Black Engineers convention leaving Baltimore for D.C. in 2011 Oct 9, 2009
A black engineering conference with 5,000 attendees is leaving Baltimore for the first time in its 25 years, opting for Washington, D.C., in 2011. The Black Engineer of the Year Awards and STEM Global Competitiveness Conference will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in downtown Washington in February 2011. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Chicken feathers could store fuel Jul 28, 2009
Wool, Senoz and their colleagues will detail their findings on June 23 at the Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference in College Park, Md. The research was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Rice concrete can cut greenhouse emissions Jul 8, 2009
Vempati presented his team's results last week at the Green Chemistry and Engineering conference in College Park, Md. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Engineers Research Effects Of Heat Expansion On Economically Efficient Bridge Design Jul 7, 2009
The study has been presented in Greece at the International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, and in St. Louis at the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference. The study shows that the response of integral bridges to increased temperature depends on the compaction level of the adjacent soil and the temperature change range. (Science Daily)
Knowledge Management Jul 5, 2009
Considered by many to be aimed at the heart of Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft unveiled details on its new document format, code-named Metro, at its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. Despite its power, knowledge management has ended up creating its own problems such as making it difficult to find information in vast repositories, and making it bothersome for users to upload new documents. (IntranetJournal)
Roadsters Embrace Green Racing Jun 27, 2009
John C. Glenn, an environmental specialist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), described green racing here today at the 13th Annual ACS Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference. The conference is organized by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting and advancing the discovery and design of chemical products and processes that eliminate the generation and use of hazardous substances in all aspects of the global chemical enterprise. (Science Daily)
Feather Fibers Fluff Up Hydrogen Storage Capacity Jun 25, 2009
The research, presented at the 13th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, could eventually help overcome some of the hurdles to using hydrogen fuel in cars, trucks and other machinery. "Carbonized chicken feather fibers have the potential to dramatically improve upon existing methods of hydrogen storage and perhaps pave the way for the practical development of a truly hydrogen-based energy economy," says Richard P. Wool, Ph. (Science Daily)
Meetings of the Minds Jun 22, 2009
1976: Hosts first national engineering conference. 1977: Opens first office, in Washington, D.C., and hires staff. (Multichannel News)
DTS Tackles "Loudness" Head-On at PREC & NAB 2009 Apr 17, 2009
Led by James, JJ Johnston, considered a father of perceptual audio coding, DTS will introduce hardware and software solutions and participate in panels and events at the Public Radio Engineering Conference (PREC) on April 17th and the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB) in Las Vegas April 20-23rd. Related Quotes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Tiny Super-plant Can Clean Up Animal Waste And Be Used For Ethanol Production Apr 14, 2009
"Growing High-Starch Duckweed on Wastewater for Ethanol Production" by Jay J. Cheng, Anne-M. Stomp and Mike Yablonski, North Carolina State University was presented March 21, 2009, at the 14th Annual Institute of Biological Engineering Conference in Santa Carla, Calif. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Engineered for success Feb 23, 2009
Chad Trettin Independent Record Assistant professor of engingeering Gary Fischer poses with some of his students who are preparing for the regional northwest engineering conference which is coming to Carroll College for the first time this year ... With growth and self-promotion in mind, Carroll College will run with the big dogs this spring when it hosts a regional engineering conference in Helena, drawing 300 students from major universities across the Pacific Northwest. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Montana Snapshots Feb 19, 2009
Carroll, MSU host engineering conference HELENA (AP) Carroll College and Montana State University will co-host engineering students and faculty advisors from five states and a Canadian province at a regional conference next month. On April 2-4 the two schools will host the 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Northwest Regional Student Conference on the Carroll College campus in Helena. (Montana Standard, MT)
Harris Corporation New Approach to NAB2009 Addresses Broadcasters' Pressing Business Challenges on Show Floor and Online Feb 14, 2009
During the 63rd Broadcast Engineering Conference taking place at NAB2009, Harris will present an unprecedented 12 technical papers addressing the most recent developments in broadcast technology ... During the show, visitors to the Harris Web site will have access to live video feeds from the show floor, online demonstrations, a schedule of live presentations by workflow experts, and selected excerpts from the Harris presenters at the 63rd Broadcast Engineering Conference. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
