Internet Resources Newsletter

Culled directly from the Internet Resources Newsletter, here is the latest engineering-related internet news.  As ever, do take a look at the newsletter itself which is always packed with links to both useful and intriguing sites. 

Building Sustainable Design (UBM Built Environment’s latest brand) is a new monthly magazine for building services engineers, architects, clients and all construction professionals who care about sustainable, low energy design in the built environment.

EngineeringDaily.net is a news/articles/discussions magazine by and for in-the-trenches practitioners.

Anyone interested in RSS feeds may like to view the following:

Royal Academy of Engineering News Releases
http://www.raeng.org.uk/feeds/rssnews.aspx

Web snippets

 

Extracted from the May edition of the Internet Resources Newsletter, just  three items to tempt you with this time. Once you’ve looked at these, do try the newsletter itself – there’s usually something for everyone!

Journal of Applied Science & Engineering Technology

The Journal of Applied Science & Engineering Technology (JASET) is an open access, peer reviewed, double blind, journal for the dissemination of applied technical scholarship.

Project Leadership: Building and Improving Teams 09

The Barbican, London, 19th May.

“Increasingly the project management community is debating the role of leadership within projects, having realised that the plethora of systems, processes, procedures and IT software created in the past couple of decades is still not guaranteeing a successful project outcome. Is project leadership the key skill that has been missing our attention?”

SearchPetroleum.net

SearchPetroleum.net (SP.net ) is a search engine created specifically for the petroleum industry. It displays the most relevant and highest quality petroleum websites.

News from the Web

 

 

Direct from the Internet Resources Newsletter here are the latest extracted engineering-related snippets. When you’ve looked at these, try clicking on the link to the newsletter itself - it’s always packed with interesting website news.

AccessEngineering

http://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com/

AccessEngineering is a redesign of the premiere online engineering resource, formerly known as McGraw-Hill’s Digital Engineering Library.

ENER-Plast

http://www.enerplast.eu/

ENER-Plast is a European Community funded project, supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe programme.

The objective of ENER-Plast is to provide the European polymer and its associated industries with the information, resources and tools needed to reduce their carbon footprint and environmental impact.

Engineering History and Heritage

http://www.engineeringhistoryandheritage.com/

A new journal, Engineering History and Heritage provides an indispensible historical perspective on existing structures and infrastructure around the world.

International Journal of Social Robotics

http://www.springerlink.com/content/1875-4791

A new journal from Springer.

This journal is a periodic publication which consolidates high impact contributions from researchers and developers in the field of social robotics, offering readers a holistic view of this emerging industry.

Internet resources for engineers

Here are the latest engineering-related extracts from the Internet Resources Newsletter.  When you’ve looked at these, why not take a look at the newsletter itself – it’s full of diverse and fascinating sites. Guaranteed, you’ll find something worth clicking on!

International Journal of Advanced Mechatronic Systems: IJAMechS

http://www.inderscience.com/ijamechs

 

A new journal from Inderscience. The intention of IJAMechS is to provide an international forum to report current development from interdisciplinary theoretical studies, computational algorithm development, and applications of mechatronic systems. It particularly welcomes those emerging methodologies and techniques which bridge theoretical studies and applications in all mechatronic systems. Novel quantitative engineering and science studies may also be considered.

 

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy: JRSE

 

http://jrse.aip.org/

 

 The first issue of this journal is now available. JRSE is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal covering all areas of renewable and sustainable energy-related fields that apply to the physical science and engineering communities. As an electronic-only, Web-based journal with rapid publication time, JRSE is responsive to the many new developments expected in this field. The interdisciplinary approach of the publication ensures that the editors draw from researchers worldwide in a diverse range of fields.

 

SEB’09 – International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings

 

 

http://seb09.sustainedenergy.org/

 

 Holiday Inn Brighton Seafront, United Kingdom, 29th & 30th April and 1st May 2009. Hosted by the University of Brighton, UK, and organised by the KES International research and knowledge transfer organisation, SEB’09 will be a major opportunity for researchers in subjects related to sustainability, renewable energy technology, and applications in the built environment to report on recent research and mix with stakeholders in the field.

 

 

The Construction Index

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/

 

 

“Use The Construction Index as you would any other major Search Engine. For a list of our national results, type e.g. “Construction Training”. If you are looking for something in a particular town, type it into the search bar. e.g. “Construction Training Peterborough”.”