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THIS
MONTH'S
EXCLUSIVES
Four
New ASME Draft Standards Get a Trial Run —
ASME is developing four new standards involving the
assessment of energy efficiency in various process
systems and is making the drafts available for trial
testing. Read
more.
A
Procurement Process for Capital Equipment —
In this article, which is a companion to his feature
in this issue, Stephen Greer expands on the importance
of having a rigorous process in place to guide project
engineers in specifying and buying large-investment
equipment.
Read
more.
A
Summit of Global Proportions — An
essay by ASME President Thomas M. Barlow that considers
the implications for the profession contained in a
recently published report on the proceedings of last
April's Global Summit on the Future of Mechanical
Engineering.
Read
more.
Mechanical
Engineering: The Ever- Evolving—and Growing—Profession
— Avram Bar-Cohen, Distinguished Professor
at the University of Maryland, discusses increasing
ME enrollment in colleges and increasing demand in
industry. Read
more.
U.S.
Manufacturing: Snapshots of a Work in Progress —
Associate Editor Alan S. Brown looks at the effects
of productivity on manufacturing employment, the rise
of international economies, and new competitors in
the top 20 world economies.
Read
more.
Maintenance
and the Bottom Line — Educator and
consultant Neil B. Bloom builds a case for reliability-centered
maintenance as a pillar of lean manufacturing.
Read
more.
Large-Scale
Disasters as Dynamical Systems — Storm,
famine, conflict, or flood—extreme events require
analysis and planning that advanced engineering can
provide.
Read more.
Regulating
Medical Devices: Two Views of the Balance of Risk
and Benefits — The healthy human body
is an efficient, robust system. Of course, it is not
always healthy. Sometimes parts break or wear out,
or the immune system doesn’t block out an occasional
infection. Read
more.
Test
Tube Steaks — Some researchers are
trying to grow meat in vats rather than on the hoof.
But how far are bioengineers from making a collection
of muscle cells pass for a sirloin? Read
more.
The
Missing Grand Challenge — To recruit
and inspire the people who will invent the future,
we have to raise the public's perception of engineering.
Read
more.
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