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The Offshoring of Engineering
The engineering enterprise is a pillar of U.S. national and homeland security, economic vitality, and innovation. But many engineering tasks can now be performed anywhere in the world. The emergence of "offshoring"- the transfer of work from the United States to affiliated and unaffiliated entities abroad - has raised concerns about the impacts of globalization. The Offshoring of Engineering helps to answer many questions about the scope, composition, and motivation for offshoring and considers the implications for the future of U.S. engineering practice, labor markets, education, and research. This book examines trends and impacts from a broad perspective and in six specific industries - software, semiconductors, personal computer manufacturing, construction engineering and services, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals. The Offshoring of Engineering will be of great interest to engineers, engineering professors and deans, and policy makers, as well as people outside the engineering community who are concerned with sustaining and strengthening U.S. engineering capabilities in support of homeland security, economic vitality, and innovation.
Aeolian Geomorphology
The contents of this Supplementband reflect the range of issues that currently interest aeolian geomorphologists, and the papers have been grouped into sections on: dust entrainment, transport and deposition; wind erosion processes and landforme; and dune forms and palaeoenvironments. The final paper reports a new application of a technique for measuring dune movement (Stokes et al.). Another development is evident from the papers: Luminescence dating is now being widely and routinely applied in aeolian geomorphology, a change which is noticeable even since the last in this series of international conferences in 1994. All bar one of the papers in the section on dune forms and palaeoenvironments as well as the paper by Richardson et al. on loess in the USA make use of chronologies derived from luminescence dating. Before the advent of luminescence dating, aeolian geomorphologists frequently relied on stratigraphic associations and dates derived from interbedded, non-aeolian deposits. As this set shows the development of the technique has provided an explosion of new dates.
8th International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry
The conferences on Methods and Applications of Radio analytical Chemistry (MARC) are an established venue for all aspects of this field. In recent years, emphasis on education and nuclear and radiochemistry manpower have become an important conference topic. The MARC VIII Conference, Kona, Hawaii, April 5 - 10, 2009 hosted a panel of nine experts as well as contributed lectures and posters on "Current Status, trends, and Needs in Radiochemical Education: The U.S. and Abroad" to discuss recent progress in the U.S. and abroad and to highlight the needs that still exist. The outcome of the discussions should facilitate the needed growth in the nuclear chemistry and radio chemistry fields.
Approaches for Evaluating the NRC Resident Research Associateship Program at NIST
The NRC Resident Research Associateship Program at NIST provides two-year temporary appointments for outstanding scientists and engineers. This book describes program applicants and awardees and offers suggestions for an in-depth assessment of career outcomes. Preliminary investigation indicates that outreach efforts produce more qualified applicants than NIST has slots to fill, the pool of applicants is increasingly diverse, and many Research Associates go on to permanent positions at NIST. The agency should conduct a more thorough evaluation of the program, including an assessment of outreach to potential applicants, individuals who decline an award, the program's impact on the careers of awardees, and the benefits of the program to NIST and the broader scientific and engineering community.
Federal Yellow Book
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Federal Staff Directory 2009/Winter
Executive Office of the President. Pinpoint senior officials and top aides working directly with the U.S. President and Vice President using the most well-researched information available: Executive branch department listings from Agriculture to Veterans Affairs Telephone and departmental fax numbers Hundreds of e-mail and web sites Staff with biographies and presidential appointees are noted with symbols Cabinet Departments. In one place, find all the information you need to locate high-ranking policy-makers, their deputies, bureau chiefs, and division heads: Executive branch department listings from Agriculture to Veterans Affairs Authority and responsibility for departments and major agen...
Science
A weekly record of scientific progress.
