Ever wondered how they engineer roller coasters? Here is how

Explore the cutting edge technology being used in today’s futuristic theme park rides. Featured attractions from Niagra’s Fury, to X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Fahrenheit at Hersheypark, and Toy Story Midway Mania at Disneyland & Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This video explores  the cutting edge technology being used in today’s futuristic theme park rides. Some [...]

Written on March 31, 2010 | Posted in Videos | Be the first to comment

Unhappy Civil Engineering Employees

Over the past several years, civil engineering employers were faced with dwindling backlogs, staff layoffs, benefit plan cuts and reductions in job fees. This year, those employers are now confronted with a “new” issue: unhappy staff. The Charlotte Observer ran an AP article in January of this year. It cited study statistical findings: …only 45 [...]

Written on March 30, 2010 | Posted in Articles,Career | Be the first to comment

ASCE awards its prestigious Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award to Sutong Bridge

RESTON, VA. — The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has announced that the Sutong Bridge in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China has won the 2010 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award (OCEA). The Sutong Bridge, which spans the Yangtze River in China’s Jiangsu province, is the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge. With a main span measuring [...]

Written on March 26, 2010 | Posted in Press Releases | Be the first to comment

Shares of Jacobs Engineering rise following an upgrade by JPMorgan

One of the latest signs that engineering companies are recovering from the recession is simply the following: JPMorgan analysts upgraded Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC), one of the few publicly traded engineering companies. This positive analysis prompted the stock to rise 3.3 percent, to $45.68 during yesterday’s afternoon trading. According to the Businessweek article, the JPMorgan [...]

Written on March 25, 2010 | Posted in News | 3 comments

Brain teaser – A distribution manager’s dilemma

John the distribution manager for a leading mobile phone company has a dilemma. The warehouse has 10 unlabelled rows of pallets, each row contains thousands of phones destined for different countries. Each 100g mobile phone is exactly the same except for those in the row destined for Japan, which have a “special” 2g chip encased [...]

Written on March 22, 2010 | Posted in Discussions | 4 comments

Understanding engineers in the Generation Y

They hardly wear ties or pant suits into the office; they text; some Tweet; they definitely have a Facebook account; they are highly technical and conversant with social media and mobile technologies. These are Generation Y, better known as Millennials or simply those born between 1976 and 1994. The characteristics of this generation vary from [...]

Written on March 16, 2010 | Posted in Articles | 6 comments

Engineering An Empire – The Aztecs

Engineering An Empire – The Aztecs

Written on March 11, 2010 | Posted in Videos | Be the first to comment

How to write effective and convincing proposals

As an engineer you will at one point be required to write proposals. These documents might be RFPs, contract negotiation or request for financing for a project. Whichever one you might be tasked with writing, you should be concise and cover all the pertinent details. This guide provides several tips on how you should approach [...]

Written on March 9, 2010 | Posted in Articles,Career | Be the first to comment

Engineering an Empire – The Maya

At the height of its glory, this mysterious civilization ruled a territory of 125,000 square miles across parts of Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. What was initially a modest population of hunters and gatherers expanded into more than 40 flourishing city-states who engineered sky-high temple-pyramids, ornate palaces and advanced hydraulic systems. This video [...]

Written on March 6, 2010 | Posted in Videos | Be the first to comment

7 tips on how to conduct a successful technical presentation

For most of us, technical presentations have been a challenge since college. Others still get sweaty palms and every time they have to give technical presentation. This is absolutely normal and as in anything else in life, your skills can be enhanced through proper practice. The following list provides some simple principles that will help [...]

Written on March 2, 2010 | Posted in Articles | Be the first to comment