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Decades of Intelligence Give Life to Actionable Data, Improved Safety, and Regulatory Compliance WATERTOWN, Mass., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Electricity is a necessity provided to us by the power grid: the largest machine man has ever created. Utility companies must efficiently monitor and maintain this aging grid and ensure its reliability. Today that process is shifting from time-consuming, complicated testing toward monitoring and intelligent systems that provide...
DUBLIN, Ireland, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/k8dljx/cooling_towers ] has announced the addition of the "Cooling Towers - Global Strategic Business Report" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/k8dljx/cooling_towers ] report to their offering. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Cooling Towers in US$ Million by the following End- Use Segments: Air Conditioning/HVAC Applications, Heavy...
Appliance Direct has partnered with Century to bring its customers a better central A/C experience this summer. Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) April 06, 2013 How Central A/C Works Air conditioners have three main components: the compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator coil. With these components, R-410A Freon refrigerant is converted from a gas, to a liquid and back to gas. Over the course of this cycle hot air inside the home is transferred outside and cold air...
Packed with more than 3,100 technical papers, 60 technical standards and six e-Books, SAE International launches the “SAE Global Technology Library-Alternative Fuels.” Warrendale, PA (PRWEB) April 04, 2013 Packed with more than 3,100 technical papers, 60 technical standards and six e-Books, SAE International launches the “SAE Global Technology Library-Alternative Fuels.” This unique, searchable, online database enables mobility engineering professionals to stay up-to-date and...
NRB Inc. is pleased to announce two first place Awards of Distinction for excellence in modular construction received from the Modular Building Institute (MBI) in Phoenix AZ on March 19th at the annual World of Modular convention. These two honors were in the categories of Retail and Hospitality over 2,000 sq. ft and Office Building over 10,000 sq. ft. Grimsby, ON (PRWEB) April 04, 2013 NRB Inc. is pleased to announce two first place Awards of Distinction for excellence in modular...
Five Cities Set to Host Human-Powered Flying Competition on September 21 WASHINGTON, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Taking off today and landing on Saturday, September 21 is the first-ever National Red Bull Flugtag, the world's wildest homemade, human-powered flying craft competition. With events taking place simultaneously in Washington DC, Long Beach, Miami, Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth, never before have multiple cities in any country been able to witness true aviation...
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CertainTeed Corporation is very pleased to have selected Jonesburg, Mo., as the home for a new, state-of-the art asphalt roofing shingle manufacturing and distribution facility. The company is planning to invest $100 million in the new facility, which will bring approximately 100 new permanent, local jobs to the Jonesburg community over the next few years. CertainTeed, which is North America's leading brand of sustainable building...
Latest Version of the Online Application Now Offers Upgraded Customer Controls BEAVERTON, Ore., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix (service-solutions.tektronix.com), the industry's leading multi-vendor service (MVS) provider of instrument calibration and repair, recently released a series of significant enhancements to its CALWEB online calibration management system. CALWEB provides clients enhanced visibility of their test and measurement assets and reduces overall costs...
HOUSTON, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Independence Contract Drilling is pleased to announce that Daniel F. McNease has joined its Board of Directors. Currently Mr. McNease serves as the Chairman of AXON EP, Inc. and as a Member of the Advisory Board at HitecVision AS. He has been a Director of Dockwise Ltd. since 2007. From 2004 through 2008 Mr. McNease served as President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Rowan Companies plc, a $4.5 billion provider of land...
New Reliabilityweb.com DVD captures the expertise shared by top maintenance reliability professionals during the International Maintenance Conference. Fort Myers, FL (PRWEB) April 02, 2013 Reliabilityweb.com captured the key learning points, highlights and best practices in industrial maintenance reliability and asset management at the International Maintenance Conference (IMC) and have released it on DVD. It is available at MRO-Zone.com and Amazon.com. The DVD of the 27th annual...
Latest Engineering Reference Libraries
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a highly technical field like genetic engineering can be a beacon of stability and growth in today’s slumping job market. Genetic engineers, or biomedical engineers, are expected to see their career prospects grow as new technological advances drive an ever greater demand for individuals to specialize in this field. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) says that a position as a genetic engineer typically requires at least a...
Computational Materials Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1992 and published monthly by Elsevier. As of June 2012, the editors-in-chief are H. Dreysse and S. Schmauder. The journal’ focus is on existing and new advanced materials and their applications. Coverage encompasses experimental research, in concert with computational modeling of materials properties and materials phenomena. Article topics also discuss synthesis, materials characterization, materials...
IEEE Micro is a bimonthly-published broad-based practitioner-oriented magazine of the IEEE Computer Society. Established in 1980, IEEE Micro targets small system and semiconductor chip professionals, including electronic engineers, designers, architects, developers, process improvement experts, testers, quality engineers, and project managers. It features peer-reviewed articles, special focus sections, regular columns by prominent authors, technology news, experience reports, and opinion...
A transistor, made of a solid piece of semiconductor material, is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals. It has at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of transistor's terminals changes the current flowing through another pair of terminals. The transistor amplifies the signal since the controlled power can be much more than the controlling power. The transistor is a fundamental building block of...
A metal detector is a device that finds metal that may not be visible. The basic metal detector is composed of an oscillator producing an alternating current that passes through the coil producing an alternating magnetic field. If electrically conductive metal is close to the coil then the magnetic field is disrupted and thus the metal detector can sense the hidden metal. The first metal detectors were developed in the 1960s and were used for mining and other industries. They were used...
