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‘Electrons Don’t Come From Heaven,’ Speaker will Say at Carbon Management Technology Conference in Orlando

WASHINGTON (25 January 2012) – Heated discussions are underway concerning the impact of advanced electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and current hybrid EVs on energy efficiency and the environment. A panel of experts will examine these issues during the Carbon Management Technology Conference, 7-9 February 2012 in Orlando, Fla.

“My key point is to remind everyone that electrons don’t come from heaven,” said Dale Simbeck, vice president, technology of SFA Pacific. “I see that way too often in promoting electric vehicles.”

Simbeck will be joined by Drs. Veronika Rabl and Saifur Rahman in discussing “Issues in Assessing Electric and Hybrid Transportation,” on Wednesday 8 February from 1:30-3 p.m.  Read the rest of this article » » »

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America initiative will present a series of monthly webinars in 2012 beginning this Wednesday, January 18, at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). In the first of this series, Wind Powering America will host a discussion about recent activities that support increased market adoption of wind power technologies. The webinar is free and no registration is required. Login information is available.

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St. John’s, NL – The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland is pleased to announce Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk will offer a presentation at the winter edition of Speaking of Engineering.

Dr. Thirsk’s presentation will focus on his experiences from living in space for six months aboard the International Space Station. The event takes place Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation’s Innovation Hall (room number IIC2001) on the campus of Memorial University.   Read the rest of this article » » »

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IEEE-USA Supports Inventors’ Rights in Brief before U.S. Supreme Court, Oral Arguments Heard Today

WASHINGTON (9 January 2012) –A brief IEEE-USA filed in support of inventors’ rights was part of a case the U.S. Supreme Court heard today.

“The court reviewed inventors’ rights this morning and IEEE-USA was pleased to take the side of innovators and major technology companies,” said Chris Katopis, a Washington, D.C., intellectual property attorney and former U.S. Patent and Trade Office executive who wrote the amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief on behalf of IEEE-USA. Read the rest of this article » » »

ASME has added an EWEEK 2012 page to their Website’s Get Involved section. Resources and links are designed to guide volunteer leaders –and others — in cultivating engineer workforce development. Click here.

ASME’s Engineers Week 2012 video shines a light on students practicing hands-on engineering and having fun doing it! High school teens design and build robots and student engineers put their skills to work to provide clean water and electricity to third world countries…a true celebration of engineering.

As noted in the December 2011 edition of Licensure Exchange (volume 15, issue 6, page 11) NCEES has approved the following list of calculators for use in the April and October 2012 exam administrations:

• Casio: All fx-115 models. Any Casio calculator must contain fx-115 in its model name.
• Hewlett-Packard: The HP 33s and HP 35s models, but no others
• Texas Instruments: All TI-30X and TI-36X models. Any Texas Instruments  calculator must contain either TI-30X or TI-36X in its model name.

Calculators not included within the above descriptions are not permitted in the exam room.  Examinees possessing unapproved calculators during the administration of an exam are  subject to dismissal from the exam site. Examples of specific calculator models from the  approved list and other exam-related information are available online at ncees.org.