Top Tech Breakthroughs of 2008

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

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

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

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

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!

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.)


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