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June, 2011

EDITORIAL FEATURES/SPECIAL SECTIONS

AerospaceAerospace Engineering & Manufacturing July 13 digital issue features Testing &

Simulation

Military & Aerospace July issue features Unmanned Vehicle Command ControlStation and distributed at the AUVSI Show

Business of Engineering Consulting-Specifying Engineer June/July issue features Electrical Distribution

and Smart Grid: Integrating Renewable Energy Systems

Engineering Inc. July/August issue features Renewable Energy Market StatusReport

National Society of Professional Engineers July issue features Mobile ComputingChemical

Chemical & Engineering News July 4 issue features Facts & Figures of theChemical Industry

Chemical Engineering July issue features Materials of Construction anddistributed at the Semicon West Conference

Chemical Engineering Progress July issue features Process DevelopmentCivil

CE News July issue features What it Takes to be a Firm Principal andLeveraging Technology

Civil Engineer July issue features Environmental Engineering and distributed atthe Pipelines Conference

Construction

Better Roads July issue features Urban Roads and Night Work Roads & Bridges July issue features Contractors Choice Awards and Evacuation

Management

Structural EngineerJuly issue features Office/Mixed Use and FoundationSystems

Diversity

Diversity Careers June/July issue features African Americans in Engineering andBest Diversity Companies 2011

Society of Women Engineers Fall issue features Conference Preview andHispanic Heritage

Workforce Diversity Spring issue features Aerospace & Defense Industry andElectrical Engineering

Electronic

Electric Energy July issue features Energy Distribution Networks and distributedat the IEEE-PES General Meeting

Electronic Component July issue features The Skys the Limit: Aerospace &Avionics and distributed at NI Week

Engineering Update


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Evaluation Engineering July issue features Data Acquisition and distributed atthe Semicon West Conference

IEEE Spectrum July issue features Computing/IT: Privacy & Cloud Computingand distributed at the IEEE PES Meeting

Energy/Environmental EnergyBizJuly/August issue features Executive Pay Trends and Smart Grid

Transformation of the Utility Sector

Environmental & Science Engineering Summer issue features AnnualGovernment, Association and College Directory

Pollution Engineering July issue features Environmental Management Power Engineering July issue features Safety Equipment and Issues and

Nuclear Reactions

Government

GI Jobs August issue features TAP Redesign and Defense/Business Services Government Engineering July/Aug issue features Fleets & Accessories and

distributed at the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

Military Engineer July/August issue features Water Planning & Management andProgram Management of Mega-Projects

HVAC

ASHRAE JournalJuly issue features Cooling, Commercial Buildings HPAC Engineering July issue features 1st Annual HPAC Engineer of the Year

Award

Manufacturing Control Engineering July issue features Electrical Engineer Career Study Manufacturing EngineerJuly issue features Masters of Manufacturing and Use of

Robotics in Measurement & Inspection

Mechanical Engineered Systems July issue features Health Care and distributed at the

ASHE Annual Conference

Facilities Engineering July/August issue features Government Facilities andRenewable Energy

Mechanical Engineering August issue features Engineering Management anddistributed at the ASME Power Conference

Plumbing EngineerJuly issue features 2-for-1 Special and Annual ManufacturerSpotlight

Plumbing Systems & Design July/August issue features Energy-Efficient HVACDesign

Mining Coal Age July issue features Continuous Miners Engineering & Mining JournalJuly issue features Mine Security Mining Engineering July issue features South American Mining

Petroleum/OilJournal of Petroleum TechnologyJuly issue features Reservoir Simulation and

Artificial Lift

Offshore Engineer July issue features Drilling Rig Equipment and Technology


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Oil & Gas Journal July issue features Midyear Forecast and distributed at the OilSands and Heavy Oil Technologies

Plant Plant Engineering Midyear Report issue features How Do the Experts See the

Road Ahead? Plant Engineering Management July issue features Energy Management and

Shutdowns and Turnarounds

Transportation

Automotive Engineering July issue features Testing and Simulation Off-Highway Engineering July digital issue features Powertrain & Energy

JOB FAIRS

Expo Experts - EngineeringJune 14 Chicago, IL

June 21 Wichita, KSJune 22 Dayton, OH

July 12 Washington, DCJuly 20 Phoenix, AZJuly 25 San Diego, CA

July 26 Boston, MA

Targeted Job Fairs Engineering/Technology

June 7 Huntsville, AL

June 9 Washington, DCJune 21 Chicago, ILJune 22 Boston, MA

June 28 Houston, TX

July 12 Los Angeles, CA

July 26 Silicon Valley

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

International Bridge Conference

June 5-8Pittsburgh, PA

Design Automation ConferenceJune 5-10San Diego, CA

Sensors ExpoJune 6-8

Chicago, IL


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ASME Annual MeetingJune 10-15

Dallas, TX

NFPA Conference

June 12-14Boston, MA

EEI Annual Convention/ExpoJune 12-15

Colorado Springs, CO

SPE North American Unconventional Gas Conference

June 14-16The Woodlands, TX

West Coast Energy Management Congress

June 15-16Long Beach, CA

APPA National Conference

June 19-22Washington, DC

Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference

June 19-22Williamsburg, VA

AWMA ConferenceJune 21-24

Orlando, FL

BOMA Annual ConferenceJune 26-28Washington, DC

ASME Power ConferenceJuly 12-14

Denver, CO

Semicon West

July 13-15

San Francisco, CA

ASHE Annual ConferenceJuly 17-20

Seattle, WA

Pipelines Conference

July 23-27Seattle, WA


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IEEE-PES General MeetingJuly 24-29

Detroit, MI

NSREC

July 25-29Las Vegas, NV

LAYOFFS

BAE Systems vehicle armor business unit will eliminate 200 jobs at a plant in Butler

County, OH. The job cuts, attributed to decreased demand, will take place by the end of

July. BusinessWeek

Energy Conversion Devices, a maker of solar laminates for rooftops and buildings, will

cut 300 jobs or 20% of its workforce. Stiff competition combined with cutbacks in incentives

for solar power in the European markets has resulted in significantly lower revenue. Reuters

Northrop Grumman says it plans to lay off about 200 employees, mostly in the Baltimore

region. Company spokesman Jack Martin Jr. said that most layoffs will be at four Baltimore-area locations: the Electronic Systems division's Linthicum headquarters and facilitiesin Annapolis, Sykesville and Elkridge. Locations in Virginia, Connecticut and Florida will also

be affected. Martin says about 600 employees were approved for buyouts, mostlyin Maryland, but there weren't enough to avoid layoffs. WTKR

TRENDS

Engineers and Business School - A Match Made in Heaven

Quick, take a guess: What fraction of MBA students are engineers?

About a third, according to admissions officers at some of the top programs. It's not hard toimagine why masters programs in business administration want so many math-drenched

applicants, but what's in it for the engineers?

"They may have a product idea and recognize they don't have the business skills to make it

work," says Linda Abraham, who started the admissions consulting service Accepted.com, inLos Angeles, where 40% of MBA admission seekers are engineers.

Scott Shrum, vice president of marketing at admissions consulting firm Veritas Prep,

outlines four traits that define successful applicants: leadership (initiative and impact),teamwork (working with and influencing others), creative intellect, and maturity (breadth of

experience and how you face adversity). Engineers, he says, typically need help masteringthe first two.

What you should look for in an MBA program really depends on what you want: to switch to

finance, stay in high tech, move into product management, or do something else, Abrahamsays. "It's important for engineers to have an idea where they're going. Just hating your jobis not a good reason to get an MBA."
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IEEE Spectrum compiled a list of five key characteristics that might matter to an engineer,

and a handful of MBA programs that stand out in those categories. This is by no means anexhaustive list. (The tuition charges and fees are for the length of time students normallytake; median base salaries were provided by the programs themselves.)

JUMP-START A BUSINESSStanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, Calif.

Tuition and fees: US $53,118

Graduates' median base salary: $120,000

Silicon Valley's proximity to Stanford and its close interaction with the engineering schoolthrough courses and research spell s-t-a-r-t-u-p. The school focuses on leadership and

entrepreneurship, and top industry names visit the campus regularly and even teach jointly

with professors.

Special mention: University of California, Berkeley (Haas School of Business), Yale School of

Management, Columbia Business School

STRONG REP

Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper School of Business), Pittsburgh

Tuition and fees: $52,500

Graduates' median base salary: $100,000CMU's business program and engineering school are both world renowned, and it

consistently comes up in lists of engineers' top MBA picks. So it isn't surprising that Tepperis, as The Economistrecently noted, "probably best known fora quantitative approach and

cutting-edge use of information technology."

Special mention: Northwestern (Kellogg School of Management), MIT Sloan School of

Management, Harvard Business School, University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School)

INNOVATIVE

MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Mass.

Tuition and fees: $50,625Graduates' median base salary: $110,000

Sloan drinks its own Kool-Aid with the Dean's Innovative Leader Series, in which studentshave in-depth discussions with industry leaders, and the Sloan Innovation Period, one weekof intensive leadership seminars and exposure to faculty research. Innovation "is in their

DNA," MBA counselor Abraham says of MIT-Sloan.

Special mention: UC Berkeley (Haas), Stanford, University of Toronto (Rotman School ofManagement)

ENGINEERSAND CAREERSAPLENTYUniversity of Michigan (Ross School of Business), Ann Arbor, Mich.

Tuition and fees: $45,189

Graduates' median base salary: $100,000Forty-two percent of Ross's 500-strong MBA class of 2011 come from an engineering, math,or science background. Good news for them: Recruiters and employers rave about

Michigan's MBA students, and students rave about Ross's career services.

Special mention: MIT (Sloan), Yale, Georgia Tech College of Management

CAREER SWITCH TO FINANCE

University of Chicago (Booth School of Business)Tuition and fees: $53,225

Graduates' median base salary: $100,000


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Finance is Booth's top subject, and about half the graduating class of 2009 went to work inthe finance sector. Other pluses: The school has generated more Nobel laureates (six) than

any other business school and has garnered the top spot in Bloomberg BusinessWeek's pasttwo rankings for U.S. MBA programs.

Special mention: Harvard, Penn (Wharton), Columbia

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