Trenton will be releasing a new system host board later this week that supports PCI Express Gen 2.0. There are some great questions and answers on the PICSIG website (www.picsg.com) regarding PCIe 2.0 so I took the opportunity to republish here. Read More »

 Rapid Prototyping, 3D Printing, Additive Fabrication ......   The industry I work in is in a very exciting period. The technologies are expanding from once being used for Rapid Prototyping to now being capable of producing parts for end-use applications. And how do you define an industry by the terminology? This has been a really interesting past few years as the terms used to describe the technologies and the uses for that technology have gone through a roller coaster of changes. Read More »

Engineers are reluctant to change their methods of creating calculations, understandably so. Their experience is the greatest justification for what they do. Many engineers insist they are not interested in new ways when their confidence and experience worked well, in spite of the acknowledged deficiencies within the profession. Where is the incentive to change? Read More »

"All too often, engineers are comfortable showing up to work in casual clothes or worse still, they are tolerant to working in an office reminiscent of a 1980's communist shipyard drafting-room" Read More »

The Apple iPad appears to be a well engineered product with a solid role in engineering with right Aps. Read More »

Whether you are just starting out in your career, or you have some experience in your field, there will come a time when your career will seem to hit a brick wall. This can be caused by a number of situations including: not being able to land a job upon college graduation, layoff at work, or even lack of interest at work due to change in responsibilities and/or work load that make you feel that you are not using your experience or knowledge. Instead of sitting back and letting time and faith lay the path for your future, you need to step up and initiate change. Here are a few things that you can do to help your career when it seems to come to a halt: Read More »

Lately during my career development seminars, attendees have been asking for advice on interviewing. In this article I intend on providing you with some recommendations when trying to make a sale. This absolutely pertains to job interviews, because when you go on a job interview, you are selling your biggest asset, YOURSELF! Read More »

Check your Tool Box for What you Need

By Corporal Willy, Feb 3rd, 2010

Well I guess I just cannot say no to someone that needs help with something that I know and can provide.  Students and Teachers are very important to me so I will climb over walls to help if I can.

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SolidWorks User Group The School Realm

How we got 3% more efficiency - pictures included!

Dear Colleagues,

IOSO optimization technology has been used in turbomachinery for more than 20 years and applied on real-life objects like aircraft and power engines. Let me offer you some more examples.


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29 January 2010 New Russian Fifth-Generation Fighter made his first flight. This aircraft was designed by company Sukhoi with the new engines designed by NPO Saturn. We would like to express our proud and mention that both companies have used IOSO Optimization software as a regular part in their design and development technological cycle. Read More »

In the dreamy world of quality engineering, PPAP (pronounced "pee" as in urinate and "PAP" as in the cancer test) means "Production Part Approval Process" or in simple terms, how to get a part approved for use on a mass produced car. Read More »

Teachers, Students and Everybody Else

By Corporal Willy,  Jan, 27^th  2010

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Trenton's 30-Day Free Evals Make Engineers Happy  
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Calling All Students, Teachers, Engineers and Interested People in Education. Read More »

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SolidWorks User Group The School Realm

Do you have questions about the BIOS on a single board computer?
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Engineers, and pretty much all of human civilization are always looking for “What’s wrong”? We are always analyzing situations to try to identify a problem so that we can fix it. The author of the book states that by asking “What’s wrong?” questions, you cause all of your thinking to be done by the analytical part of your brain. Asking “What’s wrong” questions constantly puts you into a negative state of mind. Read More »

The two-way speed of light has been proven to isotropic in all inertial frames, the same in all directions, irrespective of the motion of the inertial frame that measures it. However, the isotropy if the one-way speed of light is somewhat of convention, dependent on the way clocks are synchronized. The Einstein method of clock synchronization can be shown to be the best possible convention, but it is by no means a requirement of physics - other synchronizations are possible and valid. Read More »

As companies try to buttress their balance sheet, we are witnessing a healthy, but troublesome after effect: Too much cash on company balance sheets.  Excluding utilities and financial institutions, members of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index ended mid last year with a record $648bn in cash and short-term securities.

Companies are hoarding cash, even the non-financial ones, having gotten their handslapped by the credit markets but not (yet) facing redistribution pressure from shareholders in the form of dividends or buybacks. 

I'm not in favor of government intervention in the markets, but instead of bank taxes and rhetoric against bonuses, why not give companies an incentive to get this cash off their balance sheets?  Tax the cash!  Give companies incentives to create jobs with this cash and push them back into the hiring mentality.&nb Read More »

CNG vehicles are under represented (a.k.a. none in the South and Southwest) in the regions with the most natural gas. They are plausible solution for the available natural gas, economy, and environment. Read More »