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Articles Tagged “engineering”
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ASCE Report Card Gives America’s Infrastructure D+
Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) releases a Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. This year, there is little to celebrate once again, as the overall grade rises from D (in 2009) to D+ (in 2013).
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ASHRAE Launches New Terminology Site – ASHRAEwiki
Common definitions for terms found in ASHRAE standards and other publications can now be found at a new website from the Society.
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Celebrate National Engineers Week: February 17-23, 2013
The role of engineers is perhaps one of the most misunderstood in society, which is it why it’s important to recognize more than 1.8 million US engineers for their achievements. National Engineers Week (February 17-23, 2013) celebrates the achievements of past, present, and future.
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ASHRAE Launches New Student Engineering Challenge
A new student design competition from ASHRAE is focused on taking advantage of today’s technology to provide simple, affordable solutions that benefit people around the world.
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FRIDAY FUNNY: Engineering As Infographic
This Friday Funny comes from John Haydon, social media consultant and astute observer. Infographics are extremely popular these days, and Haydon has come up with this one to sum up what he calls “The Ultimate Flowchart For Engineers.”
Since many facility management professionals have engineering instincts at the very least (many actually have formal engineering training and/or work as licensed engineers), this seemed like an appropriate item.
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FRIDAY FUNNY: Johnny CAN Read, And Engineers Prove It
This feel good story explains how local engineering firms have sponsored reading/mentoring projects as part of the Engineering Better Readers program developed by the Engineers’ Leadership Foundation.
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Celebrate National Engineers Week
National Engineers Week (February 19-25) celebrates the contributions that engineers make to our society and encourages engineering as a career path among young students by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science.
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New Employment Partnership Supports Diversity
NSBE and Johnson Controls join forces to advance the environmental goals of both organizations and support future employment opportunities for diverse engineering talent.
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FRIDAY FUNNY: CANSTRUCTION Returns To NYC!
Every year, architects and engineers compete to see which team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food. After the competition is over, the cans are donated to a charitable food bank.
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FRIDAY FUNNY: Faster Than A Speeding Sofa!
For those of us with furniture that just sits around doing nothing, it’s time to get cracking on a new record!
