The University’s chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers was named an outstanding student chapter for 2008 by the nationwide organization. “Every year our student chapters committee awards recognition to a handful of student chapters based on their level of participation,” explained Gordon Ellis, head of student awards at AIChE, an organization that aims to advance the practice and theory of chemical engineering. Recognition is based on “the percentage of chemical engineering students who are members of the chapter.”

There's a lot to be said for study groups. But in today's busy world, students and others who need to master math-based subjects don't always have friends or teachers around to help out. Enter Cramster Inc. The Pasadena-based business (Cramster.com) is a global, online study community made up of students and teachers who help each other understand and solve problems for math-based subjects including physics, calculus, statistics, chemistry and other disciplines.

Evelyn L. Hu, a pioneer in the fabrication of nanoscale electronic and photonic devices, has been named Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), effective Jan. 1, 2009.

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The scholarships are open to people working in the electrical and communications industry who have recently completed their electrical apprenticeships. The funds awarded assist recipients to further their education and training, ultimately enhancing the professionalism of the industry.

IAS ESTMP Workshop provides a forum for exchanging and advancing industry knowledge in the areas of electrical safety, engineering design, system reliability and the implementation of large projects. The Workshop focus will be to share innovative concepts, successes as well as lessons learned in the areas of: 1) advancing the application of state of the art knowledge and practices, 2) stimulating innovation in creating the next generation of technology and managing systems.

The conference is multidisciplinary in nature comprising an eclectic mix of insightful tutorials, and technical sessions. The organization and planning of the conference enables members of our communities to broaden their knowledge in emerging areas of research at the interface of the life sciences and the circuits and systems engineering discipline.

The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners to present their ideas and recent works related to the various aspects of ubiquitous robots, ambient intelligence, HRI, mobile robotics, sensors and networks.

Computer Architecture and Computer Aided Design 2. Embedded Systems & HW/SW Co-Design 3. Computer Networks and Security 4. Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing 5. Quantum Computing and Information 6. Software and Web Engineering 7. Multimedia and Web Applications 8. Data Base and Data Mining 9. Signal Processing 10. Modeling and Simulation 11. Control Systems and Robotics 12. Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computing

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Society for Women Engineers 2008 Conference. For more information visit: http://www.biospace.com/calendar_event_details.aspx?CalendarEventEntityI...

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The University of Alabama's college of engineering will host Engineering Day, or E-Day, an open house for high school students and their families from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 2. E-Day gives prospective students a closer look at the College of Engineering, according to Kevin Whitaker, associate dean of academic programs. All interested students, counselors, teachers and parents are invited to attend.

At what point in your career do you say: "I've accomplished what I wanted and now I'm done with that"? At what point do you say, "I've given my all to my job," and move on to something else.

Everybody likes to have sensors. The problem is they are expensive. The expense is not around the cost of the sensors themselves, which could run around $1,000, but rather the cost of wiring them up, which could run into about $10,000. Wireless sensor networks will allow people to get all the sensor data they wish they had but cannot afford the cost of installing wire. This is the gist of keynoter Kris Pister, founder and chief technical officer at Dust Networks in Hayward, Calif., who will speak in Houston at ISA EXPO on 14 October.

Nashville-based Smith Seckman Reid is offering its expertise to Vanderbilt University students in an environmental engineering and design course. Members of the company will teach for a course called Electrical, Mechanical Systems in Building & LEED, a standard for green building developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.