Picnic area project earns Scout an Eagle award Jul 8, 2008
He will attend Rutgers School of Engineering in the fall. MORE COMMUNITY NEWS. (NJ.com -- Times)
Pastor's title new, mission the same Jul 6, 2008
Systems Engineering - We're Hiring I.. INSIDE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Times Unio. (Albany Times Union)
New book reveals Augusta a 'mecca' for beach music Jul 3, 2008
Summer is the time for beach music and good books, and you can combine those two with the massive compilation The Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music, by Greg Haynes. This book is not only a "coffee table book," it is so large (at 553 bigger-than-legal size pages) that it can be used as a coffee table. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Dollar millionaires top 10m Jun 25, 2008
As an illustration of the growing buying power of emerging markets and the shifting world order, the report cites General Dynamics, the US engineering group, which sold more Gulfstream jets to overseas buyers than in North America for the first time last year. Ferrari also experienced unprecedented sales to emerging markets. (guardian.co.uk)
'Culture shock' Jun 23, 2008
"Instead of thinking about their work, people were thinking about their weekend organising, planning and engineering time off," she says. Not that Christine Lagarde believes that life should be "work and nothing else". (BBC News -- Europe)
Regional Roundup Jun 20, 2008
The General Fund pays for police, building, planning, attorney, engineering and many other city services. Over the next two years, that fund will also be called upon to pay 1. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Kelso High School memories: The 1970s Jun 19, 2008
Although an engineering major, with my music skills from Kelso I was able to sing in the top choral ensemble at the University of Washington, and 35 years after high school graduation, I still perform from time to time in groups directed by my high school choir teacher Howard Meharg. Although with my job I now go to upscale restaurants with sophisticated customers in Mexico City, my memories of playing in the trombone section at the conservatory, toothless old men, peanuts, soccer on TV and all... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Lufthansa's labor of love: restoring old junkers Jun 17, 2008
Lockheed archivists found 11,000 boxes of the plane's engineering drawings, certification documents and maintenance records that Mr. Rohwer and his colleagues will use for their work. Mr. Rohwer, a private pilot who builds model steam trains for fun, will handle the Starliner's cockpit. (AZCentral -- Business)
Classifieds 6/12/08 Jun 13, 2008
in Minonk is seeking an ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN. This multitalented individual should possess the ability to multi-task, not be afraid to get their hands dirty, and operate with little supervision. CAD, machining and welding experience, or education, is preferred but not required. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Jongkie Tio: Introducing history through photos Jun 13, 2008
Historian should take into account, he believed, the views of various disciplines, like engineering, agricultural and art. Born in Semarang, Jonkie Tio, 67, was born as Tio Tek Gwan. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
'Waltz blue' Tucker makes stop in Athens Jun 8, 2008
But they haven't stopped there," Tucker wrote of his view on their interference. Then, he thanked the customers and investors who boosted him to continue. "Every day, letters come to us from people who know that in fighting to put the rear-engine Tucker on the road we are, at the same time, fighting for their right as motorists to get the finest engineering American ingenuity can produce. " Sixty years later, Tucker fans and car enthusiasts all over the world still clamor for details,... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Masters of the brew Jun 1, 2008
With all of this elaborate setup, Mitzel and his tag-team brewing partner Jason Putnam are betraying their engineering roots Mitzels background is in electrical, Putnams is in petroleum ... Putnam, meanwhile, followed his engineering career up to Anchorage, Alaska, where the long, dark winters turned normal-looking people into mad mead scientists by night. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Hybrid Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:HYBR) and TreasureHD Producers Film All Electric Vehicle Facility for Upcoming International Segment on DISH Network May 27, 2008
Hybrid's Research & Development facility and their engineering design team were filmed by TreasureHD for a segment on lithium powered vehicles to be aired in the coming month. The show's producer and film crew were at the Mooresville facility to show the process of how the company takes a fuel powered automobile and transforms it to an emissions-free, eco-friendly vehicle. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Rotary Springoree offers fun for all May 22, 2008
Matthew McNeil, son of David and Lisa McNeil and a member of the Class of 2008 at Clear Creek High, has been awarded a $22,000 scholarship to study aerospace engineering. Hugo Hernandez, a member of the Class of 2008 at Clear Lake High, plans to be a pre-med major with a focus on biology with his $18,000 scholarship. (The Citizen - online, TX)
Keokuk's small businesses featured during Small Business Appreciation luncheon May 22, 2008
This company provides civil and structural engineering services and landscape architects. There are seven employees in the Keokuk office. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
LETTERS: NCT, May 19, 2008 May 20, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Get involved instead of complaining. (North County Times)
Medallion of Excellence winners Apr 20, 2008
College career plans: Major in engineering physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to be an engineer for NASA. ... Honors awards: 2006 honorable mention at the Tomoka Regional Science and Engineering Fair; second place for art submission in the 2006 Regional Lads to Leaders Conference; all-county honors band as a horn player (two years) ... College career plans: Major in biomedical engineering at Harding University. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
TCNJ to host 33rd Trenton Computer Festival Apr 10, 2008
TCF was founded in 1976 by Sol Libes, founder of the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey, and Allen Katz, professor of electrical/computer engineering at TCNJ. The festival provides funds for TCNJ's School of Engineering Scholarship Program. A nonprofit educational corporation, TCF is operated by volunteers from TCNJ and the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey, along with several other organizations: The New York Amateur Computer Club, The Computer Education Society of Philadelphia, Institute... (NJ.com -- Times)
Small businesses discover a world of opportunity in exports Apr 8, 2008
Twenty-five percent of new U.S. technology and engineering companies that were launched from 1995 to 2005 have at least one founder who is foreign-born ... "You can go to almost any city in India, China, Saudi Arabia, Dubai many economies in the world now and see people buzzing with energy and entrepreneurship," says Vivek Wadhwa, a Duke University engineering professor and technology entrepreneur who has launched two start-ups. (USA Today -- Money)
Google's Android work far from finished Apr 6, 2008
"That's the difference between a standards body and an engineering team.". After all, it's Google first mobile operating system. (CNET News.com)
Ideas on improving high schools? Apr 2, 2008
The primary problem is, and always will be, that PARENTS (whether present or not, whether engaged or not) are failing their kids the schools aren t. And until and unless we have the will to remove kids from homes with utterly imcompetent and disengaged parents, NO amount of money or social engineering will ever fix this problem. By Jeff. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Letters to the Editor - 3/4/2008 Mar 5, 2008
The science of traffic engineering has progressed, as has our population. Concepts like slowing traffic to increase traffic flow versus creating more lanes, utilizing roundabouts, reverse-angled parking, landscaping and trees to benefit traffic safety, increasing bike lane width and reducing lane widths to create a safer, efficient roadway and healthy business environment were some of the options explored. (North County Times)
Lodi, Galt officials assess security measures after Missouri shooting Feb 11, 2008
wtf wrote on Feb 10, 2008 9:02 AM:" It would seem that Charles "Cookie" Thornton also had some zoning issues with the city council. "Actually, given the misery that frequently if not constantly occurs because of the retail-level socialism and social engineering called planning and zoning, I'm amazed that this kind of retaliatory violence doesn't happen much more frequently. The key to this story is not the late Mr. Thornton's sense of racial grievance, but the exasperation he apparently... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
'New and Impatient,' Hinckley Shares His Goals for Woodbury Jan 30, 2008
Mr. Hinckley said engineering services for the drainage installation and reconstruction of Peter Road will take place in the spring. He said he is in the process of applying for a grant for Brushy Hill Road, for the widening, straightening and drainage of the road. (Voices, CT)
Across the area Jan 25, 2008
Crews relocating a water line caused a break in the main before 1 p.m. near the Washington Road/I-20 interchange, said Wes Byne, the assistant director of engineering for the city's utility department. The disruption affected customers along Washington Road from I-20 to the area of California Dreaming south of Pleasant Home Road, Mr. Byne said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Napa Valley cabernets: A bottle's price tag tends to outpace its quality Jan 25, 2008
Just as a Mercedes promises not only to be a conveyance but a model of modern automotive engineering, so too does Napa Valley hold out the implicit assurance that its wines will offer something special that comes specifically from grapes grown in its hallowed realm. At the highest level, Napa cabernet sauvignons have a style that sets them apart, if not always a sense of place. (International Herald Tribune)
VOTE ON EAST AURORA SCHOOL BOARD SEAT, PROJECT FUNDING IS TUESDAY Jan 24, 2008
Sweet holds a two-year civil engineering degree from ECC and a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Buffalo State College. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. (East Aurora Advertiser, NY)
Spherion Completes Integration Activities Jan 23, 2008
Positions range from administrative and light industrial to a host of professions that include accounting/finance, information technology, engineering, manufacturing, legal, human resources and sales/marketing. With approximately 700 locations in the United States and Canada, Spherion delivers innovative workforce solutions that improve business performance. (PR Newswire)
South Korean science prepares to take on the world Jan 19, 2008
"When I was a student here in the mid-1980s, some students stopped before the national flag at the library in the morning and observed a moment of silence, vowing to dedicate ourselves to the nation's industrial development," said Cho Byung Jin, a professor of electrical engineering. Since his arrival, Suh has become the most talked-about campus reformer in South Korea by taking on some of Kaist's most hallowed traditions. (International Herald Tribune)
Steven Ralston Jan 10, 2008
After graduation from Muscatine High School in 1966, he earned an associate s degree at Eastern Iowa Community College in 1968 and attended Iowa State University to study petroleum engineering. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1969 and served two tours of duty in Vietnam with distinction, earning several medals and citations. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
The Year in Review Dec 29, 2007
55 million for design and engineering plans for an expanded and upgraded sewer system for the town. The plans would roughly double the capacity of the town's sewer system to two million gallons of water per day. (New Milford Times, CT)
Tidings from Iraq Dec 25, 2007
Cpl. Reginald "Reggie" Livingston, 478th Engineering Battalion, Bravo Company. Serving in Iraq. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
The secret stop Dec 17, 2007
The buildings are owned by David Livingston and Gary Feuerstein of Endex Engineering Inc.. Livingston, a historic preservation enthusiast, was on hand to take the curious on tours of the Corvallis Depot, which, constructed in 1887, is the oldest of the three buildings. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
NASA to Test Space Shuttle Fuel Tank Dec 12, 2007
"We're going to go find out where this problem is, whether it's the sensors, the wires, the connectors, what have you," said Hale, adding that other engineering teams will perform bench tests of individual circuits in parallel with the fueling test. During text week's test, engineers will splice in monitoring equipment into circuits for the four erratic hydrogen sensors and a fifth sensor that detects when the tank is about 5 percent full, Hale said. (Space.com)
NASA to Attempt Space Shuttle Launch on Sunday Dec 9, 2007
While some shuttle engineering groups did suggest possible troubleshooting methods, none voted to abandon Sunday's launch attempt, mission managers said ... "I would like to quit talking about ECO sensors," Hale said, adding that he has directed engineering team to reevaluate the sensor system for signs of the glitch. (Space.com)
Colonial luxury Nov 24, 2007
The home's main feature is a free-flying spiral staircase that winds its way up three stories in an impressive feat of engineering. (Each cantilevered step supports the one above and below it. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Business briefs Nov 22, 2007
In addition, other companies participating in the Sweetser Holiday Toy Drive include Franklin Printing, Great Works Internet, IDEXX, Norway Savings Bank, One & Two Portland Square, St. Joseph's Church Religious Education, Systems Engineering and The Holden Agency will also be participating in Sweetser's holiday gift program, hosting gift trees at their locations from Nov. 13 - Dec. 8. For more information on Downeast Energy Holiday Toy Drive gift box drop locations, call Troy Pattison at... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
This is more like it Nov 17, 2007
Welcome to an historic journey, the conductor announces as we roll out of the station and into the heart of Europe's largest engineering project, which has been completed, improbably, on time and on budget. The station renovation and construction of a dedicated high-speed track from London to the Channel Tunnel cost more than $10-billion; the new route shaves 20 minutes off the London-Paris run, bringing it down to two hours and 15 minutes. (Globe and Mail)
Rabble-rouser Nov 12, 2007
He also envisions a commission advisory board made up of "loaned professionals" who can consult commissioners when they make decisions on specialized operations such as human resources and engineering. If commissioners decide to disregard the advice of the larger groups. (The Augusta Chronicle)
* New media, same old troubles Nov 10, 2007
Apart from a reflexive urge to push back at the bean-counters, the writers know that restricting the discussion to legacy technologies is a way of engineering their own obsolescence. But are those digital dollars truly "additive," to use a buzzword from the negotiations, or are they just replacing what is lost as old technologies wither. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
More of this story Oct 27, 2007
Otto Gregory, director of the Kirk Center laboratory and professor of chemical engineering, and Michael Platek, the laboratory manager, said the microscope analysis showed the seal was silver-plated with a core of lead. There are no slots on the die to show it was once inserted into a machine to make embossed prints of the seal. (Newport Daily News, RI)
We'll make big changes over the next couple of years and keep iterating and innovating. Oct 22, 2007
"We were shackled by our own success," says Eric Billingsley, who runs the engineering side of the finding operation. "When the company was growing 80% or 120% year over year, the mind-set was, 'If it's not broken, don't fix it.'?". (FastCompany)
E-Bay of Bugs Plans Expansion Oct 13, 2007
Winning bidders in fact, will obtain a fully detailed security research, possibly in a bundle with a proof of concept code, whose scope is to prove the vulnerability but that wouldn't be useful for not legitimate purposes," He said. Officials at the Switzerland-based company are quite pleased with the growth of the marketplace, noting more than 150 vulnerabilities have been submitted. Not all vulnerabilities make it onto the marketplace. To date 40 have been rejected because they were uncovered... (eWeek)
The Burma road to ruin Sep 29, 2007
In addition to the usual array of military hardware, much of it supplied by Russia and India, the military museum also houses montages of the huge engineering projects completed by the junta. There are also ghastly graphics outlining the effects of various types of landmines used by the army. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
441 sewer project flows forward Sep 21, 2007
According to research performed for the authority by Engineering Management Inc., customers currently interested in latching onto sewer service along that corridor would use about 10,000 gpd. Another 10,000 gpd will be needed in 15 years to accommodate projected growth along the highway. (Clayton Tribune, GA)
This Just In Sep 5, 2007
The layoffs were spread among manufacturing, service, general and administrative and engineering personnel, according to SeaChange, with the broadband segment s VOD server group incurring the majority of the headcount reductions. The company posted $44. (Multichannel News)
A National Treasure: 30 Years of Antiques Roadshow Sep 1, 2007
" One thing that might have troubled the show's producers is the question of security. On a programme where items worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been unearthed, and where a large number of relatively valuable items are, for a day, collected under one roof, the scope for theft must be worrying. But John Neal, the engineering manager who is responsible for the entire production of the show including deploying two tons of lighting and 15 miles of cabling says there is rarely trouble.... (Independent)
Holton Rosenquist Aug 25, 2007
He graduated from Bradford High School in 1942 and attended Bradley Polytechnic Institute where he studied civil engineering. He was a farmer in Wheatland Township and opened Country Lane Antiques in 1960. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Napa Valley ArchitectureNapa's houses of wine Aug 25, 2007
" Architecturally, the best winery buildings get their story straight. They set a distinctive tone and follow through with craft and conviction. They're built to endure - not just structurally, but by evoking some timeless sense of place. So consider the list inside an opinionated taster's choice of wineries from Carneros to Calistoga that are worth a visit from an architectural perspective. They may not be masterpieces - some make the critic in me cringe - but at least they aren't cloying or... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Galt acts on two large public works projects Aug 23, 2007
In a 4-0 vote, the council awarded the contract to the Roseville-based engineering firm Omni-Means, which will draw the plans and specifications and perform the estimate for the more than 30 million project ... Approved two engineering contracts with Bureau Veritas for 39,000 and 25,000. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Urban Explorations Aug 21, 2007
" Back in the United States, MIT students led excursions into steam tunnels and rooftops around campus in the late 1950s; they called their practice "hacking" - a term that decades later was adopted into techie parlance. With the growth of the Internet in the early 1990s, urban exploration's popularity exploded, generating hundreds of Web sites, and, for the first time, allowing members from around the world to exchange photographs, information and tips on how to get into sites. One of these... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Beijing preps for Olympics Aug 18, 2007
For some hotelgoers, however, no feat of modern design and engineering can compete with the charm of Beijing's traditional courtyard houses. Mostly dating to the Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1911), many of the siheyuans, as they are called, have been the lamentable casualties of the city's hyperactive bulldozers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New Mexico, Oldham style Aug 14, 2007
"It is an engineering marvel," says Todd. Linda helped the crew inlay the mortar with found objects such as bottle caps, seashells and horseshoes. (AZCentral -- Home)
Belt buckle auction generates more than $8,000 Aug 8, 2007
The No. 1 buckle was purchased by Mike Brierton and Brierton Engineering for $1,000. The No. 500 buckle as purchased by Marvin Kuntz and Kuntz Drive-In for $400. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Home Insurers' Secret Tactics Cheat Fire, Disaster Victims, Hike Profits Aug 4, 2007
The insurance companies routinely refuse to pay market prices for homes and replacement contents, they use computer programs to cut payouts, they change policy coverage with no clear explanation, they ignore or alter engineering reports, and they sometimes ask their adjusters to lie to customers, court records and interviews with former employees and state regulators show ... The company sent the Smiths what it said was Overstreet's engineering report ... Six lawsuits against Rimkus allege the... (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Whitestone teenager new 'Magic' champ Aug 3, 2007
He said after high school he hopes to attend college in the city and study engineering. Reach reporter Stephen Stirling by e-mail at Sstirling@timesledger. (Bayside Times, NY)
'Passionate' about Exeter Jul 15, 2007
Town Manager Russell Dean said the town has hired CLD Engineering for the design work, the $90,000 for which was appropriated on the town ballot in February. "The goal is to go through this process of design into the fall of this year with the idea of bringing forward the warrant article in the spring, which would include the construction portion," he said. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Hisham Araim, 73, businessman in U.S., abroad Jul 11, 2007
Mr. Araim earned engineering degrees in the States, returned to Baghdad in 1958 and was impressive in his far-flung business deals. At 30, he was named Iraq's deputy minister for trade, said another son, Aous Araim of Duluth. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
One-man museum Jul 2, 2007
Mr. Farmer went into the Army a week after obtaining his mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech in 1943 ... He said he always had an interest in mechanical things, especially steam engines, so he picked engineering for his degree ... Mr. Farmer put his mechanical engineering degree to the test. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Day in / day out area entertainment guide Jun 16, 2007
Pete Knudsen, avid mineral collector and dean of the School of Mining and Engineering at Montana Tech, will discuss the geology and mineralogy of this deposit as well as the history of mining. Cutler Brothers Productions enters its fourth summer theater season June 14-24 at 7:30 p.m. with Arsenic and Old Lace. (Montana Standard, MT)
George A. Jonic, 92, World War II Marine honored for service in the D-day invasion Jun 3, 2007
Mr. Jonic moved with his family to Pittsburgh, where he graduated in 1937 from the Carnegie Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. The career choice was determined in part by the finances of his family, which could not afford the extra year of college required for the architecture training he had wanted. (Boston Globe)
Spinning new ideas from old Jun 3, 2007
" As a result, Council will create curated lines of distinctive pieces that fit together for each room of the house. Chen, who is Council's principal partner, said he will have the work produced to the highest standards in the United States, distribute it and pay royalties for any pieces sold. "It's the way they do it in Europe," he said. While the Bay Area is known for technological innovation and design that produces fast computers and far-reaching ideas such as iPods, Google, YouTube and... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Shop at the National Road Yard Sale Jun 1, 2007
Just north of the Museum visitors can see a unique S bridge, an early engineering feat that aligns a bridge to cross a stream at a 90 degree angle. Glenn Harper and Doug Smith have written a book about the history of this historic road that helped build America. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
May 16-31, 2007 Obituaries May 27, 2007
and received his Master s degree in ceramic engineering from Virginia Tech. He was a Purple Heart World War II veteran and a member of First Baptist Church of LaFayette. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Making the old new again May 27, 2007
Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons, a Jackson architectural and engineering firm, will occupy the second floor, and The Ramey Agency, an advertising agency located in Ridgeland on Highland Colony Parkway, will take the third floor ... In terms of day-to-day operations for Fondren Place, Peters is in charge of entitlements, construction and engineering for Fondren Place and Mattiace handles large tenants, financing and details related to architecture. (The Clarion-Ledger)
