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Develop Leadership Skills Through Volunteering
Leadership skills include planning projects, managing time, motivating individuals, giving feedback and building teams. Many employers consider these skills — often termed soft skills — more important than experience or college education in defining successful business leaders.

A Dozen Reasons Why You Should Obtain Your P.E. License
Many engineers obtain their professional engineer (P.E.) license because it is a specific job requirement. Many others choose not to obtain a P.E. license because it is not a direct job requirement. Meanwhile, there are compelling considerations for becoming a licensed professional engineer that are larger than the immediate minimal requirements of a current job.

Determining How Your Employer Measures Your Performance
If you haven't taken the time to discuss and find out what your manager and other upper-level superiors consider important or the performance required for a promotion, you could be wasting a lot of time and energy.

U.S. innovation & competitiveness
Can Local Networks of Experts Help Boost Diversity in Science and Engineering?
According to a recent interim report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), local networks of experts can show communities how to bring more women and minorities to careers in science and engineering.

Engineers’ Roles in Auto-Safety Assessments Drawing National Attention
Mounting reports of sudden, unintended vehicle acceleration have generated national media attention and attracted congressional scrutiny. One of the questions emerging from this exposure is the adequacy of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's (NHTSA) technical capabilities.

Tech Digest: August
A roundup of news and notable developments in electrical engineering and computer or information technology reported during late June and July 2010.

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Backscatter: The “Inconceivable” Consequences of Failure
If an engineering project is very large and/or complex, was costly to produce and deploy, is expensive to maintain, and has been operating successfully without failure, does it follow that, inevitabley, something bad will happen? In the case of the BP oil rig disaster, it did.

When Time Remaining Is Not Time Remaining
Software engineer Ed Joyce takes a humorous look at the computer interfaces that have evolved from a simple flashing cursor
into a maybe-it’s-on/maybe-it’s-off cacophony of video and audio, touch screens, and voice commands, among other interactive media. Computer geeks may gush giddy over these rich interfaces, but the final products often leave end users feeling exhausted and emotionally drained.

energy update
Electric Vehicles on the Rise: What Does That Mean for the Engineering Community?
Even before the first wave of electric vehicles rolls out of dealers' showrooms, a great deal of work is already under way to make it possible for roads — and the electric grid — to handle them.
intellectual property corner
The Supreme Court’s Bilski Decision Leaves Questions Unanswered
Many had hoped that the Supreme Court's Bilski decision would clarify exactly what is and is not patentable. However, the Court's decision left much unresolved.
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DBIS – Reliable Science on Local TV News
IEEE-USA has been a partner in the Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (DBIS) program since 2005.
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