Archive for the 'Electrical Engineering' Category

Best Engineering Universities 2008

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

U.S. News & World Report recently posted their “America’s Best Colleges 2008” web feature.  Some of the information they provide is free; more detail is available to paid subscribers of their Premium Online Edition.The rankings are based solely on a peer survey of deans and senior faculty that asked them to rate each program they [...]

Energy Star and the Professional Engineer

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

 ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy started in 1992 to help consumers save money and to protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.The first thing you may have noticed with an ENERGY STAR label was probably your  computer and/or monitor; but [...]

IEEE - Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Merger

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Recently the Eta Kappa Nu Association (the electrical & computer engineering honor society) and the IEEE signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which proposes to merge these two organizations.  One of the key reasons for the need for this merger is the financial condition of HKN.  They have indicated that ongoing operating expenses are [...]

Body Area Networks (BAN)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

You have heard of computer Local Area Networks (LAN), and Wide Area Networks (WAN), and maybe even Metro Area Networks (MAN); and you may even have a network in your car - but how about in and on your body! Yes “Body Area Networks” (BAN) are getting more attention from engineers, scientists, and doctors.
Body Area [...]

IAENG Call for Papers: World Congress on Engineering 2008

Friday, February 1st, 2008

The World Congress on Engineering will take place in London, U.K., July 2-4, 2008.
The WCE 2008 is organized by the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), a non-profit international association for the engineers and the computer scientists. The conference has the focus on the frontier topics in the theoretical and applied engineering and computer science subjects. [...]

IEC Continuing Education

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) has as its goal to help academia and industry to work together to bring the highest quality and most innovative forms of continuing education to the industry. Its initial focus was the electronics industry, however today it has broadened its scope to include the entire information industry. The IEC’s On-Line education [...]