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  • 101 Reasons to Be an Engineer

    The Engineering Daily
    admin
    17 May 2013 | 12:45 am
    See the original post at: Semi Pro Engineering

  • Lead Engineer/Project Leader

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    mullan3
    13 May 2013 | 5:02 am
    We are looking for a lead engineer to both put together and manage a team of 2-3 programmers for mobile application development for both ios and android platforms.  We are a startup who just received enough funding to hire 4-5 employees within the next month or two.  We are looking to set up an office space in the Hartford, Ct area.  We are looking for someone interested in doing this in the Hartford area and should therefor have the capacity to quickly put together and hire his/her team and begin the application development process as soon as possible.  We only are interested in highly…

  • LEED: "Transforming" the built environment

    ASCE SmartBrief
    17 May 2013 | 8:12 am
    The U.S.  -More- 

  • Nuclear Resurgence Dims Due to Rising Costs, Low Demand

    Top Stories from ENR.com
    19 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    ?In the span of a single week, the nuclear power industry's hoped-for U.S. resurgence took a few steps backward as several projects and existing plants from across the country either were shut down or began to face increased scrutiny from regulators due to ongoing problems and financial issues.

  • Security risks found in sensors for heart devices, consumer electronics

    ScienceDaily: Engineering News
    16 May 2013 | 9:39 am
    The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are vulnerable to tampering, according to a new study conducted in controlled laboratory conditions.
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  • Lead Engineer/Project Leader

    mullan3
    13 May 2013 | 5:02 am
    We are looking for a lead engineer to both put together and manage a team of 2-3 programmers for mobile application development for both ios and android platforms.  We are a startup who just received enough funding to hire 4-5 employees within the next month or two.  We are looking to set up an office space in the Hartford, Ct area.  We are looking for someone interested in doing this in the Hartford area and should therefor have the capacity to quickly put together and hire his/her team and begin the application development process as soon as possible.  We only are interested in highly…

  • Supervisor, Application Engineering

    atowers
    24 Apr 2013 | 7:08 am
    Job Description Division/Department:  Industrial Coating Systems – Engineering Location:  Amherst, OH Job Title:  Supervisor, Application Engineering Reports to:  Manager – Engineering FSLA Status: Exempt Type of position: Full-Time Shift: 1st JOB SUMMARY The Application Engineering Supervisor is responsible for the processing of Engineered Systems within the Industrial Coating Systems group from quote to customer buy off and satisfaction.  Individual works to deliver engineered systems that meet the customer’s requirements in terms of quality,…

  • Power Electronics Engineer

    atowers
    23 Apr 2013 | 1:16 pm
    The Power Electronics Engineer is responsible for designing new products and enhancing existing products for the induction heating and UV curing businesses. ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Work to design new products and enhance existing products ensuring superior product quality and performance Perform design calculations or analysis required for design of components or sub-systems Make design recommendations for materials, manufacturing methods, and component selections. Build and test design concepts and engineering prototypes for verification. This includes compiling and…

  • Electrical Engineer II

    bradley
    6 Dec 2011 | 9:39 pm
    PEAK Technical Services, Inc. require a “Electrical Engineer II” in Lansdale, PA: Engineer II Position: Electrical Engineer IIType: DirectLocation: Lansdale, PA Electrical Engineers II Job… of engineers, design engineers, and design engineers… jobs by

  • Sr. Project Engineer

    bradley
    6 Dec 2011 | 9:39 pm
    Advantage Technical Resourcing require a “Sr. Project Engineer” in Hauppauge, NY: The Senior Project Engineer owns the product line… Senior Project Engineer position requires a minimum of a BS degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering… jobs by
 
 
 
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  • This Week on CENtral Science: #Rarediseases, 80s Nostalgia, #Chemclub, and more

    Carmen Drahl
    17 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Tweet of the Week: There is not enough coffee for both me and America. — Dr24Hours (@Dr24hours) May 13, 2013 To the network: Grand CENtral: Guest Post: “#Chemclub” by Andrew Bissette Newscripts: In Print: Shall We Play A Game? and Amusing News Aliquots The Haystack: Biotech, Pharma, & VCs Offer Rare Disease Patient Groups Some Advice The Watch Glass: “We can now make a few milligrams of anything” and Inspection, with Mustache and Membranes in Immunology and Making of Breaking Bad Related Posts:This Week on CENtral Science: Whale Fossils, Oscar Noms, UC…This…

  • Amusing News Aliquots

    Bethany Halford
    16 May 2013 | 9:33 am
    Silly samplings from this week’s science news, compiled by Sophia Cai, Bethany Halford, and Jeff Huber. Credit: Disney Forget mouse ears. The best souvenir of your Disney vacation is your face on a 7.5-inch Stormtrooper figurine (or a figurine of yourself locked in carbonite after you have to pay for said vacation). [iO9] Super geek dad builds 7-foot tall Transformer costumes in his spare time (with video). [Geeks Are Sexy] The Newscripts gang loves irony. Like the burglary researcher whose work keeps getting plagiarized. [Improbable Research] Tap … tap tap tap tap … tap tap tap…

  • Guest Post: “#Chemclub” by Andrew Bissette

    Carmen Drahl
    14 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Last month’s guest re-post from Andrew Bissette generated quite the great conversation. So we’re excited to share an original post from Andrew today. We asked him to talk about #chemclub, the online community he co-founded, how it complements other communities like #RealTimeChem, and about what’s in store for #chemclub next. What’s it like to be a chemist? Regular C&EN readers hopefully got a good idea from Carmen Drahl’s great article about #RealTimeChem. This growing project, led primarily by Jason Woolford, encourages chemists to share their lives, whether by…

  • Biotech, Pharma, & VCs Offer Rare Disease Patient Groups Some Advice

    Lisa Jarvis
    13 May 2013 | 10:10 am
    Today’s issue examines the surge of interest in rare disease drugs, which in the past few years have attracted significant interest from biotech firms, big pharma, and venture capitalists alike. In addition to exploring the business and policy drivers behind increased investment in orphan drugs, the multi-part story looks at the critical role patient organizations play in drawing attention to rare diseases. As such, it seemed worth highlighting advice from various stakeholders on what patient groups can do to entice drug developers to work on their disease: –Organize yourselves. Find…

  • In Print: Shall We Play A Game?

    Jeff Huber
    13 May 2013 | 7:23 am
    The Newscripts blog would like to be closer Internet buddies with our glossy print Newscripts column, so here we highlight what’s going on in the current issue of C&EN. The following comes courtesy of the writer of this week’s glossy print column, C&EN Senior Editor Michael Torrice. The Nintendo Entertainment System came out in the U.S. almost 30 years ago. My family bought the gray video game console in 1988, and my friends and I played it for countless hours. We once staged a Nintendo Olympics, with each kid adopting an official song and flag. Winners received medals or a…
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    Engineering Ethics Blog

  • Printing Guns

    13 May 2013 | 3:55 am
    Somebody was going to do it sooner or later.  And we have Cody Wilson, a law student at the University of Texas at Austin, to thank for the fact that, when it was finally done for the first time, the news media learned about it right away.  All the same, now that somebody has used a 3-D printer to make a functional gun, we face a whole array of questions that up till now were hypothetical ones.  But technology has a way of turning hypotheticals into facts.What are the facts?  For some years now, systems called “rapid prototype fabrication” or “3-D printing” have…

  • What Price Cheap Clothing?

    6 May 2013 | 5:01 am
    When the Rana Plaza garment factory building collapsed on April 24, crushing hundreds of workers under a pile of concrete and machinery that used to be an eight-story factory building, it was like lifting a rock in your garden and finding a snake’s nest full of baby rattlers.  Something that most of the world preferred to keep out of sight was exposed to full view.  The latest body count as of this writing is 640, but that is sure to rise as more bodies are pulled from the wreckage.  Despite the tragedy of the collapse, there is hope that something else died in the wreckage…

  • A Tale of Two Lamps

    29 Apr 2013 | 3:49 am
    A few months ago, my wife bought a lamp at an office-supply place to light up the table where my father-in-law plays dominoes with us.  He’s 87 and his eyesight isn’t what it used to be, so having lots of light in the right place is important.  The ceiling light doesn’t quite do the job.I was impressed with her purchase.  It’s an elegant-looking design that unfolds. When it’s folded it’s just an oblong white plastic pillar on a round stand, about ten inches tall.  It unfolds like a book hinged at the top, and when you unfold it you find that the upper inside…

  • The Disaster in West

    22 Apr 2013 | 4:20 am
    Anyone who drives along Interstate 35 in Texas between Waco and Dallas or Fort Worth will pass through West, a small rural Texas town with a Czech heritage that was known, at least until last week, mainly for the pastries that you can buy at a bakery right next to the Interstate.  It would not have surprised me to learn that a distributor of fertilizers to local farmers operated on the east edge of town, nor that one of the kinds of fertilizer sold by the dealer was ammonium nitrate.  But when I learned of the tremendous explosion that killed at least 14 people, injured hundreds,…

  • Should Engineers Be Licensed?

    15 Apr 2013 | 4:58 am
    Not long after I chose electrical engineering as a major in college, someone asked me if I was planning to take the EIT exam.  What was that?  It stands for “engineer in training” and it is the customary first step in obtaining a Professional Engineer (PE) license.  To the best of my recollection, it didn’t cost that much and I went ahead and took it, not so much because I wanted a license but because I was the kind of nerd who couldn’t turn down a chance to see how well he did on standardized tests.  By the time I graduated, I had learned that you had to…
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  • London's Crossrail Cores Going to Salt Mine

    13 May 2013 | 10:23 pm
    London't mega-project known as Crossrail that involves the construction of 118 km (73 mi) of new rail line with 42 km (26 mi) of new tunnels. The geotechnical investigation for Crossrail included rock coring, and some 561 pallets of core are going to be stored inside the mined out portion of a salt mine in Cheshire. The temperature and humidity levels remain consistent year-round making it an ideal place to store the core. According to the NCE article, this material is less than half of the core drilled during the investigation phase of the project. [Source: New Civil Engineer. Image: New…

  • Unconservative designs with AASHTO LRFD for deep excavations

    13 May 2013 | 10:15 pm
    Dimitrios at Deep Excavation LLC wrote this article a couple of months ago for his monthly newsletter. He contends that for multi-level braced excavations, the AASHTO LRFD code could produce unconservative results. From his article: The currently adopted design methods for AASHTO (2010) LRFD appear to produce inconsistent and possibly unsafe designs for many multi-level braced excavations. Limit-equilibrium analyses combined with LRFD methods appear to severely underestimate benchmarked wall bending moments. For this reason, analyses in this paper suggest that limit-equilibrium methods should…

  • Weekend CUP for May 10, 2013

    10 May 2013 | 5:23 am
    Happy Friday! If you need a break today, here are some interesting stories from the past month or so that I didn't get to blogging about. Enjoy! A call for landslide photos for the USGS library archive - Source: The Landslide Blog Massive landslide stops production at Bingham Canyon Mine - Source: Deseret News Caltrans Completes Devil’s Slide Tunnel Construction - Source: Caltrans News Release ASFE Becoming GBA - Source: ASFE: The Geoprofessional Business Association Subway Sea Wall Of Steel Rising Between A Train And Jamaica Bay - Source: Transportation Nation via AGC SmartBrief…

  • Video: NY Second Ave Subway Project on CBS News

    9 May 2013 | 5:29 am
    This news story aired a few weeks back.  It has some great views of the tunneling process but also focuses on some of the social issues, such as complaints about Rats, as well as noise and dust.  I guess you can’t please everyone.  Check out the video below.

  • Norway wants to build world's first tunnel for ships

    7 May 2013 | 10:28 pm
    The Norwegian government wants to build a tunnel linking two fjords that would be large enough to pass 16,000 tonne cargo and passenger ships. The treacherous stretch of waterway has seen 46 accidents and 33 deaths since World War II. The 1.7 km Stad maritime tunnel would cost about 1.6B kroner ($274M USD). [Source: The Courier-Mail via ASCE SmartBrief. Image: AFP]
 
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    Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Technology

  • Given Tablets but No Teachers, Kids Teach Themselves – Having Never Seen Advanced Technology Before

    curiouscat
    3 May 2013 | 3:28 am
    In a repetition of an experiment I have posted about here on the Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog before (Letting Children Learn – Hole in the Wall Computers): Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves The experiment is being done in two isolated rural villages with about 20 first-grade-aged children each, about 50 miles from Addis Ababa. One village is called Wonchi, on the rim of a volcanic crater at 11,000 feet; the other is called Wolonchete, in the Great Rift Valley. Children there had never previously seen printed materials, road signs, or even…

  • Engineers Save a Life

    curiouscat
    19 Apr 2013 | 12:31 am
    This photo was taken by the driver’s parents when they arrived. It doesn’t show much of what it went through to get there, but it gets most of the point across. The picture was taken 200 feet away and looking down from the road. I got into a major accident today that I was able to somehow walk away from. I lost control of my car and went off of a cliff into boulders, and after flipping a few times, settled in the river. I walked away with cuts on my hands from the broken glass and a bruise that runs from my chest over my left shoulder where my seat belt held me in place. I…

  • Introduction Video on 3D Printing

    curiouscat
    3 Mar 2013 | 12:04 am
    3D printing is an amazing technology that opens up great opportunities for us to enjoy life. The future is great. It is exciting to see how quickly advances are being made in this area. I think the ability to print replacement parts is a huge benefit. And the creative uses people will put these printers too will be a joy to see. Related: A Pen That Prints in 3D While You Draw – Open Source 3-D Printing (2007) – Great 3D Printing Presentation by a kid (2011) – 3D Printing is Here (2009) – A plane You Can Print (2006)

  • Working as a Software Developer

    curiouscat
    17 Dec 2012 | 5:26 am
    For most of my career I have been focused on management improvement – helping organizations improve results. Technology plays a big role in that and along the way I found myself becoming a programer for a while; and then a software development program manager. This is a good post on working as a software developer: reading code is a very important skill. Before a program can be modified, you need to understand what it does, and how it does it. Only then can new functionality be added so it fits in with the existing structure, and without breaking anything. Reading and understanding a…

  • Promoting Innovation in Sierra Leone

    curiouscat
    13 Dec 2012 | 5:58 am
    Another inspirational kid that shows that the potential for human good is much greater than the talking heads and politicians that litter the TV screen so often. In the video Kelvin says, “That is my aim: to Promote Innovation in Seira Leone, among young people.” See another video as Kelvin explains his homemade battery. Support these young engineers in Sierra Leone via innovate Salone. Related: Inspirational Engineer Build Windmill Using Trash – Supporting the Natural Curiosity of Kids – What Kids can Learn If Given a Chance – I was Interviewed About Encouraging…
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  • Clay Water Filters for Ghana

    curiouscat
    13 May 2013 | 10:13 am
    Pure Home Water, Ghana manufactures and distributes AfriClay Filters in an effort to bring clean water to 1 million people. So far they have delivered filters to provide 100,000 people clean water. The process is simple. Water is placed in a clay filter and gravity pulls the water through the pores left in the clay during firing. Sediment and bacteria are filtered out in several ways: Physical straining: the particles are too large to fit through the pores in the clay Sedimentation or adsorption: particles come to rest on or stick to the clay Inertia: friction in the pores keeps the particles…

  • The Wonderful Coconut

    curiouscat
    30 Apr 2013 | 6:45 am
    One of the treats of living in a tropical climate is drinking coconut water. I love drinking the water from fresh coconuts. This video provides insight into the many uses of all parts of the coconut tree. The Truth About Coconut Water by Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD – WebMD [coconut water] has fewer calories, less sodium, and more potassium than a sports drink. Ounce per ounce, most unflavored coconut water contains 5.45 calories, 1.3 grams sugar, 61 milligrams (mg) of potassium, and 5.45 mg of sodium compared to Gatorade, which has 6.25 calories, 1.75 grams of sugar, 3.75 mg of…

  • Engineers Save a Life

    curiouscat
    19 Apr 2013 | 12:31 am
    This photo was taken by the driver’s parents when they arrived. It doesn’t show much of what it went through to get there, but it gets most of the point across. The picture was taken 200 feet away and looking down from the road. I got into a major accident today that I was able to somehow walk away from. I lost control of my car and went off of a cliff into boulders, and after flipping a few times, settled in the river. I walked away with cuts on my hands from the broken glass and a bruise that runs from my chest over my left shoulder where my seat belt held me in place. I…

  • Building A Better Bed Bug Trap Using Bean Leaves

    curiouscat
    11 Apr 2013 | 5:03 pm
    Building A Better Bed Bug Trap An old folk remedy involving hairy bean leaves strewn around the bedroom may have a new life as a modern bed bug trap, according to new research from the University of California, Irvine and the University of Kentucky. … Although its mechanisms weren’t known at the time, the tactic dates back to at least 1678, when the English philosopher John Locke wrote of placing kidney bean leaves under the pillow or around the bed to keep bed bugs from biting as he traveled through Europe. In the early twentieth century, the approach was also common throughout the…

  • George Box 1919 to 2013 – A Great Friend, Scientist and Statistician

    curiouscat
    30 Mar 2013 | 8:21 pm
    Reposted from my management blog. I would most likely not exist if it were not for George Box. My father took a course from George while my father was a student at Princeton. George agreed to start the Statistics Department at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and my father followed him to Madison, to be the first PhD student. Dad graduated, and the next year was a professor there, where he and George remained for the rest of their careers. George died today, he was born in 1919. He recently completed An Accidental Statistician: The Life and Memories of George E. P. Box which is an…
 
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  • Designing for Hazards – A Wall of Lake Ice

    Mike Thomas
    13 May 2013 | 11:39 am
    Who is responsible for determining the impact and designing to protect against manmade or natural disasters on your home or neighborhood? A local state of emergency has been declared in a western Manitoba municipality after homes in Ochre Beach were destroyed and seriously damaged by a wave of lake ice. Area officials told CBC News the wind pushed built-up ice off Dauphin Lake on Friday evening and caused it to pile up in the community, located on the lake's southern shore. The piles of ice, which were more than nine metres tall in some cases, destroyed at least six homes and cottages,…

  • Swales

    Mike Thomas
    11 Apr 2013 | 9:00 am
    Since moving to the interior of British Columbia back in 2007, I have had many discussions with engineering types about the benefits of the alternatives to the curb and gutter / catchbasin paradigm. Interestingly, even six years later there really isn’t that much good knowledge out there on the cost of installation and maintenance of these systems, particularly in areas where heavy snowfalls or road sanding requirements might change the maintenance and operation requirements. Mike Welfl via Compfight I’m convinced that in lower density residential areas, swales can be an…

  • The Cumulative Effects of Obstructive Complexity

    Mike Thomas
    18 Feb 2013 | 8:05 am
    Cumulative effects are very important. I shared the following article with my wife Robyn this week, and she shared many of the same frustrations as Scott just that very night at the local supermarket. Yogurt in multiple aisles, the loyalty cards, the self check out… When I’m ready to pay, I see long lines at the human checkout stands and short lines at the self-checkout. I know from experience that using the self-checkout, which was designed by a crack team of practical jokers, sadists, and monkeys that have been abused by their trainers, will bring me to frustration. I know I…

  • Blog Admin

    Mike Thomas
    13 Feb 2013 | 5:09 pm
    Just an update, I've changed the commenting form to be livefyre powered. This allows for deeper social media engagement on posts and allows you to sign in for commenting through social media website logins. Additionally, I made some repairs to the contact form page, as it was sending emails but not giving the sender any visual cues that the email was being sent. Sometimes I was receiving 10 copies of the same email! Just a reminder to readers, comments are appreciated, as are emails. I'm always looking for relevant guest posts too, just pitch your idea to me. Thanks again for reading.

  • Engineers Driving us Crazy

    Mike Thomas
    21 Jan 2013 | 5:39 pm
    The urban experience is helped or hindered by elements that are ulitmately the responsibility of Civil Engineers. Despite this somewhat obvious statement; many of the urban-form frustrations we experience day-to-day in our travels about our neighbourhoods or cities are the result of decisions made by engineers or those in municipal or utility organizations that act under the authority of engineers; decisions made sometimes by error, sometimes by omission and occassionally on purpose. From a personal perspective, some examples that stand out: Fire hydrants and telephone poles in the middle of…
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    Machine Design

  • Jury out on promises, but $347 3D printer is fun

    15 May 2013 | 12:35 pm
    3D manufacturing has been touted as the new revolution in American Manufacturing — even by the President himself. Today, Brookyn-based MakerBot is promoting that Made in America hook. Product Design Engineering read more

  • Company Directory

    14 May 2013 | 11:43 am
    Find information and articles about companies serving the design and mechanical engineering industry. Allied Electronics Ametek Automation Direct Avago Technologies Avnet Baldor B&R Industrial Automation Cicoil Corp Clippard Instrument Laboratory Comsol National Instruments Omega Engineering Proto Labs SEW Eurodrive Siemens Smalley Steel Ring Yaskawa

  • Letters May 9, 2013

    14 May 2013 | 5:47 am
    Silly Specs Your editorial on odd specifications (“Silliness at 40 Below,” Nov. 20) struck a chord with me. Working on five continents, I’ve seen numerous instances of “silly specifications” in many cultures and languages and I’m always amazed at how, once written, specs seem to acquire biblical respect and authority. read more

  • Good night! Now they want to regulate 3D printers!!

    13 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Have we rally come to a point where the little 3D printers you find in high school shop classes must be regulated? From the Editor's Desk read more

  • Choosing the Right Cable for Your Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) System

    9 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    Sponsored by Belden Power electronics technology has reduced the cost and size and improved the performance of variable-frequency drives... read more
 
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  • Electronic Design Europe

    14 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Electronic Design Europe provides leading edge technical information to electronic engineers and engineering managers in the European community - individuals responsible for design and development of electronic original equipment manufactures' products and systems. Electronic Design Europe keeps readers abreast of rapid technological advances & their applications at the chip board, & systems levels, tackles issues specific to the European marketplace.Request Free!

  • Pollution Engineering

    2 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    It provides information about regulatory requirements, and information about the business benefits of proactive environmental control. It provides us up to date information on regulations and economic benefits of environmental control techniques and information on innovative and cost effective environmental equipment, products, technology and services.Request Free!

  • Plumbing & Mechanical

    2 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    Subjects covered include labor, merchandising, training, job-site management, plus product and installation technical material. The intention is to strengthen the readers' performance as a vital link in the process which brings plumbing and hydronics products from the manufacturer to the ultimate buyer.Request Free!

  • PM Engineer

    2 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    PM Engineer is the magazine of choice for those involved in the design and specification of plumbing, piping, hydronic/radiant heating and fire protection. It is also the only non-association magazine exclusively covering the design and specification of products and systems for the "wet side" of the industry.Request Free!

  • Site Prep

    2 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    Through in-depth coverage on the challenges and opportunities of site preparation, earth moving and environmental activities, Site Prep provides useful information on developmental trends, project management strategies and business processes to the contractors, engineers and related industry professionals.Request Free!
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    Design World Online

  • J.W. WINCO Spring Bolt Options Include Knobs

    Stacy Combest
    17 May 2013 | 12:53 pm
    J.W. Winco announced it now offers GN 313 Spring Bolts, in metric sizes.  Versions with or without pull knob are available, as well as with or without internal thread in the plunger pin. The plunger pin in these RoHS-complaint spring bolts does not protrude in the inoperative position.  It can be operated manually via the Push/Pull Knob, or in the case of the types without a Push/Pull knob, it can be operated mechanically (via a pneumatic cylinder, cam plate, etc.), where the plunger pin will protrude only as long as it is in the operation mode. An application example for the types with…

  • OMEGA Introduces High Temp Ceran Glass-Faced Infrared Panel Heaters

    Stacy Combest
    17 May 2013 | 12:23 pm
    Omega introduces its new series of heaters with black ceran glass as the emitter face. The maximum emitter face temperature is 1600 degrees F or 870 degrees C. The output wavelength is between 2.5 and 6 Microns and three watt densities are available: 10, 15, and 20W/ln2. Ideal for automotive, manufacturing and plastics industry. OMEGA www.omega.com Design World

  • Using Fiber Lasers for Drilling Effusion Cooling Holes

    Stacy Combest
    17 May 2013 | 12:19 pm
    Prima Power Laserdyne announced that the public now has access to its initial report on the use of fiber lasers for hole drilling. The presentation summarizes fiber laser drilling development and experiments conducted over the past two years by Prima Power Laserdyne in Champlin, Minnesota. The 45-minute presentation with original audio has been converted to a video format.  It was first presented at an invitation-only technical conference for Laserdyne system users in October, 2012. The presentation details the results of tests when employing a fiber laser for laser drilling of holes that…

  • CARLO GAVAZZI launches the DMPU Series Motor Protection System

    Editor
    16 May 2013 | 11:22 am
    CARLO GAVAZZI launches the DMPU Series Motor Protection System. The DMPU is a modular electronic motor protection relay to control, monitor and protect the performance of 3-phase constant or dual speed, AC induction motors.  The DMPU device measures electrical motor variables (voltage, current, harmonic distortion, power, energy and earth leakage current), monitoring overloads through the thermal model, controlling them and measuring other variables, such as motor and bearing temperature. Finally it includes a data logger function for storing trends of the electrical variables, alarms and…

  • Advantech Introduces 18” Widescreen Multi-Touch Panel PC

    Stacy Combest
    16 May 2013 | 11:03 am
    Advantech’s Industrial Automation Group announces the release of the TPC-1840WP, an 18” widescreen multi-touch panel PC specifically designed to provide easier operation and boost productivity in manufacturing control environments, building automation, and other HMI applications. This iF award winning device has been honored not only for its appearance but also, its commitment to being extremely intuitive to use. With pale blue soft-keys that, when lightly touched, give users quick and easy access to information allowing for convenient viewing. The TPC-1840WP features a widescreen ratio…
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  • 101 Reasons to Be an Engineer

    admin
    17 May 2013 | 12:45 am
    See the original post at: Semi Pro Engineering

  • 10 engineering disciplines with the highest salaries

    admin
    2 May 2013 | 7:23 pm
    Based on documented market trends over the past two years, it appears that the job market for engineers is slowly adjusting back to pre-recession times.  If our engineering job board is an accurate representation of what is actually happening on the ground, then we can comfortably conclude that the economy is adding engineering jobs on a daily basis.  To some extent, this increase is expected considering the ever-rising engineering demands around the world, failing infrastructure in the United States, engineering prospects in the BRICS nations plus a collection of other grandiose…

  • Top 10 US States for Petroleum Engineering and Oil and Gas Jobs

    admin
    20 Apr 2013 | 7:17 am
    The oil and gas industry is one of the most active sectors in the US economy.  While other sectors are still recovering from the recent economic recession, the petroleum and oil and natural gas companies have remained profitable. The industry itself provides employment to over 9.2 million people including those working in indirect jobs. The prospects in this sector are even more positive considering that with the right government policies in place, the industry could create a further 1.4 million jobs by 2030. Further, according to a recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report, the United…
 
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  • SME Stamping and Dies Techgroup meeting May 2013

    26 Apr 2013 | 9:55 am
    SME FFC Stamping & Dies May Meeting and Tech Session Date:  Wednesday, April 10, 2013Time: 1:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)        Meeting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Servo Presses for stamping sheet metal

    8 Apr 2013 | 8:44 am
    In the past couple of years one of the biggest Buzzwords in Sheet Metal Forming (among the many I Blog about here) has been SERVO Presses. At the various conferences I attend there have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • More buzz on Aluminum in recent weeks

    19 Mar 2013 | 8:19 am
    Aluminum Autobodies will be showing up more and more as CAFE (Corporate Annual Fuel Economy) standards tighten up in order for the US to meet its goals for CO2 reduction.  From the March... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Die Preventative Maintenance: SME stamping dies march meeting

    14 Mar 2013 | 11:37 am
    The March meeting of the SME: Forming and Fabricating Community Stamping and Dies TECHNICAL Group. was a success with 16 members logging in. The topic of Die Preventative Maintenance with Tom Ulrich... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • SME Stamping and Dies, March Meeting Bulletin

    6 Mar 2013 | 8:11 pm
    Getting the most out of our investments in the Press Room is certainly important in this highly competitive environment. As more manufacturing operations start to come home and "re-shore" that work... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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    Piping Info

  • SAFETY AT WORK AWARDS

    Antony Thomas
    19 May 2013 | 7:43 am
    SAFETY AT WORK AWARDS  Safety at work, safety in work place, Awkward ideas at work, weird ideas at work

  • When Long Bolt Flanges Exposed to Fire

    Antony Thomas
    15 May 2013 | 7:12 am
    The Problems with Long Bolt Flanges in process pipe connections when exposed to a fire!! It is an old slideshow on safety in Piping Design. I feel still it is worth reading and sharing. Long Bolt Flangeless Valves Also called long bolt valves, sandwich, or wafer valves.  Devices such as control valves, butterfly valves, check valves, etc. with no integral flanges for bolting to the pipe

  • Various Engineering Openings in Saipem India Projects

    Antony Thomas
    15 May 2013 | 5:26 am
    Various Engineering Openings in Saipem India Projects DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS, LEADS, PDS, PDMS PROFESSIONALS Greetings from Saipem India Projects, Chennai. We are planning to recruit Indians from Dubai, Abu Dhabi,Sharjah and Qatar and deploy them here at Saipem Chennai (India). Enclosed Saipem (Chennai) adversitment copy in Gulf News,Gulf - Kindly forward to all your known contacts so

  • Sr. Piping Designer WorleyParsons Qatar

    Antony Thomas
    11 May 2013 | 9:25 pm
    Title:Senior Piping Designers Job Type: Full-time Advertising Category: Engineering/Design & Sciences Location of Job: Doha, DW 18130 QA (Primary) Sr. Piping Designer Job Description: Produce the various piping deliverables to the agreed schedule. Apply recognised offshore / onshore engineering practices applicable to piping design and topside/plant layout.

  • SR. PIPING DESIGNER(SP3D)-FLUOR ARABIA

    Antony Thomas
    11 May 2013 | 8:27 pm
    Job Title: Senior Designer (SP3D) SR. Piping Designer Job Description: Prepare layouts and conceptual designs for moderately complex problems. Prepare moderately complex design drawings. Interface with other design disciplines. Be proficient in 2D and 3D CAD capabilities, as required. Check moderately complex piping layouts, isometrics, concrete and steel design drawings. Perform squad
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    Knovel Blog

  • Craig vs the Space Bubble

    Craig the Rocket Scientist
    16 May 2013 | 1:50 pm
    It seems that everywhere I looked the past few days it seems I see something about private space travel and visiting other planets. This tickles my black little heart to no end, however it does make wonder: Are we seeing a space bubble starting to form? I’m worried we are and here’s why: Transportation A lot of people who are interested in getting to LEO and beyond are hitching their wagons to the SpaceX Falcon9 Heavy. Now don’t get me wrong; SpaceX is an amazing company and I really believe that they will build what they’ve shown us and that it will perform as expected. With that…

  • VIDEO: Celebrating ‘What’s Next’ in Engineering

    Amanda Moreno
    14 May 2013 | 8:11 am
    Engineers: You Dream. You Act. You Build the Future. We are in awe of all you accomplish. What’s next in engineering? We can’t wait to find out.

  • GRAVITY: See the First Trailer for Alfonso Cuaron’s New Film

    Amanda Moreno
    10 May 2013 | 6:57 am
    Gravity is the latest feature film from Alfonso Cuaron, who is best known for his sci-fi movie Children of Men. See the first teaser trailer here. In Gravity, two astronauts (played by Sandra Bullock and George Clooney) are stranded in a deserted space station with no communications with Earth. The trailer gives you a glimpse at the drama of their fight for survival while lost in space, and at Knovel–we’re definitely excited to see how this sci-fi thriller concludes.

  • The 3 Best Science Demonstrations

    Chris Walker
    8 May 2013 | 10:26 am
    Despite what customers and bosses sometimes ask for, all of our engineering solutions are bounded by rules. Whether it’s the laws of physics, company politics or something else, there are always rules. We don’t approach every problem with a truly clean slate. In fact, we don’t ever approach any problem with a clean slate. For me, that’s what makes engineering interesting. It’s part of what distinguishes engineering from science. Managing complexity and reaching solutions, whilst staying inside the boundaries and knowing when to stop. It’s all in a days work…

  • On New Opportunities for Knovel

    Chris Forbes
    8 May 2013 | 8:05 am
    Knovel Co-Founder Chris Forbes shares his thoughts after 12 years at the helm of Knovel as CEO. Knovel was acquired by Elsevier in December 2012 and is part of Engineering and Technology Markets group managed by Senior Vice President Ella Balagula. . .Over the last several months, I’ve watched the Knovel team work hand-in-hand with their new Elsevier colleagues. It’s clear that we’ve found a perfect home to grow our business, and being part of a global company with employees in 20+ countries, offers our employees tremendous opportunities for professional growth. While I had support from…
 
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    Screaming Circuits

  • Canada's Singing Astronaut

    Screaming Circuits
    15 May 2013 | 7:04 am
    If you're going to exit, you may as well exit in style and I can't think of a better example than Commander Chris Hadfield's "good by" from the International Space Station on Monday (May 13). Thank you, Astronaut Hadfield. Since...

  • Unsolicited

    Screaming Circuits
    13 May 2013 | 1:35 pm
    I have a question for you. When is the last time that you responded to an unsolicited email? It's been a very long time for me. However, I just did open up and read an unsolicited email that actually seems...

  • What?

    Screaming Circuits
    3 May 2013 | 6:53 am
    Usually, these days, I seem to hear the word "what" as a part of a "Wait... What?" statement, as in a short-cut for: "That sounds good" - pause - "No, it doesn't. It doesn't even make sense." It can be...

  • The Value of Open Source

    Screaming Circuits
    29 Apr 2013 | 7:13 am
    There were a number of interesting sessions and debates last week at the DesignWest show. One of the more passion filled, was on the value of Open Source hardware. Some people think it will save the world,if only everyone will...

  • Fun With QR Codes

    Screaming Circuits
    24 Apr 2013 | 7:30 am
    Does anyone remember the CueCat? I think it came out in 1999 or something like that. It was a system that involved putting bar codes in print articles, advertisements and such. Users would buy a CueCat scanner and could then...
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    Screaming Circuits

  • Canada's Singing Astronaut

    Screaming Circuits
    15 May 2013 | 7:04 am
    If you're going to exit, you may as well exit in style and I can't think of a better example than Commander Chris Hadfield's "good by" from the International Space Station on Monday (May 13). Thank you, Astronaut Hadfield. Since...

  • Unsolicited

    Screaming Circuits
    13 May 2013 | 1:35 pm
    I have a question for you. When is the last time that you responded to an unsolicited email? It's been a very long time for me. However, I just did open up and read an unsolicited email that actually seems...

  • What?

    Screaming Circuits
    3 May 2013 | 6:53 am
    Usually, these days, I seem to hear the word "what" as a part of a "Wait... What?" statement, as in a short-cut for: "That sounds good" - pause - "No, it doesn't. It doesn't even make sense." It can be...

  • The Value of Open Source

    Screaming Circuits
    29 Apr 2013 | 7:13 am
    There were a number of interesting sessions and debates last week at the DesignWest show. One of the more passion filled, was on the value of Open Source hardware. Some people think it will save the world,if only everyone will...

  • Fun With QR Codes

    Screaming Circuits
    24 Apr 2013 | 7:30 am
    Does anyone remember the CueCat? I think it came out in 1999 or something like that. It was a system that involved putting bar codes in print articles, advertisements and such. Users would buy a CueCat scanner and could then...
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    EEWeb Jobs

  • Industrial Facilities Maintenance Engineer

    EEWeb
    16 May 2013 | 8:43 pm
    Company: Power Integrations Location: San Jose, California Job Description: Responsible for industrial facilities site support for multiple buildings consisting of office space to clean room space.   The support includes the maintenance and programming of environmental and building control/automation systems.   Experience with security systems, environmental conditioning systems, building automation systems, electrical, H.V.A.C., clean rooms, compressors and vacuum pumps etc. a plus.  Technical understanding of the function and engineering of these control systems is required.

  • Field Application Engineer (LED)

    EEWeb
    16 May 2013 | 8:37 pm
    Company: Power Integrations Location: Mumbai, India Job Description: You will be responsible for creating innovative state of the art LED Lighting driver circuit designs to maximize efficiency and reliability. Provide high voltage LED driver design support to customers that includes: paper / theoretical designs, building full customized power supplies and winding high voltage transformers Provide PI direct technical support to Key LED Lighting customers defined by Field sales. Update customers with latest products information and support them with LED driver demo boards along with engineering…

  • Field Applications Engineer

    EEWeb
    16 May 2013 | 8:32 pm
    Company: Power Integrations Location: Gurnee, Illinois Job Description: We are currently looking to add a talented Field Applications Engineer to our North American Sales team based in the Central USA region.  To be successful in this role, candidates must have a strong desire to help other engineers achieve the maximum performance and benefit from our products.  As the technical lead in the sales organization within the region, customers will look to you for guidance choosing the right products and for help with optimizing the implementation.  You must also have strong organizational…

  • Power Supply Design/Applications Engineer

    EEWeb
    16 May 2013 | 8:30 pm
    Company: Power Integrations Location: San Jose, California Job Description: As a Power Supply Design/Applications Engineer you will be responsible for switching power supply systems development and applications engineering. Specific responsibilities are: Research and define switching mode power supply topologies based on the specialties of the company’s products. Work with IC designers on new product development and research new applications for new generations of company IC products. Design and develop switching power supply units (psu) using the company’s products for design ideas, data…

  • Product Definition Engineer - Power Supply Design

    EEWeb
    16 May 2013 | 8:28 pm
    Company: Power Integrations Location: San Jose, California Job Description: This engineer will have the following responsibilities in this dynamic role: Laboratory evaluation and validation of new product prototype integrated circuits as well as the development and test of new product introduction milestone demonstration boards. Validate new topology and product ideas using modern simulation tools prior to actual IC design. Able to accept ideas from others and an open mind towards new application and product ideas. Able to write accurate and concise documentation including bench evaluations,…
 
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    EEWeb Forum

  • if statement ignore by compiler

    EEWeb
    19 May 2013 | 12:27 pm
    Category: Embedded Tagged: embeded Question: Hi guys, i am writing a code for led displays the code is led1=1; if(led1==1) { display message } else {} but compiler does not read the if statement even it is true statement , and goes to else Why its happening?

  • Heres you next job of the future

    EEWeb
    19 May 2013 | 10:42 am
    Category: Embedded Tagged: Embedded devices, Atmel micro's, micros in general, interfacing Question: Sod discrete IC’s sod soldering Sod the economics of this Sod the Jobs Lets restrict all engineers to one task only and lets just make everything throwaway complete Never mind the cost Sod the ecology , Sod the training , upload the hex , never mind the architecture , why bother about electronics at all , Sod PCB design well all use autotrax instead which does all the work for you When the PCB and components fail We’ll just throw this away as well And finally the only job left will…

  • Servo speed…

    EEWeb
    18 May 2013 | 1:51 pm
    Category: Electromechanical Tagged: board servo arduino communication Question: Hello, I want to connect a servo to measure speed and then transfer the measured speed to an arduino board … Servo is measuring frequency , to communicate i must make an encoder to convert frequency to pulses? where can i found diagramm to make this encoder circuit board? Thanks a lot

  • Secondary trigger signal creation

    EEWeb
    18 May 2013 | 12:28 pm
    Category: Analog Tagged: trigger signal Question: Hi, I have a twin relay board, one relay I trigger with a sensor signal V1=3.5V. I want to activate the second relay with a signal V2 that goes high for about 1-3 secs (settable) after V1 goes low. I was thinking if is possible to do it with few analog components, as I want to keep it as simple and cheap as possible. Any help with a possible circuit would be appreciated. Many thanks, james

  • I’m not sure on this solution!

    EEWeb
    18 May 2013 | 3:17 am
    Category: Analog Tagged: Amplitude Modulation Question: I’ve encountered a problem. The question says that “The R.M.S voltage of a carrier wave is 5V before modulation and 5.9V after modulation. Determine the percentage of modulation.” I’ve solved and obtained the answer as 1.25 but I;m not sure about that. Please answer ASAP.
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    The Mapping Network's Blog

  • Property Owner Association Uses Hydrographic & Sediment Surveys to Create Strategic Sediment Removal Plan

    Moderator
    6 May 2013 | 8:42 am
    The Mapping Network Hydrographic Survey Team exceeds expectations for Property Owner Association. Sediment problems are inevitable in all lakes and at some point removal is required.  Lake dredging and/or excavation can be an expensive process and requires accurate planning to be as cost-efficient as possible.   A lake Property Owners Association (POA) had been dealing directly with the challenges associated with sedimentation in their lake.  The POA decided they needed to quantify the sediment problem to create a sustainable sediment management plan.  The president of the board…

  • The Mapping Network offers “Recreational” grade mapping option

    Moderator
    19 Apr 2013 | 8:17 am
    The Mapping Network is offering a “recreational level” lake mapping option for people looking for a general understanding of their lake or pond.  Data is collected by one of our lake mapping partners (find your closest provider here >>  Lake Mapping Partners) using a Lowrance HDS sonar system.    We call these recreational level maps where general contours and depths can be seen and should be used as general reference maps.  These maps provide insight into the lake bottom and can be used for basic recreational purposes.  This is a lower cost mapping option and is…

  • New Lake Planning

    Moderator
    19 Apr 2013 | 6:58 am
    Greg Grimes (Aquatic Environmental Services, Inc) was contracted to assist with preliminary planning of a lake for a client in Georgia.   Greg said “by utilizing the lake design tools available through our partnership with The Mapping Network, we were able to see how large the lake would be, the max depth, average depth, size of the dam and also the watershed.” With the map the client was able to see potential challenges with a limited watershed.  Information like this is critical when in the planning phase and now the landowner will scale back his lake plans based on the size…

  • Hydrographic Survey and Sediment Map – Solitude Lake Management

    Moderator
    19 Apr 2013 | 6:53 am
    Solitude Lake Management completed a certified hydrographic survey and sediment survey as part of a dredging analysis report.  This 29 acre lake, originally built in the early 1900′s has an average water depth of 2.6 feet.  Through sediment sampling, the average soft sediment thickness is 2.1 feet.  Over time the lake has lost almost half of its original capacity to sediment.  The estimated sediment volume was calculated and shown on a map.  This will allow engineers to create an efficient removal plan.  Dredging contractors can bid with confidence on how much sediment is actually…

  • Sediment Levels High in Your Lake? Is Dredging an Option? Save Time and Money by Starting with an Accurate Lake and Sediment Survey

    Moderator
    13 Mar 2013 | 9:19 am
    Here at The Mapping Network, we understand the challenges and costs associated with locating and removing sediment. We specialize in accurately mapping bodies of water, calculating the water volume, collecting sediment depth samples at critical areas and monitoring the distribution of sediment over time. Common questions from our clients: Where is the highest sedimentation occurring? How much fluffy sediment (in cubic yards) is in each cove? If the lake is drawn down 5 ft, what would the shoreline look like? How much water (gallons and acre-ft) is in the lake? If we make each cove a minimum…
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    The Burns & McDonnell World

  • What You Need to Know About Green Ratings and Rankings

    The Burns & McDonnell Team
    17 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    Today, dialogue surrounding a company’s sustainability performance often occurs in independent online communities. Each year, more public companies are being evaluated and scrutinized by green rating and ranking organizations. Participants in these discussions and individuals and organizations doing the rating, on their own initiative and in support of their own fiscal business models, assess companies with or without the companies’ knowledge or cooperation. These rating organizations publish and often push their data, which reflects your company’s performance, to your investors,…

  • [Webinar] High Capacity Conductors

    The Burns & McDonnell Team
    16 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    Choosing the right conductor can make a critical difference in a transmission project. Yet with several products on the market, it’s not always easy to know which conductor will give you the best outcome. If you’re stumped by your options, make plans to join us for the next webinar in our Advanced Technology Series, High Capacity Conductors. The hour-long webinar will be at 2 p.m. ET on May 30 and will explore the world of high capacity conductors, which offer substantial performance advantages over standard steel and aluminum conductors. Although high capacity conductors increase the…

  • 8 Interesting Facts About Wind Power

    The Burns & McDonnell Team
    10 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    Wind is a constant presence and something that most of us don’t think twice about. Yet wind power continues to be a growing source of renewable energy. The American Wind Energy Association reports that, in 2012, “wind energy became the number one source of new U.S. electricity generating capacity for the first time, providing some 42% of all new generating capacity.” Don’t know much about wind power aside from turbines and kilowatt-hours? That still puts you ahead of the curve! If you’re interested in a closer look at this powerful renewable energy source, take a look at some…

  • Last Minute Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

    The Burns & McDonnell Team
    8 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    Mother’s Day is quickly approaching, and if you’re still on the hunt for that perfect gift, we have you covered! We took an informal poll around the office asking for gift ideas for moms and loved the responses we got. We think you will, too. Here are some of the things that topped wish lists of moms around our office. Plan a mother’s day out. Take her to local winery or make an appointment at a nearby spa to pamper her. What mom wouldn’t love a fun wine tasting or a great massage? Designer purse. Not many moms will splurge on themselves, so consider treating her to that designer…

  • KC Young Professionals: Attend Screening of Liquid Assets

    The Burns & McDonnell Team
    3 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    It’s no secret that our water infrastructure is in trouble. And if you’re a young professional in Kansas City who’s interested in learning more, make plans to attend an upcoming screening of the water infrastructure documentary Liquid Assets. The 90-minute film tells the story of our essential infrastructure systems — water, wastewater and stormwater — some of which have been in the ground for more than a century. Although these systems address critical public health functions and are essential for growth and economic development, the aging infrastructure hasn’t been maintained.
 
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    DesignSpark - Home - DesignSpark

  • Raspberry Pi Camera setup

    16 May 2013 | 6:59 am

  • DesignSpark PCB ver 5

    15 May 2013 | 6:02 pm

  • Bluetooth®オーディオ開発キット

    15 May 2013 | 6:28 am
    Microchip社が、スマートフォンやタブレット端末からBluetooth®…

  • オンラインDRC（デザインルールチェック）機能のバグ修正（DSPCB Ver.5）

    15 May 2013 | 5:07 am
    ユーザーの皆さんのご好意とフィードバックのおかげで、OSの言語設定によってはDSPCB Ver.5上でオンラインDRC（デザインルールチェック）機能がTools場合があるというバグを発見することができました（通常は以下のようにToolsからオンラインDRC機能を利用することができます）。 なお、機能自体は正常に動作しており、PCB画面上で右クリックすることで利用することができます。…

  • Raspberry Piカメラのセットアップ方法

    15 May 2013 | 12:50 am
    このカメラモジュールはセンサーとレンズから構成されており、Raspberry Piからの指示でカメラとして起動します。5メガピクセルの画素センサーを搭載しており、2592×1944ピクセルの画像と、1080p、H264形式で、1秒間に30フレームの動画を記録することができます。データ送受信にはRaspberry Pi上のCSIソケットを、通信規格はI2Cを用いています。 Raspberry Pi Raspberry PiOS Raspberry Pi HDMIHDMIHDMI Raspbian まず初めにRaspberry…
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  • Get off my Lawn, Zach Braff

    Ron
    15 May 2013 | 6:59 am
    Adopting new technologies is like a good-news/bad-news joke. The good news is that we have a new way of doing things. The bad news is that we have a new way of doing things. While innovators and early adopters love to play with new technologies, companies who’ve built their businesses upon the limitations of old technologies will try valiantly to fend them off. It’s inevitable. Whenever their livelihoods are threatened by new technologies, industries will argue for the status quo. But, there’s an odd flip-side to this self-centered view of new-tech adoption.  Just as…

  • Content Marketing Battle Cry

    Ron
    11 Mar 2013 | 7:02 am
    Four years ago, I wrote Read This First to help executives understand the role of social media in their businesses. And while much has changed over the past few years, more has stayed the same.  Marketing success in the age of social networks requires a different approach to content creation. I’ve spent the past few years trying to distill “different approach” into a compact, yet powerful statement–an elevator speech if you will. I found it last month in one of the most unlikely places. Pigskin Storytelling The father and son team of Ed and Steve Sabol founded NFL Films in the…

  • The Makerati

    Ron
    7 Feb 2013 | 8:17 am
    For the past year, I’ve wanted to visit a hackerspace–a physical location where inventors of all ages gather to share equipment, knowledge, and experience. I got my opportunity two Saturdays ago when I visited Crashspace in Los Angeles.  I attended the eLeCTRONiC WeAraBLes Meetup as a member of Epson America to help product manager, Eric Mizufuka, demonstrate Epson’s Moverio BT-100 transparent display glasses to those who might want to incorporate the platform into their own projects. Crashspace-LA consists of a small storefront located on Venice Boulevard in Culver City,…

  • Case Study: Awesome August

    Ron
    21 Jan 2013 | 4:00 am
    Last August, I wrote a post called The Value of a Retweet, where I performed an analysis of a NewBlue, Inc. marketing campaign that offered 1% storewide discounts for every retweet that the company’s messages received. Through the power of “the internets,” my analysis found its way to Lisa Girolamo, NewBlue’s VP Marketing, who left a comment on the post. That comment initiated a little online discussion between Lisa, me and reader David Jacobs, who wondered if NewBlue, Inc. would be willing to share the results of their campaign. Long story short, Lisa agreed; I…

  • Zero Variable Cost

    Ron
    2 Jan 2013 | 11:33 am
    I’ve come to accept the fact that professional communicators have short-term memories. In the past, I’d raise an eyebrow when some marketing or public relations person would scoff at a corporate video being viewed 350 times on YouTube. “Only?” I’d ask. Ah, how quickly we forget. Less than eight years ago (when YouTube was founded in 2005), if a company wanted to distribute 350 videos, it had to record them (in standard definition), copy them onto magnetic tapes, package them, and then pay postage for each package sent. If each video cost $1.00 to copy and $1.00…
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    CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION TUTORIAL RESOURCES SITE

  • CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT - Case study: Stoke-on-Trent Schools, UK

    Stanly
    12 May 2013 | 2:01 am
    In 1997 many of the schools in Stoke-on-Trent were in a dilapidated state and not fit for modern teaching and learning practice. The schools included buildings dating back to the nineteenth century, some of which had not been upgraded or refurbished for 50 years. Furthermore, the annual budget for maintenance of all the schools was £120,000; totally inadequate when one large replacement boiler

  • LOW SLOPE ROOFS BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS

    Stanly
    28 Nov 2012 | 5:38 pm
    COMPONENTS OF LOW SLOPE ROOFS Low-slope roofs can have slopes as minor as 1⁄8 inch per 12 inches. These roofs employ a waterproof roofing system and are found primarily on commercial structures. A low-slope roof system generally consists of a roof membrane, insulation, and one of a number of surfacing options. To control the application and improve the quality of low-slope roofing, a variety

  • WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ENGINEER AND AN ARCHITECT?

    Stanly
    21 Nov 2012 | 5:31 pm
    The major distinctions between architects and engineers run along generalist and specialist lines. The generalists are ultimately responsible for the overall planning. It is for this reason that an architect is generally employed as the prime professional by a client. On some special projects, such as dams, power plants, wastewater treatment, and research or industrial installations, where one

  • LUBRICATING OIL AGAINST CORROSION BASIC INFORMATION

    Stanly
    20 Nov 2012 | 6:32 pm
    Lubricants are not generally regarded as being corrosive, and in order to appreciate how corrosion can occur in lubricant systems it is necessary to understand something of the nature of lubricants. Once, lubricants were almost exclusively animal or vegetable oils or fats, but modern requirements in the way of volume and special properties have made petroleum the main source of supply. In volume

  • PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS OF ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS

    Stanly
    14 Nov 2012 | 5:28 pm
    This article is important for both the service provider and the client. Management of the building process is best performed by the individuals educated and trained in the profession, that is, architects and engineers. While the laws of various states and foreign countries differ, they are consistent relative to the registration requirements for practicing architecture. No individual may
 
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    Composites Today

  • Formaplex Opens New R&D Facility

    editor
    17 May 2013 | 7:17 am
    Formaplex have have opened a new, 3,000sq.ft composites R&D facility as well as added people to its composites team. Leading the newly restructured Formaplex Composites Division is Ian Wilson, a founding director of the company, who has gained a wealth of composites experience over the past 12 years. Adding to that the company have bolstered its technical sales capacity with the addition of two new staff members. The new members are a specialist manufacturing engineer and a new Business Development Manager. A key focus for the new Composites Division will be to expand the company’s…

  • Lamborghini Egoista

    editor
    17 May 2013 | 4:40 am
    The culmination of the gala celebrating Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary came to a close earlier in the week in Sant’Agata Bolognese with the unveiling of the outrageous Lamborghini Egoista. Made by the Head of Volkswagen Group’s design Walter De Silva, this amazing vehicle made its entry in front of a thousand invitees, the designers homage to celebrating the House of the Raging Bull’s half century. Walter said that being an Italian himself we was very attached to the Lambo brand and that the supercar has always been made with passion and the heart rather than the head.

  • Gurit Announces New Partnership With Mahogany Company

    editor
    17 May 2013 | 2:15 am
    Gurit have announced a new tolling arrangement with composite kit manufacturer Mahogany Company of Mays Landing in New Jersey for the fabrication of Gurit’s B³ SmartPac™ solution. Following the companies recent global re-structure, Gurit has chosen to streamline its B³ SmartPac operations in Bristol, Rhode Island, and toll produce all North American B³ SmartPac kits in conjunction with Mahogany Company of Mays Landing. Gurit’s B³ SmartPac is a versatile construction solution that helps builders manufacture composite components more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before.

  • Norco Opens New Composites Facility

    editor
    15 May 2013 | 1:45 am
    Norco Ltd have announced the opening of a new composite facility bespoke to Prepreg, Infusion & Epoxy FRP composite structures. Norco have been supplying Glass Reinforced plastic components and tooling services for over 27 years, up until the opening of the new composites centre this diversification of projects and technologies had been spread across the 4 separate work centres totalling 85,000sqft. The company said it was becoming harder to manage projects from a skills point of view but also from a quality point of view. Anyone with a background in composite manufacturing will know…

  • First Airbus A350 XWB Gets New Paint Job

    editor
    15 May 2013 | 12:59 am
    Painting of the first A350 XWB has been completed as it emerged in its Airbus livery out from the paintshop in Toulouse. This latest milestone shows that MSN001 is progressing well on its route to first flight. The aircraft painting was achieved in less than seven days and follows the recent completion of MSN001’s flight-test-instrumentation (FTI) verification. Last month the aircraft underwent its engines installation, and passed a subsequent intensive phase of ground vibration tests. The aircraft will soon start the final tests before its maiden flight this summer. The post First Airbus…
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    Jacobs School of Engineering News: Top Stories

  • Entrepreneurial Undergrads Competing for Moxie Center's Zahn Prize

    17 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    The Moxie Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship will host its grand opening May 20 at the University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering. The event will feature an awards presentation for the first-ever Zahn Prize, a five-week business plan competition amongst teams of undergraduate students that have been admitted to the Moxie Center’s Incubator program.

  • Alexander Vardy Named First Jack Keil Wolf Chair in Electrical Engineering

    14 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Electrical engineering Professor Alexander Vardy, a renowned researcher in information and coding theory, has been appointed as the first Jack Keil Wolf Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. The endowed chair was established in memory of Jack Keil Wolf, a longtime professor at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and a pioneer in information theory and its applications.

  • Students Connect, Collaborate and Career Search on New Interactive Portfolio Platform

    12 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Students at the UC San Diego are known for their innovative ideas that transcend classroom walls, but these achievements can lose their vigor when confined to a single bullet point on a traditional printed resume. In a digital world that prioritizes portability and values visual content, Jacobs School alumnus Adam Markowitz believes he has a solution to help students make a lasting impression: a new interactive portfolio platform called thePortfolium. Designed to dynamically showcase students’ multidisciplinary projects, the website allows users to network, upload their top work and…

  • Junkyard Derby Goes on, Rain or Shine

    10 May 2013 | 12:00 am
      The big storm system that drenched most of San Diego County this week didn't stop 46 teams from taking part in this year's Junkyard Derby May 6 on Peterson Hill. On Monday, 46 teams of students readied themselves for what would be the culmination of a week’s worth of preparation for this year’s derby, organized by UCSD’s Triton Student Engineering Council.  This year’s winner was team Premium Motion.  

  • Watch Jacobs School Faculty Talks at Research Expo 2013

    3 May 2013 | 12:00 am
      New faculty from all six departments at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering gave ten-minute talks at Research Expo 2013. Watch the talks online. 
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