General Engineering

    186th Combat Engineer Battalion

    Q: I am looking for any information that anyone might have on the 186th Combat Engineer Battalion. My Grandfather served with the outfit and was part of the reoccupation force in the Phillipines. Unfortunately, Granddaddy is no longer with us. I'm currently looking for unit history, unit patch info, etc... A: -Do a Google, you'll find tons of info. -Also the US army Center for Military History -In the landing at Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, the 186th Engineer Combat Battalion encountered more opposition from the Japanese than any other combat battalion. Six soldiers were killed and two...

    About Genetic Engineering...

    Q: the most important thing that genetic engineering could do is take away people's aggressive tendencies. Do you think that would be a good thing? Do you think the opposite is also possible? A: "Aggressive" being such a malleable term, I suppose it depends on how you choose to define it. If you mean needlessly violent, then yes, obviously that's a good thing because it would help to eliminate the driving force behind most violent crime. On the other hand one can take "aggressive" to mean nothing more than a competitive, ambitious, take-no-crap sort of...

    Advise On Engineering Consulting

    Q: I'm a startup engineering consulting firm. I would love to get some advice from all of you on the best way for me to generate new leads and new business. What marketing strategies have worked for you? What did you do to get your foot in the door? Would love to hear how all of you on how you started your consulting practice and what stumbling blocks you have encountered along the way. To give you some background on what type of consulting I'm offering. I'll be offering machine design and automation design services. I'll also be offering...

    Anyone Else Collect Old Engineering Books?

    Q: Do any other engineers here collect old electrical engineering books? Any particular specialties (radio, power, circuit analysis, etc)? What do you use them for? I started collecting old electrical engineering texts a few years ago, mostly radio and circuit analysis books. Among others, these are interesting: Pierce, "Principles of Wireless Telegraphy," 1906 Pierce, "Electric Oscillations and Electric Waves," 1920 Kennelly, "Wireless Telegraphy," 1906 Puckle, "Time Bases," 1946(?) Edson, "Vacuum Tube Oscillators," 1953 Moullin, "Spontaneous Fluctuations of Voltage," 1938 The early radio books are mostly concerned with wave propagation and simple detectors (coherers and electrolytic detectors). By 1915-1920, there...

    Architects Aren't Engineers

    Q: Should architecture courses be given on an institute of technology? Many engineers i've spoken with condemn the fact that architecture is given on a school were studies like mechanical engineering, civil engineering etc. also are given. Architecture should be given on an art school together with interior design and landscape architecture. Who agrees with this? A: -It sounds to me as if the engineers you've spoken to are for some reason afraid of cross-discipline study. I wonder why that is? Do they feel that the "purity" of their field is somehow compromised by teaching that breaks down...

    Are Engineer Boots Passable?

    Q: here is a question for all of the experienced faire folk. My Minnetoka moccosin boots finally gave out after attending faire for about 5 years (may they rest in peace in the faire outfit closet) and I do not have the funds for the well crafted but expensive moccosin boots that I have seen at faire. Someone told me that engineer boots can work well as faire boots. I have looked at my local Vanderbilts and they have many styles for a decent price. Anyone out there go with the engineer boot option? A: -Are...

    Army Corp Of Engineers, Immediate Tsumani Solution

    Q: The quickest way to solve the problems of the Asian disaster, is to activate all branches of the Army Corps of Engineers, dispatch them to all the disaster areas, and make sure they have the hardware to rebuild, feed, and assist the victims. Full activation and deployment of Army, Marine and Navy corps of engineers. Why hasn't this been done? Because spins are being scripted and played for the U.N., if the U.S. did what I suggested, the U.N. can't straddle this situation and gain limelight by it by news broadcasts & so on. And it's American Zionist...

    Army Corps Of Engineers = Homeland Security

    Q: All this talk about safe LEO free Army Corps of Engineer land. Apparently the people who think this paid as much attention to this as they do to everything else, which is not much. Everyone should google it up. People are worried about some FS LEO's? How about a department that has every resource available within 24 hours to do whatever the fuck they please? If you do bother to go to the Army Corps of Engineers web site click on the link for security. Eventually that leads you to homeland Security. Now,...

    Automotive Engineering

    Q: I have an insatiable interest in making things go fast and I would like to follow a few courses in engine building or any other highly technical automotive engineering courses. I cannot afford to go to university due to family and employment commitments so my only other choice is to do something by mail or internet. Does anybody have any suggestions? Titles of good technical books in this area would be great as well. A: -I do recall adding some courses on automobile engineering in our distance learning search engine at http://www.gnacademy.org/ . Doing a...

    Banner Engineering

    Q: I need help with selection of a position sensor for a textile application. Basically , we are trying to lay and pull a peice of cloth ( 80 cm x 8 cm ) on a table. I tried to use optic fibers for this purpose. We have a glass table on which the fabric is pulled. Its edge needs to be detected as the fabric is pulled. A bunch of fibers is placed in a strech beneath the table and light is focussed from the top of the table. As the fabric uncovers the optic fibers,...

    Best Engineering School Physics Departments In Country?

    Q: I am a rising senior in the U.S. who is looking at engineering colleges. I wish to get a degree in either applied physics/physics or a field in engineering, and a strong minor in econ or finance. My question is, out of the top engineering schools, which schools have the best physics programs? I realize universities like Caltech and MIT have top-notch physics departments, but what about schools like Georgia Tech, U-Illinois at Champ-Urbana, Carnigie Mellon, Harvey Mudd, Cornell, etc? Info about particular departments in a school is difficult to get- and the only school I could check...

    Best Uml Modeling Tool : Reverse Engineering

    Q: I am using Microsoft Visio 2007, for reverse engineering my project code to UML model. But some the classes are not getting detected by visio....especially classes having containment relationship. Can anybody suggest a "better" UML modeling tool that can extract classes having complex hierarchies or relationships. A: The short answer would be: any other tool. MS has put a ton of money into extending VISIO's UML features and it is still utterly unusable for any serious UML modeling. UML drawing tools are not well known for user friendliness but VISIO has crossed over into user viciousness. Worse, it...

    Biomedical Engineering

    Q: I would really appreciate it if someone would tell me if it were possible to major in electrical/mechanial/other engineering but still go to grad school as a biomedical engineering. Sort of like a history major being a doctor or a computer science major being a lawyer kind of thing. Is it possible? A: The way that it's done, as a rule, is to follow a strong pre-med path, and believe it or not, double up on the maths. Pre-Medicine as an academic discipline is generally considered as being extremely strong on the hard sciences, in particular chemistry. (Obviously.)...

    Can Anyone Recommend A Good Electrical Engineering Magazine To Subscribe?

    Q: I'm a freshman in college and thinking of majoring in electrical engineering. I am interested in subscribing any electrical engineering magazine. Please let me know if any of you knows a good magazine. I would really appreciate it. A: -Join the IEEE and get spectrum. -The Spectrum is an excellent magazine. Best of all, when you're a student, the IEEE dues are reasonble. -Try these two magazine websites. You might qualify for a free subscription. http://www.csemag.com http://www.ecmweb.com -For most electrical engineers (at least the one's I know... and I *is* one) TV Guide is the most popular ...

    Careers In Civil Engineering

    Q: I'd like to tap the experience of the civil engineers and others who work in road/bridge planning/construction/maintenance who use this forum. I'm in my mid thirties, working full time, just started going to the local community college part time at night to earn my AS in Engineering for transfer to the University toward a BS in Engineering. I was a nuclear-power trained electrician in the Navy for nine years before now and I also have eight years of experience as a technical writer. I'm also a big time road/bridge enthusiast. I'm undecided as to my major. From a...

    Casting Sand On Extreme Engineering Wednesday Night.

    Q: What was that casting sand they were casting steel with on Extreme Engineering Wednesday night? It set up hard and they cast the parts with no flask. They glued the cope and drag together. A: -Likely you saw shell moulds. The same process can be used to make cores. Two heated steel dies come together. The sand mix of silica sand and urea based glue is dumped in. The steel old is tumbled and the sand cures against the inside of the old. The dies open and out pops part of a shell old....

    Chassis Questions.

    Q: I've now changed my plans once again for my Vega and was wondering if it would be a problem to put in a full chassis in the car even though the frame is bent quite a bit. Will it really make that big a difference since the chassis is going to be all new or will things be like mounting points and other things be off by a little because of the pretty well bent chassis. I don't feel like it will be a problem, but if any of you have any reasons why you believe...

    Chemical Versus Process - Engineering

    Q: Chemical versus Process - Engineering. Is there a difference? One a subset of the other? A: -Relies on each individual's definitions, but I'd say that they are two largely overlapping fields, but each has unique subject areas. To my mind, process engineering can involve traditional chemical reaction, thermodynamic, etc. processes, but could also involve mechanical, geologic, logistical, or businesses processes. They common thread here being there is a dynamic process involved that is studied, where despite different contexts, ideas like "steady-state" can be usefully applied. (Reminds me that I have explained chemical engineering to folks as the...

    Civil Engineering Jobs - Few More Words

    Q: I immigrated to Canada from China early last year. Before I came to Canada, I was quite confident to find a job because I had got 13 years of engineering experience in China, including two years of project management experience in Shell China Limited. I am very pride of my achievements, and in China, I needn't to find a job - jobs find me. But in Canada, after I made my best endeavors, I failed. Almost every employer needs "Canadian experience". Therefore I enrolled myself in University of Toronto last fall to make...

    Civil Engineering Universities

    Q: I'm from Manila, Philippines and have been offered an MS and PhD scholarship to any university in the USA. I would like to know which universities are renowned in the field of Civil Engineering, particularly in the Structural and Geotechnical disciplines. A: -University of Illinois Purdue University M.I.T. University of Michigan Penn State In no particular order -Texas A& M University, College Station, campus texas university, Austin Texas campus - The graduate Civil engineering program at The University of Texas, Austin, is considered by many as a top-5 program in the USA. -University of Texas, Austin University of...

    Cnu And Grantham College?

    Q: I would appreciate any feedback on California National University or Grantham College of Engineering. I recently received catalogs from these institutions and they both look OK. A: -California National University and Grantham College of Engineering are both accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council, an accreditor recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation and the US Department of Education but not by Regents College or Thomas Edison State College. Go figure. - Some areas of engineering, especially things like construction, environmental engineering, and road traffic engineering, require a state license. Some states will not grant...

    Consulting Engineer?

    Q: Is it required by law to have a P.E. before one can do consulting work? Or is it just required for opening one's own consultancy? A: -In general, the Consumer Affairs division of the State government requires anyone calling themselves an "engineer" or anyone offering "engineering" in any form to have a license to do so, i.e. P.E. The only exception to this is if the engineer is working for a manufacturing company. Anyone working for a manufacturing company is exempt from this law. But the minute they start working for themselves, or a consulting firm, and they...

    Chef Knives

    Q: Here it is, via reddit.com: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article.php?id=129 I found it amusing that there is a web site named "cooking for engineers." Anyway, the author put Global and Mac on top. Surprisingly, the blades of these knives are stamped, not forged. A: -I found it amusing that the alleged "engineer" was unaware of how to measure the bevel on blades. He also neglected to include an American line of cutlery. -Of the knives he tested. The "GF" series of Globals are forged, not stamped. They are usually...

    Critique My Resume

    Q: I am a recent graduate and looking for a job. I know Resumes make the most impact in finding a job, So I have attached my resume for you to view and to give me feed back and any improvements I could make so suggestions on anything I should add on ,,, thinks like that... Your Opinions and views are greatly appreciated.. Thank you. My Resume. The Alignment is little off 2050 Bridletowne Circle #612 Scarborough, Ontario M1W-2V5 (416) 491-1410 email: ssrik...@mail.lakeheadu.ca OBJECTIVE: To provide creative, high quality solutions for challenging...

    Eduacation In Audio Engineering

    Q: I am an undergraduate student at the University of Kentucky with a major of electrical engineering, and I have long desired to work in the field of audio engineering. I'm very interested in hardware design, especially that of speakers, amplifiers, signal processors and the like--consumer electronics. I would like to continue my education at the graduate level after I receive my BS, but I have no idea where one studies audio engineering at a graduate level and what degree that person would pursue. So my question is this: is there some specific college or univeristy somewhere that offers...

    Electrical Engineering Consultants

    Q: I am trying to find out information about the pricing policy(ie hourly rates) for Electrical Engineering Consultants specialising in: Installation Design. Project Management, Training, Surveys. If anybody can point me to to a suitable source of information I would be most gratefull. A: Your charges will depend a lot on your experience and reputation; and on what the market will bear - I do some work below cost because the customer won't pay the full price but I expect it to lead to other work which I can charge properly for. You also *must* know what your actual...

    Engineering

    Q: Why is it that engineers have spent an ungoddly amount of time in the library/engineering building for weeks on end, only to make so so money. I see plenty of people who have everything but an engineering degree make much better money it the business world. Our sales personnel are driving mercedes. None of our engineers are. Don't you think we ought to be making as much as lawyers or doctors. We put in some real brain power into our jobs and did our time in school. ...

    Engineering Drawing Question

    Q: I got the following question on my first year engineering design course's midterm, and I was wondering if anyone agrees with the answer (I think the question are very ambiguous and really has no proper answer). Which of the following types of drawings show all dimensions on the principal axes as true dimensions? a) Isometric projection b) Persepctive drawing c) Three view drawing (orthographic) d) None of the above do e) They all do I think there are no correct answers (becasue both Iso and 3-view drawings have true dimensions on x,y,z axes). What does everyone else...

    Engineering Jobs

    Q: I am an East London electronic engineering student on 4-month summer holiday. I am intrerested in some short term work with a company where I can get some real engineering experience in the industry. I am not sure if I stand much of a chance of finding anything thing available for the length of time (my term starts at the beginning of September) but if any one has suggestions I would really appreciate it. A: -jobsatbeasystems.com or just baesystems.com for a contact with the bae systems group. Planty of jobs for qualified people, not so sure about...

    Engineering Mechanics, Dynamics Solutions Cd, Manual

    Q: I am looking for the solutions CD or manual of "engineering mechanics, dynamics 5th ed. by Meriam". Any Help? A: If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from? If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse? ...

    Engineering Physics

    Q: I am chair at a community college that has a successful Engineering Science program that sends a lot of students to the local engineering school to finish the BS. However, the school is private and tuition is very high. I want to team with the state school that has no engineering degree to offer a BS in Engineering Physics thru their Physics department. We'll continue to do the first two years, they'll do the second two, with new engineering courses, so it's not really a 2 + 2 program. I don't want to hear about...

    Engineering Service Charges

    Q: Our company is a small design and manufacturing firm whose clients are split about evenly between commerical and government work. We have heard from the gov clients that our service charges are low-to-moderate, while several of our com clients have remarked that it's outrageously high. Based on my prior work for a government contractor, I think it's reasonable, but I have had limited experience with the charging/billing end of things...So a question for the group. What is your education, experience, and a rough idea of what you, or your company, charge(s) for your time? A: -As...

    Engineer In Training

    Q: I have a new engineer-in-training who joined the company back in October. Last week we did a site vist to a fertilizer plant. We spent four days tramping around in the ammonia, nitric oxide, ammonium nitrate, nitric acid and other similar fun gases - the peak experience was riding the elevator up 15 stories to the top of the ammonium nitrate prilling tower wearing hard hats, hearing protection, goggles, and respirators. Later we were told "Oh, we never use that elevator...it breaks down all the time". At one other place in the plant there...

    Engineering Job Postings

    Q: I see in the various *.jobs.* newsgroups a great number of job postings for 'software engineers', 'network engineers', etc. When I read the postings, they are looking for programmers and technicians, not what I would call engineers. In Canada, you must be a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) to practice professional engineering. I use the general guideline that a job should require an engineering degree to be called an engineering job. Perhaps I have extended a generality too far. My question is simple, is it appropriate or legal to...

    Engineer Salaries....help!

    Q: Does anybody know of a website where I might get a feel for typical salaries for post production / radio production engineering - the position is 35-40 hour per week...basically it's pretty simple Pro Tools engineering tracking and assembling a radio program with some but very limited production responsibilities. ...or would anybody care to share their experiences in this matter Located in Hollywood. This job is ALREADY FILLED, please don't reply with resumes etc. A: -There are still 'salaried' positions in audio ?!? Oh... I see, commercial or corporate production. Add up your entire cost...

    Engineers Without Borders

    Q: I was just watching a CBC TV broadcast on "Engineers Without Borders." This is a Canadian volunteer non profit program in which both professional and student engineers volunteer for and are sent overseas to help primitive communities. The programs had its inspiration from the French based "Doctors without Borders" program that won the Nobel Prize. One example was a student engineer sent to Nepal. Their problem was that there was no electricity for lighting and the fuel used was animal dung and precious little wood. Not only was the light produced inadequate for...

    Eng Project Management

    Q: I recently heard of a master's level degree available that was called "Engineering Project Management". Does anyone know if this is true? If so, what Universities offer such a degree, and who is the best? I'm pretty sure that there are degrees in "Project Management", which would fall under business administration, but what about this specialty? A: -University of Alaska offers an masters degree in "Engineering and Science Management" that has a project management focus. It is offered in the Engineering Department and, when I took it (75-76), only overlapped with the business administration...

    Enr(engineering News Record)

    Q: Does Engineering News Record have a Home Page in the Internet's World Wide Web ? A: -When in doubt try http://www.XXX.com/ where XXX=item of interest In this case... http://www.enr.com/ -I have not been able to find it yet. I just looked through the latest issue and didn't see anything there either. I know Black and Veatch is http://www.bv.com -http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/ or, more specifically http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/construction/engnr.htm It's not much of a site, though. -Yes, there is a site on the web for ENR. It is at the McGraw-Hill (publisher of ENR) site. Unfortunately it is not very exciting....

    Environmental Engineering Major

    Q: Can somebody tell me what environmental engineering entails? I am considering an environmental engineering major an so far I've only been given a general overview of what it entails. A: -Well here in the great Midwest an "environmental engineering" degree entails much time in the front of the unemployment lines...unless you are a tree hugging liberal without need for $$ you may wish to consider some other profession... -"Environmental Engineering!" What is it? Do we "engineer" the environment? God knows, we try. But in reality an "envirinmental engineer" functions in the mode of trying to reverse the effects of...

    Finding Sound Engineer Jobs

    Q: i.m 30 years old sound engineer with 10 years experience, i need to find a post production jobs? any idea? A: Film school and then an internship. ...

    Focus On Starting A Fulltime Band Or Engineering Career?

    Q: I am 23 yo living in nyc. I have a bachelor's in electrical engineering, amateur pro-tools experience, and band experience. I consider myself a songwriter/performer but at the same time, I am fascinated with the recording process. I am just starting to contact studios for internships and look for band members. The thing is, these are both full time projects and I will probably end up doing both, but I feel like I need a better idea of the pros and cons of these two fields, performer/musician vs engineer/producer. I have always been more...

    Fundamentals Of Engineering Approved Calculator

    Q: Since it appears that I will no longer be able to get a hold of the HP-33s calculator, what calculator do you recommend for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam? The approved list is at: http://www.ncees.org/exams/calculators/ Briefly, the approved HP calculators are: HP-9, HP-30s, HP-32s, and HP-33s It seems like many of these calculators are discontinued and are selling at insane prices - especially, in my case, for a one-time exam. I'm certainly not willing to spend $300 for such a thing. Any suggestions for something reasonable? I have plenty of $20 TI calculators available, but I prefer something...

    General Engineering Case # Question

    Q: Is there any way of finding out when (and if!) a specific engineering case is expected to be fixed, or do I just need to keep watching the EBF's as they come out? The one I'm interested in (382022) is not in EBF 3044 (nor did I expect it to be, since it's fairly recent), but was wondering if there's any way of finding out if it will be fixed in a later EBF, or if I need to come up with a workaround for a year or so. A: Once an engineering case has been fixed, you...

    General Engineering With Economics?

    Q: I have been lurking about this newsgroup for a few weeks now and have gained much useful information about university from it, and wish to thank various people for their helpful general advice. However, I would now kindly ask if you could help in deciding my future study. I am currently in Year 12, studying A-levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Economics. As things stand I am looking at predicted grades of AAAB (my further maths letting me down unfortunately). In terms of university, I had always wanted to do engineering and liked the idea of going...

    Genetic Engineering Ethics In Science Fiction

    Q: I am a final year university student who is currently writing an ethics essay. I have been trying to put forward the view that some of the ethical problems associated with new technology have already been explored in science fiction. I would like help in substantiating this view. My essay is on the topic of human genetic engineering and cloning. While I am familiar with some of the work on this topic I was hoping for some help in tracking down some short stories or novels which deal with either the ethical problems or the social implications of...

    Getting Started With Control Engineering

    Q: I have some rather old books on Control Engineering that have material similar to the Wikibook on "Control Systems" ( http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Control_systems ) and I was wondering if this material is a good way to get started in Control Systems Engineering. Actually, I am thinking of trying to get a thesis (undergraduate diploma project) in this field later on this year. I'm an Electrical Engineering student in Athens, Greece but the Control Division in our School is in a big mess and I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Any advice or support is very welcome. A: That...

    Global Engineering Documents

    Q: I thought I remember hearing that when you buy any documents from Global Engineering that if the specs are ever updated, that Global was supposed to send out new documents for free. Today, I got an announcement in the mail from Global saying that "I am using outdated material" and if I want to get the new stuff there is a $53.00 charge. (For material that was originally something like $70-$100). Am I misunderstanding something, or did I just dream that Global was supposed to send out new docs? (I thought that's why people didn't mind...

    Gnomish Vs. Goblin Engineering

    Q: is there really any reason to go goblin? gnomish death ray is cool and i saw a couple others that are neat but i wasnt sure how many people swear by goblin. A: Gnomish gives you several nifty and unpredictable gadgets, like the Death Ray, the Shrink Ray, and World Enlarger, and so on. These things are sort of useful, though they fairly often backfire with unfortunate (though amusing) consequences. For example, the Death Ray *usually* gives me a big advantage in a PVP fight, but at least once it has basically killed me when I used it....

    Good Civil Engineering Universities

    Q: May I know which universities in US offer good civil engineering undergraduate degree? A: -Last time I checked it was something like: 1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. MIT 4.Univ of Illinois - Urbana Champaign 5. Georgia Tech 6. Cal Tech -Isn't Berkeley generally considered to have the top undergrad program in the country? -Try the much maligned (in this NG and deservedly) but indespensable U.S.News site: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/eng/coenps04.htm http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/eng/coenns04.htm -: Obviously, the tech schools have great engineering programs. MIT, CalTech, GA Tech, Stanford, VA Tech Also consider the upper tier state schools, Berkeley, UIUC, Michigan ...

    Help - With Paper Work(job Description )

    Q: I have just become head of Operations TOO. I have to create job description for our shop. I have not done computer operator job description is years. I have to create description of computer operator trainee and full operator. I was hoping that someone would have (and share) an old copy that I could use to start from? A: Computer Operator I ...

    Help: Name For New Engineering Department

    Q: I hope you can help with this. Our departments of: * Mechanical Engineering * Aerospace Engineering * Engineering Science & Mechanics will soon merge to form a new department. The tentative name for the new department is: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science and Mechanics but many here feel this is too long. Can you please propose a shorter name that is also representative of the typical programs in the three mentioned departments? A: -where I went to school all of these areas were covered by the 'Mechanical Engineering' department,...

    Help Please - Design Engineer

    Q: I have receieved positive skill assessment for electrical and electronics engineering... I worked as a design engineer (electrical) in my previous employment.. will DIMIA have any problem with this as design engineer is not in their list... but, i was design engineer in electrical engineering... should I send additional letter or a affadavit stating that design engineering is related to electrical design. A: -I doubt that DIMIA will mind if your references show that you're an engineer in an electrical field. If you were an engineering associate or working as an electrical draftsperson it might be a...

    How Did You Survive Engineering School?

    Q: I am a first year ME student at Oregon state university and earned a 4.00 gpa my first semester. Now, the end of the second semester is nearing and I am still in the A- range in all my classes but feel overextended, and I am only taking 14 credits. The reason is one class: Pro/E solid modeling / graphic design requires 20+ hours per week work outside of class to just complete labs and assignments. This is unlike any other class; most have a credit to hour workload ratio of about 1:4 at the...

    How Do You Market An Engineering Company?

    Q: I am an engineer working for an engineering company who specializes in railroad track design/consulting. We've never really marketed our company before, but would like to start. I would like to get ideas on how other engineering/consulting companies market themselves. Do you advertise? If so, in what publications? We normally do work for companies/industries, other engineering companies (as a sub-consultant), and railroads. A: www.cenews.com has a monthly business section that addresses questions such as those that you were asking. Information is usually provided by related professional organizations as well. ...

    Engineering Books

    Q: This came up once before but not much of a response? When I was young, there was a series of books for kids called "How & Why". IIRC, one was on bridges, the other on buildings in general. Others covered all sorts of sciences--electricity, geology, etc. These were an excellent introduction to engineering. I remember the books explaining things like compression strength, shearing strength, and tensile strength, and the ability of different materials. It also disussed the resonance frequency and the Tacama bridge issues. It...

    Human Genetic Engineering

    Q: Out of curiousity, how many atheists here are against/for human genetic engineering for (obviously) non-religious reasons? Or perhaps to what extent? Would you support engineering to make a person immune to certain diseases only, or would you support modifications not directly related to health concerns such as faster reading speed or more muscle mass? I was watching something today about potential genetic changes to make people immune to certain diseases among other things. I am not sure where I stand on the issue yet because I have only heard a few of the arguments presented...

    Industrial Chemist Vs Chemical Engineer

    Q: Industrial chemist VS chemical engineer. could someone please outline the differences of these two carrers ?Its just that I am in my 2nd last year of HS and am considering a carrer in chemistry..these two seem to be a couple i can choose. A: Industrial chemists get to play with big vats of chemicals. Chemical engineers get to build big vats of chemicals. Industrial chemists know what escaped from the vat. Chemical engineers know what broke, and how much escaped. In general, chemical engineers tend to focus strongly on materials science, civil and mechanical engineering, thus requiring a...

    Industrial Engineering: Employment Opportunities

    Q: I am shortly going to start college, and I am considering majoring in industrial engineering. I would like to know what are the present job opportunites in industrial engineering? Insofar as, are there more IE's than there are industrial engineering jobs? Furtermore, in your oponion, what is the future fate of industrial engineering looking like (i.e. grim, excellent, etc.)? And, if you are an industrial engineer, how often do you find your-self relocating and changing jobs? A: You didn't mention whether you have already industrial experience and/or other education/degree(s). As for my experience, I got a BSEE...

    Introductory Web Sites About Materials Science And Engineering

    Q: I an giving a talk to a group of high school students about materials science and engineering. It will be useful to have a list of interesting web sites for them to visit. The following list shows what I have so far. Can anyone suggest more sites that would be interesting at an intorductory level? Discovering Materials Science, www.mse.cornell.edu/materials_science_discovering/index.html Career Resource Center for Materials Science and Engineering, http://www.crc4mse.org/ IOM3 Materials Careers (UK), www.materials-careers.org.uk/ The A to Z of Materials, www.azom.com Matter, http://www.matter.org.uk/ Key to Metals http://www.key-to-metals.com (See articles) Key to Steel http://www.key-to-steel.com ...

    Is Computing A Science Or An Engineering Discipline?

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