Tag: engineering
New Employment Partnership Supports Diversity
NSBE and Johnson Controls join forces to advance the environmental goals of both organizations and support future employment opportunities for diverse engineering talent.
Higher Education Case Study: The Tip Of The Iceberg
Begun in January of 1998 and completed in April of 2001, the five story, 106,000 square foot Chemical Sciences Laboratory of San Diego State University (SDSU) was a $29.5 million project. From the October 2002 issue.
FRIDAY FUNNY: CANSTRUCTION Returns To NYC!
Every year, architects and engineers compete to see which team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food. After the competition is over, the cans are donated to a charitable food bank.
FRIDAY FUNNY: Faster Than A Speeding Sofa!
For those of us with furniture that just sits around doing nothing, it's time to get cracking on a new record!
FRIDAY FUNNY: Bent Objects
Engineers are great at putting things together and taking them apart. Put a paper clip in the hands of an engineer, and it can...
ASHRAE Recognizes Outstanding Achievements
Numerous awards and announcements are being made during ASHRAE's 2011 Winter Conference being held this week in Las Vegas.
FRIDAY FUNNY: Smash Hit For Science!!!
After discovering that a large number of people involved in CERN projects are accomplished musicians, ATLAS has taken the amazing step of recording and releasing an album.
Flood Map Experts Needed by FEMA
The National Institute of Building Sciences is seeking qualified scientific and technical professionals from the public, private, and academic sectors to serve on Scientific Resolution Panels (SRPs).
FRIDAY FUNNY: Watch Your Step…
Staircases are just staircases, right? Well, not always. Sometimes, a clever designer taps the talents of a diligent engineer, and the results can be pretty impressive.
ASHRAE Publishes Update to Principles of HVAC
The new resource contains the most current ASHRAE procedures and definitive, yet easy to understand, treatment of building HVAC systems, from basic principles through design and operation.
FRIDAY FUNNY: Engineering Ingenuity
It's the end of Summer '09, and people are starting to get back to reality. Kids are going back to school, manufacturing is gearing up for a tenuous economic recovery, and engineers are doing what they do best--"MacGyver"-ing whatever they can to keep things chugging along.
Professional Development: Reduce Change Orders To Add Resources
Columnist R. Don Hensley explains how Quality Management Plans can help minimize expensive changes. From the Ap-ril 2006 issue.