http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/ en Copyright 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:13:26 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/10/library_workshop_searching_and_analyzing_results_i.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/10/library_workshop_searching_and_analyzing_results_i.html Database Tips Search Engines Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:13:26 -0500 Journal of Physics D announces online publication of Cluster Issue on Microplasmas - 30 Sep 2008 "The Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, published by IOP publishing, has announced the online publication of a Cluster Issue on Microplasmas. The papers in this Cluster Issue originate from the fourth International Workshop on Microplasmas. Guest edited by Chih C Chao, Jiunn-Der Liao and Juu-En of the Chang National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, the Cluster Issue contains twelve accepted articles, covering four categories - fundamentals and basics, environmental, biomedical and industrial applications. The papers are currently free to download from the journal's website at http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/0022-3727/41/19. These papers will remain freely available for the next 3 months. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics reports significant new results in all aspects of applied physics research. The journal welcomes experimental, computational (including simulation and modelling) and theoretical studies, and also studies in physics-related areas of biomedical and life sciences. It covers research across many areas of applied physics, including magnetism, semiconductors, photonics, surfaces and interfaces, and plasmas." Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter. Since the University maintains 1 online and 2 paper (Engineering & Lewis) subscriptions, I would hope that even after 3 months, these contents would still be available to us! ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/10/microplasmas_special_issue_of_journal_of_physics_d.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/10/microplasmas_special_issue_of_journal_of_physics_d.html Conference papers 4th international workshop Applied Physics IOP Journal of Physics D microplasmas OA Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:53:38 -0500 Physics of Sustainable Energy, may be of great interest. Also, one of the papers is by Professor Robert Socolow. AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1044 PHYSICS OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: Using Energy Efficiently and Producing It Renewably Berkeley (California), 1-2 March 2008 ISBN: 978-0-7354-0572-1 Editor(s): David Hafemeister, California Polytechnic State University B. Levi, Physics Today M. Levine, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory P. Schwartz, California Polytechnic State University]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/american_institute_of_physics_aip_conference_proce.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/american_institute_of_physics_aip_conference_proce.html Digital repositories E-books AIP Conference Proceedings full text online series Physics of Sustainable Energy Volume 1044 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:46:04 -0500 http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/09/4640n.htm ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/about_the_peter_b_lewis_library_building.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/about_the_peter_b_lewis_library_building.html News Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:32:38 -0500 Construction Software Advice is an Internet resource designed to help contractors, architects and engineers research and select software. The site provides information for software selection and implementation, as well as detailed software product profiles and reviews. Using Software Advice, engineering and construction companies can gain access to: A sophisticated search capability that recommends products based on a buyers' construction industry/trade, company size and specific functional requirements; Detailed profiles of each software product, including screen shots, key differentiators and detailed feature lists; Comparisons of recommended construction project management software systems, estimating systems and job costing programs, based on the software functionality and technological underpinnings; and, A wealth of articles, white papers and evaluation tools. ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/finding_software_for_real_world_jobs.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/finding_software_for_real_world_jobs.html Business & Industry advice architects construction industry consultation engineers evaluation software Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:02:28 -0500 Convera Corporation, US, has announced the launch of search.optics.org, a vertical search site for the global photonics industry, in conjunction with IOP Publishing. Wholly owned by the Institute of Physics, IOP Publishing is an international leader in scientific publishing and electronic dissemination of information and news in the field of physics. Each of the thousands of websites included in the search.optics.org database has been personally selected by the editors of optics.org and Optics & Laser Europe magazine, both produced by IOP Publishing. The search.optics.org database includes the sites of leading photonics companies, key optics organisations and research centers, as well as other information sources such as journals, magazines, and news-based websites." Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/photonics_a_new_global_vertical_search_site_1.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/photonics_a_new_global_vertical_search_site_1.html Business & Industry Search Engines Websites global photonics Institute of Physics IOP journals news optics organizations research centers websites Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:40:56 -0500 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14699 And watch our whistlestop video tour of the LHC here: http://www.newscientist.com/video.ns?bctid=1785292087&DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=specrt10_head_Inside%20the%20LHC]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/large_hadron_collider_images_story.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/large_hadron_collider_images_story.html Videos CERN equipment experiments Large Hadron Collider LHC proton collisions video tour Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:39:30 -0500 Professional Engineering Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (www.imeche.org), has launched Engineering Conferences Online (ECO), a new online publishing service for conference organizers. ECO (http://eco.pepublishing.com) provides conference organizers with a new way of disseminating important engineering research that would normally be very difficult or impossible to locate in traditional book or CD formats. Papers in ECO will usually be available free of charge on an open access basis and will be fully referenced using DOIs. ECO has been designed specifically to meet the demands of hosting conference proceedings online. Conferences on ECO feature further information about each conference including links to the conference website, event location, and event date. For the purposes of ECO a new website architecture has been created to ensure that the service was designed specifically for conferences rather than replicating the structure of an electronic journal. ECO plans to forge new partnerships with conference organizers that will give their content a much wider readership in the future." Source: Professional Engineering Publishing Source: Newsbreaks, from Information Today, Inc., Sept. 4, 2008 ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/professional_engineering_publishing_launches_engin_1.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/09/professional_engineering_publishing_launches_engin_1.html Conference papers conference papers ECO Engineering Conferences Online Institution of Mechanical Engineers OA open access Professional Engineering Publishing professional engineering research Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:30:23 -0500 Journal of Instrumentation (JINST), jointly published by IOP Publishing and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), has announced the publication of the complete scientific documentation of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) machine and detectors, which is claimed to be the world's largest experimental facility in particle physics. The seven major articles, covering the entire LHC project, are published as a special issue of the Journal of Instrumentation and are available online at http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.lhc/jinst. In time for the LHC start-up on September 10, the articles form a complete scientific documentation of the design and construction of the LHC machine, and all six detectors (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, LHCf and TOTEM). These articles will serve as key references for the stream of scientific results that will begin to emerge from the LHC soon after the first collisions expected later this year. Journal of Instrumentation is a peer-reviewed journal created by the International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA) and IOP Publishing. The journal covers major areas related to concepts and instrumentation in detector physics, accelerator science and associated experimental methods and techniques, theory, modelling and simulations. Press release. Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter, August 26, 2008]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/large_hadron_collider_reports_free_online.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/large_hadron_collider_reports_free_online.html Document repositories Journal changes Special Issues construction design Large Hadron Collider LHC scientific documentation technical reports Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:30:14 -0500 IEEE Xplore Training Videos" Source: What's New @ IEEE, August, 2008 ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/ieee_xplore_training_videos.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/ieee_xplore_training_videos.html User services 5-minute modules email alerts IEEE searching IEEE Xplore search techniques training videos Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:20 -0500 www.accreditation.org to be "The ultimate resource for engineering, computer and technology accreditiation." Among the links are those about accreditation bodies, accredited/credentialed engineering programs, and engineering as a career.]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/accreditation_in_engineering_programs.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/accreditation_in_engineering_programs.html Websites academic study engineering programs IEEE portal university accreditation Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:24:02 -0500 New Release: IEEE Applications & Practice Magazine IEEE recently released its first ePub title in IEEE Xplore®, IEEE Applications & Practice Magazine. This ePub marks the beginning of a new publishing method that allows for faster publishing of fresh and dynamic content to ensure that information on new topics can be available quickly. Intended to be a source of timely, significant and technically-reviewed articles, tutorials and application notes, the ePub is an add-on to our existing IEEE Communications Magazine. To access IEEE Applications & Practice Magazine, users should visit the IEEE Communications Magazine Web page in IEEE Xplore. View the current issue of IEEE Applications & Practice Magazine" Source: What's New @ IEEE, August 2008 Princeton University subscribes to IEEE Xplore. IEEE Applications & Practice, as well as IEEE Communications Magazine are listed in the main catalog and the e-journals lists.]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/ieee_applications_practice.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/ieee_applications_practice.html Journal changes dynamic content ePub IEEE Applications & Practice Magazine IEEE Communications Magazine timely articles Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:26:51 -0500 IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition Do you know a student who is making a positive impact on the world? To help celebrate 125 years of engineering the future, IEEE is hosting a global competition for students who develop unique solutions to real-world problems using engineering, science, computing and leadership skills to benefit their community or humanity. Winners could walk away with up to US$10,000 and a trip to the 2009 IEEE Honors Ceremony in Los Angeles, California, USA. The competition runs from 1 September 2008 to 28 February 2009." For more information, read the Competition Flyer Source: "What's New @ IEEE" ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/ieesponsored_global_competition_solve_world_proble.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/ieesponsored_global_competition_solve_world_proble.html Competitions change the world competition contest engineering IEEE leadership problem solving real world science Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:47:15 -0500 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Inc. (SPIE) is hosting an online conference to reduce the carbon footprint of technology transfer. The SPIE Environmental Nanotechnology will present 18 speakers in a live conference on October 15 with tracks on Pollution and Energy Reduction and Environmental Sensing. Conference proceedings papers will be published online in the SPIE Digital Library immediately after the meeting, as approved. The SPIE Digital Library provides access to more than 230,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings from 1990 to the present. More than 17,000 new research papers are added annually. Nanoscience and nanotechnology have produced many novel materials and devices for a wide range of applications, including electronics, photonics, biomedicine, and energy. Growing awareness of environmental impacts of climate change has created significant opportunity to apply these to pollution-reduction and energy efficiency. Conference topics include technologies enabling these applications, including areas such as photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes, sensors, and stand-off detectors." Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter, Aug. 13, 2008 (Princeton University has a subscription to the SPIE Digital Library.) ]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/environmental_nanotechnology_online_conference.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/environmental_nanotechnology_online_conference.html Conference papers Webinars Energy Reduction Environmental Nanotechnology Conference Environmental Sensing Pollution abatement SPIE Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:13:49 -0500 EnergyCurrent.com is projected as a one-stop resource for news on the rapidly growing upstream energy business segments of offshore oil and gas and emerging and alternative energy resources. Coverage focuses on global offshore exploration and production of oil and gas, field development and construction, the global LNG industry and renewable energy resources such as wind energy, wave energy, solar power, and bio-fuels. The site is free to read online and offers a free daily email digest recapping the previous day's stories. Source: Knowledgespeak News]]> http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/energycurrent_news_for_energy_business.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/englib/2008/08/energycurrent_news_for_energy_business.html Business & Industry New resources News Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:25:24 -0500