“Engineering is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men and women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds [...]
The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is a ritual for students about to graduate from an engineering program at a Canadian university or for a Canadian registered professional engineer or engineer-in-training who has received his or her training elsewhere.
Their official web site ( The Iron Ring ) http://www.ironring.ca/ provides some explaination and history of the Ritual [...]
From: International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
WCE 2010: London, U.K., 30 June – 2 July, 2010
http://www.iaeng.org/WCE2010
The World Congress on Engineering (WCE) 2010 is organized by International Association of Engineers (IAENG), a non-profit international association for the engineers and the computer scientists. The congress has the focus on the frontier topics in the theoretical and applied engineering [...]
CHARLES F. KETTERING, the renowned engineer and inventor, believed that the more education people had the less likely they were to become inventors. From the time children start in school, he explained, they take many examination tests and are taught that failure is a disastrous thing. Inventors fail all the time but are made to [...]
Order Of The Engineer
“Upholding Devotion to the Standards and Dignity of the Engineering Profession”
What is the “Order of the Engineer”? Who wears the ”Engineer’s Ring”? To quote from their web site, “The Order is not a membership organization; there are never any meetings to attend or dues to pay. Instead, the Order fosters a unity of purpose and [...]
So you remember seeing an equation or some vital bit of information somewhere in your vast collection of engineering books – but how can you find it quickly? Which book was it? What page was it on? Maybe you are preparing for the professional engineering exam. You want to be able to locate pertinent info [...]
