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your career, your life
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Career
Focus
 Aerospace
Engineering Careers
Still Flying High
Despite some uncertainty
— and slower growth than other engineering fields
— careers in aerospace remain strong and the need for new employees continues to grow. |
Telling
Secrets of the Hidden Job Market
While networking may not be the easiest or most comfortable way to job hunt, the tight job market demands extraordinary efforts.
And the results of networking
purposefully are undeniable.
Here's how you can get started
building your own network. |
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Girls Encouraged to Pursue STEM
Careers
In April, the White House hosted a special event to encourage the next generation of women in STEM, which featured a panel of some of America’s top women in science and engineering, and premiered the new video,
Girls in STEM. |
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innovation & competitiveness
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Engineering Leaders to Convene to Discuss Future
of U.S. Engineering
In April, the National Academy of Engineering, joined by Lockheed Martin and the Council on Competitiveness, announced the inaugural National Engineering Forum (NEF), which will
challenges leaders of the engineering community to “address the precarious state of U.S. engineering — in terms of its capacity, capability and competitiveness.” |
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energy & environment
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Fourth IEEE Green Technologies Conference
Now in its fourth year, the IEEE Green Technologies Conference continues to bring together scientists, researchers and practitioners from around the world to develop realistic solutions to the current energy crisis, and to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gas emissions. |
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from the engineer's desk
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Backscatter:
Not My Type
In
an attempt to mimic web designers and their
penchant for brightly colored and reversed
out text, are print designers sacrificing
readability and, possibly, losing readers?
Don Christiansen muses on design trends in
some of today's most popular print
periodicals. |
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intellectual property
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Comments Sought on
Existing USPTO Regulations and
Patent Application Paperwork Burden
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
recently requested comments on the paperwork
that applicants submit during post-filing,
pre-allowance patent prosecution. This is a highly significant opportunity to seek reform of problematic PTO regulations — one that only comes once every three years. |
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Tech News Digest
A
roundup of news and notable developments in
electrical engineering and computer or
information technology.
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