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Happy National Engineers' Week! My company will be donating the money they used on cake and awful plastic dust collectors in past years to the local middle school's science and math programs. I for one am all for this, as the cheap plastic thingies they gave us just ended up in the trash...

Just curious... Our corporate folks have defered our raises this year (not supprising) and the class at the local Uni I was scheduled to teach got combined with another one to save $

Here is the LINK.

According to the National Academy of Engineers it is the social benefit we provide. Engineers make a world of difference. Engineers are creative problem-solvers. Engineers help shape the future. Engineering is essential to our health, happiness, and safety. Read More

I read in one of their newsletters that NCEES is considering going to electronic exams, getting rid of the old pecil and paper. Well, here is my :2cents . DO NOT DO IT. My wife was taking a professional exam this week. It was electronic, on a computer at one of those testing places, when the...

I have to get one of these... It uses gravity (PE=mgh) to produce electricity and power a LED light... GRAVIA Now that is outside the box thinking!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080115/ap_on_...e_collapse_ntsb

The auto companies say higher fuel economy standards will drive them out of business, I don't believe it. Look at these numbers from http://green.yahoo.com/news/ap/20080113/ap...more_mpg_3.html : If they just cut the weight and reduced the power, it can simply be done. I currently drive a...

Recieved the letter today 01/07/2008! I asked my wife to open it. I was one of the 52% to pass the PE Metallurgical exam! :party-smiley-048:

I have been looking into different ways to reduce the dirty power I have been buying for the house. I have cut electricity usage significantly (we have dropped on average about 100 kWh per month :party-smiley-048: ) by changing out the lights and appliances with more efficient ones. I am now...

Can someone explain them? They don't make sense to me. They kind of seem like they take double credit for renewable power generation. I also don't get the whole choosing your electric generator thing. I mean if I choose company X that has a plant 50 miles away, but company Y has a plant 10...

Just curious if anyone took the metallurgy exam in Oct 07? I noticed I was the only one to take it in CT. I think I did pretty well, except for the thermo and kinetics problems.