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Tags: ENGINEERING; GLOBALIZATION
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- Oil Leak Emphasizes the Value of Engineering. Greenfield, David // Design News;Jul2010, Vol. 65 Issue 7, p11
An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including globalization, engineering salary and career insight, and the rapid introduction and evolution of technology products which would not happen without engineering.
- Getting plowed a whole new way. // Design News;2/16/98, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p55
Focuses on the global positioning (GPS) friction meter from Rockwell International which gauges to determine pavement, optic lighting and air temperature in winter weather. Comments from Duane Smith, director of outreach at the Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE); Details on...
- Global growing into RKO plant. // Plastics News;05/05/97, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p12
Reports that Global Tool and Engineering Incorporated will be opening a tooling and molding plant in Oakdale, Minnesota. Information on the company; Comments from Global's director of business development, Brad Keating; Amount of sales the company expects to record in 1997.
- Welding Engineers and the Global Village. Adonyi, Yoni // Welding Journal;Sep2003, Vol. 82 Issue 9, p22
Examines how globalization affects the practice of welding engineering. Labor protectionism; Need to improve attitudes toward globalization; Varying training needs caused by global competition.
- Engineers Seek Ways to Head off Global Warming. Finken, Dee Anne // SWE Magazine;Winter2006, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p40
Focuses on the effort of women engineers to address the problem of global warming. Scientific evidences that confirm the reality of global warming; Causes of global warming; Measures taken by several women engineers.
- GPS. Olson, Scott // Indianapolis Business Journal;10/2/2006, Vol. 27 Issue 30, p8B
The article focuses on the use of Global Positioning System as an alternative to traditional methods of surveying. Civil engineering firms that could afford expensive GPS devices made the switch to the modern technology which can pinpoint positions within centimeters. The technology is now...
- Jobs follow the market. Conner, Margery // EDN Europe;Nov2004, Vol. 49 Issue 11, p102
Focuses on the impact of globalization on engineering profession worldwide. Factors influencing basic shift in the location of research, design, and development; Concerns over the job status of engineers;Effect of outsourcing on labor supply.
- UK and International Plant Cost Indices. // Process Engineering;Nov/Dec2006, Vol. 87 Issue 8, p53
The article reports that the British and International Plant Cost Indices offer important data for process design and project engineers that first appeared in the journal "Process Engineering" in 1973. The said British indices is a composite figure and comprises of four components that...
- Systems Engineering and Engineering Management: Keys to the Efficient Development of Products and Services. Farr, John V.; Buede, Dennis M. // Engineering Management Journal;Sep2003, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p3
Because of globalization and technology, the roles of the traditional engineering manager are changing. All practicing engineering managers must be able to understand the tools available in order to develop innovative products and solutions that meet the customer's demands. Systems engineering...
