February 2005

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Cajun Converter, Don't Ya Know

At a natural gas processing plant in Louisiana, a novel heat recovery system turns waste heat into electricity

By Jeremy Alford

Advanced Design Consultants designs and manufactures a broad range of devices used in research

Jagdish Dhawan: Chemical engineer develops a process to recycle tires and recover materials from them

By Andrea Dace

Joe Desch: Electrical engineer created a codebreaking machine that saved lives in World War II

By Michelle Tedford

We should support public mass transit

By Lester Hoel