Engineers Week 2008 is just around the corner (February 17-23). The Engineers Week coalition comprises more than 75 engineering, professional, and technical societies and more than 50 corporations and government agencies. Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers, the coalition is dedicated to sustaining and growing a dynamic engineering profession by ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce, increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students, and promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. Among the oldest of America’s professional outreach efforts, Engineers Week also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineering contributions to society through year-round ...
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The 1st Aquatic Professional Engineering Conference for engineers and architects will be held in Colorado Springs at the Antlers Hilton on April 14th & 15th, 2009 The course will present a complete overview of temperature and humidity control including ventilation requirements for proper indoor air quality. Evaporation and mositrue loads calculations will be presented along with chemistry, water filtration and water circulation. The proper air distribution methods will be discussed along with how they relate to space stratification and the chloramine “Bubble” at the surface of the water. Those who attend will receive valuable information about the best pool design practices from well-established speakers. ...
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Pulvermedia on May 7-8, 2008 is hosting the VON Virtual Tradeshow , an online tradeshow for innovators, service providers, and enterprise buyers and sellers in IP communications. This tradeshow is 100% online and virtual, and free to attend. The VON Virtual Tradeshow provides similar benefits as other tradeshows, and even better, it can be attended by anyone from anywhere with an internet connection. The link to learn more and register is here: http://www.pulvermediavirtualevents.com/2008/von050708/web/ Pulvermedia provides the following overview of the event: “The VON Virtual Expo Floor includes a wide mix of IP communications products and services and includes direct access to exhibiting company marketing ...
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International Association of Engineers (IAENG) is a non-profit international association for engineers and computer scientists. IAENG has been found by a group of engineers and computer scientists from over thirty different countries. The IAENG members include research center heads, faculty deans, department heads, professors, research scientists/engineers, experienced software development directors and engineers, and university postgraduate and undergraduate students, etc. Their goals include promoting the co-operation between professionals in various fields of engineering and to cultivate an environment for the advancement and development of technology. Their objectives include: Promoting the interactions between the engineers; Advancing the application of engineering techniques from the academics to the ...
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My husband is off at a conference this week, hob-nobbing on behalf of his employer. We talked on the phone this morning, and he started talking about how the dress of the other engineers ranged from shorts and t-shirts to three-piece suits. I had this thought that there ought to be a "fashion report" from each conference. That way you can gauge how formal the conference is and can therefore dress appropriately. (Conferences in Hawaii, of course, only accept shorts and loud shirts covered with plumeria and palm trees.) It's very interesting to me, having gone to only a handful of conferences, how sharply ...
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