IEEE-USA Today's Engineer Copyright (c) 2012 IEEE, All rights reserved. en-us 88 31 http://www.todaysengineer.org http://www.todaysengineer.org/images/te1.gif http://www.todaysengineer.org The Engineer's Source for Articles on Building Careers and Shaping Public Policy http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/career-focus.asp Despite some uncertainty — and slower growth than other engineering fields — careers in aerospace remain strong and the need for new employees continues to grow. 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/job-market-secrets.asp 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. 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/STEM-Girls.asp 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. 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/licensure.asp The specifications for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) will change in January 2014 in concert with NCEES’s plans to move the exam from paper and pencil to computer-based testing (CBT). Learn about process by which the new specification were developed. 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/NEF.asp 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.” 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/Green.asp 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. 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/backscatter.asp 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. 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/PTO-Comments.asp 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. 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/wtd.asp A roundup of news and notable developments in electrical engineering and computer or information technology. 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/history.asp 05/09/2012 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/worldbytes.asp 05/09/2012 5 April 2012 12:00:00