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NCEES PRESS RELEASE 2010 Approved Calculator List Announced November 16, 2009 NCEES has approved the following list of calculators for use in the April and October 2010 exam administrations: Casio: All fx-115models. Any Casio calculator must contain fx-115 in its model name. Hewlett-Packard: The HP33s and HP 35s models, but no others Texas Instruments: All TI-30X and TI-36X models. Any Texas [...] Read Full Story

Certification is the primary purpose of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.  They certify the competence of environmental engineers in their chosen specialty, such as Air Pollution Control, General Environmental Engineering, Hazardous Waste Management, Industrial Hygiene, Radiation Protection, Solid Waste Management, or Water Supply/Wastewater Engineering.  This is the next step beyond holding a Professional Engineering license.  Their [...] Read Full Story

Application Enablement: Simple Ideas Change Everything From Alcatel-Lucent: “If all of the players involved in the telecom ecosystem — service providers, application and content providers and developers — work together to deliver the next wave of innovation, a new paradigm will emerge. This new model will deliver the seamless experience that is the next step in [...] Read Full Story

Brighter Planet helps people measure, reduce and offset their carbon footprints. They are committed to demonstrating that small, day-to-day actions can make a huge difference for the environment.   From their August 11, 2009 press release: Brighter Planet, a clean-energy startup that helps people adopt planet-friendly practices and reap rewards while doing so, turned on their new website [...] Read Full Story

EnOcean Alliance reaches milestone toward becoming an international standard First open specification for battery-less wireless sensors November 11, 2009 – San Ramon, CA The EnOcean Alliance is publishing the first global, open specification for energy harvesting wireless sensors which ensures interoperability between products of different manufacturers: EnOcean equipment profiles (EEPs). The specification, devised jointly by the members of [...] Read Full Story

Institute of Mechanical Engineers   —   News release Woking to host Great Climate Change Debate Local solutions to Global Challenges: Is Woking the answer? 11 November 2009 For Immediate Release   A major debate on the future of climate change and energy security is taking place in Woking borough on 17 November 2009. Members of the public are being urged to converge [...] Read Full Story

NSPE Press Release Release: Immediate Contact: Stacey A. Ober 703-684-2815 Innovative New Products Sought for Prestigious Award Awards Celebrate Engineering and Benefits to the Public ALEXANDRIA, Va. (November 5, 2009) – Every day, companies across the U.S. are involved in the research and development of new products that stimulate the life and growth of our country. These products result from the [...] Read Full Story

NOTEABLE QUOTES IN REGARD CUSTOMER CARE: lways think in terms of what the other person wants.  James Van Fleet We can be valued only as we make ourselves valuable.  Ralph Waldo Emerson If we do all that is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.  Henry Kissinger We have not only great obligations to fulfill, we have great opportunities [...] Read Full Story