October 2001

from the editor
September 11, 2001

letters
Hand-Made
Up to Standard
Time Off for Motherhood
Safer Racers
Role Model: Voyager
Design Notes ...
... and Credits
Distributed Conservation
Remembering the Achievers
Cheap Burning

news and notes
Lightweight Jumbo Jet
Study Probes HEV Appeal
Seasick Simulator
CAPP Keeps It Simple
Blown on Down The Highway
Monitor's Steam Engine Recovered
Briefly Noted

computing
Pump Maker Uses Analysis to Predict Flow
Using CAD for Crime Scene Reconstruction
Reading the Wear of a Blast Furnace
Analyzing Glass Fiber-Filled Materials
Chip May Help Fiber-Optic Networks
Auto Center to Build Virtual Reality Display
Race Car Designer Finds Autos' Fluid Flow
Briefly Noted

technology focus, part 1
Makes Ultrasonic Sense
Man Marries Machine
Tiny, Tough Encoder
Self-Validation

technology focus, part 2
Well-Rounded Laser Sensing
Ready-Made Control Package
Seeing Through Walls

input/output
When the U.S. Mail Went Down the Tubes

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

call for papers
Entries for October

washington window
A Tight Focus for Federal Research

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