-based research team has created and used an innovative ink-jet system to print “bio-ink” patterns that direct muscle-derived stem cells from adult mice to differentiate into both muscle cells and bone cells. The custom-built ink-jet printer, developed at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, can deposit and immobilize growth factors in virtually any design, pattern or concentration, laying down patterns on native extracellular matrix-coated slides (such as fibrin). These slides are then placed in culture dishes and topped with muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs).

  • Bionic Vision

    curiouscat
    22 Dec 2009 | 5:54 am
    Micro Machines and Opto-Electronics on a Contact Lense Fiction now meets reality with prototype contact lenses developed by Babak Parviz at the University of Washington, in Seattle. Dr. Parviz’s prototype lenses can be used as biosensors to display body chemistry or as a heads up display (HUD). Powered by radio waves and 330 microwatts of power from a loop antenna that picks up power beamed from nearby radio sources, future versions will also be able to harvest power from a cell phone. In his early 2008 lab tests, rabbits safely wore contact lenses with metal connectors for electronic…
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  • Engineering Majors Hold 8 of Top 10 Highest Paid Majors

    curiouscat
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:32 am
    In August, employers responding to a NACE survey reported plans to trim their college hiring, hiring 7% for 2010 graduates from 2009. In addition, just 29% of those employers said they would increase their starting salary offers for the Class of 2010. Most, but not all majors, experienced salary decreases. In fact, as a group, graduates with computer-related degrees (computer programming, computer science, computer systems analysis, and information sciences/systems) posted a 6.1% increase – the highest increase reported, which pushed their average up from $56,128 to $59,570. Among those…

  • Apple’s iPad

    curiouscat
    27 Jan 2010 | 11:46 am
    Steve Jobs introduces the Apple iPad. A touch screen tablet with wireless internet connectivity and a touch screen keyboard (when desired). Related: Freeware Wi-Fi app turns iPod into a Phone – Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard Using Wii Remote – Build Your Own Tabletop Interactive Multi-touch Computer – Very Cool Wearable Computing Gadget from MIT

  • Infinity Project: Engineering Education for Today’s Classroom

    curiouscat
    24 Jan 2010 | 4:57 am
    The Infinity Project is a national middle school, high school, and early college engineering curricula. The math and science-based engineering and technology education initiative helps educators deliver a maximum of engineering exposure with a minimum of training, expense and time. Created to help students see the real value of math and science and its varied applications to high tech engineering – The Infinity Project is working with schools all across the country to bring the best of engineering to their students. The Infinity Project curriculum is a complete, year-long course…

  • Electric Wind

    curiouscat
    21 Jan 2010 | 8:48 am
    photo of William Kamkwamba on his windmill from his blog. I have written about William Kamkwamba before: Inspirational Engineer – Home Engineering: Windmill for Electricity. And along with the post, Make the World Better, donated to his cause. His new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, is quite enjoyable and provides an interesting view of how he persevered. His talk of the famine, not being able to afford school and putting together a windmill using scrape parts and a few books from the library (donated by the American government – much better foreign aid than all the military…

  • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, Fulfillment and Flow

    curiouscat
    18 Jan 2010 | 5:29 am
    “After a certain basic point, which translates, more or less, to just a few thousand dollars above the minimum poverty level, increases in material well being don’t see to affect how happy people are.” The speech includes, the first purpose of incorporation at Sony: To establish a place of work where engineers can feel the joy of technological innovation, be aware of their mission to society, and work to their heart’s content. Excellent books by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 1991. People enter a flow…
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  • Road Design Basics Using AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D 2009

    Just a quick heads up! A new white paper entitled Road Design Basics using AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D has been posted to the civil engineering product center. There is a lot of good information included in this paper and I think it’s great for someone who is new to the civil product line. Also, as you look through the paper you will see that we have included the ENTIRE subassembly catalog as a reference appendix to assist you when you’re looking for the right subassembly to meet your project needs. The first 10 pages of this paper go through the concepts, terminology, and functionality of…

  • AutoCAD Civil / Civil 3D Update_1 Version 2

    Yeah, I know I haven’t posted in a really long time and for that I do apologize. Lately, I have had my head down creating content for some of the upcoming events. Still I wanted take a minute to provide some exciting news to our users. At 5pm EST on Friday, Update 1 Version 2 was posted on the Autodesk support site. By now you may be thinking, what the heck is Update 1 Version 2? From this point on Autodesk has decided to shift from the terms “Service Pack” to the term “Updates”. As Autodesk moves forward with additional content and updates, we feel this naming structure will become…

  • WisDOT. . . Another great story!

    Just a quick thought, for those of you out there that haven’t been keeping up with the latest info about WisDOT. This symbolizes a significant change the winds and how companies and states are looking into what Civil 3D has to offer along with the benefits it can produce. Pretty interesting! WisDOT. . . . very exciting stuff!!!!

  • AU Class Selection. . . . .

    This afternoon Nick and I worked on the AU class sections and after looking into all the classes, I can tell you first hand we have a very large class list to go through. Last week we ran a survey and thanks to all of you who voted. By using the survey along with along a complicated selection process we have started to narrow down the class list to those that will benefit end users the most. This year we have had an overwhelming response for classes with over 175 proposals submitted. I'd like to thank EVERYONE for taking the time to come up with all these great classes. If by chance your…

  • World Press Day

    It’s amazing how much can happen over the course of a week. Last week Autodesk hosted World Press Day in San Francisco, where we invited journalists from all over the world to take part in the role out and highlights of the upcoming 2009-product release. This year the Autodesk Technical Marketing team (which I am part of) put together a unique story, which featured eight different Autodesk products working together on a Brazilian library project. Together these products showed different parts of the design process while analyzing specific elements of each design. I think the part that…
 
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  • Obama's Science Budget

    Geoff Davis
    1 Feb 2010 | 6:54 pm
    Wired has a handy chart of which agencies get what in Obama's new budget proposal. The NIH gets an extra $1 billion, NSF, NASA, and the EPA each get an extra $500M, and a few others get smaller increases. Only the CDC's budget gets chopped. Given that the proposed budget comes with a giant helping of deficit spending it's unlikely that these raises will make it through intact. NIH's proposed budget increase (3.2%) is right on par with inflation (2.7%), so if it gets reduced, expect much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  • Money in Science

    Geoff Davis
    26 Jan 2010 | 10:10 am
    John Tierney has a piece in the Times today pooh poohing people who are concerned about the role of corporate money science: Corporate Backing for Research? Get Over It He may well be right to say Conflict-of-interest accusations have become the simplest strategy for avoiding a substantive debate. The growing obsession with following the money too often leads to nothing but cheap ad hominem attacks. but I think that he is overly dismissive of attempts to ensure that people disclose possible conflicts of interest: The new fetish for disclosing “conflicts” has led some of the best medical…

  • Math anxiety is contagious

    Geoff Davis
    25 Jan 2010 | 6:05 pm
    ArsTechnica has a great summary of a study today entitled Female teachers transmit math anxiety to female students. The quick version: The study found that when elementary school teachers, who are primarily female, displayed a high level of anxiety about math, that skittishness was transmitted to their female students. Those students who spent a year with a math-phobic teacher displayed lower math achievement and an increased belief in stereotypes about female mathematical ability. This is cool for a couple of reasons. First, there's the possibility of a (slow) virtuous cycle. Increase the…

  • Network, network, network

    Geoff Davis
    21 Jan 2010 | 9:01 am
    I got my job at Google due in large part to having a friend working there in a similar position. My Microsoft job I found through a friend of a friend. My postdoc advisor at Dartmouth had met me previously at a conference. The same for my stint at Rice. And so on. Pretty much the only job I've ever gotten without having any kind of personal connection at the employer was my stint as a bicycle messenger in DC. One reads such tales about the importance of networking all the time. What's unsatisfying is that they're all anecdotal. I've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's books recently (they're…

  • PE for grad students

    Geoff Davis
    20 Jan 2010 | 8:28 am
    Another study links aerobic exercise to increased cognitive performance: Start running and watch your brain grow, say scientists Running (a lot of it) was found to improve the performance of mice on tests of memory. The mechanism: increased neurogenesis. There's a fair amount of evidence that exercise boosts cognitive performance in people, too. A few overviews: Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School - the author gave a great talk at Google that's on YouTube Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain So, grad students and postdocs,…
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  • Some People You Won't Meet at SolidWorks World

    Doyle808
    5 Feb 2010 | 11:30 am
    I think we can all agree that meeting new people (or seeing old friends) is one of the highlights of SolidWorks World.  It's next to impossible to meet everyone though, and there are some very cool folks that you will likely never have the opportunity to meet. Laurie Davis and Kerry Healey are two of those people.  They are both a big part of the production staff that handles the general sessions at SolidWorks World.  I've had the priviledge of working with both of them for the past three years now, and I cannot begin to explain what a big part of the conference they are. I…

  • SWUGN Awards

    Doyle808
    3 Feb 2010 | 5:22 am
    At SolidWorks World 2007, Jon Hirschtick suggested insisted that the SWUGN Awards presentation should be moved from the annual SWUGN Summit Meeting to the main stage during the general session.  Since then, conference Wednesday has meant handing out the Group Leader of the Year, User Group of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement awards.  Here are this years' nominees: User Group of the Year Colorado SolidWorks User Group Greenville SolidWorks User Group New Hampshire SolidWorks User Group West Michigan SolidWorks User Group User Group Leader of the Year Anne Yust - Twin Cities…

  • Let's Get it Started!

    Doyle808
    31 Jan 2010 | 6:49 am
    Although there have already been plenty of activities surrounding SolidWorks World 2010, the event officially begins today at 7:00am.  The registration area is one of my favorite places to hang out (in fact, it's one of my SWW duties) and I'll be there most of the day. Saturday was full of chance meetings just about everywhere I went - Bloggers, media members, SolidWorks Partners, User Group Leaders, and old (and new) friends.  Today will bring more of the same, but on a grander scale.  It's great to watch the attendees as they get registered, pick up their swag, and…

  • Oh My, What Have I Done?

    Doyle808
    30 Jan 2010 | 7:55 am
    It's early Saturday morning here in Anaheim and I'm getting ready to start my first day at SolidWorks World 2010.  I guess technically last night was my first day since I had a dinner meeting with the boss at Morton's (mmmm...meat), but things will get a little busier today.  I'm working on a special project that will be announced Monday afternoon, and I'll be helping SolidWorks employees and some resellers get registered later today. A few SolidWorks users that I know have already arrived and a few more are due in today - if they can get past the nasty weather…

  • I'm Out

    Doyle808
    27 Jan 2010 | 3:28 am
    I'm leaving today to attend the Yakima SolidWorks User Group meeting on Thursday, and then heading to sunny California for SolidWorks World. If you are going to be in Anaheim, look me up.
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  • Hamilton Health Sciences Educates with Vaddio Camera Systems

    Kelly Perkins
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am
    When Hamilton Health Sciences started development of their new research institute, the David Braley Cardiac Vascular and Stroke Research Institute at Hamilton General Hospital, they needed an AV system capable of broadcasting two internationally recognized and well-established groups of scientists on a global scale. This new Institute will form a collaborative organizational structure by bringing together the Population Health Research Institute (PPHRI), currently led by Dr. Salim Yusuf, and the Henderson Research Centre (HRC), which is led by Dr. Jeffrey Weitz, with people around the world…

  • AUDIO-TECHNICA CONTINUES ITS SUPPORT OF THE WORLD’S FINEST ATHLETES AT THE XXI WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN VANCOUVER

    Clyne Media
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:14 am
    STOW, OH — Audio-Technica, a world leader in transducer technology, announces that over 3,000 of its microphones will be used at the XXI Winter Olympic Games, taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, this February. The use of Audio-Technica microphones for the broadcast of the 2010 Winter Games marks the continuation of A-T’s Olympic involvement, which has been consistent since the Summer Games in Atlanta in 1996. Olympic Broadcast Services Vancouver (OBSV) is the Host Broadcaster for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, responsible for producing and distributing audio and video…

  • Bexel Expands Panasonic P2 HD Inventory With Addition Of 24 Camera Systems

    Nicole Smith
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:22 am
    New Equipment Ready for Use at Vancouver Winter Olympic Games BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, has added several Panasonic P2 HD VariCam camcorders and accessories to its P2 HD inventory in preparation for the Vancouver Winter Olympics and future sports-related television productions. (more…)

  • Nash Dom TV Goes Live With VectorBox

    Zazil Media Group
    4 Feb 2010 | 11:06 am
    Private Russian Broadcaster builds master control room around VectorBox automated playout solutions. Barcelona, Spain – February 4, 2010 – Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that Nash Dom TV (Our House), a private broadcaster for the Penza Oblast region, has implemented multiple VectorBox automated playout systems to manage multi-channel ingest, broadcast graphics, and playout automation. The new tapeless workflow supports 24/7 programming with a mix of live and pre-recorded shows broadcast over traditional and web channels. “Vector offered Nash Dom…

  • HD broadcasting kicks off in Germany with Quantel

    Quantel
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:31 am
    WDR chooses Enterprise sQ for HD flagship ‘Sportsschau Bundesliga’ soccer From the 13th February 2010, German broadcaster WDR in Cologne will begin broadcasting major sports programming in HDTV, spearheaded by the flagship ‘Sportsschau Bundesliga’ German premier league soccer coverage. The whole production process, from ingest to playout, will be handled in HD using Quantel Enterprise sQ server-based production technology. WDR has been producing ‘Sportsschau Bundesliga’ for the whole ARD public broadcasting network in Germany since 2003 in SD using Quantel…
 
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  • Use of Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers in Solar Heating Applications

    30 Jan 2010 | 7:59 pm
    Do you know about brazed plate heat exchanger? It is like a normal type of other plate heat exchanger, but the way the metals or materials are joined is the main difference. It can't be mechanically dismantled or opened. The metals are actually brazed and/or soldered together.Owing to its advantages, brazed plate heat exchangers have become extremely popular in domestic heating applications. Especially in domestic solar heating setups owing to it low cost, low maintenance and high efficiency.One of the most important factors in determining the viability of a solar heater is its heat transfer…

  • Renewable Energy Project Videos

    29 Jan 2010 | 10:07 am
    Ever thought of a renewable energy projects? My research is involving a renewable energy reaction, but I'm not revealing it right now until I complete my Ph.D. haha.... But, here are some videos of some student projects that are quite interesting...maybe it can give you some ideas and inspiration...Check it out...Student ProjectStudents at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering develop renewable energy projects for a summer course. The course, directed by Dr. Mahendra Sunkara, is the first project for the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship. Students were…

  • International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials 2010 (ICPEAM2010)

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:49 am
    For those researchers who are hunger to present, publish and show case their work, here is a fantastic conference where you can submit them to - The International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials 2010 (ICPEAM2010). For me, yes, I'm thinking of submitting a paper to this conference and I'm working on it. I have also discuss this matter with my supervisor... :)What is ICPEAM201?The ICPEAM2010 under the World Engineering, Science & Technology Congress (ESTCON2010) will be held on 15th to 17th June, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In conjunction with this conference,…

  • My Career Progress...

    26 Jan 2010 | 5:06 am
    The new year 2010 just arrived but then suddenly January is almost going to end. I'm now in my early second semester for my Ph.D studies and things are heating up. I've just prepared my Ph.D proposal and submitted it to my supervisor. It's now with her for checking.Ph.D Proposal + Journal Review PaperAt the time, I'm also working on a review paper for my first journal paper. It's very tough. It's not easy reading a lot of technical papers relating to my own research. But, I need to do it. This review paper will be my first international indexed journal paper and I hope it will further boost…

  • IChemE Member news - January 2010

    12 Jan 2010 | 5:19 am
    So, what's happening around the chemical engineering world in January 2010? Check out the following IChemE Member news below which I received in my mailbox (you'll receive it too if you are an IChemE member).Scott appointed new international VPRussell Scott has been appointed the first IChemE vice president (international) and will lead the Institution's internationalisation strategy.What can we do for you?IChemE's 2010 value proposition project is launched later this month. It will be led by Council member Judith Hackitt CBE. Read her December/January tce article about the project.Malaysian…
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  • Haiti Earthquake: Converting Shipping Containers Into Emergency Housing

    Scott McEachron
    16 Jan 2010 | 8:34 am
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  • Autodesk Social Media Survey

    Scott McEachron
    7 Jan 2010 | 10:15 am
    Autodesk is conducting research to understand how AutoCAD Civil 3D users and buyers engage in online social media, how social behavior is evolving in your business, and where business buyers choose to participate in online communities. This 15 minute survey will not ask for any personally identifying information. They will use your responses in aggregate only and will not attribute any responses back to you. Click Here to take the survey. ©2010 Paving the Way. All Rights Reserved..

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  • Mastering Snippet: The Delta Symbol

    Scott McEachron
    23 Sep 2009 | 9:22 am
    From page 52 in Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010: “In the Text Component Editor for a curve label, the value that most people would prefer to as a delta angle is called the General Segment Total Angle. To insert the Delta symbol in a label, simply type \U+0394 in the Text Editor window on the right side of the Text Component Editor dialog box…” Other Unicode symbols include: Almost Equal \U+2248 Angle \U+2220 Boundary Line \U+E100 Center Line \U+2104 Cubed \U+00B3 Degree sign \U+00B0 Delta \U+0394 Diameter \U+00F8 Flow line \U+E101 Not Equal \U+2260 One Half \U+00BD Percent…

  • I.II.I Independent CAD/BIM Consultants

    Scott McEachron
    22 Sep 2009 | 12:26 pm
    As the holidays approach and fiscal years come to a close this month for most federal, state, and local agencies, we usually see an increase in spending from municipalities as they finish out the year. This typically means we field more calls for Implementation, custom training and technical support, and as you can tell by the drop-off in our blogging efforts, this year appears to be no different. The fall of the economy at this time last year led to a sharp decrease in A|E|C firm staffing, but the recent turn-around seems to have left many firms with new software through subscription…
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  • My experience with Kanban

    igormoochnick
    2 Feb 2010 | 3:25 pm
    Snapshot of my latest Kanban-driven project. I’ve been running Kanban projects for over a year and I should tell you that I find this methodology working wonders. Kanban is not for everyone, but I find it very useful in the environments with the geographically distributed sparse teams and, especially, in the agile-non-friendly team members and management. You may notice that titles are duplicated. This was done to accommodate discrepancies in the acceptable and familiar dictionaries of my teammates and management. One of the best features of Kanban is to detect and expose bottlenecks. This…

  • Wintellect Toolkit

    igormoochnick
    1 Feb 2010 | 11:57 am
    Check out a great article about the tools used by Wintellect folks.

  • My blog is ranked 19th

    igormoochnick
    29 Jan 2010 | 7:12 am
    My blog is ranked 19th on the top 25 Engineering Blogs

  • TAD- Test Assisted Development

    igormoochnick
    29 Jan 2010 | 7:07 am
    In real world TDD doesn’t always work. I’m a great supporter of TAD – Test Assisted Development

  • Putting SOAP to REST – Cape Code .NET User Group @ Hyannis, MA

    igormoochnick
    24 Dec 2009 | 4:54 pm
    I’d like to thank the Cape Code .NET User Group for giving me the opportunity to talk about SOAP and REST and, specifically, Todd Kittredge and Venture Hyannis for hosting the event. I’ve posted the slide deck on the Slideshare:   [Update: 12/31/2009] The landing page for the REST in WCF will point you to the location of the REST Starter Kit.   I’d like to remind you that everybody is invited to the upcoming Northeast Roadshow. You can find more information on Chris Bowen and Jim O’Neil blogs. While these guys are working on the main Roadshow page, you can access their…
 
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  • Seismic Slope Stability Requirements in BC

    Mike Thomas
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    As of February 1, 2010, the BC Building Code has been amended to require the consideration of potential for slope instability and it’s consequences at a building site becomes an explicit requirement in the design of structures and their foundations, additionally, the seismic design criteria has been increased to a probablility level of 2%-in-50 year. This will impact many developments across the provide, with geotechnical investigations to be required at almost all levels of development. Below is the Information Bulletin from the Province on the matter. APEGBC has issued a set of…

  • Castlegar Gaming Centre Update

    Mike Thomas
    4 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    It seems that the expected progress on the Castlegar Gaming Centre has not come to fruition. City Council received a letter from the BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC) on the 7th of December 2009 stating that the they understand the City’s concerns with the fact that Terrim Properties has not been able to meet any of the timelines or commitments under the licencing agreement. The BCLC has reaffirmed its commitment to a gaming centre in Castlegar and states that it will pursue the matter. On a side note, the process is maddeningly slow. It has taken nearly two months since the letter…

  • Is High Speed Rail The Answer?

    Mike Thomas
    3 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    I’ve suggested before that returning to rail would be a good thing for many areas, and that air travel is likely to decline, as well as support for roads and longer distance highway travel. So if rail is good, the high speed rail must be better right? Not that anyone is seriously talking about high speed rail projects here in Canada, but I’d have to question the viability of any new infrastructure project without the population base to support it. I can hear the arguments already… But Florida is getting one, why can’t Canada? Florida has a population of over 18…

  • Tender to Replace the Rossland Arena Roof

    Mike Thomas
    1 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    The Rossland Arena may be set to receive a new roof. Details of the tender can be found at BCBid. There is a Pre-bid meeting at the arena on the 2nd of February 2010, and bids to be received by 2pm February 9th, 2010. The decision to fund the project is happening under the Alternate Aproval Process, where people opposed to the method of borrowing can petition council. Details of the project and the AAP process can be found here This post was written by Mike Thomas for UrbanWorkbench.com © 2009.Originally posted as Tender to Replace the Rossland Arena Roof

  • Peak Oil Vignette 4 – Summer Harvest

    Mike Thomas
    29 Jan 2010 | 1:00 pm
    I straightened up from the soothing task of weeding the rows of baby carrots, rubbing my back as I watched my daughter perched high in the peach tree across the yard. She was meticulous in easing the plump ripe fruit off the branches, gently shooing away the yellowjackets when necessary, obviously drawn to the sweet juicy scent of summer stone fruit on the tree. Her graceful movements belied the urgent nature of the task at hand, between the yellowjackets, the impending thunder storm and the local wildlife, the time was ripe to get this fruit off the tree, and there were four more trees to…
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  • I Have A Million Dollar Idea For Free Energy!

    Chris Gammell
    31 Jan 2010 | 7:46 pm
    Ha, my title sounds like the beginning of a spam email. I’m actually even willing to have at least one FeedBlitz email that gets sent out to be caught in a spam filter, just to prove my point. Either way, the title of this post looks ridiculous. And yet it is pervasive in headlines on the internet and in newsprint. Why? Because people are hungry for new ideas, new ways to try and make money and free energy (I guess those could all be classified under the money category). The reason these headlines are everywhere is because they work. They grab peoples’ attention, including my own.

  • A Short Retrospective

    Chris Gammell
    12 Jan 2010 | 7:35 pm
    Looking back through the past year I naturally gravitated towards the idea book and calendar I used to keep. While I did find some dormant post ideas I might resurrect for this site, I thought this short idea (gripe really) was much more entertaining; plus I’m not too sure when I would ever post this other than now. A list of words/phrases that don’t necessarily have anything to do with electronics but ones I can’t stand nevertheless. Here we go: Infotainment Blogosphere (I know I’m about 10 years late on that one but it still irks me) [Anything]-palooza…

  • Merry Christmas!

    Chris Gammell
    24 Dec 2009 | 9:14 pm
    To all friends, family, readers and random passers-by: Thank you for coming to my site and I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This tree was decorated with the help of a few scrapped boards from the late 80s and early 90s. The red components are relays and there are a few electrolytic capacitors scattered throughout. The LEDs were scavenged from a display board and set to pulse with a Source Meter that was sweeping current from 0 to 10 mA. High precision resistors could also be found on the tree, although it may be tough to tell they were actually high precision. The star…

  • Back to School?

    Chris Gammell
    8 Dec 2009 | 8:08 pm
    Much like I’m not going to say that I’ve been too busy to post anything for the past 2-3 months, I’m not going to say that I’m definitely going back to school to get an advanced degree. However, I’ve considered saying both. Really, I’ve considered going back to school as soon as I started my first job and was dissatisfied. I mean, who hasn’t? Aside from the fact that I was previously on a co-op cycle of (work, school, work, school, and so on), I really felt nostalgic for school; I found myself saying things like: “It’s so much less work…

  • How to Work a Job Fair as an Engineer

    Chris Gammell
    30 Sep 2009 | 8:54 pm
    Clarification: When I write “work a job fair”, I mean how to get the most out of it as a student or job seeker. This could be confused with the fact that I sometimes recruit at job fairs, but I thought this should be brought up at the beginning after I re-read the article. In talking to a fellow engineer about to attend a career fair, I realized I had some advice for him, having gone so many times in the past. I’ve even been back a few times to recruit for my current company and being on the other side of the handshake is an interesting insight into the do’s and…
 
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  • Project topic: Pressure sensor

    umadevikn
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:54 am
    send me details about pressure sensor with circuit diagrum.

  • CE BlogStar: Links Submission Thread

    The_Big_K
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:51 am
    Contest Announcement: http://www.crazyengineers.com/forum/...ry-2010-a.html This thread is limited to submission of post links. All other posts will be removed. Questions about the contest will be answered here: http://www.crazyengineers.com/forum/...s-answers.html

  • CE Blogstar Contest - Questions/Answers

    The_Big_K
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:48 am
    Contest Announcement : http://www.crazyengineers.com/forum/...ry-2010-a.html Your questions about the contest will be answered through this thread.

  • CE BlogStar Contest: Ends 15 February 2010

    The_Big_K
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:47 am
    CEans, We are happy to bring you the CE's first contest of the year 2010; The CE BlogStar contest! All you have to do is write a post about CrazyEngineers on your blog and submit the post link in the submissions thread [Details below]. We'll pick up the best post [depending upon content, presentation & style of writing] and the post author will win a cash prize of $100. That's right, one post about CrazyEngineers can win you $100. Rules & Conditions Note: Contestants are required to own a blog to participate in this contest. Creating a blog is very easy and free. Simply head over to…

  • hey i need an Op-amp internal circuit!

    limestone7000
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:45 am
    i need to build an Op-amp, so i need the internal circuit of an Op-amp my frnd suggested me 'Motorola MC1530' i just had a look at it, it had around 14 NPN transistors, and a huge bundle of resistors. Also, it(resistors) didn't have standard values, so the 'electronics' shop-keeper claimed that she didn't have resistors of those values! now i can use 2 or more resistors in series(or parallel), to sum up to one resistor in the circuit, but as i have to implement it only on one breadboard, it'll be too congested!!!:confused: so if u got a simpler model,:p with lesser hardware components, pliz…
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  • Lightwave Direct e-Newsletter

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pm
    Sign up to receive this newsletter and stay up-to-date on these important industry topics:Fiber-optic cabling, networks, connectors and management systemsOptical subsystemsBroadband equipment and companiesSinglemode and Multimode fiberOptical transceivers and other componentsNetwork communicationsPremises, campus, metro, long haul, long distance and LAN networksROADMsVOIP, FTTX, IP, Ethernet and videoTransmission systems and networksATM, FDDI, SONET and SDHMultiplexingFiber-optic testingPacket transportAnd much more!Request Free!

  • Vicor DC-DC Converter Theory

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:50 pm
    Watch this brief informative video presentation presented by Marco Panizza, Manager, European Applications Engineering. Includes descriptions of the DC-DC converter power train, Maxi, Mini, Micro block diagrams, and ZCS power transfer topology.Request Free!

  • EMI Filtering: How To Get The Lowest Noise

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:50 pm
    Watch this informative video presentation as Peter Huber, Senior Field Applications Engineer describes the sources of current mode and differential noise. He demonstrates the effect of various filters and combinations on noise spectra, shown in the context of EN55022, Class B limits.Request Free!

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    5 Feb 2010 | 1:50 pm
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  • Gear Solutions

    1 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am
    Their columnists address such issues as safety, gear-tooth geometry, laser technology, and technical standards developed by AGMA, while their featured writers cover everything from heat treating to work holding, noise analysis, software, gear inspection, and new materials.Request Free!
 
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  • Wind energy installations increased in 2009

    Doug Fred E.I.
    5 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced that the wind industry broke all previous records by installing nearly 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity in 2009. The installed capacity is enough to serve more than 2.4 million homes. However, despite the increase in installations, the industry still lags in wind turbine manufacturing.   According to the fourth quarter (Q4) report released by AWEA, these new projects place wind power in close competition with natural gas as the leading source of new electricity generation in the country. Together, the two…

  • How to effectively manage an engineering design team

    Treesha James PE
    31 Jan 2010 | 12:48 am
    The design phase of an engineering project is usually the most complex and crucial portion of any engineering project. Effective management of the personnel and resources is important in making sure that the project is completed within budget and in a timely fashion. Most design engineers are creative and it is important to provide them with enough flexibility to allow them to unleash the creativity in them. A good manager realizes the potential in each of the engineers and maximizes their input in any given project. Since most projects are time-specific requiring input from a diverse group…

  • Top 10 most impressive engineering projects

    Doug Fred E.I.
    25 Jan 2010 | 9:10 pm
    Back – 10. Moon Landing » 9. Panama Canal » 8. Burj Dubai » 7. Millau Viaduct » 6. The Channel Tunnel 5. The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam When I first visited The Hoover Dam in my early twenties, fresh out of college and full of the curiosity of a new engineer, I never would have imagined the impact the grandeur of this monument would have on my professional life.  This is not because at the time, Hoover Dam was the most impressive structure I had ever been on, but rather it is the story of how the structure came into existence and how it conquered once thought to be impossible…

  • Brain Teaser – Determine the code to open the briefcase

    Treesha James PE
    23 Jan 2010 | 12:58 pm
    Doug had forgotten the 5 digit code to his briefcase. However, he did remember five clues: The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen; The fourth number is one more than the second number; The first number is one less than twice the second number; The second number plus the third number equals ten; and The sum of all five numbers is 30. What were the five numbers and in what order? Related Content:Weekly Brain Teaser Thought-provoking Feature Brainteaser. Do you remember your prime numbers? ...The Raffle Tickets Brain Teaser Challenge your brain with this interesting brain teaser.

  • Video – the story of Hoover Dam

    Doug Fred E.I.
    23 Jan 2010 | 8:24 am
    A classic educational archive depicting the construction of Hoover Dam. Related Content:Top 10 most impressive engineering projects List of our Top 5 most impressive engineering projects. Recap:...
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  • Stamping Materials: We get different material at tryout.....It's not a conspiracy

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:09 pm
    A consistent observation from professionals in the stamping industry is that the material they receive at die tryout is different than the material that they run with during... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Stamping Materials: What we don't know about materials could fill a blog

    2 Feb 2010 | 1:15 pm
    Recently, I picked up the support line at work and had a colorful discussion with a stamping professional who had called in with a question about material properties. Apparently, he has some tools to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Die Planning: 3 steps to getting the wrong blank and loosing your BUTT on dies

    27 Jan 2010 | 10:16 am
    There are many tools in the world that allege to lead one to the correct blank size and minimum material usage. However, misuse of these tools can easily lead to greater overall costs. Make the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Springback Compensation (part 4 of many)

    20 Jan 2010 | 1:17 am
    In the previous springback focused posts I discussed: Geometry that is not compensate-able do to process requirements (back draft, die lock) Processes you should not compensate due to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Die Standards: substrate materials- what we usually used don't work. Why?

    19 Jan 2010 | 11:49 am
    The realm of die materials selection is steeped deeply in tradition. "We always use D2", "We always use GG25" or "GM238" or "EVERYBODY knows you need to use [insert material here]". However, it is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
 
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