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.”

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...

The volatility of natural gas prices and the potential for restrictions on coal-fueled power plants have combined to generate greater demand for nuclear power. Nuclear energy expert Bowman will speak frankly on the triumphs and challenges involved in securing a future for nuclear power in the United States. - The Commonwealth Club of California
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As part of a federal effort to expand the U.S.'s nuclear energy workforce, the University of Pittsburgh received three government grants totaling $750,000 to bolster the nuclear engineering undergraduate and graduate certificate programs based in Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently awarded 60 institutions nearly $20 million in Nuclear Education Grants meant to support course development, scholarships and fellowships, and faculty recruitment for nuclear energy-related programs.

Purdue University today reprimanded and sanctioned one of its nuclear engineers for research misconduct. Rusi Taleyarkhan was stripped of his named professorship, which includes $25,000 annually in discretionary resources from the West Lafayette, Indiana-based university, $14,000 of which went into his salary. He will also not be allowed to serve as the primary adviser or co-adviser for students for at least 3 years, at which time he can apply for reinstatement to full faculty status.

Two professors of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology have received funding for one year at $149,934 from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology (NJCST) to establish the New Jersey Innovation Partnership Institute in Clean Energy Technology (IPI-CET) at Stevens.

"Nuclear Help Desperately Wanted" could be the sign in front of dozens of engineering colleges across the country. With worldwide interest in nuclear energy and technology skyrocketing, engineers with a nuclear background are feeling very popular these days. It's welcome news for a field that has been long stifled by negative public opinion. The challenge the discipline faces is how to meet this new demand after years of shrinking interest.

The benchmark Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) had its biggest gain in about a week after India won the right to buy nuclear energy supplies for the first time in about three decades.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission awarded two grants totaling $850,000 to boost nuclear engineering education, research, and workforce development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The competitive grants, awarded in early August, will support two new nuclear engineering professors as well as graduate student research.

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China is to begin construction of the world's first nuclear plant using the AP1000 technologies at Sanmen Nuclear Power Project (NPP) in Zhejiang Province in March 2009, said a Chinese nuclear company executive.

"All kinds of preparation work is underway as scheduled," said Wang Binghua, board chairman of the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) on Monday.

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