January 1998
from the editor
Revolutionary Resolutions

letters
Engineers, Real and Pseudo
Need More Facts About Hanford Project
Why Don't Americans Like Diesel Cars

news and notes
Laser Monitor Improves Part Welds
Mixing Engineering and Management
Tiny Transmission Produces Big Advantage
Pumping Record Set in Concrete
Unstacking a Chimney
Briefly Noted

computing
Simulating the Space Shuttle
A PC Marketplace for Petrochemical Gear
Internet Collaboration through FEA Wizardry
Optimizing Material Topology
Online Resources
Briefly Noted

managing technology
Improving Product Design Across the Company

input/output
Building a Course in the Snow

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

call for papers
Entries for January

washington window
Government Grapples with the Millennium Bug


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