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The BWI Trail around BWI Airport links neighborhoods and multiple transportatin modes

By Tom Gibson

 

David Friedman: Mechanical engineer for the Union of Concerned Scientists promotes safer and more fuel-efficient automobiles

By Joe and Diane Devanney

 

Ryan Wotipka: Engineering student designs an award-winning wind turbine for an Indian school in Mexico

By Tony and Alison Martinez

 

 

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Issues from 2002

Previous issues of Progressive Engineer online magazine featuring profiles of engineers and companies and stories on engineering projects that detail the accomplishments of engineers.


December 2002

FEATURE: Cooling from the Depths - Using lake water to cool buildings at Cornell University saves huge amounts of energy, lowers pollution, and solves refrigerant problems.
COMPANY PROFILE: Professional engineers at Criterium Engineers perform inspections on homes and other buildings
PROFILES

1 -

David Fischetti: Structural engineer saves lighthouses, covered bridges, and other historic structures

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Tim Anderson: Inventor puts other people's trash to innovative uses

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Michael Cordiero: Mechanical engineering student designs a safer helmet for whitewater sports
EDITORIAL: Mentoring young engineers presents a win-win opportunity


November 2002

FEATURE: Cooling from the Depths - Using lake water to cool buildings at Cornell University saves huge amounts of energy, lowers pollution, and solves refrigerant problems.
COMPANY PROFILE: Becker Morgan Group specializes in buildings
PROFILES

1 -

Michael Cordeiro: Mechanical engineering student designs a safer helmet for whitewater sports

2 -

Frank Lombardi: Engineering chief at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey survives the World Trade Center disaster

3 -

Gary Ybarra: Electric engineering professor shares a love of science and engineering with kids
EDITORIAL: Mentoring young engineers presents a win-win opportunity

October 2002

FEATURE: Let the Bugs Do the Work: A one-of-a-kind facility at Albany Internaitonal Airport uses anaeobic bacteria to treat plane de-icing fluid wastewater
PROFILES

1 -

Frank Lombardi: Engineering chief at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey survives the World Trade Center disaster

2 -

Gary Ybarra: Electric engineering professor shares a love of science and engineering with kids

3 -

Israel Wachs: Chemical engineering professor solves methanol pollution problem for paper mills
EDITORIAL: The TV show Providence highlights the contribution of engineers to a city's infrastructure and landscape

September 2002

FEATURE: Let the Bugs Do the Work: A one-of-a-kind facility at Albany Internaitonal Airport uses anaeobic bacteria to treat plane de-icing fluid wastewater
PROFILES

1 -

Israel Wachs: Chemical engineering professor solves methanol pollution problem for paper mills

2 -

Drew Landman: Oversees Langley Full Scale Wind Tunnel

3 -

Rebecca Bowman: Civil engineer and lawyer
EDITORIAL: The TV show Providence highlights the contribution of engineers to a city's infrastructure and landscape
SHOPTALK
ON THE ROAD: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

August 2002

FEATURE: A New Crop Takes Root: Windmill farms in Pennsylvania and other mid-Atlantic states
PROFILES

1 -

Drew Landman: Oversees Langley Full Scale Wind Tunnel

2 -

Rebecca Bowman: Civil engineer and lawyer

3 -

Emory Kristof: National geographic oceanic photographer
EDITORIAL: Plasma fusion as alternative energy
EMPLOYMENT PROFILES: Haestad Methods
SHOPTALK
ON THE ROAD: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal


July 2002

FEATURE: A New Crop Takes Root: Windmill farms in Pennsylvania and other mid-Atlantic states
PROFILES

1 -

Emory Kristof: National geographic oceanic photographer

2 -

Vince Pearce: Transportation engineer pioneers smart and secure highways

3 -

Mark Reed: Nanoelectronics expert taking computers to a molecular level
EDITORIAL: Plasma fusion as alternative energy
EMPLOYMENT PROFILES: Haestad Methods
SHOPTALK
ON THE ROAD: New Hampshire's Mount Washington

June 2002

FEATURE: Motors and More: Third-generation electromechanical equipment repair specialist Longo Industries
PROFILES

1 -

Vince Pearce: Transportation engineer pioneers smart and secure highways

2 -

Mark Reed: Nanoelectronics expert taking computers to a molecular level

3 -

Drew Gillett: Solar energy
EDITORIAL: New ways to educate engineers
EMPLOYMENT PROFILES: Volkert & Associates; O'Connell & Lawrence
SHOPTALK
ON THE ROAD: New Hampshire's Mount Washington


May 2002

FEATURE: Motors and More: Third-generation electromechanical equipment repair specialist Longo Industries
PROFILES

1 -

Drew Gillett: Solar energy

2 -

Frank Meldau: Catamaran sailboats

3 -

Craig Miller: Civil engineer goes to Haiti
EDITORIAL: New ways to educate engineers
EMPLOYMENT PROFILES: Volkert & Associates; O'Connell & Lawrence
SHOPTALK
ON THE ROAD: Western PA's Allegheny Portage Railroad

April 2002

FEATURE: Still in a Class of Its Own -- Morgantown, WV's PRT computerized mass transit system
PROFILES

1 -

Frank Meldau: Catamaran sailboats

2 -

Craig Miller: Civil engineer goes to Haiti

3 -

Garrick Louis: Water and waste infrastructure
EDITORIAL: Engineering's Draper Prize
EMPLOYMENT PROFILES: Advantica Stoner; Greenhorne & O'Mara
SHOPTALK
ON THE ROAD: Western PA's Allegheny Portage Railroad


March 2002

FEATURE: Still in a Class of Its Own -- Morgantown, WV's PRT computerized mass transit system
PROFILES

1 -

Garrick Louis: Water and waste infrastructure

2 -

Herbert Rothman: Suspension bridge specialist

3 -

David Berends: Mixes music and electrical engineering
EDITORIAL: Engineering's Draper Prize
EMPLOYMENT PROFILES: Advantica Stoner; Greenhorne & O'Mara
SHOPTALK
CAREER & BUSINESS TOPICS: Continuing education programs


February 2002

FEATURE: Building a Better Place to Live -- National Association of Home Builders Research Center
PROFILES

1 -

Herbert Rothman: Suspension bridge specialist

2 -

David Berends: Mixes music and electrical engineering

3 -

Doug Cooper: Chemical engineer develops process control software
EDITORIAL: Over-relying on Computer-Created Designs Has Its Perils
EMPLOYMENT PROFILES: Kleinschmidt USA; Anderson and Associates
SHOPTALK
CAREER & BUSINESS TOPICS: Continuing education programs


January 2002

FEATURE: Building a Better Place to Live -- National Association of Home Builders Research Center
PROFILES

1 -

Doug Cooper: Chemical engineer develops process control software

2 -

David Law: Pioneering rehabilitation engineer

3 -

John Zaniewski: The science of asphalt pavement
EDITORIAL: Over-relying on Computer-Created Designs Has Its Perils
EMPLOYMENT PROFILES: Kleinschmidt USA; Anderson and Associates
SHOPTALK
CAREER & BUSINESS TOPICS: Using student project teams

 


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