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  • Senior MMIC Design Engineer, North Dallas Suburb, TX Salary 90-125K + relocation

    David Herrmann
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am
    Senior MMIC Design Engineer, North Dallas Suburb, TX Salary 90-125K + relocation As Senior Design Engineer at this well-respected global technology company with clients in the mobile device and communications equipment markets, you will design GaAs-based Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit HBT power amplifiers. Reporting to the Engineering Director, you will also design other RFIC components such as Low Noise Amplifiers, Mixers, and Video Graphics Arrays. This fast-paced role will include detailed circuit simulations and layouts, linear and non-linear simulations, designing PCBs, and testing…

  • Mechanical Engineer with P.E. (LED Displays and outdoor enclosures) – to $45/hr

    David Herrmann
    12 Nov 2009 | 1:16 pm
    Mechanical Engineer with P.E. (LED Displays and outdoor enclosures) – to $45/hr North Dallas Suburb. Seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design and certify outdoor enclosures for LED Display Systems. Candidate will either work on an hourly (W2) basis or present bid for scope of work. May consider working out of your home office or at the client site Requirements: 8+ years Sheet metal or extruded aluminum design. Must have BSME and professional engineering registration (State of Texas). Experience with outdoor LED design. Please send your MS Word formatted resume to resume [at] alynpatrick…

  • 3D Simulation & OpenGL software engineer – Tarrant County, TX

    David Herrmann
    10 Nov 2009 | 11:22 am
    3D Simulation & OpenGL software engineer – Tarrant County, TX Seeking Senior Engineer who have worked in a training simulator environment (flight or amusement park simulation experience would be ideal). Will consider a Video gaming background with the right software background. Will work in a small but advanced team of engineers developing with the latest simulation technologies. This is a highly mathematical engineering environment but much of the software involves real-time graphics. Credentials sought include: 4 year Degree from accredited university. BSCS, BSEE, BSME or related…

  • Analog FAE Engineer, North Dallas, DOE

    David Herrmann
    29 Oct 2009 | 1:20 pm
    Analog FAE Engineer, North Dallas, DOE Join an award-winning manufacturing and design company with a track record of consistent profitability growth for more than 15 years. Bring your analog circuit design expertise and FAE skills to this global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality electronics products with established clientele in the consumer electronics, communications, computing, and industrial markets. In this key customer-facing role as Field Applications Engineer, you will maintain relationships with engineering contacts, sales representatives and distributor field personnel.

  • Senior IP Telephony Engineer (Network Architect) – $75-90K – Dallas, TX

    David Herrmann
    22 Oct 2009 | 10:21 am
    Senior IP Telephony Engineer (Network Architect) – $75-90K – Dallas, TX Link your career path to this growing award-winning telecommunications company changing the face of VoIP telecommunications. The Senior IP Telephony Engineer will design, implement, and handle on-going maintenance of the IP backbone in a fast paced VoIP Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) environment. The IP backbone is a highly complex, multi-site network and requires Softswitch (e.g. Freeswitch, Broadsoft), Cisco, Kagoor, Juniper, Covergence, etc. expertise and routing design expertise including BGP…
 
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  • Sen. Boxer Seeks DOT Help To Push Six-Month Transport Bill

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:49 am
    Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has urged top U.S. Dept. of Transportation officials to weigh in to help end what she termed a "standoff" with the House over the length of a surface transportation bill.

  • Corps Failed to Protect New Orleans From Katrina Flooding, Court Rules

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:49 am
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is to blame for massive flooding in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina and is liable for damages, a federal court judge in New Orleans ruled Nov. 18.

  • EPA: Greenhouse-Gas Reporting Rule Takes Effect on Dec. 30

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:12 pm
    Powerplants and large industrial facilities that emit more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 annually must begin monitoring and reporting on their greenhouse-gas emissions yearly as a result of an Environmental Protection Agency rule that goes into effect on Dec. 30.

  • States' Fiscal Crunch Could Stretch to 2012

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:12 pm
    With the economic slump battering tax receipts, state budgets remain in dire shape, and the pain may continue into fiscal year 2012, according to the National Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers.

  • New Guidelines for Measuring the Biggest

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:11 pm
    The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has decided to measure a building’s height from the level of the “lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance,” to accommodate multi-use skyscrapers with several main entrances at different levels.
 
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  • The Wonderscope Challenge

    Rachel Pepling
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:12 pm
    Around here we love a good science video contest, and apparently the folks at NPR do, too. They’ve just launched The Wonderscope Challenge. They give a topic, a length, and a deadline, and contestants upload their videos via the Wonderscope site. The first assignment is Time, which is maybe not such a great topic for our crowd to tackle, but if submissions are anything like the ones for NanoTube, there should be some pretty entertaining ones to view. Doesn’t look like any prize money is involved, but the top 3 videos will be highlighted on npr.org. NPR includes a great promo video…

  • Best Party Favor Ever

    Amanda Yarnell
    16 Nov 2009 | 11:38 am
    Party favors are best when they are edible, I’ve always thought. So I was disappointed when I sat down to dinner at Bill Lipscomb’s 90th birthday party last night to find a tiny, not-chocolate-coated book next to my plate. Then I took a closer look. The favor was a tiny flip book, put together by Bill’s wife Jean and Marc Abrahams of IgNobel fame, intended as a tutorial on tying The Colonel’s* signature neckwear. The flip book had a limited print run, I hear. But here’s the video from which it came, in case you want to give it a go yourself. *The Colonel is so…

  • Preparing For The Future

    Rachel Pepling
    16 Nov 2009 | 8:27 am
    This guest editorial is by Sunil Kumar, president and CEO of International Specialty Products and vice chair of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) America International Group. The global economy is fueled by the chemical industry: Talented chemists and chemical engineers across the globe are responsible for producing the materials on which society depends every day. The chemical industry provides nearly 1 million direct jobs to the nation and is one of the U.S.’s top three exporting industries. The continued health of our industry requires the infusion of young, motivated, educated…

  • Excuse Me, There’s Nano In Your App

    Rachel Pepling
    12 Nov 2009 | 11:14 am
    Andrew Maynard over at 2020 Science highlights a nifty new nano app today. findNano allows users to browse or search through the nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory to find the nano in their lives for free from their iPhone or iPod Touch. And now for the nifty part: if you notice something’s missing from the inventory that should be there, you can take a picture and email it to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies for consideration. With the explosion of all sorts of new apps since our video walkthrough of Molecules 1.0, what science apps do you have on your phones, dear…

  • Chem-E-Car Winners!

    Steve Ritter
    12 Nov 2009 | 6:31 am
    Northeastern University took top honors at the national Chem-E-Car competition held this week at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) national meeting in Nashville. The team’s car, called “The Aluminator,” was powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and defeated 30 other shoebox-sized cars. Northeastern's "Aluminator" The Chem-E-Car competition, first held in 1999, is a fun and practical way for chemical engineering students to apply their knowledge of ChemE principles while helping build interest and expertise in alternative fuels. Each year students design and…
 
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    Engineering Ethics Blog

  • Air Accidents In Perspective

    16 Nov 2009 | 4:13 am
    A good fraction of classic engineering-ethics cases are concerned with accidents involving air transport of some kind, with commercial airline traffic taking the lead in terms of fatalities involving members of the public (as opposed to astronauts, for example). For example, in the early 1970s, problems with a DC-10 cargo door latch led to one near-fatal accident, halfhearted attempts to remedy the problem, and then a serious crash in France on Mar. 3, 1974, that killed 346 people. This case is held up to generations of engineers as an example of how not to fix a mechanical flaw in a…

  • To Patent or Not To Patent: Supreme Court to Judge

    9 Nov 2009 | 4:39 am
    Most historians recognize the development of the legal framework of patents as an important, if not essential, part of the Industrial Revolution. The proper function of patents and patent law can perhaps be understood best by considering two extremes.For most of history, the world was at one extreme: no patents or patent law at all. If a clever inventor came up with a new way of doing something or building a useful device, he had to keep it secret in order to maintain the competitive advantage his invention provided for him. Because if the goldsmith or millwright next door found out how the…

  • Toxic Drywall: All the Housing Market Needs

    2 Nov 2009 | 4:22 am
    As if Florida homeowners didn't have enough to worry about already since many of them are "under water" financially, a recent report I heard on National Public Radio revealed that many thousands of houses in Florida and at least six other states may have been built with toxic drywall imported from China. People living in these houses have reported many kinds of health problems, ranging from acute sinus infections to nosebleeds and insomnia. Besides the health hazards, anything made of copper in these houses tends to turn black and often fails. Think wiring, plumbing, and air conditioning…

  • Effects of a News Media Fast

    26 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    Since most news media nowadays are electronic in either their production, distribution, or delivery, and this blog is about engineering ethics, which relates to the right use of technology, including news media, I think the following personal reflection on a recent experience of mine falls within the greater ambit of what I'm trying to do here. Recently I had been feeling more than the usual amount of hassle and anxiety. Ever since I began teaching, fall semesters have always been more stressful than spring semesters, and for various reasons this one has been worse than usual. Of late I had…

  • The Deep Corruption of State-Sponsored Gambling

    19 Oct 2009 | 4:21 am
    Long-time readers of this blog (both of you) know that I am no friend of gambling. One way to express my stand succinctly is to place myself on a spectrum of opinion ranging from the pro-gambling extreme of no legal or moral restrictions at all, to the anti-gambling extreme of total prohibition root and branch, all the way down to the private Saturday-night poker game among friends. On a scale where 0 is total-pro and 100 is total-anti, I'm about 85. I see no reason to interfere with small-scale gambling among friends and acquaintances, but when gambling becomes a large-scale business from…
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  • My Ph.D Updates

    alzack
    17 Nov 2009 | 1:24 am
    This is just to share with you my Ph.D updates. It has been already137 days since I registered as a Ph.D student.1. Quartz reactorI'm going to used quartz tube as a reactor for my experimental research. The funny thing is I'm having difficulties in getting them. I don't understand all these manufacturers/suppliers. I have contacted 4 quartz tube manufacturer around the world. They responded, but after I gave them my design, none of them return back to me. Are they genuinely quartz manufacturer? If you know any reliable quartz tube manufacturer, please help me. Thanks. That's it, I only need…

  • 1st German-Singaporean Symposium on Catalysis

    alzack
    16 Nov 2009 | 9:06 am
    I participated in the 1st German-Singaporean Symposium on Catalysis on the 2nd of November 2009. My supervisor brought me along after being invited to the symposium. It was my first visit and outing after registering as a Ph.D student last July.1st Day - Catalysis SymposiumFrom this symposium, I was hoping to learn as much as possible from the experts, scientists and researchers from both German and Singapore. The event took place at Biopolis Matrix, Singapore. The hall was full with students (whom I presumed are all researchers in the field of catalysis engineering sciences).There were…

  • Engineering Ethics Videos Part 2

    alzack
    8 Nov 2009 | 8:38 am
    Hi there... How are you?Last month I published Engineering Ethics 101 Videos. The intention is mainly to educate ourselves on the important of engineering ethics. Now I'm continuing the series of engineering ethics video part 4-6.Part 4: Can You Keep a Secret? Confidentiality & EngineeringSynopsis of part 4: Engineers often find themselves in roles that require keeping of a confidence. In this video, Michael Loui describes different types of secrets and an engineers ethical and legal obligations to keep…

  • Engineering Ethics 101 Videos

    alzack
    19 Oct 2009 | 8:39 am
    When I did my chemical engineering degree, I was not exposed to the engineering ethics. Now that I know the importance of engineering ethics, plus my quest to be a professional engineer, I'm progressively learning about engineering ethics. Learning from my own mentor (from IEM) is one way. Another way is to learn it from the book. However, I found it easier to learn the basics by watching video. I was searching about engineering ethic videos and found a set of fantastic video by Prof. Michael C. Loui. Though he is from the electrical engineering background, but the engineering ethics content…

  • Renewable Energy Project Ideas

    alzack
    10 Oct 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Check out this short but informative video. The video shares some good renewable energy project ideas that can be further explored, improved and developed. The project is carried out by students at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering to 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 asked to develop systems using a variety of different backgrounds, from chemical engineering to physics.RECOMMENDED: Get RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD…
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  • 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.

  • Oil Exploration at the Gates of Hell

    27 Sep 2009 | 11:13 pm
    Bloomberg has an interesting article on oil exploration on Norway's Jan Mayen Island.Norway started a push to explore for oil and natural gas in more remote regions like its Arctic volcanic island of Jan Mayen, as the country seeks to reverse almost a decade of dwindling North Sea output. The island is pretty remote but it did have a blogger for a while. More aerial views are here.Jan Mayen is reputed to have been discovered by the Irish monk Brendan in the 6th century, who sailed past it during volcanic activity and thought he had found the “gates of hell,” according to a hand-out by the…

  • Ocean Acoustics Conference in Shanghai

    22 Sep 2009 | 3:07 am
    I spent last week in Shanghai at a Shallow Water Acoustics conference. There were a number of American and Chinese acousticians there that participated in the Asian Seas International Acoustics Experiment (ASIAEX) from a few years ago.The conference was in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the Jin Mao Tower in Pudong, the financial district of Shanghai. The photo above was taken from my hotel room on the 67th floor and looking at the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Huangpu River.

  • Russian Subs Off East Coast

    4 Aug 2009 | 6:58 pm
    This article caught my attention.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling off the Eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days in a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.Here is more information.“I don’t think they’ve put two first-line nuclear subs off the U.S. coast in about 15 years,” said Norman Polmar, a naval historian and expert on submarine warfare. The submarines are of the Akula class, a counterpart to the Los Angeles class attack subs of the United States…
 
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  • Obayashi Corp Making It’s Mark on US Tunneling Jobs

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:28 pm
    Tunneling Business Magazine has a very nice cover story on Obayashi Corp, a well-known Tokyo, Japan-based mega-construction company with some impressive tunneling credentials.  In their 30-years of working in the US, they were the first to use an earth-pressure-balance tunnel boring machine in this country, they worked on the Washington D.C. subway in the 1980’s and a few other projects that I’ve blogged about previously on GeoPrac.  (Photo of Seattle’s Beacon Hill Tunnel, from TBM Magazine Website)

  • Had to Share This – Dilbert’s Take on GeoPrac!

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pm
    This struck home quite a bit for me! Of course I strive to make GP the best geo-related parasite…er,I mean website on the ‘net! Happy Friday!

  • Single Borehole P-Wave and S-Wave Geophysics with PS-suspension Probe

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:42 pm
    A Japanese company, OYO Corporation, created the PS-suspension probe for recording P-Wave and S-Wave velocity data in geomaterials using one borehole back in the 1980’s. A recent update to the probe has made it digital. The probe is most frequently used in the off-shore oil and gas industry but has also been used on a limited basis in the US, most notably on several high-profile San Francisco Bay-area bridges. It has the capability of logging this data up to a depth of 500-m in an un-cased open, water-filled borehole. More info at New Civil Engineer.

  • Weekend CUP November 18, 2009

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:48 pm
    I think I'm about a week behind, so this is kind of a CUCUP. Hope you find some interesting reading. Landslide Season in Seattle - Seattle times via Geology.com Landslide risk rises near Three Gorges Dam-report - Reuters Spanish beach landslide kills two - BBC News Landslide changes life in valley near Naches - Yakima Herald Republic via Seattle Times Air Pressure Changes Trigger Landslides - Discovery News Sydney Metro starts geotechnical testing - rail-news.com Caterpillar axes 2,500 workers - New Civil Engineer French radioactive waste authority Andra has entered a consortium with Areva TA…

  • Paper on Foundations for the Impressive kcICON Bridge

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:16 pm
    Robert Thompson at Dan Brown and Associates posted a paper he and Dan wrote on the kcICON bridge. From the DBA website: I have added the paper that we wrote and Dan presented at the Deep Foundations Institute 34th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations that was held in Kansas City, MO late last month.  The paper highlights how the design-build process was successful in the design and construction of the large diameter drilled shafts supporting the bridge.  We discuss the installation methods used, the load test program, and how we evaluated the durability of the shale rock sockets under…
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  • The Batteryless Remote Control

    Terry Knight
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:11 am
    Arveni is a European company that has developed a system remote that is powered by the ambient energy the user applies to the buttons on the remote control. While the technology is still being proto-typed, we got an exclusive look at the world's only batteryless remote control. Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com! (442 Views, 0 Comments)

  • The MSP430 Ultra-Low-Power MCU

    Terry Knight
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:11 am
    One of Texas Instruments product lines is dedicated to ultra-low-power applications. At the heart of those applications is the MSP430 processor allowing engineers to design radio and other applications from harvested energy. Adrian Valenzuele, a Product Marketing Engineer at TI shows us the technology and some applications. Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com! (329 Views, 0 Comments)

  • EnerChip Applications

    Terry Knight
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:11 am
    The EnerChip solid-state battery can be used to store energy from ambient sources, like vibration, solar and heat creating zero-power devices. Steven Grady, VP of Marketing for the Cymbet Corporation shows us a few examples of this technology in use. You can order the kit in this video from Digikey. Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com! (360 Views, 1 Comments)

  • The EnerChip Solid-State Battery

    Terry Knight
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:11 am
    The EnerChip solid-state battery is a, “battery-on-a-chip” thin film battery that can provide back-up power ranging from a few hours to several weeks depending on the stand-by current requirements of the system. Steven Grady, VP of Marketing for the Cymbet Corporation gives us an overview of the technology. You can order the kit in this video from Digikey. Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com! (466 Views, 0 Comments)

  • ADM2582E: Signal and Power Isolated RS-485 Transceiver

    Analog Devices
    16 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am
    The ADM2582E/ADM2587E, by Analog Devices, are fully integrated isolated data transceivers with ±15 kV ESD protection and is suitable for high speed communication on multipoint transmission lines. (183 Views, 0 Comments)
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  • Engineering: Cellphone Microscope

    curiouscat
    8 Nov 2009 | 5:29 am
    UCLA Professor Aydogan Ozcan’s invention (LUCAS) enables rapid counting and imaging of cells without using any lenses even within a working cell phone device. He placed cells directly on the imaging sensor of a cell phone. The imaging sensor captures a holographic image of the cells containing more information than a conventional microscope. The CelloPhone received a Wireless Innovations Award from Vodafone a wireless health monitoring technology that runs on a regular cell-phone would significantly impact the global fight against infectious diseases in resource poor settings such as in…

  • Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard Using Wii Remote

    curiouscat
    29 Oct 2009 | 4:02 pm
    Using infrared (IR) light pens and the Wii Remote, it is possible to create very low-cost multi-point interactive whiteboards and multi-point tablet displays. Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. Download the software. Great stuff, it is wonderful to see what people can create with technology. Related: Very Cool Wearable Computing Gadget from MIT – Build Your Own Tabletop Interactive Multi-touch Computer – Whiteboard Mechanical Simulation System (from MIT) – How Do Wii Game Controllers Work?

  • Volkswagen Fun Theory: Piano Staircase

    curiouscat
    23 Oct 2009 | 7:23 am
    Volkswagen built this piano stairway in Stockholm, Sweden as part of their fun theory project, which aims to change people’s behavior for the better through fun. That is a great strategy. Related: Water Pump Merry-go-Round – Fold.it – the Protein Folding Game – Engineers Should Follow Their Hearts – Using Capitalism to Make a Better World – Toyota Robots

  • Car Style Mass Transit Mag Lev System

    curiouscat
    19 Oct 2009 | 7:28 pm
    Skytran is a very cool sounding transportation option. It promises, individual transportation modules traveling at 100 miles per hour within the city nonstop to many more points than light rail can service. The current non-solutions we have been attempting for decades of building more and more roads is not working. The costs is estimated at much cheaper than other alternatives. It would be great if something like this could actually make it (it is much easier to dream about possibilities than to bring them into the world). From the SkyTran web site: It works like a taxi that picks you up and…

  • William Kamkwamba on the Daily Show

    curiouscat
    13 Oct 2009 | 7:13 am
    William Kamkwamba on the Daily show. I first posted about William’s great work in 2007 – Home Engineering: Windmill for Electricity. What a great example of what can be done by sharing scientific and engineering ideas with those who will make the effort to create workable solutions. William has written a book on his life: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Related: Inspirational Engineer – Make the World Better – posts on engineers – posts on Africa
 
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  • Kids Not Clamoring for Engineering Careers

    curiouscat
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:52 am
    Engineering careers with experiences Engineers are terribly misunderstood. Which might be one reason 85 percent of kids say “no way” to an engineering career. “The stereotype of the engineer is just wrong,” says Warren Miller, a retired Florida engineer who e-mailed me after I wrote about the short supply of workers in science and technology. They think it’s “someone who is half-robot super genius” and “way more interested in machinery or circuitry than people.” … Part of the misunderstanding starts with adults who influence future…

  • Teenage Engineer’s Company Launches Safety Stair

    curiouscat
    14 Nov 2009 | 11:32 am
    Young engineer launches stair aid by Geoff Adams-Spink A young woman from Sheffield has turned a GCSE coursework project into an award-winning stair-climbing device for older and disabled people. Ruth Amos has launched her StairSteady handrail at Naidex 2008 – the annual disability exhibition in Birmingham. She told BBC News that she was inspired to create the device for the father of one of her teachers who had had a stroke. She won an award for her idea and has now set up a company to sell it. The StairSteady is a horizontal rail at 90 degrees to the wall or banister that people can…

  • Soft Morphing Robot Future

    curiouscat
    12 Nov 2009 | 6:37 am
    This webcast shows iRobot’s (Romba maker) prototypes for soft flexible robots. The robot uses “jamming” to morph the body which allows animal like locomotion and the ability to reshape the body to squeeze through small and difficult to navigate locations. Related: Caterpillar-Inspired Robot – Friday Cat Fun #8: Cat Ridding a Roomba – iRobot Gutter Cleaning Robot – Moth Controlled Robot – Self Re-assembling Robots

  • Engineering: Cellphone Microscope

    curiouscat
    8 Nov 2009 | 5:29 am
    UCLA Professor Aydogan Ozcan’s invention (LUCAS) enables rapid counting and imaging of cells without using any lenses even within a working cell phone device. He placed cells directly on the imaging sensor of a cell phone. The imaging sensor captures a holographic image of the cells containing more information than a conventional microscope. The CelloPhone received a Wireless Innovations Award from Vodafone a wireless health monitoring technology that runs on a regular cell-phone would significantly impact the global fight against infectious diseases in resource poor settings such as in…

  • White Paper on Engineering Leadership Education

    curiouscat
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:08 am
    Engineering leadership education is emerging as a topic in engineering institutions worldwide. But the review of international “best practices” in engineering leadership education says a lack of resources, expertise, and formal networks in the nascent field is causing concern in a profession threatened by a diminishing focus on the notion of the “engineer-as-doer.” Commissioned by the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program, the new white paper, Engineering Leadership Education: A Snapshot
 Review
 of International Good
 Practice, reveals that the…
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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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  • Karma

    stephens
    14 Nov 2009 | 7:15 am
    Money is tight for everyone these days. No question. I have all of my money invested in a business that seems to go nowhere. My family has a food budget of $3 per person per day. It is that tight. For two days in a row, I saw a woman at a highway offramp with a sign that read: Traveling. Trying to get home. Anything helps. I had a $20 in my pocket. My last twenty bucks. I rolled the window down and asked what the story was. She was short on bus fare to travel 250 miles or so to the next state to get home. I gave her the $20. Her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and said, “Thank you so…

  • Hello. My Name Is …

    stephens
    12 Nov 2009 | 12:52 pm
    Thanks to Robert Gauthier for sending this along: I wonder if they have a Fook Yoo rewards program?

  • Photo Op

    stephens
    11 Nov 2009 | 9:45 am
    Here is a photo from my Entrepreneurial Journey talk at Lawrence Technological University last month. LTU President Dr. Lewis Walker is on the left, I am in the center, and Prof. Don Reimer is on the right. Note that my hair was dark brown the day I started my startup. And now is it nearly all gray. I am reasonably satisfied with my presentation after reviewing the DVD. I will carve it up and post online soon.

  • Broken Rules

    stephens
    10 Nov 2009 | 6:26 am
    I mentioned in my previous post about how our die standards completely changed the way automotive dies were designed and built. Here are 13 the rules we broke to create new ones: Units: went from 75 years of inch-pound to hard metric to save 30% in component costs. Casting: reduced casting by 60% by going from 3 inch walls to 45 mm. Coring: simplified the design by coring up from the panel instead of away from the panel. Decisions: used production volume and material thickness to drive architecture. Choices: gave the engineers first, second, and last choice options for design. Springs:…

  • Guide Decisions

    stephens
    7 Nov 2009 | 8:14 am
    I helped reshape and redefine automotive die standards in 1991 with five other people. We revolutionized how automotive body dies were designed and built. The dies that were designed and built up until 1992 were over-engineered and over-built. For the next decade, I feel the die standards were competitively adequate. I no longer feel that way. The standards have not significantly changed in nearly two decades. While I am flattered that my ideas stood the test of time, I believe the die standards today are outdated. I am disappointed that the standards have not evolved. They are fundamentally…
 
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  • SolidWorks Users Bring Stuff to SWUGN Summits

    Doyle808
    10 Nov 2009 | 12:21 pm
    You're probably thinking that's a silly statement, of course SolidWorks users bring stuff to the SWUGN Technical Summit events.  Notepads, pens, cell phones, and even laptops.  But unless you are one of the presenters, would you think about bringing your 3D Connexion Space Pilot? I'm sitting in on Nicole Walden's Design Intent session, and she's grumbling that she forgot hers.  It took all of ten seconds for attendee Ainsley Hylton of Turbine Air Systems to shout out "I've got one you can use" and promptly delivered his to Nicole in the front of the…

  • SolidWorks World - Is it Your First Time?

    Doyle808
    9 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    Every year when the SolidWorks World buzz really gets going, a lot of conversation focuses on "how many have you attended"? Plenty of SolidWorks users can say they've attended multiple events, far fewer can lay claim to every single one (four, based on my very unscientific data). But what if this is your first SolidWorks World conference?  Where do you go for advice, tips, and general information on how to make your first experience a good one?  Try the SolidWorks Discussion Forums. There's a category specifically to discuss SolidWorks World.  Some of the…

  • A Year in the Life....

    Doyle808
    22 Oct 2009 | 8:41 am
    Wayne Tiffany knows how to please his KSWUG members with unique presentations, and uses enticing titles and descriptions when he announces them.  Last year, Wayne brought in Aukse Kalantaite, Marketing Programs Manager at SolidWorks for a session titled "What's the Deal with SolidWorks Marketing?"  "What's in it for Me?".  I was at that meeting, and it went very well. On October 27th, Wayne will host Julie Napolitan, Product Definition Specialist from SolidWorks.  It's not uncommon for the PD department to send people out to user group meetings,…

  • NESWUC Was a Nor'easter (And That's a Good Thing)

    Doyle808
    22 Oct 2009 | 6:56 am
    Last Friday I attended the second annual NESWUC event and came away with a new appreciation for the good folks that manage the SolidWorks User Groups in the Eastern US.  Everything ran smoothly, the technical sessions were outstanding, there was great food, and a nice collection of SolidWorks Partners were there to share information with the 400+ people that showed up.  Even the freak October snow shower didn't put a damper on the event.  NESWUC is truly a team effort, and every member of the committee deserves high praise for its success.  At the risk of leaving someone out, I…

  • Go Big Red (Shudder)

    Doyle808
    20 Oct 2009 | 1:26 pm
    As much as it pains me to utter that phrase, I'm compelled to use it because of the very nice gift I received from Lynnette Sabatka and the SolidWorks User Group of Nebraska yesterday.  The football in the picture was designed. modeled, and manufactured by one of Lynnette's students - Brent Bogenrief - who wanted me to have a little memento from my trip to Nebraska earlier this year.  It was designed in SolidWorks (of course) and machined out of acrylic on the Makino A55 milling machine he runs at TMCO in Lincoln.  The tee that it stands on was designed and manufactured by the…
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  • Digital Rapids’ StreamZHD Encoding and Streaming System Wins Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award

    Mike Nann
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:20 pm
    November 20, 2009 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences — announced today that the StreamZHD multi-format, live and on-demand encoding system has won a 2009 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award as the top high definition (HD) hardware encoder. The award was presented this week at a special reception during the Streaming Media West conference and exhibition in San Jose. The Readers’ Choice Awards are held annually by Streaming Media magazine and recognize…

  • Cobalt Gear in Use at APEC Singapore 2009 Conference

    Cobalt Digital
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:10 am
    (Urbana, IL) – Cobalt Digital Inc., a designer and manufacturer of conversion gear for the broadcast television industry, is teaming up with MediaCorp at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) 2009 conference in Singapore. As Host Broadcaster of the event, MediaCorp will build the International Broadcast Centre, which will include the operation of broadcast quality cameras, a live video and audio feed distribution system, and master control room. The audio feed distribution system at APEC is based on SDI embedded audio, and will rely on Cobalt’s award-winning 9000 series of cards…

  • 3D Film Factory Introduces First Affordable 3D Beam-Splitter Rig For Red One Cameras

    3DFilmFactory
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:53 am
    San Diego, CA – 3D Film Factory has released the first production-ready, cost-effective 3D camera system – the 3D-BS Pro Rig. This 3D beam-splitter rig was specifically designed for use with the Red One cameras, as well as, other larger, broadcast quality cameras. Its durable, precise configuration was developed with the guidance of veteran stereographers and award-winning filmmakers to provide a viable, affordable alternative to high-priced 3D rigs costing ten times as much. “Up until now, there’s only a few high-end facilities offering 3D rigs for Red One cameras and they’re very…

  • Vaddio Records Rock and Roll History

    Kelly Perkins
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:39 am
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN (November 19, 2009) – It’s the world’s most important rock destination. The multipurpose Foster Theater at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum hosts everything from live performances by rock royalty to intimate interviews. And when the whole world is watching, there are no do-overs. That’s why they chose Vaddio to capture every history-making moment. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll…

  • LECTROSONICS WINS AT SATIS

    Roger Maycock
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:43 am
    Paris, France – November 2009… Lectrosonics, recognized the world over as a leading manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, is pleased to announce the combination of Lectrosonics SM Series Super-Miniature Digital Hybrid Wireless UHF beltpack transmitters and the SR Series Dual-Channel Slot Mount ENG Receivers have been awarded a trophy for Most Innovative Product during the recent SATIS (Show for Audiovisual Technologies and Solutions) tradeshow. Held at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles October 19-22, the tradeshow is a key event for contractors,…
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  • My Ph.D Updates

    17 Nov 2009 | 1:24 am
    This is just to share with you my Ph.D updates. It has been already137 days since I registered as a Ph.D student.1. Quartz reactorI'm going to used quartz tube as a reactor for my experimental research. The funny thing is I'm having difficulties in getting them. I don't understand all these manufacturers/suppliers. I have contacted 4 quartz tube manufacturer around the world. They responded, but after I gave them my design, none of them return back to me. Are they genuinely quartz manufacturer? If you know any reliable quartz tube manufacturer, please help me. Thanks. That's it, I only need…

  • 1st German-Singaporean Symposium on Catalysis

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:06 am
    I participated in the 1st German-Singaporean Symposium on Catalysis on the 2nd of November 2009. My supervisor brought me along after being invited to the symposium. It was my first visit and outing after registering as a Ph.D student last July.1st Day - Catalysis SymposiumFrom this symposium, I was hoping to learn as much as possible from the experts, scientists and researchers from both German and Singapore. The event took place at Biopolis Matrix, Singapore. The hall was full with students (whom I presumed are all researchers in the field of catalysis engineering sciences).There were…

  • Engineering Ethics Videos Part 2

    8 Nov 2009 | 8:38 am
    Hi there... How are you?Last month I published Engineering Ethics 101 Videos. The intention is mainly to educate ourselves on the important of engineering ethics. Now I'm continuing the series of engineering ethics video part 4-6.Part 4: Can You Keep a Secret? Confidentiality & EngineeringSynopsis of part 4: Engineers often find themselves in roles that require keeping of a confidence. In this video, Michael Loui describes different types of secrets and an engineers ethical and legal obligations to keep…

  • Engineering Ethics 101 Videos

    19 Oct 2009 | 8:39 am
    When I did my chemical engineering degree, I was not exposed to the engineering ethics. Now that I know the importance of engineering ethics, plus my quest to be a professional engineer, I'm progressively learning about engineering ethics. Learning from my own mentor (from IEM) is one way. Another way is to learn it from the book. However, I found it easier to learn the basics by watching video. I was searching about engineering ethic videos and found a set of fantastic video by Prof. Michael C. Loui. Though he is from the electrical engineering background, but the engineering ethics content…

  • Renewable Energy Project Ideas

    10 Oct 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Check out this short but informative video. The video shares some good renewable energy project ideas that can be further explored, improved and developed. The project is carried out by students at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering to 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 asked to develop systems using a variety of different backgrounds, from chemical engineering to physics.RECOMMENDED: Get RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD…
 
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  • Civil 3D & Windows 7

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:38 am
    It is now official that Civil 3D supports Windows 7. The title of this post links to the "System Requirements" page for Civil 3D that now includes Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate/Home Premium.Windows 7 and plenty of RAM help eliminate "Out of Memory" errors that some users experience.There have been some users that have been waiting for this information.For a list of Autodesk applications that support Windows 7 click here.Be Better! ...open windows of opportunities.

  • Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design

    13 Nov 2009 | 10:38 am
    It seems that just about every conversation that I have had recently involves either the subject of Sustainable Design or Building Information Modeling (BIM).For those that would like a brief primer about Sustainable Design the Autodesk website includes a newly modified "Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design for Architecture, Engineering and Construction".This guide provides content and best practices for various phases of a "New Construction" project such as...Requirements DevelopmentConceptualizationDetailed DesignImplementation DocumentationConstructionOperate & Maintainor for a…

  • Autodesk Labs Provides Bridge Modeler for Civil 3D

    13 Nov 2009 | 7:09 am
    Autodesk Labs, which provides access to previews of new technology, has made available "Bridge Modeler for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010". This preview add-on can be installed on Civil 3D 2010 and Civil 2010.The overview states:"Bridge Modeler for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 is a Civil 3D add-in module which can create simplified bridges directly from a Civil 3D corridor object. It is a technology preview project at Autodesk Labs derived from a subset of Bridge Extension for Revit Structure 2010, a part of Subscription Advantage Pack 2010, which provides more robust bridge modeling capability and works…

  • New White Paper - AutoCAD Civil 3D - Technical Note - Harnessing the Power of AutoCAD Civil 3D

    30 Oct 2009 | 1:07 pm
    While discussing White Papers and Skill Builders with co-workers today, I ran across a White Paper I had not seen before.AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010Technical NoteHarnessing the Power of AutoCAD Civil 3DThis 12 page document covers things such as...Strategies to Enhance the Civil 3D ExperienceHardware Requirements for AutoCAD Civil 3DPerformanceMemory PrimerOperating Systems PrimerOptimizing Memory UsageOperating System RecommendationsModel Optimization and Best PracticesMore Strategies and TacticsAs users contemplate new equipment, changes in workflows (perhaps the adoption of a BIM workflow),…

  • Carlson Connect for Civil 3D 2010

    26 Oct 2009 | 2:07 pm
    I often get asked if certain third party add-ons are available yet or not. Well, I was just informed that Carlson Connect for Civil 3D 2010 is available.Here is the description from the Carlson site:Add-on for AutoDesk Civil 3D 2010. A collection of routines for transferring and converting data between Civil 3D 2010 and several popular data collectors. Carlson Connect runs inside Civil 3D 2010 and uses the current project data. Free utility to any Civil 3D 2010 user.Click on the title of this post to get to the download page.Be Better! ...connect with others.
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  • Messaging Platform and Service Bus Resources

    igormoochnick
    25 Oct 2009 | 12:46 pm
    On the recent project we’ve put in place a messaging platform. Apparently my engineers had a vague understanding what that is. To save you the same trouble I’ve gathered a bunch of interesting resources that can help you get up to date: Open source Service Bus implementations nServiceBux (NSB) MassTransit (MT) Rhino Service Bus nServiceBus Udi Dahan and NServiceBus (Podcast) MassTransit A First Look at MassTransit Producing and Consuming Messages using MassTransit and StructureMap MassTransit Endpoints MassTransit Samples (Ayende) Performance Counters Added to MassTransit WCF (misc) A…

  • Git for Windows developers

    igormoochnick
    28 Sep 2009 | 2:09 pm
    Just moved to Git on Windows. It gives me more flexibility for the local repositories and distributed development for my new team. Found the following series very helpful for the beginners (my engineers never used Git before): Git For Windows Developers – Git Series – Part 1 Git For Windows Developers – Git Series – Part 2 Git For Windows Developers – Git Series – Part 3   Take a look at Tortoise Git as well. Reduces all the command-line noise drastically:

  • Now I have ALL of the Microsoft developer certifications – long journey is over!!!

    igormoochnick
    9 Sep 2009 | 7:57 am
    Now I own the full deck of the Microsoft certifications and I can sit back and relax (beer is in order . Unfortunately, in the startup world that I operate most of the time, it’s not very recognizable achievement, but it’s nice to put these logos on my presentation slide decks and, especially now, I have a very powerful bragging rights – I have ALL of the Microsoft developers certifications !!! It was a lengthy path and, I should add, a very confusing one. It wasn’t very obvious what certification is a prerequisite to which one and, I must add, I’ve made a couple of mistakes on the…

  • WCF Certification (70-503) is mine!!! Now I’m a certified (MCPD) Enterprise Application Developer

    igormoochnick
    6 Sep 2009 | 6:24 pm
    If you were wondering why there was a silence on my blog – I was preparing for a battle with the Prometric testing computer And I Won!!! Last week I’ve passed my LAST (for the near future) certification exam: Windows Communication Foundation. This gave me another MCT certification - And finally enabled my long overdue certification MCPD Enterprise Application Developer. To those who are looking into passing this certification you may use the following materials that I found very helpful (after the break): MSDN Webcast: Windows Communication Foundation Top to Bottom by Michele Leroux…

  • Feeling Azure the first time? Check this getting-started resource …

    igormoochnick
    18 Aug 2009 | 12:11 pm
    Check out this great article about how the DinnerNow.net application was ported to Windows Azure – Article. Don’t forget to listen to the DotNetRocks #471 podcast about this whole process.
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  • Peak Oil Vignette 2 – Buses

    Mike Thomas
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    People used to walk for pleasure, now they walk because it is too expensive to drive anywhere that you could reasonably walk. We’d all hoped that public transit buses would be able to keep up with the growing demand from the newly carless, but in time, the buses just became another victim of the rising cost of everything. Not enough had been invested in buses before they became necessary, (or too difficult to source), and as the demand across the continent for public transit grew, those communities with the money and population to support it got the buses. Our little town got one.

  • Just Because…

    Mike Thomas
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    I know enough of what we don’t for sure know is going on to know that it is probably going on. Just because someone sells it, gives it away or permits it to be sold doesn’t mean that it is good. Just because something is illegal, doesn’t mean it is dangerous or bad for you. Just because someone makes money, doesn’t mean they are evil. Just because they tell you it’s true, doesn’t mean it is. I’m not out looking for conspiracy theories or anything like that, but the lack of critical thinking in the mainstream media – and the flow-on effect of…

  • Preparedness and Possibiilities

    Mike Thomas
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    The media madness and hype has whirled around the topics of peak oil and peak energy – there have been the deniers, and apparently any argument that goes against the mainstream business as usual case needs to have it’s fair share of deniers. More power to them, freedom of speech and all that. But what baffles me more than anything is that there are numerous localized examples of oil supplies peaking around the world, and most governments are only seeing fossil fuels as part of the great carbon equation and global warming that has been the flavour of the day in recent months. At…

  • Rain Storms and Return Periods.

    Mike Thomas
    16 Nov 2009 | 10:34 am
    There is a rainfall warning on for today with 40-50mm of rain forecast in the next 24 hours. There is a modest amount of snow on the ground here in Castlegar, more up in Rossland, so there would be some snow melt occurring as well. If it comes, this is probably the biggest daily rainfall we will have had this year. Looking at the climate averages on the Environment Canada website, the data to 2000 shows few extreme rainfalls greater than 40mm in any month for Castlegar. One phrase I hear way too much of around here is reference to a “1 in a 100 year storm”. Since moving here in…

  • Peak Oil Vignette 1 – Gas

    Mike Thomas
    13 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    Tempers flared as residents demanded the fuel that they know was non-existent. The previously daily routine of delivery trucks rolling into town had become an erratic affair, best described as disappointingly infrequent. Store shelves lacked the variety they’d once sported and demand for goods had grown among the apathetic population to the point where people had taken to just sitting down at the highway overpass waiting for a truck to roll in, watching for an indication of which store was going to get the delivery. The gas tanker-trucks were the most prized, gas station owners had…
 
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  • McAfee warns about online attacks during Christmas

    mahesh_dahale
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:20 pm
    As cyber criminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, security solutions provider McAfee revealed the "Twelve Scams of Christmas" - the twelve most dangerous online scams that computer users should be cautious of this holiday season. for more details McAfee warns about online attacks during Christmas - SiliconIndia

  • Excellent SAS Training Through On-line Learn From Your Home

    varunsas09
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:12 pm
    SAS Course Training Through On-line Learn From Your Home Welcome to all who want to Learn SAS By Real Time Experts The demand for SAS professionals is rapidly growing at very high throughout the world in all Domains like Clinical, Finance, Insurance, retail etc. We at Elite Tech Solutions, provide training for SAS. Our faculties are certified programmers and experienced (more then 5 year’s real time experts), as well as very well verse with teaching skills. “We provide also On-line corporate training throughout the World”. Our course content: SAS/BASE SAS/SQL SAS/MACROS SAS/GRAPHS…

  • SAS Course Training Through On-line Learn From Your Home

    varunsas09
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:10 pm
    SAS Course Training Through On-line Learn From Your Home Welcome to all who want to Learn SAS By Real Time Experts The demand for SAS professionals is rapidly growing at very high throughout the world in all Domains like Clinical, Finance, Insurance, retail etc. We at Elite Tech Solutions, provide training for SAS. Our faculties are certified programmers and experienced (more then 5 year’s real time experts), as well as very well verse with teaching skills. “We provide also On-line corporate training throughout the World”. Our course content: SAS/BASE SAS/SQL SAS/MACROS SAS/GRAPHS…

  • Excellent SAS Training Through On-line Learn From Your Home

    varunsas09
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:09 pm
    SAS Course Training Through On-line Learn From Your Home Welcome to all who want to Learn SAS By Real Time Experts The demand for SAS professionals is rapidly growing at very high throughout the world in all Domains like Clinical, Finance, Insurance, retail etc. We at Elite Tech Solutions, provide training for SAS. Our faculties are certified programmers and experienced (more then 5 year’s real time experts), as well as very well verse with teaching skills. “We provide also On-line corporate training throughout the World”. Our course content: SAS/BASE SAS/SQL SAS/MACROS SAS/GRAPHS…

  • SAS Course Training Through On-line Learn From Your Home

    varunsas09
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:05 pm
    SAS Course Training Through On-line Learn From Your Home Welcome to all who want to Learn SAS By Real Time Experts The demand for SAS professionals is rapidly growing at very high throughout the world in all Domains like Clinical, Finance, Insurance, retail etc. We at Elite Tech Solutions, provide training for SAS. Our faculties are certified programmers and experienced (more then 5 year’s real time experts), as well as very well verse with teaching skills. “We provide also On-line corporate training throughout the World”. Our course content: SAS/BASE SAS/SQL SAS/MACROS SAS/GRAPHS…
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  • Leland Teschler's Editoral: Management by Mythology

    Josh Rader
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am
    Life is full of mystery. Consider, for example, the mystery of how we got to the point where executives are paid a king’s ransom to run companies into the ground and sell off assets. read more

  • Embedded Electronics Make the Electric Grid Smarter

    Josh Rader
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:14 am
    Authored by: Leland TeschlerEditorleland.teschler@penton.com Key points:• Because communication protocols are in flux, many e-metered devices will initially exchange information with the smart grid via separate communication modules. • Key drivers for smart-grid electronics are shaping up to be security, antitampering measures, and accuracy. Resources: read more

  • You’ve Been Sued. Now What?

    Josh Rader
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:06 am
    The time to prepare for a possible product-liability lawsuit is early in the product design. read more

  • You can’t retire from safety

    Randall Rubenking
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:33 pm
    A good friend of mine was severely injured when the front wheels of the tractor he was driving fell into a culvert. He was catapulted free from the equipment and landed on his back, crushing a number of vertebrae. He barely managed to move out of the tractor’s path without it falling on him. read more

  • Leland Teschler's Editorial: An Accidental Stimulus

    Josh Rader
    3 Nov 2009 | 8:17 am
    As the official unemployment rate tops 10% in more than one quarter of all states, the hot topic of the day increasingly moves toward how to stimulate more hiring. This is particularly true in states hit the hardest in the economic downturn.  read more
 
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  • Helpful Chemical Gas Formulas

    Jesse Luna
    26 Oct 2009 | 11:33 am
    By Scott Weatherwax I had a phone call last week and a customer was looking for a product from e2v to monitor air quality. e2v manufactures gas sensing devices.  I asked a few more questions, but then the customer asked me if I knew the chemical formula for air. This question caused me to pause, as I was not sure what was being asked. I explained that air is made up of a number of different substances: Nitrogen (N2) = 78.08%Oxygen (O2) = 20.95%Argon (Ar) = 0.93$Carbon Dioxide (CO2) = 0.033Trace elements of many other which total 0.007%. The customer went on to explain that he was really a…

  • Unit Conversions for Pressure Sensors

    Jesse Luna
    23 Oct 2009 | 10:56 am
    By Scott Weatherwax The term, "unit of measure" of a pressure sensor refers to the measurement system used to calibrate that sensor. In the United States, the most common unit of measure is pounds per square inch, or psi. Depending on the industry or application, the units of pounds per square inch will require a conversion to another unit of measure. One pressure sensor company, NovaSensor, a division of General Electric, manufactures its sensors using Pascals or kilopascals. So sometimes converting units, as with NovaSensor, isn't just desirable, it's necessary.  Below…

  • CDI (Component Distributors Inc) Booth at Quality Expo 2009

    Jesse Luna
    8 Oct 2009 | 1:55 pm
    The question on everyone’s mind going into Quality Expo 2009 was all about the traffic.  Will the industry QC and QA Engineers attend in the face of the uncertain times?  The answer at the CDI booth was yes indeed!  Our traffic was excellent due to the popularity of our brands like Schaevitz,  Solartron, Heidenhain, and Mahr Federal as well as the inviting and interactive nature of our booth's product offerings.  The Wireless Gauging Transmitters by MicroRidge were once again the clear winners of the inquiry and lead generating race.  There were always prospective customers using…

  • Extreme Environments for the GE/General Eastern ChipCap Sensors

    Jesse Luna
    24 Sep 2009 | 10:35 am
    By Scott Weatherwax Bad things sometimes happen to the best of humidity sensors. In its standard environment, the ChipCap device by General Eastern, a Div of General Electric will operate indefinitely. However, by the very nature of the device, the Chipcap is monitoring temperature and humidity. Sometimes this means that by accident or design, the sensor will be exposed to extreme temperature or prolonged exposure to 100 RH or a low humidity. As the technology used to manufacture the capacitive sensor is a custom polymer, these extremes will cause the sensor to fail or yield incorrect…

  • Metal Oxide Gas Sensors - How to avoid permanently damaging the sensors

    Jesse Luna
    21 Aug 2009 | 3:11 pm
    By Scott Weatherwax E2V recently reduced the price of their line of Metal Oxide Sensors. In some cases, the pricing was reduced by >>60%. There are a number of reason why the price was reduced, however, in the wake of that price reduction, a number of users have been asking some pretty basic questions regarding these types of sensors. Below are a few of the most frequently asked questions about Metal Oxide gas sensors. These questions/answers were taken directly from an application note which can be found at www.cdiweb.com/ewave/508#metaloxide. Power Limitations: Any over-voltage…
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  • Electrical Contractor

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:20 am
    Their overall editorial mission is to help, inform, direct and lead their industry to achieve its full potential for growth in both traditional and emerging market opportunities.Request Free!

  • Marine Log

    13 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    Marine Log is America's most respected marine industry monthly and is dedicated to providing marine industry professionals with the information they need to enable them to design, build and operate vessels, rigs and offshore structures, profitably, safely, legally and in an environmentally responsible manner. Marine Log serves the fields of vessel operations, ownership and management; shipyards and ship repair yards; naval architectural firms, marine engineering firms, marine consultants; port authorities and terminals; Navy, Coast Guard and other governmental agencies operating vessels;…

  • The Wireless Guide Online

    13 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    TESSCO supplies wireless communications and networking products and solutions to business professionals.If you build, operate or use wireless systems, you need The Wireless Guide Online from TESSCO, Your Total Source® provider for wireless. Like TESSCO, The Wireless Guide Online will help find and compare all the latest wireless products, solutions and services so you can make the right buying choices. From ONE source you can search, select and buy all at once — saving time, saving effort, saving total costs!Request Free!

  • Pipeline & Gas Journal

    13 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pm
    Pipeline managers, engineers and operations personnel will benefit from this solid, reputable source of industry information, technical reviews and equipment updates. Coverage is as in-depth as it is comprehensive, with independently researched and detailed R&D discussions by industry experts, Q&A discussions with industry leaders, comparative analysis on new and emerging technologies, as well as in-depth reviews of up and coming equipment and technical advancements.Request Free!

  • R&D

    12 Nov 2009 | 4:20 pm
    R&D reaches lab, R&D and project managers across all industries, government and universities. R&D is available in Digital or Print format and is published 7 times a year.Request Free!
 
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  • Are You Delaying Taking the P.E. Test or Getting Another Certification….Why?

    Carol A. Metzner
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:21 am
    This down economy is providing many of us with some down time due to lack of work. Whether there is some down time at the office or you are currently unemployed. What are you doing with that down time? Why not spend it pursuing a license or certification that will add value to your credentials? I know many engineers that have the work experience required to take the P.E. test, and have even passed part one of the exam (the F.E.), however they just won’t fill out the application and sit for the exam. People make all kinds of excuses like, the application is difficult, no time to study, I…

  • A murderous engineering project: The intended eradication of the Marsh Arabs

    Ken.Kabaki
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:07 am
    In Gavin Maxwell’s book, A Reed Shaken by Wind, Maxwell gives an account of a journey that he took through the Marshes in the 1950s. He described a place rich with wildlife and where the people could sustain themselves on the reeds and their water buffaloes. In these same Marshes so well romanticized by Maxwell, Saddam would unleash an engineering project aimed at eradicating the Marsh Arabs. After the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam devoted huge resources to draining water from these marshes to make them uninhabitable as punishment for the residents who supported the uprising against his regime…

  • 10 things you MUST do before you start looking for an engineering job

    Doug Fred E.I.
    11 Nov 2009 | 11:54 am
    Searching for a job can sometimes be the most frustrating and disappointing process you can ever go through. This experience is only further exacerbated in dire economics times when more people are competing for the same positions you are applying for. You therefore have to be well prepared before you start looking for an engineering job. Here are ten things you should really look into, 10. GOOGLE/Bing your name and see what comes up Look up your name using all available search engines to find out if there is something embarrassing or incriminating that comes up. If you made a silly comment…

  • The Most Important Challenge Facing Civil Engineering Firms Today

    Matt Barcus
    8 Nov 2009 | 8:09 pm
    What is the most pressing challenge facing Civil engineering firms today? Some would say it is the economy or lack of stimulus funds for infrastructure projects. But the reality is the changing nature of branding and how the industry is adapting. Marketing has become conversations that are initiated in the client universe and your challenge is to become part of the conversation. Remember the classic McGraw Hill advertisement with a man sitting on a chair in an otherwise empty room, with this text, “I don’t know your company, your name or your product. Now what were you trying to sell…

  • Should an engineer be an expert in one thing, or ok/good at everything?

    T. Brian Jones
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:28 am
    Today’s topic is an interesting one, and depends largely on personal preference.  It’s something that comes up for engineers every day:  Be decent at many things, or be the absolute end-all-be-all expert in one thing?  Some might respond with, “Well, how about being an expert at everything?” Aside: It sounds funny, but this should probably be the goal for every engineer.  I got great advice from my first manager:  create a skill matrix.  It was essentially an organized goal table consisting of career goals, skills, techniques, subject matter to learn, etc. that I…
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  • Fabtech 2009: Not too bad

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:11 pm
    I will admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the overall feeling at Fabtech/AWS Welding show with MetalForm (nice simple to remember name) in Chicago--Once I got over the sticker shock... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • SME: answering a question posted on LinkedIn

    11 Nov 2009 | 1:32 pm
    Here was question posed on a discussion on LinkedIn. Pardon the crudeness of the answer, but here goes. What the above sketch (super scientifically thrown together in Paint) hopefully illustrates is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • sheet metal specs and standards

    9 Nov 2009 | 3:58 pm
    Have you ever had to quote a part/tool and the customer told you the material was 1008 or 1010? Just what does that mean? What comprises a material spec? It is almost comical how little a material... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Forming and Fabricating: Manufacturing Engineers

    29 Oct 2009 | 3:58 am
    While many lament the passing of the era of American Dominance in Manufacturing, I have one sentiment to share in that regard. Buck-up and quit whining! One truth is, that even though we have seen... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Stamping in Mechanical Presses: Press Energy

    26 Oct 2009 | 1:30 pm
    In the last post I dredged up the topic of Press Tonnage; and hopefully dispelled the mythology that "if the press is a 1000 Tonner, then it can only generate 1000 Tons force". We should recall that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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