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  1. josephv

    Leaving my employer and taking others with me - unethical?

    There is also a legal question which your new company's lawyer would best handle if you decide to take the job: Is it Legal to Poach a Competitor's Employees? http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/30/tagblogsfindlawcom2011-freeenterprise-idUS159854584220110430 As for Ethics, rather than...
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    Consensus Science

    A Vast Machine Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming Paul N. Edwards http://books.google.ca/books?id=K9_LsJBCqWMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false From the Introduction "Unless you have been in a coma since 1988, you have certainly heard or read a story that...
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    Reviewing Another Engineer's Work

    In Ontario, this requirement is in the Engineer's Code of Ethics: http://www.peo.on.ca/Ethics/code_of_ethics.html "A practitioner shall not accept an engagement to review the work of another practitioner for the same employer except with the knowledge of the other practitioner or except where...
  4. josephv

    guidelines for conducting structural assessments of exisiting buildings

    Thanks everyone for all the tips. The book by Robert T. Ratay looks good. Here is a presentation by him on Structural Condition Assessment: http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/_repository/2009/structural/pdf/Robert%20Ratay.pdf
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    guidelines for conducting structural assessments of exisiting buildings

    Hello, hope all is great. Would anyone happen to know of any guidelines for conducting a structural assessment of an exisiting building? I am only familiar with the two guidelines listed below: 1. The Building Authority in Singapore has a guideline on periodic structural engineering...
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    Unqualified 'project managers' directing technical detail on projects

    You may want to contact the regulator of engineering in your jurisdiction and find out a few things, such as: 1) Is there an industrial exception which applies to your company? In some jurisdictions, non-engineers can practice engineering in industries that are exempt. However, in many cases...
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    Do I tell him he is about to get fired

    What does the Engineering Code of Ethics in your jurisdiction say? Here is the Code of Ethics in Ontario: http://www.peo.on.ca/Ethics/code_of_ethics.html "3) A practitioner shall act in professional engineering matters for each employer as a faithful agent or trustee and shall regard as...
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    Educated Opinions on Climate change - a denouement or a hoax? Part 2.0

    From the National Snow & Ice Data Center "... Since the early twentieth century, with few exceptions, glaciers around the world have been retreating at unprecedented rates. Some scientists attribute this massive glacial retreat to the Industrial Revolution, which began around 1760. In fact...
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    Educated Opinions on Climate change - a denouement or a hoax? Part 2.0

    "Real-world visual evidence has a unique ability to convey the reality and immediacy of global warming to a worldwide audience. The Extreme Ice Survey provides scientists with basic and vitally important information on the mechanics of glacial melting and educates the public with firsthand...
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    Educated Opinions on Climate change - a denouement or a hoax? Part 2.0

    From MIT Press The Fate of Greenland Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change "Geological evidence suggests that Greenland has already been affected by two dramatic changes in climate: the Medieval Warm Period, when warm temperatures in Northern Europe enabled Norse exploration and settlements in...
  11. josephv

    Am I unemployable?

    I agree with fegenbush, the important question is, "what would you like to do?" To quote Joseph Campbell, "When you follow your bliss... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else."
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    Educated Opinions on Climate change - a denouement or a hoax? Part 2.0

    Climate Change Sparks Battles in Classroom "In 2009, the Heartland Institute, which has received significant funding from Exxon-Mobil, expanded its audience beyond teachers and students with a pamphlet, called The Skeptic’s Handbook, mailed to the presidents of the country’s 14,000 public...
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    Educated Opinions on Climate change - a denouement or a hoax? Part 2.0

    "Climate scientists have played a significant role in investigating global climate change. In the USA, a debate has swirled about whether a consensus on climate change exists among reputable scientists and this has entered the policy process. In order to better understand the views of US climate...
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    Educated Opinions on Climate change - a denouement or a hoax? Part 2.0

    High risk of permafrost thaw "Arctic temperatures are rising fast, and permafrost is thawing. Carbon released into the atmosphere from permafrost soils will accelerate climate change, but the magnitude of this effect remains highly uncertain. Our collective estimate is that carbon will be...
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    Educated Opinions on Climate change - a denouement or a hoax? Part 2.0

    Interesting journal article from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. Expert credibility in climate change Although preliminary estimates from published literature and expert surveys suggest striking agreement among climate scientists on the tenets of...
  16. josephv

    Graduated this May still unemployed?

    My favourite book on job hunting is "What Color is your parachute?". This book has great tips on networking, obtaining information interviews, as well as tips on how to find your calling and not just a job. I am sure it is available at any local library. On that note, a public library can be a...
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    Educated Opinions on Climate change - a denouement or a hoax? Part 2.0

    Hi moltenmetal, Thanks for your posts. Just wanted to add two recent articles that appeared in the Globe and Mail: "It took 30 hours of flying, but Inuit hunter Jordan Konek has arrived in the land of surfers and palm trees with a message for the world’s politicians: Climate change is real...
  18. josephv

    femur model

    houssem2, Just a couple ideas: 1) Modify the SolidWorks model to simulate the spongy bone. 2) Split the different types of bone into 2 separate bodies in SolidWorks. Use Abaqus to asssign different properties to these 2 bodies. I'm not sure about the details here, but wanted to start some...
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    ***Alternative Energy Forecasts***

    Here is an article from Scientific American "Even accounting for all the energy--and pollution--involved in the manufacture of photovoltaic cells, they still produce less pollution over their lifecycle than other alternatives."...
  20. josephv

    Obama job plan includes increasing engineering graduates???

    Thanks, Moltenmetal, I appreciate your reasoned response and the points you have made. As per my previous post (we probably posted at the same time and you haven't seen it yet), it was the Ontario Centres of Excellence (not the Yves Landry foundation) that provided the grant. The Ontario...

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