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The Best of Backscatter from
Today's Engineer, Vol. 1
Compiled from the Today's Engineer
archives, distinguished author, editor
and engineer Donald Christiansen tackles
issues with no pat solutions, such as
education, communication, and the use of
technology for human progress. [38
pages; 1.5 MB PDF download; Published
July 2008.] |
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Plug-In Hybrids: Plug-In Vehicles and
the Electric Grid
The IEEE-USA-sponsored symposium,
"Plug-in Hybrids: Accelerating Progress
2007," investigated the technology and
policy challenges of commercializing
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Plug-In Hybrids: Plug-In Vehicles and
the Electric Grid is the second
installment of a three-part series of
transcripts from the symposium.
Panelists for this session included
Keith Cole, Director of Legislative and
Regulatory Affairs, General Motors; Anne
Korin, Director of Policy and Strategic
Planning, The Institute for the Analysis
of Global Security; and Christopher
King, Professional Energy & Environment
Staff, U.S. House Science and Technology
Committee. Also included is the keynote
address by R. James Woolsey, former CIA
Director, Founding Member of Set America
Free Coalition. [42 pages; 3 MB PDF
download; Published July 2008.] |
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Survivor Planning: What Every Spouse
Should Know
This e-book, written by George F.
McClure, is a concise, step-by-step
guide to compiling and organizing
important personal information in
advance of your or a family member's
death, so that survivors can more easily
handle necessary tasks following the
loss of a loved one. [10 pages; 2.74 MB
PDF download; Published May 2008.] |
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Plug-In Hybrids: Electrification,
Fuel Economy
and the Environment
The IEEE-USA-sponsored symposium,
"Plug-in Hybrids: Accelerating Progress
2007," investigated the technology and
policy challenges of commercializing
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The
first of a three-part series from the symposium, looks at
Electrification, Fuel Economy & the
Environment; Plug-in Vehicles & the
Electric Grid; New Technology Challenges
& Opportunities; and The Need for
Federal Action Now. Keynote speakers
included Senator Maria Cantwell of
Washington state, FERC Commissioner Jon
Wellinghoff, and former CIA director and
founding member of the Set America Free
Coalition, R. James Woolsey. Developed by
Bill Williams, Senior Legislative
Representative for IEEE-USA Technology
Policy. [47 pages; 1.73 MB PDF download;
published May 2008.] |
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2008 IEEE-USA Program Book
The 2008 IEEE-USA Program Book
highlights IEEE-USA's mission, goals and
programs, and was developed to increase
awareness of IEEE-USA programs and
services, provided to advance the
engineering profession and for the
benefit of the IEEE's U.S. members. It
also serves as a handy reference for
members seeking information about
specific programs or issues, or those
who are looking for opportunities to
volunteer their time and expertise in
support of their profession. Copyright 2008.
[28 pages; 1.2 MB PDF download*]
*This e-book is available as a free
IEEE member download. Members, to
download your free copy, go to
http://salary.ieee.org and log-in
with your IEEE Web account information.
Then scroll down the page to product
number UH3372. |
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2007 IEEE-USA Annual Report
The 2007 IEEE-USA Annual Report
highlights IEEE-USA's progress and
accomplishments in each of our 2007
priority areas, as well as our related
efforts to promote the public awareness
and appreciation of engineering and
increase organization outreach and
engagement of the IEEE's U.S.
membership. Edited by Pender M.
McCarter. Copyright 2008. [14 pages; 5.4
MB PDF download*]
*This e-book is only available as an
IEEE member download. Members, to
download your free copy, go to
http://salary.ieee.org and log-in
with your IEEE Web account information.
Then scroll down the page to product
number UH3371. |
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The Best of Today's Engineer: On
World Bytes (Vol. 1)
In this first volume of his "World
Bytes" columns, compiled from the early
editions of the Today's Engineer
magazine archives, celebrated author and
engineer Terrance Malkinson compels
readers to reflect not only on their
engineering careers, but on the world
around them. He challenges his
colleagues to look at the big picture,
and think about what one's life means in
terms of being both an engineer and a
person. Copyright 2008. [61 pages;
749 KB PDF download] |
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Profile of IEEE Consultants 2007
This report on the IEEE-USA 2006
Consultants Fee Survey provides the
profile of typical self-employed and
independent technical consultants,
including their education, experience,
business practices, median earnings and
hourly fee. Copyright 2007. [22 pages.
2.89 MB PDF
download] |
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Interoperability: A Review of
Activities To Ensure the Reliability of
the U.S. Electric Power Grid
Following the June 2006 IEEE-sponsored
"Special Session on Integration and
Interoperability of National Security
Information Systems," in Cambridge, MA,
a number of discussions have been had
regarding "interoperability" and its
role in protecting, strengthening and
enhancing U.S. critical infrastructures.
A decision was made to author a series
of monographs that will attempt to
address the effects of deep-rooted
"un-interoperability" on particular
infrastructures. In Interoperability
& Critical Infrastructure Protection: A
Review of Activities to Ensure the
Reliability of the U.S. Electric Power
Grid, authors Luis Kun of the
National Defense University and Robert
Mathews of the University of Hawaii
examine and present the impacts of lack
of interoperability on the reliability
of the U.S. electric power grid.
Copyright 2007. [22 pages. 920 KB PDF
download]
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The Best of Today's Engineer: On
Innovation
The
Best of Today's Engineer: On Innovation
is a compilation of the IEEE-USA
magazine's best articles on — what it
means, what it is, how to do it, what to
think about it, how to achieve it, and
how it might be affecting some aspects
of engineering. [80 pages, 480 KB
PDF download] |
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The Innovation Process: Energizing
Values-Centered Innovation
Innovation means much more than just
coming up with creative ideas; those
ideas have to be put to work to create a
benefit. Innovation can be seen as a
journey that starts with setting a
purpose or goal, and ends up with
innovative achievement and new learning.
All along the way, innovative thinking
is required. So is knowledge. So are
values.
Renowned innovation authority
William C. Miller provides a way to
understand the process of innovation
itself, and how people of any technical
job can apply it to the challenges and
opportunities they find in their
day-to-day work. [102 pages, 1.1
MB PDF download] |
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Educating 21st Century Engineers
Learn why U.S. engineering-school
enrollment is declining, what that means
for U.S. global competitiveness, and how
the federal government can help industry
stimulate the enrollment and graduation
of engineers well-prepared for careers
in today's economy. [28 pages, 474 KB
PDF download] |
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RFID IEEE Survey Report: Spring 2007
RFID IEEE Survey Report presents the
results of a Spring 2007 IEEE-RFID
Business Association Survey of IEEE
Members worldwide on the state of RFID
technology. Respondents were polled on
the use, implementation, research of,
and satisfaction with, RFID technology
in various industries and parts of the
world. Twenty-five pages of narrative,
charts and tables. [26 pages, 1 MB PDF
download] |
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Personal Positioning For Engineers
Learn more about employment options for
engineers
(direct/contract/consulting/starting a
business) and how they might work for
you. Personal Positioning for Engineers
considers a series of questions on each
of these options, and also looks at such
career opportunities as moving into
management versus staying technical,
working for a large company versus a
small company, and private industry
versus government agencies. [25 pages,
PDF download] |
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The Best of IEEE-USA Today's Engineer:
On Career Transitions
Change is a given in an engineering
career, and today's job market offers an
incredible set of opportunities. This
collection of articles from Today's
Engineer can help you to handle
almost any situation you might face in
your career, whether you're changing
projects, employers or career paths.
Topics include the job search; planning
for retirement; updating your resume;
and current trends in engineering
employment. Read this e-book, and then
take advantage of whatever comes your
way — be prepared, be aware, and be
willing to take a chance to further your
career satisfaction! [104 pages; 2.93
MB PDF download] |
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IEEE-USA Consultants
Profile 2006
As a consultant is preparing a proposal
or negotiating a contract, one of the
primary concerns is deciding how much to
charge. To establish a fixed price or a
fee that is both competitive and fair,
the consultant needs to know what other
consultants working in similar fields
charge. In response to this need, the
Alliance of IEEE Consultants Networks (AICN)
conducts national fee surveys of its
members. This report on the IEEE-USA
2006 Consultants Fee Survey provides the
profile of typical self-employed and
independent technical consultants,
including their education, experience,
business practices, median earnings and
hourly fee. [22 pages; 1.35 MB PDF
download] |
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IEEE-USA Unemployment Survey 2006
This report on the sixth IEEE-USA
Unemployed Members Survey provides a
comprehensive portrait of IEEE's
unemployed U.S. membership and offers
insights into the causes — and remedies
— for loss of employment among technical
professionals. The first section reports
the percentage distribution or mean
response for each of the questions in
the survey. The second reports the
results of selected cross tabulations
that focus on age and various aspects of
employment status. The third reports the
results of a multivariate analysis that
focuses on the impact of age on the
duration of unemployment when other
factors are held constant. The final
section compares some of the current
results to those in 1995, 1996, 1998,
2002 and 2004. [32 pages; 435 KB PDF
download] |
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2007 IEEE-USA Program
Book
The 2007 IEEE-USA Program Book
highlights IEEE-USA's mission, goals and
programs, and was developed to increase
awareness of IEEE-USA programs and
services, provided to advance the
engineering profession and for the
benefit of the IEEE's U.S. members. It
also serves as a handy reference for
members seeking information about
specific programs or issues, or those
who are looking for opportunities to
volunteer their time and expertise in
support of their profession. [28 pages;
987 KB PDF download] |
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Engineering a Communication Bridge:
Common-Language Correspondence Between
Engineers and Policy-Makers
In today's policy arena, some
policy-makers take the advice of those
with the most valid arguments and
evidence — while others take the advice
of those with the loudest and sometimes
most controversial voices. This ebook
attempts to fuse the two viewpoints, so
that those with the most valid and
well-supported arguments may be heard
more clearly — allowing engineers to
have their arguments heard, and most
importantly, properly understood by
present and future policy-makers. [12
pages; 206 KB PDF download] |
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Engineer's Guide to Lifelong
Employability: What Are You Worth?
This e-book explains how to determine —
and obtain — your full value as a
technical professional employee. Topics
covered include how to benchmark your
pay, negotiation strategies, the
importance on non-salary compensation,
how to evaluate a salary offer, and
more. [11 pages; 123 KB PDF download] |
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Engineer's Guide to Lifelong
Employability: The Transition from
School to Work
This e-book provides a road map for the
student preparing to enter the job
market — what employers are looking for,
how they will find you, how you can best
find them, and what career paths are
open to you as a new grad. [11 pages;
128 KB PDF download] |
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The Engineer's Guide to Lifelong
Employability: On Resumes
This e-book
provides everything you need to know
about creating and using resumes and
cover letters — traditional to
digital-age — in a convenient,
easy-to-read format. Before you sit down
to update your resume, learn the basics
about format, content and delivery.
Plus, how to avoid common blunders, and
how to follow-up. This short primer will
shorten the distance between you and
your next great job! [13 pages; 151 KB
PDF download] |
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Guidelines for Professional Employment:
A Framework for Communication
The strength of our nation will always
be dependent on having highly competent
and dedicated engineering and science
professionals. We can enhance future
economic strength by nurturing
employer-employee relationships that
will help retain and motivate
experienced engineers, and will also
continue to attract new talent. These
IEEE-USA-developed Guidelines can help
employers and employees to understand
clearly and fully the conditions in the
workplace of the current and coming
years, and they can provide guidance
toward behavior that will be beneficial
to the country and the engineering
profession. Regular discussion of these
Guidelines among employers, managers,
human resources personnel and engineers
will provide a basis for enhancing their
working relationships and will lead to
good communication and cooperation in
the workplace. [File size: 115 KB PDF
download] |
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Strategic Thinking: A High-Tech Strategy
Guidebook
This how-to guide provides the language
and process of strategy with the basic
tools needed to understand and implement
it. It intends to provide an accessible
guide to strategy for non-strategists in
high-technology companies. It may also
provide enough guidance to set
non-strategists on the road to becoming
effective strategists. The guidebook's
goal is not to provide you with answers
to what good strategy looks like, but
rather to show the processes and
frameworks that enable strategists to
create and implement good strategy. The
book is structured into three sections
that reflect the steps of the strategy
process: analysis, synthesis and action.
[File size: 906 KB PDF download] |
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The Best of IEEE-USA Today's Engineer:
On Career Survival
This compilation of exceptional articles
on career survival from IEEE-USA Today's
Engineer magazine can help you find
success in today's challenging job
market. The skill we all need is the
ability to survive in a changing world.
You need to understand the changing
business eco-system and what the changes
mean to engineers. You'll find these
articles increase your situational
awareness of the marketplace. This
awareness can help you in career
planning and skills development. In
these articles you'll learn how to
assess the market and yourself, how to
stay competitive, and what steps to take
to survive and remain competitive in the
marketplace. [File size: 363 KB
PDF download] |
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Communicating with Members of Congress
This lively and easy-to-read manual
gives you everything you need to know to
make a positive impact on Congressional
policy. Chapters cover the "hows" and
"whys" of emailing, letter-writing,
Congressional visits, politics and the
press, campaign volunteering and
contributing, and more. Learn how
communicating with Congress can benefit
you, your profession, and our democracy
-- and how IEEE-USA's grass-roots
network can support your own efforts to
become an effective citizen lobbyist.
[File size: 350 KB PDF download] |
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Career Planning Guide for IEEE Members
What do you want from your work and your
career? Whatever your career goals and
interests, this planning tool will help
you achieve greater satisfaction and
make more of an impact at work. Because
your career values and goals are unique,
you are the only person qualified to
determine the course of action that will
best suit your interests. This guide
will help you identify and tailor
solutions to your unique needs, goals
and work situation. [File size:
954 KB PDF download] |
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Interoperability for the National Health
Information Network
Development of a National Health
Information Network (NHIN) has been
proposed as a means of providing secure
and reliable transport of healthcare
information. Developed by members of
IEEE-USA's Medical Technology Policy
Committee Interoperability Working
Group, this whitepaper outlines a
definition of interoperability for the NHIN, discusses the role of standards in
guaranteeing interoperability, and
provides a taxonomy of standards for
developing the NHIN. [File size: 1.4 MB
PDF download] |
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The State of Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) Implementation and
Its Policy Implications
RFID is rapidly becoming the enabling
technology of the 21st Century. This
eBook, based on a white paper by the
IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy, dated 21 November
2005, provides a basic
introduction to RFID technology and
surveys the current state of its
implementation.
[File size: 1.1 MB PDF download] |
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The Reliability of the Electric
Transmission Infrastructure in the 21st
Century, An Analysis: The Energy
Policy Act of 2005
A raging battle exists between market
pressures, technical necessities and
policy priorities when it comes to
modern energy and electricity sectors.
Engineers, economists and policy
specialists must all be knowledgeable
about all sides of the fray to come to a
peaceful resolution — as the vital
American energy infrastructure — the
lifeblood of our society — depends on
it. This eBook provides detailed analysis
of The Energy Policy Act of 2005.
[File size: 473 KB PDF download] |
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The Best of IEEE-USA Today's Engineer:
On Consulting
IEEE-USA's first eBook puts 65 pages of
content for consultants right at your
fingertips. Access information on how to start a local
consultants network; how to make sure
you get paid for your work; how to make the
transition from marketing to paid
consulting; IEEE-USA's 2004 Profile of
Consultants; and a sample consulting
contract. Read it online, or print it to
keep with your reference books.
[File size: 2.7 MB PDF download] |
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