4/97 mechanical engineering departments

April 1997

from the editor
Unifying Information Technology

professionally speaking
Trading Worldwide with the World Wide Web

letters
The First Diesel Electric Locomotive/All Aboard for High Costs/A Matter of Degrees/Tight Squeeze for a Microgripper/Re-engineering a Raise/Solar Power No Laughing Matter

computing
Next-generation CFD Postprocessor/Smart Advisor System for Plastic Parts/Detecting Surface Defects/Online Tests Listen for Auto Defects/Breaking the Teraflop Barrier/Online Engine Test Data

input/output
Like Growing Fish in a Barrel

m.e. bookshelf
Twelve New Reviews of the Latest Engineering Books

call for papers
Entries for April

washington window
President Requests More R&D Funds in Budget

1995-96 ASME fellows
Adams-Cohen
Cook-Henien
Herakovich-Osman
Paul-Soedel
Sonntag-Zinn