UW Engineering Library Blog

Scopus- now available!

2012-01-31T14:10:00.001-08:00

Elsevier's Scopus database is now available on the Science Direct platform. The UW Office of Research coordinated this subscription and it is scheduled to be available through the end of 2012. Continuing access will depend on evaluation and funding.

The access url is http://www.scopus.com

You can also access it as a tab on the SciVerse platform which includes Science Direct. Scopus is an abstract and citation database and a competitor to ISI's Web of Science.

For supporting documentation, take a look at http://www.info.sciverse.com/resource-library/subject/sciverse-scopus

UW develops diet aid designed to work with smartphone

2012-01-28T12:52:00.000-08:00

The UW Sensors, Energy, and Automation Lab and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have developed a device that uses a smartphone to help people watch what they eat and maintain a healthy diet.

Read the announcement in TechFlash here.

USDOT awards $3.5 million for UW-based regional transportation center

2012-01-26T09:57:00.000-08:00

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of $3.5 million to a multi-university, regional transportation center led by the University of Washington. The newly established Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium, or PacTrans, will focus on safe and sustainable transportation in environments ranging from busy urban centers to remote mountainous terrain.

Read the complete article.

ENGINEERING LIBRARY NEW BOOK LIST for the week of January 23-29, 2012

2012-01-24T16:57:00.000-08:00

Engineering Library New Books List

To place a hold on any of these titles, go to the item's record in the Libraries Catalog (catalog.lib.washington.edu) and click on the "Request" button. Or, send the call number of the citation with your name and an identifying number from your Husky/library ID card to the Engineering Library email account (englib@u.washington.edu).
These materials will generally be available for browsing on the new book shelf by Monday morning. If you have any questions, concerns, or want us to order a book for the collection, let us know. Please send email to: englib@u.washington.edu.
University of Washington Engineering Library
(englib@u.washington.edu); (206)543-0740

ENGINEERING LIBRARY NEW BOOK LIST for the week of January 23-29, 2012

1. Levy, Sidney M.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS : CASE STUDIES ON INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT /
SIDNEY M. LEVY.
Reston, Va. : ASCE Press, c2011.
HD3885 .L48 2011.

2. Piatek, Michael.
SCALABLE DATA SHARING WITHOUT CENTRALIZED TRUST / MICHAEL PIATEK.
2011.
QA76 Th62177.

3. Shaw, Marianne.
VIEW DEFINITION LANGUAGES FOR BIOMEDICAL RDF ONTOLOGIES / MARIANNE SHAW.
2011.
QA76 Th62227.

4. GRAPH PARTITIONING / EDITED BY CHARLES-EDMOND BICHOT, PATRICK SIARRY.
London : ISTE ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2011.
QA76.165 .G73 2011.

5. Lorca, Xavier.
TREE-BASED GRAPH PARTITIONING CONSTRAINT / XAVIER LORCA.
London : ISTE ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2011.
QA76.612 .L67 2011.

6. Khazen, M. (llida Moseevna).
METHODS OF OPTIMAL STATISTICAL DECISIONS, OPTIMAL CONTROL, AND STOCHASTIC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS / ELLIDA M. KHAZEN.
[LaVergne, TN] : Xlibris Corporation, c2009.
QA279.4 .K429 2009.

7. Bona, Andrej.
WAVEFRONTS AND RAYS AS CHARACTERISTICS AND ASYMPTOTICS / ANDREJ BNA,
MICHAEL A. SLAWINSKI.
Singapore : World Scientific, 2011.
QA377 .B66 2011.

8. Sandoval, Felipe Andres.
EMISSIONS, COST, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE TRADE-OFF ANALYSES IN PICKUP AND DELIVERY
SYSTEMS / FELIPE ANDRES SANDOVAL.
2011.
TA7 Th62208.

9. Schaner, Neil A.
SEASONAL GLACIER MELT CONTRIBUTION TO STREAMFLOW / NEIL A. SCHANER.
2011.
TA7 Th62210.

10. MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION : SYMPOSIUM HELD AUGUST 16-21, 2009, CANCUN, MEXICO /
EDITORS, RAMIRO PREZ CAMPOS, ANTONIO CONTRERAS CUEVAS, RODRIGO A. ESPARZA
MUOZ.
Warrendale, Pa. : Materials Research Society, c2010.
TA401.3 .M38112 2010.

11. Simiu, Emil.
DESIGN OF BUILDINGS FOR WIND : A GUIDE FOR ASCE 7-10 STANDARD USERS AND
DESIGNERS OF SPECIAL STRUCTURES / EMIL SIMIU.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011.
TA654.5 .S54 2011.

12. Birman, V. (Victor).
PLATE STRUCTURES / VICTOR BIRMAN.
New York, NY : Springer, c2011.
TA660.P7 B56 2011.

13. Singh, Bhawani.
ENGINEERING ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION : TUNNELING, FOUNDATIONS, AND LANDSLIDES /
BHAWANI SINGH, R.K. GOEL.
Waltham, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2011.
TA705 .S53638 2011.

14. DRINKING WATER TREATMENT : FOCUSING ON APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
/ CHITTARANJAN RAY, RAVI JAIN, EDITORS.
Dordrecht [Netherlands} ; New York : Springer, c2011.
TD430 .D778 2011.

15. Ogg, Anderson.
SCREENING TESTS OF COMPOSITES FOR USE IN TIDAL ENERGY DEVICES / ANDERSON OGG.
2011.
TJ7 Th62159.

16. Pai, Shruti.
CHANGES IN THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PLANTAR SOFT TISSUE WITH DIABETES /
SHRUTI PAI.
2011.
TJ7 Th62164.

17. Seyedali, Mahyo.
ANALYSIS OF TRANS-TIBIAL AMPUTEE MYOELECTRIC PATTERNS AND CO-CONTRACTION LEVELS
DURING GAIT / MAHYO SEYEDALI.
2011.
TJ7 Th62223.

18. MICRO- AND NANOSCALE PHENOMENA IN TRIBOLOGY / EDITED BY YIP-WAH CHUNG.
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012.
TJ1075 .M524 2012.

19. TIME-TRIGGERED COMMUNICATION / EDITED BY ROMAN OBERMAISSER.
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012.
TK5105.546 .T56 2012.

20. DEVELOPMENTS IN DATA STORAGE : MATERIALS PERSPECTIVE / EDITED BY S.N.
PIRAMANAYAGAM, TOW C. CHONG.
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley ; Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Press, c2012.
TK7895.M4 D497 2012.

21. Slobodov, Ilia.
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HIGH POWER HELICON PLASMA THRUSTER WITH
VARYING MAGNETIC NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS / ILIA SLOBODOV.
2011.
TL507 Th62237.

22. Foster, Amy E.
INTEGRATING WOMEN INTO THE ASTRONAUT CORPS : POLITICS AND LOGISTICS AT NASA,
1972-2004 / AMY E. FOSTER.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2011.
TL789.8.U5 F628 2011.

23. Olmstead, Dayne M.
THE STEADY-STATE MODEL FOR THE CHEMICAL VAPOR TRANSPORT GROWTH OF CUGATE UNDER
LINEAR TEMPERATURE-GRADIENT / DAYNE M. OLMSTEAD.
2011.
TN7 Th62161.

24. Badiru, Adedeji Bodunde, 1952-
INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS : MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL MODELS AND
TECHNIQUES / ADEDEJI B. BADIRU, OYE IBIDAPO-OBE, BABATUNDE J. AYENI.
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012.
TS156.8 .B343 2012.

New Books for the week of December 12

2011-12-15T15:32:00.001-08:00

New books in the Engineering Library for the week of December 12:

1. DESIGN OF PLATED STRUCTURES. : EUROCODE 3 : DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES : PART 1-
5--DESIGN OF PLATED STRUCTURES / DARKO BEG ... [ET AL.].
Berlin : Ernst, Wilhelm & Sohn, 2010.
TA684 .D47 2010.

2. OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF COAGULATION AND FILTRATION PROCESSES.
Denver : American Water Works Association, c2011.
TD455 .O65 2011.

3. Hernelind, Jan.
MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF CANISTER AND BUFFER FOR EARTHQUAKE INDUCED ROCK SHEAR
AND GLACIAL LOAD / JAN HERNELIND.
Stockholm, Sweden : Svensk k{232}arnbr{232}anslehantering AB, [2010].
TD898.2 .H48 2010.

4. Lee, Jordan F.
FABRICATION AND EVALUATION OF A FLUID-BASED HEAT EXCHANGER WITH POROUS POLYMERIC
MICRO CHANNELS / JORDAN F. LEE.
2011.
TJ7 Th62076.

5. Martin, Verene.
THE WIND RESOURCE DOWNSTREAM OF FORESTED TERRAIN / VERENE MARTIN.
2011.
TJ7 Th62118.

Ashley Emery: A half-century at the UW and going strong

2011-12-15T13:10:00.000-08:00

A nice article from an October issue of UW Today about one of the Library's most frequent visitors: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/ashley-emery-a-half-century-at-the-uw-and-going-strong

Japan's Megaquake Points Researchers to New Warning Signs for Such Hazards

2011-12-08T16:24:00.000-08:00

December 7, 2011:

The giant earthquake that pulverized eastern Japan in March and sent a towering tsunami roaring ashore is still shaking up the earthquake-science community. The house-destroying tremors and the killer wave of the Tohoku-oki quake may have been created by two separate mechanisms, researchers reported this week at the American Geophysical Union's meeting here.[San Francisco]

"We've never seen this before," said Gavin P. Hayes, a researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado, adding that now that the split personality has been detected, scientists have gone back to other giant quakes and found hints of similar behavior.

Read the entire report: http://bit.ly/sDqQVW

Printing from Gmail or GoogleDocs

2011-11-30T14:57:00.001-08:00

DO NOT PRINT FROM Google Docs or Gmail WITHOUT READING THE FOLLOWING:

If you want to print a document/text from your Gmail or GoogleDocs account, you must use Adobe Reader to format and print PDF the pages. DO NOT click on “Print PDF” in Gmail or GoogleDocs.

To do this:

1. Download the document from Google,

2. Open with Adobe Reader , (the plug-in should open automactically)

3. Send it to the printer.

If you don’t do this and instead click on “Print PDF” in Gmail or GoogleDocs the document will not print correctly. Multiple pages of code will print out instead.

To be sure your document will print correctly, look for the PDF menu (the "ghost") which you see when you mouse over the bottom of a PDF. The PDF format within Google Docs does not have this ghost menu.

IEEE on Campus: Career and Networking tools

2011-11-28T12:00:00.000-08:00

George Plosker, IEEE Client Services Manager, will be on campus on Tuesday, Nov. 29th, and will give a talk focused on careers and networking specifically targeted to undergraduate and graduate EE (and related technologies) students. His talk will cover the role IEEE plays in an engineer’s career and education, including a brief history of IEEE and how IEEE furthers its member's careers via networking opportunities and ongoing technical education.

He will also demonstrate how IEEE tools can help you with your job search: determine what content is being written by engineers from companies of interest, set up alerts to track companies in IEEE Xplore, and use the IEEE JobSite to locate current positions, store resumes, and job alerts. Specific resources available to the University of Washington community and to IEEE members will be described and demonstrated.

If you are an IEEE member, an engineering student, graduate student in technology, even a non-engineering student interested in technology, you will not want to miss this talk!

There will also be FREE PIZZA!!!

WHERE: EEB 403

WHEN: 6:00 – 8:00 pm

WHO: YOU!

Please RSVP to lcwhang@uw.edu by 4:00 pm on Nov. 29th.
Brought to you by the UW Engineering Library and the IEEE UW Student Branch

Please don't hesitate to be in touch if there are any questions, or if further information is needed.

Engineering Library New Books: October 24-30, 2011

2011-10-25T12:19:00.000-07:00

Online: http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/newbooks/2011oct24.html

1. Scenarios for a Future Electricity Supply : Cost-Optimised Variations on
Supplying Europe and its Neighbours With Electricity from Renewable Energies /
Gregor Czisch. Stevenage : Institution Of Engineering And Technology, 2011.
HD9685.E82 C95 2011.

2. Evolution Inclusions and Variation Inequalities for Earth Data Processing /
Mikhail Z. Zgurovsky, Valery S. Mel'nik, Pavlo O. Kasyanov. Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, C2011. QA614.8 .Z53 2011. Vols. 1 And 2.

3. Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials Viii : Symposium held November 29-
December 3, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. / Editors, P. Shiv Halasyamani ... [Et
Al.]. Warrendale, Pa.: Materials Research Society, C2011. QD478 .S6337 2011.

4. A Cmos Self-Powered Front-End Architecture for Subcutaneous Event-Detector
Devices : Three-Electrodes Amperometric Biosensor Approach / Jordi Colomer-
Farrarons, Pere Lluis Miribel-Catala. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, C2011.
R857.B54 C65 2011.

5. Biomedical Nanotechnology : Methods and Protocols / Edited By Sarah J. Hurst.
New York : Humana Press, C2011. T174.7 .B56 2011.

6. Renewable Biomaterials and Bioenergy : Current Developments and Challenges :
November 30-December 4, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Warrendale, Pa. : Materials Research Society, C2010. T174.7 .R46 2010.

7. Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy Techniques for Imaging Materials with High
Spatial Resolution : November 30-December 4, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Warrendale, Pa. : Materials Research Society, C2010. TA417.23 .A35 2010.

8. Large-Area Electronics from Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Related Noncarbon
Nanostructures : November 30-December 4, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Warrendale, Pa. : Materials Research Society, C2010. TA418.9.N35 L37 2010.

9. 3c Vision : Cues, Contexts and Channels / Virginio Cantoni, Stefano Levialdi,
Bertrand Zavidovique. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2011. TA1637 .C36 2011.

10. Control Systems Engineering / Norman S. Nise. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, C2011. TJ213 .N497 2011.

11. Effects of Psychoactive Chemicals on Commercial Driver Health and Performance :
Stimulants, Hypnotics, Nutritional, and Other Supplements / Gerald P. Krueger And Howard M. Leaman ; Principal Contractor, Gene Bergoffen ; with Contributions From Daniel Murray and Racquel Pickett .
Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2011. TL152.3 .K78 2011.

12. Optimizing The Use of Aircraft Deicing and Anti-Icing Fluids / John D'avirro,
Michael Chaput. Washington, D.C. :Transportation Research Board, C2011.
TL557.I3 D38 2011.

13. International Space Conference of Pacific-Basin Societies (12th : 2010 :
Montreal, Quebec). Applications of Space Technology for Humanity : Proceedings Of The 12th
International Conference of Pacific-Basin Societies (Iscops) Held July 27-30,
2010, Montreal, Quebec, Canada / Edited By Peter M. Bainum ... [Et Al.].
San Diego, Calif. : Published For The American Astronautical Society By Univelt,
2010. TL787.A6 A2 V.138.

14. Proceedings Of The Aas Kyle T. Alfriend Astrodynamics Symposium Held May 18-19, 2010, Monterey, California / Edited By Shannon L. Coffey ... [Et Al.]. San Diego, Calif. : Published For The American Astronautical Society By Univelt,
C2011. TL787.A6 A2 V.139.

Two new scanners

2011-10-24T12:40:00.000-07:00

Two new scanners have been installed in the computer lab on the 3rd floor of the Library. These scanners are for UWNetID log-in only.

Engineering Library New Books: October 17-23, 2011

2011-10-18T15:15:00.000-07:00

List available online: http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/newbooks/

1. Produktionsfaktor mathematik. English.
Production factor mathematics / Edited by Martin Grotschel, Klaus Lucas,
Volker Mehrmann. Berlin ; London : Springer, 2010.
HB241 .P74513 2010.

2. Knowledge science : modeling the knowledge creation process / edited by
Yoshiteru Nakamori. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012.
QA76.9.D343 K57 2012.

3. Mihalcea, Rada.
Graph-based natural language processing and information retrieval. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
QA76.9.N38 M53 2011.

4. Structural analysis of complex networks / Matthias Dehmer, editor.
Dordrecht ; New York : Birkhauser, c2011.
QA166 .S87 2011.

5. Approximation and computation : in honor of gradimir v. Milovanovi{226}c /
Edited by Walter Gautschi, Giuseppe Mastroianni, Themistocles M. Rassias.
New York ; Dordrecht : Springer Verlag, 2011.
QA221 .A67 2011.

6. Variational analysis & generalized differentiation in optimization & control:
in honor of Boris S. Mordukhovich / Edited by Regina S. Burachik, Jen-Chih Yao.
New York : Springer, c2010.
QA316 .V349 2010.

7. Frazho, Arthur E.
An operator perspective on signals and systems. Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, c2010.
QA329.2 .F73 2010.

8. Computational methods in stochastic dynamics / Manolis Papadrakakis, George
Stefanou, Vissarion Papadopoulos, Editors. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2011.
QA845 .C66 2011.

9. Feireisl, Eduard.
Asymptotic behavior of dynamical systems in fluid mechanics . Springfield, Mo. : American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, c2010.
QA901 .F45 2010.

10. Harris, John G.
Elastic waves at high frequencies : techniques for radiation and diffraction of
elastic and surface waves . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
QA935 .H37 2010.

11. Henkel, M. (Malte).
Non-equilibrium phase transitions.
Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; New York : Springer, c2008-2010.
QC175.16.P5 H46 2008. V.2.

12. Optimization and regularization for computational inverse problems and
applications / [edited by] Yanfei Wang, Anatoly G. Yagola, Changchun Yang.
Beijing : Higher Education Press ; Heidelberg : Springer Verlag c2010.
QC808.5 .O68 2010.

13. Stochastic programming : the state of the art in honor of George B. Dantzig /
Gerd Infanger, Editor. New York : Springer, 2011. T57.79 .S76 2011.

14. Fischer, Bryan R.
GD &T update guide: Asme y14.5-2009: changes, improvements, and clarifications:
for practitioners of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing : based on the
asme y14.5-2009 dimensioning and tolerancing standard . Sherwood, OR : Advanced Dimensional Management Press, c2009.
T357 .F569 2009.

15. Flood hazards : impacts and responses for the built. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012.
TC530 .F5724 2012.

16. Hovakimyan, Naira.
L1 Adaptive control theory : guaranteed robustness with fast adaptation. Philadelphia : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, c2010.
TJ217 .H68 2010.

17. Carvallo, Andres.
The Advanced smart grid: edge power driving sustainability. Boston : Artech House, c2011.
TK3091 .C37 2011.

18. Turk, Ahmet S.
Subsurface sensing. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011.
TK6592.G7 T87 2011.

19. Sherman, Samuel M.
Monopulse principles and techniques. Boston : Artech House, 2011.
TK6592 .M6 S54 2011.

20. Ciletti, Michael D.
Advanced digital design with the verilog hdl . Boston : Prentice Hall, c2011.
TK7885.7 .C5485 2011.

Access ENGnetBASE e-books from your mobile device

2011-10-14T11:37:00.001-07:00

There's an app for that! Check it out: http://www.crcnetbase.com/page/about/mobile

Engineering Library New Books: October 10-16, 2011

2011-10-12T12:38:00.000-07:00

List available online: http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/newbooks/

1. Deibel, Katherine Nichole.
Understanding and supporting the adoption of assistive technologies by adults with reading disabilities . 2011.QA76 Th61706.

2. Stanoyevitch, Alexander.
Discrete structures with contemporary applications. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2011. QA76.9.M35 S735 2011.

3. Porzel, Robert.
Contextual computing : models and applications. Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag , c2011. QA76.9.N38 P67 2011.

4. Lectures in game theory for computer scientists / edited by Krzysztof R. Apt and
Erich Gradel. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011. QA269 .L33 2011.

5. Ipsen, Ilse C. F.
Numerical matrix analysis : linear systems and least squares. Philadelphia : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, c2009. QA275 .I67 2009.

6. Griva, Igor.
Linear and nonlinear optimization. Philadelphia : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, c2009.T57.74 .G75 2009.

7. Sniedovich, Moshe, 1945-
Dynamic programming : foundations and principles. Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, c2011.T57.83 .S65 2011.

8. Koester, Jared Thomas.
Lifecycle cost analysis of sustainable roadway construction practices. 2011.TA7 Th61756.

9. Lee, Jason Robert, 1982-
Experimental investigation of embedded connections for concrete-filled steel
tube columns subjected to combined axial-flexural loading. 2011. TA7 Th61762.

10. Howell, Peter, 1970-
Applied solid mechanics. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. TA404.8 .H69 2009.

11. Cors and opus for engineers : tools for surveying and mapping applications /
sponsored by the geomatics division of the American Society Of Civil Engineers
[And] The National Geodetic Survey ; Edited By Tomas Soler. Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2011. TA595.5 .C67 2011.

12. Hill, Christopher P.
Internal corrosion control in water distribution systems. Denver, CO : American Water Works Association, c2011. TD491 .H64 2011.

13. Dahlman, Erik.
4g lte/lte-advanced for mobile broadband. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2011. TK5103.48325 .D34 2011.

14. Passant, Alexandre.
Semantic web technologies for enterprise 2.0. IOS Press ; Heidelberg, Germany : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, c2011. TK5105.88815 .P368 2011.

15. Tran, Duc Thanh, 1981-
process-oriented semantic web search. Heidelberg, Germany : AKA ; [Amsterdam] : IOS Press, c2011. TK5105.88815 .T73 2011.

16. Chen, Robert H., 1947-
liquid crystal displays : fundamental physics and technology. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011. TK7872.L56 C44 2011.

17. The spoken word ii : recollections of dryden history, beyond the sky. Edited by
Curtis Peebles. Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2011. TL521 .A333 no.4542.

Brought to you by OSTI and the DOE: Movies about - Science!!

2011-02-11T14:57:00.000-08:00

http://www.osti.gov/sciencecinema/

ScienceCinema utilizes innovative, state-of-the-art audio indexing and speech recognition technology from Microsoft Research, allowing you to search for specific words and phrases spoken within video files. You can then easily access the exact point in the video where the words were spoken by the presenter. The videos in ScienceCinema highlight DOE's most exciting scientific research. Simply enter a term in the search box and start exploring DOE's multimedia!

ASTM Standards now available online via the UW Library

2010-12-02T09:51:00.000-08:00

Big News!! We now have access to the ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library!! Access ASTM Standards and other ASTM publications online! UW Restricted

Energy Efficient

2010-12-02T09:49:00.001-08:00

Ed Lazowska, the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, has been named to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (http://www.energy.gov/news/9792.htm). The committee’s 19 members will meet twice a year and report directly to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. They will advise him on long-range strategies, program funding and other issues in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Live Feed Cameras Installed

2010-11-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

Here's the view from Engineering:
http://128.95.43.2
And here's the view from Hall Health: http://128.95.46.18

Big news for ASTM fans!!

2010-10-28T13:15:00.000-07:00

The UW Libraries now has access to the ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library! Connect to all ASTM Standards and other ASTM publications online:

The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. The Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.

This is a UW Restricted resource, so if you are off-campus, make sure you log into the "Off-Campus Access" button/proxy server before connecting to the ASTM site.

Recruiters Pick State Schools, Pass on Ivies - WSJ.com

2010-09-16T11:34:00.000-07:00

Recruiters Pick State Schools, Pass on Ivies - WSJ.com

Recruiters prefer to choose new hires from larger state universities because those students tend to be more academically well-rounded.

Back to the Future is Now! Nike Patents Self-Lacing Sneaker

2010-08-27T10:21:00.000-07:00

Wired Magazine reports: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/nike-patents-marty-mcflys-self-lacing-sneaker/

For a link to full patent: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-08/nike-patents-mcfly-self-lacing-shoes-future

Check out the Engineering Library YouTube playlist of tutorials

2010-07-29T16:49:00.000-07:00

How to find ASTM Standards

2010-07-29T16:38:00.000-07:00

Database cancellations, effective 1/1/10

2010-07-19T11:36:00.000-07:00

Due to UW budgetary reductions, access to the following research databases has been terminated effective January 1, 2010:

Technology Research Database: subfiles include Aerospace and High Techonology Database, Materials Research Database with METADEX, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts. Complete list of subfiles.
NTIS
ILI Standards Infobase

ASM International Content Available on Knovel

2010-07-13T11:55:00.000-07:00

ASM International Content Available on Knovel

IEEE launches mobile interface

2010-06-23T12:36:00.000-07:00

IEEE Xplore Mobile Comes out of Beta, New Features Added

Provides Ability to Search over Two Million Technical Documents with a Web-enabled Mobile Device

15 June 2010 – IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association for the advancement of technology, today announced the launch of IEEE Xplore Mobile, which incorporates enhancements based on user feedback collected from a beta test period that began last June. IEEE Xplore Mobile gives users the ability to conveniently perform searches of over two million technical documents with any mobile device connected to the Internet.

The following IEEE Xplore Mobile features represent upgrades from the initial beta version. Users can now conduct a basic search from the IEEE Xplore Mobile home page, then refine it by searching within the results or by using subject filters. A predictive type-ahead feature, that suggests searches as you type, is available for mobile devices that are JavaScript-enabled. All results you would find on the classic IEEE Xplore for abstracts and citations are displayed ten at a time by relevancy. Users can then decide to read or e-mail the abstracts to a remote computer.

Users with the proper subscription can view the full-text of an article by e-mailing the link to any e-mail address, then viewing the article directly from the main IEEE Xplore Web site when they are on their personal computer. Non-subscribers can purchase the articles or subscribe to the IEEE Xplore digital library.

Some users at subscribing institutions will be able to access full-text PDF documents using a Wi-Fi-enabled mobile device. Sign in to the Wi-Fi at any institution with an active IP authenticated subscription and receive full-text access, based on the subscription terms.

“The growing popularity of using mobile devices for Internet access was a key motivation driving the development of the mobile application,” according to Anthony Durniak, IEEE Publications Staff Director. “IEEE Xplore users now conduct an average of 200,000 searches a day and make more than seven million downloads a month. We realized that remote access to those searches would be a huge convenience factor. The mobile application also provides us with the opportunity to answer our users’ questions wherever they may be."

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/mobile/

Knovel and ASM International partnership to enhance Engineering references

2010-05-11T15:11:00.001-07:00

Knovel, a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced a partnership with ASM International, The Materials Information Society. ASM publishes information on selection, properties, processing and performance of materials ranging from metals and alloys through plastics and ceramics in handbook, dataset and atlas forms.

Knovel partners with more than 70 international professional societies and publishers to ensure engineers have access to trusted sources of technical content across 23 engineering subject areas. ASM's authoritative published content will be combined with Knovel's data search capabilities and interactive analysis tools.

The combination of expanded materials information alongside best practice information on processing, design and development, is expected to enable engineers using Knovel to quickly access more of the data they need and incorporate it into their work. Engineers working in industries including Aerospace, Design and Construction, Specialty Chemicals, Industrial Equipment and Oil and Gas will benefit greatly from this combined offering.

Check out the new Knovel interface and My Knovel options

2010-02-08T11:26:00.000-08:00

Watch this video to see how to use the Knovel collection so it is more convenient for your research: http://info.knovel.com/myknovel/knovel_gallery2.html

Couple Opens New Engineering School In Washington State

2010-02-08T09:48:00.000-08:00

The Bellingham (WA) Herald (2/6, Cox) reports, "The Washington Engineering Institute, located in Barkley Village, is a new school that will offer one- and two-year certificate programs, as well as continuing education classes for professional engineers."

From the website: WEIS is: " A private institute providing engineering, surveying, and GIS certificate programs and classes to job seekers and industry."

Founded and operated by Dave and Katherine Bren, the program is as follows, "all students take the same first-year program, civil engineering technology. Then if they want to continue for a second year, they can specialize in construction engineering technology, surveying technology, GIS technology or continue with civil engineering technology. Professional engineers also can take some continuing education courses, mostly focused on technology training, or they can take a class that's part of the certificate programs if there is space available." The instructors will be practicing engineers.

IBM Journals to be included in IEEE Xplore

2009-10-12T16:34:00.000-07:00

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and IBM, US, have announced a publishing agreement. Under the deal, all papers published in IBM journals will be available exclusively in the IEEE Xplore digital library (www.ieee.org/ieeexplore) from the first quarter of 2010 onwards. The aim is to disseminate key technical articles and papers in computer hardware, software and information systems to a wider audience of researchers and interested readers around the world.

The IBM Journal of Research and Development, which now includes the IBM Systems Journal, is claimed to be one of the top-cited journals in the field. The two, which have been published online since 1998, merged into one fee-based online publication in 2009. The production of future editions of the current publication, the IBM Journal of Research and Development, will be handled by IEEE. IBM will be responsible for the content acquisition and peer review, while IEEE assumes the article production, copy editing, data conversion, online hosting and maintenance.

Engineering Library Classes

2009-09-29T16:58:00.001-07:00

The Engineering Library's Autumn Class Schedule is now available at http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/classes/classes.html.

Learn how to choose the right databases for your research, search them effectively, and even do a patent search!

Future nears with bionic lens

2009-09-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

View this video that features UW EE faculty members Babak Parviz and Brian Otis.

Knovel University Challenge

2009-09-09T15:01:00.000-07:00

Students: Take the Knovel University Challenge and win great prizes!

http://why.knovel.com/knovel-university-challenge-2009/about-the-contest.html

Pedro Domingos and Daniel Lowd publish in Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering & Computer Science

2009-06-23T15:58:00.000-07:00

Markov Logic: An Interface Layer for Artificial Intelligence

Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Pedro Domingos‌

University of Washington

Daniel Lowd‌

University of Washington

Abstract

Most subfields of computer science have an interface layer via which applications communicate with the infrastructure, and this is key to their success (e.g., the Internet in networking, the relational model in databases, etc.). So far this interface layer has been missing in AI. First-order logic and probabilistic graphical models each have some of the necessary features, but a viable interface layer requires combining both. Markov logic is a powerful new language that accomplishes this by attaching weights to first-order formulas and treating them as templates for features of Markov random fields. Most statistical models in wide use are special cases of Markov logic, and first-order logic is its infinite-weight limit. Artificial intelligence needs an interface layer, a language linking applications to their common infrastructure needs. AI applications involve high degrees of complexity and uncertainty. First-order logic handles complexity well and probabilistic graphical models do the same for uncertainty, but neither can cope effectively with both. Thus neither is sufficient for general AI. Markov logic is a powerful new language that seamlessly combines the two. Statements in Markov logic are simply weighted formulas in first-order logic, interpreted as templates for features of Markov random fields. Most statistical models in wide use are special cases of Markov logic, and first-order logic is its infinite-weight limit. Inference algorithms for Markov logic combine ideas from satisfiability, Markov chain Monte Carlo, belief propagation, and resolution. Learning algorithms make use of conditional likelihood, convex optimization, and inductive logic programming. Markov logic has been successfully applied to problems in information extraction and integration, natural language processing, robot mapping, social networks, computational biology, and others, and is the basis of the open-source Alchemy system.

Intro to Engineering Databases Class

2009-04-29T14:56:00.000-07:00

Want to learn how to do research for your assignment efficiently and effectively? This one-hour session will go over the basic steps of doing a search for engineering research literature-- from choosing a database, constructing a search, and finding the articles or papers (online or in print). Bring a topic to research when you come.

What: Intro to Engineering Databases Class
When: May 11th, 2009. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Where: The Engineering Library (computer classroom on the 3rd floor)
Why: Search better, faster, stronger.

To register go here: http://lib.washington.edu/engineering/classes/classes.html

ISI Web of Knowledge Enhanced

2009-04-23T13:24:00.000-07:00

ISI Web of Knowledge (also referred to as Web of Science) is an extremely useful tool for researching. It's a citation database, which means you can use it to find out how many times an article or author has been cited and where.

One of the neat new things you can do with Web of Knowledge is create citation maps (currently in beta, but worth checking out). ISI has recently announced enhanced citation mapping capabilities that let you create a colorful visual representation of citing/cited relationships. Here's an example:

More ISI updates.

Serials and Electronic Resources Review 2009

2009-04-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

FYI: The UW Libraries is currently engaged in a serials and electronic resources review. Why? Estimated cuts in our information resources budget range from approximately $1.9 million to $2.4 million, which means we must start identifying possible titles to cancel.

A combined list of proposed titles for cancellation from all funds (including Engineering) will be posted on the web by summer 2009. Using faculty input and our principals and goals as guides, we will make final decisions in the fall.

You can find more information on the the official Serials and Electronic Resources Review 2009 page, including Frequently Asked Questions and a letter from the Dean of Libraries, Betsy Wilson.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.

How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

2009-04-14T14:50:00.000-07:00

From the Rube Goldberg Contest at Purdue:

Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, college students nationwide compete to design a machine to complete a simple task using 20 or more steps.

The 2009 task was to replace an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient, light-emitting design.

Check out our favorite entry, "Scene of the Crime," from the University of Illinois team. It won second place.

International Nuclear Information System Database now available free

2009-04-07T15:11:00.000-07:00

From the International Atomic Energy Agency website:

3 April, 2009 - We are pleased to announce that access to INIS [International Nuclear Information System] database has been now opened to all Internet users around the world. Free, open and unrestricted access is available from the INIS Homepage (http://www.iaea.org/inisnkm), or directly from the following link: http://inisdb2.iaea.org

This initiative provides easy access to reliable nuclear information on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, including nonconventional literature, and makes nuclear knowledge readily available worldwide.

Established in 1970, INIS represents the world's largest database of scientific and technical literature on a wide range of subjects from nuclear engineering, safeguards and non-proliferation to applications in agriculture, health and industry.

Currently, the INIS Database contains over 3 million bibliographic records and almost 200,000 full-text nonconventional documents, consisting of scientific and technical reports and other non copyrighted information.

Yoky Matsuoka in the Seattle Times

2009-04-07T11:24:00.000-07:00

In case you missed it, here's a link to a great article about UW Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering and MacArthur "genius" award-winner Yoky Matsuoka.

Article: The UW's Yoky Matsuoka is leading the quest for robotics that take orders from the brain

Speaking of WorldCat...

2009-04-06T12:35:00.000-07:00

As of right now, WorldCat (the main tool used to search UW Libraries and beyond) appears to be down. Oh no! How can anyone look up books?

Fear not, book seekers. Though WorldCat is down, you can still search for books using the trusty UW-only catalog.

There are many differences between WorldCat and our old UW-only catalog, but the major one is obvious from the titles: WorldCat searches the entire world (or almost) whereas the UW-only catalog just searches the books and journals we have here at UW.

So, while we're waiting on WorldCat to come back up, keep on searching using the old catalog. (Good thing we kept it around!)

Save your WorldCat searches

2009-04-06T10:14:00.001-07:00

Do you have a specific subject you love reading about, like hobbies, specific authors or formats? If you have to repeatedly craft a specific search around one of these areas to "see what's new," this new feature on WorldCat.org will save you lots of time. Just go to www.WorldCat.org, do a search and refine your query as usual. Once you have the results set you want, click the "Save this Search" box in the upper right of the results screen. Now you can track the latest materials available on this topic in our library, and more than 10,000 other WorldCat libraries around the world.

New Industry Database

2009-04-03T15:42:00.000-07:00

Our friends at the Foster Business Library recently let us know about First Research, a new database featuring industry profiles. According to the First Research website, they cover over 700 industries and update every 90 days.

So if you are interested in researching an industry, First Research may be a good place to get started. If you'd like more information about industry research, check out the very long list of resources available via Foster's business research guides.

ScienceDirect scheduled outage

2009-04-02T13:29:00.000-07:00

FYI: ScienceDirect will be down due to scheduled maintenance on Saturday, April 4, 2009 @ 3:00 pm PST for approximately nine hours. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Open Science

2009-03-24T12:24:00.000-07:00

Happy Spring Break, everyone!

Since you don't have any classes this week, you might have time to watch a video of the panel presentation: "Open Science: Good for Research, Good for Researchers?" that took place at Columbia University on February 19, 2009.

The speakers are:

Bora Zivkovic, Online Discussion Expert for the Public Library of Science (PLoS) and author of "A Blog Around the Clock." (The "useful knowledge" image above is from his talk.)

Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Coordinator of E-Learning for the School of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University and a practitioner of Open Notebook Science.

Barry Canton, founder of Gingko BioWorks and the OpenWetWare wiki, an online community of life science researchers committed to open science that has over 5,300 users.

They discuss some interesting issues surrounding open science. What is it? How does it work? What are the benefits?

Barbara Liskov Wins 2008 Turing Award

2009-03-17T13:22:00.000-07:00

From The Chronicle of Higher Education:

"Barbara Liskov, the first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. from a computer-science department and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been awarded the A.M. Turing Award for 2008."

From the ACM press release:

"The award cites Liskov for her foundational innovations to designing and building the pervasive computer system designs that power daily life. Her achievements in programming language design have made software more reliable and easier to maintain. They are now the basis of every important programming language since 1975, including Ada, C++, Java, and C#. The Turing Award, widely considered the "Nobel Prize in Computing," is named for the British mathematician Alan M. Turing. The award carries a $250,000 prize..."

HCDE moving to Sieg Hall on March 18th

2009-03-16T10:59:00.000-07:00

Just an FYI: the department of Human-Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE), formerly Technical Communications, is moving its offices from Loew Hall to Sieg Hall on March 18, 2009.

The announcement can be found here: http://www.uwtc.washington.edu/navpeople/quickcontacts

A major new sci-tech search portal

2009-03-12T12:13:00.000-07:00

With Scitopia.org you can search over 3.5 million documents, plus patents and government data from the following societies:

Acoustical Society of America, American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Audio Engineering Society, AVS, ECS, IEEE, Institute of Physics, IUCR Crystallography Journals Online, Optical Society of America, Professional Engineering Publishing, Royal Society, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, SPIE, The Society for Information Display, DTIC Science & Technology, European Patents, Information Bridge, Japanese Patents, NSF Publications Database, US Patent & Trademark Office Database

This search engine is free and on the open Internet, like Google Scholar, but with less noise. It's not full-text, so in most cases you'll still have to depend on your dear old library to provide you with the content, but this looks like a great search engine to use when you're beginning your research.

According to Library Journal, its content "...includes such significant scientific papers as Isaac Newton's invention of the reflecting telescope and the first research paper published by Stephen Hawking." (Those links will open as PDFs.)

Articles delivered to your computer FOR FREE

2009-03-04T12:07:00.000-08:00

UW Libraries is temporarily offering free desktop article delivery!

What is "desktop article delivery"?

It means libraries staff will pull and scan journal articles from print volumes held by the UW Libraries and deliver them electronically to your desktop free of charge.

This is a pilot project that will only be available from March 1st through June 30th. The purpose of the pilot is to gather data about the actual demand and costs for such a service. At the end of the academic year the results will be evaluated and we'll determine if a permanent pull and scan service is feasible.

So, if you're tired of dragging yourself to the brick and mortar library to pull and copy journal articles that aren't available electronically, this pilot is for you. Take advantage while it lasts.

For more info see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/ILL/pilot.html

Special IEEE Xplore Workshop

2009-03-03T14:40:00.000-08:00

Wendy McCarville from IEEE will be on campus next week and will be offering a special one-hour workshop on IEEE Xplore just for UW faculty, staff, and students. She will go over new features and enhancements to IEEE Xplore and show you tips on how to get the best search results in the database. She'll also be able to answer any questions you may have about IEEE Xplore.

Workshop details:

Thursday, March 12
10:30-11:30 am in the Engineering Library Instruction Center (3rd floor of the Engineering Library)

If you would like to attend, please send an email to lcwhang at u.wash or call 206-685-8370.

Wendy will also have some great IEEE items to give away!

Bioengineering + Art

2009-02-26T09:34:00.000-08:00

From University Week:

"This picture, and other imaginative takes on UW bioengineering research, will be on display [February 27] through April 3 at the Harborview Medical Center cafeteria.

This is the first time the Harborview Art Program -- which regularly includes local artists, musicians and performers -- will feature scientific research.

The exhibit also serves as an artistic premiere of sorts for images from the laboratory of Albert Folch, a UW associate professor of bioengineering... "

Sounds pretty cool. Read the full article here.

New Books at the Engineering Library

2009-02-19T13:19:00.000-08:00

1. PARETO OPTIMALITY, GAME THEORY AND EQUILIBRIA
EDITED BY ALTANNAR CHINCHULUUN. [ET AL.].
New York : Springer, c2008.
QA402.5 .P388 2008.

2. Ivancevic, Vladimir G.
COMPLEX DYNAMICS : ADVANCED SYSTEM DYNAMICS IN COMPLEX VARIABLES
Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, c2007.
QA845 .I83 2007.

3. Kanaun, S. K.
SELF-CONSISTENT METHODS FOR COMPOSITES
Dordrecht : Springer, c2008-
QD461 .K27 2008.v.2.

4. Gen, Mitsuo, 1944-
NETWORK MODELS AND OPTIMIZATION : MULTIOBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH
London : Springer, c2008.
T56.24 .G47 2008.

5. Whitefield, Philip D.
SUMMARIZING AND INTERPRETING AIRCRAFT GASEOUS AND PARTICULATE EMISSIONS DATA
Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2008.
TD886.7 .S86 2008.

6. Abuhamdia, Tariq Maysarah.
CONSTANT VISUAL AND HAPTIC TIME DELAYS IN TELEOPERATION CONTROL STABILITY AND HUMAN OPERATOR PERFORMANCE IN A SIMULATED VIRTUAL REALITY TELEOPERATION
2008.
TJ7 Th58603.

7. Covey, Jason P.
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERMANENT EARTH MAGNET ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVE-CONCENTRIC DRUM CONFIGURATION
2008.
TJ7 Th58663.

8. Erdem, Emine Yegan.
DROPLET BASED MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM ON TEXTURED SURFACES
2008.
TJ7 Th58687.

9. Garrison, Travis Arthur.
ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE WHEELS FOR USE IN AUTOCROSS COMPETITION
2008.
TJ7 Th58709.

10. Bergheau, Jean-Michel.
FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF HEAT TRANSFER
London : ISTE Ltd. ; Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2008.
TJ260 .B45413 2008.

11. Watson, Richard.
FIXED/MOBILE CONVERGENCE AND BEYOND : UNBOUNDED MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS /
Amsterdam ; Boston : Newnes/Elsevier, c2009.
TK6570.M6 W38 2009.

12. NANO-CMOS DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILILTY : ROBUST CIRCUIT AND PHYSICAL DESIGN FOR SUB-65 NM TECHNOLOGY NODES
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2009.
TK7871.99.M44 N362 2009.

13. ADVANCES IN MULTIPHYSICS SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF MEMS / EDITORS ATTILIO FRANGI ... [ET AL.].
London : Imperial College Press ; Hackensack, N.J. : distributed by World Scientific Publishing, c2008.
TK7875 .A38 2008.

14. Ludwig, Duane A.
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR AIRPORTS
Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2007.
TL553.5 .L83 2007.v.1.

15. Sun, Conroy Ghin Chee.
SYNTHESIS AND SURFACE MODIFICATION OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR IN VIVO BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
2008.
TN7 Th58550.

http://lib.washington.edu/engineering/newbooks/

Possible problem with PDFs from Knovel

2009-02-13T15:21:00.000-08:00

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UPDATE:

As of 2/17/09, Knovel has "developed and implemented a patch. We have tested this solution extensively, verified it with individual customers and believe that it resolves the issue." So things should be back to normal, but if you have any problems, please contact us.

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An alert for Knovel users:

[Knovel] recently discovered a conflict that occurs with the combination of Firefox 2 or 3 and the new Adobe Reader (version 9) web browser plug-in when downloading Knovel PDF’s. This conflict will interfere with users ability to view PDF documents. While we have determined that the problem does not occur with Internet Explorer 6 or 7, or with Adobe Reader 8, we have yet to identify a fix. We are treating this as an urgent matter and are working with Adobe to find a solution. We will provide updates as we learn more.

So, if you are unable to download a PDF using Firefox and the new Adobe Reader 9, you can try using Internet Explorer (or another alternate browser). Hopefully, this will be fixed soon.

To print or not to print: This site will answer that question

2009-02-10T11:12:00.000-08:00

As many of you probably noticed, printing and copying services were down throughout the UW campus yesterday for about three hours. These situations are unfortunate, but there is a way you can stay on top things. Dawg Prints Alerts lets you:

know about printing/copying problems as soon as they arise, and

know when the problems have been resolved.

You can periodically check the Dawg Prints Alerts site when you have important deadlines to meet that involve printing, or you can do like I do and subscribe to the Dawg Prints Alerts RSS feed so that new alerts will show up automatically in your blog reader.

Happy printing, everyone!

Engineering Library Classes: Sign Up Now!

2009-02-09T10:42:00.000-08:00

Upcoming classes at the Engineering Library:

Introduction to Engineering Databases

This one-hour session will go over the basic steps of doing a search for engineering research literature-- from choosing a database, constructing a search, and finding the articles or papers (online or in print). Bring a topic to research.

* Tuesday, February 17, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
* Monday, February 23, 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Introduction to Patent Searching

An introduction to patent searching. Our patent expert will take you through the process step-by-step, showing how to search the USPTO's Patent Database using both print and electronic resources.

* Tuesday, February 10, 2:00pm-4:00pm

Tours

Find out about the Engineering Library's collections and services-- from course reserves to technical reports and standards, copiers, and study rooms. Especially useful if you're new to the UW campus or the College of Engineering.

Tours are available by appointment. Make an appointment by emailing englib@u.washington.edu or by calling 685-8372.

Register

You may register for any of the above classes by sending an email to englib@u.washington.edu listing which class(es) you would like to attend with date(s) and time(s), or by calling Destinee Sutton at 685-8372.

Classes are open to all interested persons, but priority is given to UW students, faculty and staff.

All classes will be held in the Engineering Library Instruction Center (ELIC), located on the third floor of the Engineering Library in room 310.

Want a degree in engineering? Your options may expand.

2009-02-04T14:02:00.000-08:00

Did you know that, as of right now, the University of Washington and Washington State University are the only public universities in Washington that are allowed by law to offer certain courses in engineering?

If you didn't know, don't bother memorizing this fact, for it looks like it may soon change.

According to an article in The Daily Evergreen, the Washington State legislature is considering a bill that would allow more universities to offer classes and degrees in engineering.

The Senate Bill Report says that supporters argue high demand for engineers necessitates this expansion.

TC becomes HCDE

2009-01-29T12:38:00.000-08:00

The College of Engineering's Technical Communication department has a new name! According to University Week, it is now officially the Department of Human-Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE).

Why the name change? "The field is changing," said professor and chair Jan Spyridakis. "Given where the computing world is going, our field is much broader than simply writing and editing. The new name reflects that broader focus."

To find out more about the change, read the entire article in University Week.

Tiny Motors, Tiny Robots

2009-01-22T13:21:00.000-08:00

The BBC has an interesting article/video about the development of nano-motors to power tiny robots. The innovation, which has applications in surgical procedures, was reported in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. I believe the article is titled, "Piezoelectric ultrasonic resonant motor with stator diameter less than 250 µm: the Proteus motor," and is authored by James Friend and colleagues from the Micro/Nanophysics Laboratory at Monash University in Australia.

If you want to read the the original journal article, you're in luck! The University of Washington has a subscription to the electronic version, which means the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (from 1991 to the present) is available to UW students, faculty, and staff online.

According the the BBC article, the "researchers' prototype measures a quarter of a millimetre wide - not much more than a couple of hairs side-by-side, and 70% smaller than the previous record holder."

If you need help accessing this (or any) article, just ask us.

Use the library? Win an award!

2009-01-15T16:16:00.000-08:00

All undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Washington are eligible to compete for the UW Library Research Award. If you're a UW undergrad who knows how to do great research, you could be a winner! (Or if you know such an undergrad, encourage them to apply!)

The awards committee gives out six to ten awards each year. The prize is $750 for Non-Seniors and $1000 for Seniors.

Applying is a three step process and the first deadline is May 18, 2009.

So what are you waiting for? I did a quick scan of the past winners and didn't see any engineering students. You could be the first!

Learn more about the Library Research Award at their FAQ site.

Safari Tech Books Online

2009-01-14T14:52:00.000-08:00

Safari Tech Books Online offers full-text technical reference books on topics such as networking, Java, Linux/Unix, Perl, .NET, desktop productivity, web development and more from O'Reilly and other publishers of IT books.

The UW Engineering Library provides you access to Safari for books published in 2007, 2008, and 2009 (such as the brand new title Beautiful Architecture shown below).

So take advantage of this awesome resource. If you're working from off-campus and need help connecting, refer to this previous post for more info, or ask us here.

NewsFlash!

2009-01-12T16:21:00.000-08:00

Each month, NewsFlash highlights College of Engineering researchers (and sometimes students) who have been featured in magazines, newspapers, and other media.

For example, University of Washington professor Babak Parviz's work on developing a bionic contact lens was recently highlighted in a CNN.com article.

So subscribe to the NewsFlash RSS feed to keep up with the latest breaking news about your colleagues at the UW College of Engineering.

Technology Pioneers of 2009

2009-01-08T14:19:00.001-08:00

Students in the College of Engineering like to stay on top of new technologies. If you're interested in the companies behind many of the innovations shaping our world, you might want to take a look at the 34 companies selected as the top Technology Pioneers for 2009 by the World Economic Forum.

The WEF recognizes companies in three areas: Biotechnology and Health, Energy and Environmental Technologies, and Information Technology. According to the nomination form: "The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers programme focuses on distinguishing those innovations that will have a dramatic and sustainable impact on business and/or society."

You can also check out YouTube videos about Technology Pioneers here.

Only 5% of teens think engineers are “nerdy”

2009-01-08T13:24:00.000-08:00

The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index is an annual survey that measures American teens’ perceptions about invention and innovation. According to their recent press release, this year's survey revealed that:

85% of teens expressed interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, with “curiosity about the way things work” as the driving factor for their interest.

56% of those interested selected “protecting the environment” or “improving our society” as their inspiration.

55% of teens believe scientists, engineers and mathematicians are best described as “intelligent." Only 5% of teens selected “nerdy” as the best description.

Nearly 2/3 of teens indicated that they may be discouraged from pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics because they do not know anyone who works in these fields.

Check out the entire article here.

Spread the Word for Science!

2009-01-08T12:13:00.000-08:00

Announced on the blog of the Government Information Divison of SLA: A cooperative network of organizations called The Coalition for Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) has launched a U.S.-oriented effort called Year of Science 2009 (YoS09).

Basically a public relations campaign for Science, COPUS aspires to "... engage the general public in dynamic ways that will make science more accessible, personally meaningful, and locally relevant."

Top Tech Breakthroughs of 2008

2008-12-31T13:29:00.001-08:00

To add another year-end list, here are Wired's Top 10 Technology Breakthroughs of 2008:

10. Flexible Displays
9. Edible Chips
8. Speedo LZR
7. Flash Memory
6. GPS
5. The Memristor
4. Video-Capable SLRs
3. USB 3.0
2. Android
1. Apple's App Store

There is already quite an argument in the Wired article's comments over whether Apple's App Store is really a tech breakthrough. What do you think?

Top Ten Green Engineering Trends, Stories for 2008

2008-12-31T13:05:00.000-08:00

http://www.designnews.com/blog/Green_Engineering/10639-Top_Ten_Green_Engineering_Trends_Stories_for_2008.php

Here’s a review of the year’s top 10 year green engineering events, products and stories. The first five fall into the category of macro trends while the second five examine specific Design News stories.

Online Handbooks and Reference Books

2008-12-10T14:47:00.000-08:00

Most of our reference books are library-use-only, which means they can't be checked out. But that doesn't mean you can't get the information you need outside of the library. Here are some of the best online reference sources:

ASM Handbooks Online, featuring the complete content of twenty-four ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk Editions. Use this resource to find materials property data. If you are seeking properties for a specific alloy, an effective strategy is to start by doing a search for the name, or designation, of the alloy.

Offering over 500 of CRC Press' bestselling handbooks and references, ENGnetBASE continues to provide all fields of engineering with access to essential formulas, updated codes, and late-breaking developments that are shaping the field. Winner of the Best Reference Award from the American Society of Engineering Education.

Knovel is an online technical resource used to quickly locate relevant and reliable technical information. Knovel's interactive graphs and tables enable engineers to locate and extract the precise items of interest.

Remember to log in for off-campus access if you're using these outside of the library.

New Books for December 1st

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Zvyagin, Victor.
TOPOLOGICAL APPROXIMATION METHODS FOR EVOLUTIONARY PROBLEMS OF NONLINEAR
HYDRODYNAMICS
Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2008.
QA377 .Z89 2008.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CIVIL ENGINEERING : 1898-1998 : ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION / BY ART KRAMER ... [ET AL.].
Seattle : Civil Engineering Dept., c1998.
LD5759.5.C58 U558 1998.

MODELING OF ASPHALT CONCRETE / Y. RICHARD KIM, EDITOR.
Reston, VA : ASCE Press ; New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
TA443.A7 M63 2009.

Offshore Technology Conference (2008 : Houston, Tex.).
OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE : OTC 08, "WAVES OF CHANGE" : MAY 5-8, 2008,
HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA.
Richardson, Tex. : Offshore Technology Conference, [2008].
TC1505 .O352 2008.
vols. 1,2,3,4,and 5.

Pecht, Michael.
PROGNOSTICS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONICS / MICHAEL G. PECHT.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2008.
TK7870 .P39 2008.

Heitkemper, Lawrence J.
LIGHTNING-WARNING SYSTEMS FOR USE BY AIRPORTS / LAWRENCE HEITKEMPER, RONALD F.
PRICE, DAVID B. JOHNSON.
Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2008.
TL557.S65 H44 2008.

Past new books updates

Get the Access You Deserve

2008-12-03T14:25:00.000-08:00

If you have ever tried to access library databases, electronic journals, or other UW-restricted content from off-campus, you may have found it more difficult than it should be. Make life easier by downloading our proxy bookmarklet.

The proxy bookmarklet will let you access UW-restricted content with the click of a button.

Now, if we could only make all our content available online...

Knovel Enhanced!

2008-12-03T13:34:00.000-08:00

Knovel (a database with almost 2000 electronic engineering reference books) has improved its interactive tools that allow users to analyze and manipulate data.

The official announcement includes examples of how you can use these interactive tools, and if you find you need more help you can sign up for one of their free webinars.

You can access Knovel from the Engineering Library's list of databases. (Remember to log in for off-campus access if you're not in the library.)

Questions? Ask here.