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your career, your life
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Backscatter: Contending with
the Downside of Offshoring
An NAE study initiated in
2006 concluded that
“offshoring appears to have
contributed to the
competitive advantage of
U-S.-based firms in a
variety of industries, and
the negative impacts of offshoring on U.S. engineering appear to have
been relatively modest to date.” However, the
study did note severe impacts in some industry
sectors and for some jobs.
Snooping Employers — Be
Aware of Your Online
Profiles
Due to high unemployment and hundreds of e-mails
daily for an open position, hiring managers and
recruiters are going online to investigate
possible candidates — before the interview
process even begins.
Q&A
With NCEES Director of
Examinations Tim Miller
Today’s Engineer
recently held a Q&A session with NCEES Director of Examination
Services Tim Miller, P.E., who is
responsible for preparing and scoring the
Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and Principles
and Practice (PE) examinations used by U.S.
licensing boards to license professional
engineers.
Five
Web Sites I Love... and You
Might, Too
Today's Engineer's Students
Voice Editor Sarah Rovito shares
some of her favorite sites. |
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intellectual property
corner
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Federal Circuit Decision on
Business Patents Methods
Hints at Possibility of
"Virtual Worlds" Patents
The Federal Circuit’s recent
decision in In re Bilski has drawn much
commentary from those who debate the
patentability of “business methods.” However,
many have overlooked a part of the Bilski
decision that may unwittingly sanction the
patentability of items and methods in virtual
worlds. |
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U.S. innovation &
competitiveness
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Experts Dispute Adequacy of
Management and Funding for
National Nanotechnology
Initiative EHS Research
More than 1,000
nanotechnology-enabled
products are already
available to consumers
around the world. Yet much
remains remains unknown
about nanotechnologies'
environmental, health and
safety impact. Some experts
contend that NNI's EHS
research needs to be
strengthened through
adoption of a “top-level,
top-down” strategy.
Nanotech: Engineering from the Bottom Up
It is increasingly common to
hear people referring to the nanotechnology
industry, just like the software or mobile
phone industries, but will
such a thing ever exist?
Can Automobiles be Made
Smaller and Safer?
Government regulations are
planned to dictate a corporate average fuel
economy standard of 35.5 miles per gallon by
2016, four years sooner than Congress decreed in
the 2007 energy law. How will manufacturers
manage to meet the new standard without
compromising safety?
Plug-and-Play Warships
Planning to refight
the last war has been an
often-repeated mistake. But
the U.S. Navy is getting out
front with the development
of a new ship class capable
of modular reconfiguration
to cope with various
threats. The new ship is
called the Littoral Combat
Ship. At least fifty-five of these ships are
planned, expected to be 17 percent of the total
future fleet.
IEEE-USA E-Book:
Doing Innovation: Creating Economic Value – Book 2:
Developing a Workable Innovation Process
Developing a
Workable Innovation Process is the second in
a series of e-books by Gerard “Gus” Gaynor, a
retired 3M Director of Engineering, on Doing
Innovation: Creating Economic Value.
Tech Digest: November
A roundup of
news and notable
developments in
electrical
engineering and
computer or
information
technology
reported by
research
universities and
government
agencies during
October 2009. |
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energy
outlook
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Biofuel Review:
Part 2 —
Emissions
Impacts and
Infrastructure
Development
A look at the
challenges of
total fuel-cycle
emissions of biofuel pathways, and developing adequate
transport, distribution and infrastructure
systems for biofuel processing and delivery. |
DOE Solar
Decathalon
Highlights
Tomorrow's
Engineers &
Entrepreneurs
For three weeks in October, the
U.S. Department
of Energy hosted the fourth biennial Solar
Decathlon competition. More than 100,000
visitors toured
the "solar
village" located
on the National
Mall in
Washington, D.C. |
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on campus
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Don't Miss Out on Scholarships, Internships and More from IEEE-USA
Autumn is a
great time to
plan ahead for
what you're
going to do be
doing this
winter, and next
summer, and how
IEEE-USA could
play into those
plans. |
My AAAS Mass
Media Fellowship
Experience
When Wendy
Hansen first
began her Mass
Media Fellowship
at the Los
Angeles Times,
she wondered
what she had
gotten herself
into. Ten short
weeks later, she
had found here
calling. |
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K-12 STEM
education
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BEST Robotics
and IEEE:
Inspiring
Tomorrow's
Technology
Professionals
Today
Engineers and
high school
teachers both
impact many
people on a
daily basis.
Unfortunately,
for most
engineers and
teachers, that
impact isn’t
always tangible.
The BEST
Robotics
competition
offers an
opportunity for
teachers and
IEEE members to
help young
people
experience that
"light bulb"
moment in an
exciting and
fulfilling way.
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