Consulting-Specifying Engineer is the building engineering source for electrical systems including electrical power, distribution systems, standby power, and pure power.
Purdue supercomputer unboxed and built by lunch 05/08/2008
The supercomputer is made up of 812 Dell servers and is capable of performing 60 trillion operations per second. The supercomputer ranks in the top 40 of the world's most powerful supercomputers, and is the largest supercomputer on a Big Ten campus that is not a part of a national center. Read more and view a time lapse-video. More
Blades spin on Bahrain World Trade Center 04/16/2008
The Bahrain World Trade Center made history last week as the turbines on this pioneering project turned together for the first time.
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Augmented CAT 6A connector 04/15/2008
Augmented CAT 6A connector is independently tested by Intertek/ETL to exceed component performance as defined in the recently finalized ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10 standard.
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Solid-state lighting tops R&D list at the DOE 04/15/2008
Of all the building efficiency technologies that the U.S. Dept. of Energy is looking at, solid-state lighting is receiving the most research dollars by far, according to a DOE spokesperson.
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Give and Take Michael Ivanovich, Chief Editor, Consulting-Specifying Engineer March 25, 2008 Wired on Engineering Education
Scott Siddens, senior editor, sent me an email yesterday that linked to an article on... More
Give and Take Michael Ivanovich, Chief Editor, Consulting-Specifying Engineer February 12, 2008 Reviving the mentor mentality
Terry Brennan came into the Solar 101 classroom at Utica, N.Y-based Mohawk Valley Com... More
Give and Take Michael Ivanovich, Chief Editor, Consulting-Specifying Engineer April 19, 2007 Out of the Box
You’re going to love this blog, and you’re going to come back to it at le... More