{"title":"Silicon Continent","authors":"K. Chege","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-jul4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-jul4","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 While agriculture and natural resources have been the main exports for Sub-Saharan Africa, investment in high tech and digital technologies is beginning to build. Across the continent, bets on high-tech manufacturing are being made. It remains to be seen if they will pay off.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84371237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Watts in Store","authors":"J. Kosowatz","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-mar1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-mar1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Lithium-ion batteries are reliable and getting progressively cheaper, but generally deliver full power capacity for no more than four hours. But for renewable energy to fully replace fossil fuels, energy storage systems must advance to provide long and longer-term storage capability, and then deliver it on demand. There are a variety of technologies being developed for long-term storage, generally recognized as six to 12 hours.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"38 38","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72499362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public Health is a Job for Engineers","authors":"C. Forsberg","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-mar2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-mar2","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Instead of waiting to fight diseases inside the human body, engineering can establish lines of defense further out by either intercepting and neutralizing the pathogens before they reach humans or diluting them so much that they can’t build up an infective load. Good engineering can create robust public health.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"212 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73094905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate of Optimism","authors":"Micheal E. Webber","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-mar4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-mar4","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Expressions of optimism in the world's ability to tackle climate change often meet disbelief. This energy expert lays out the case for why we wil succeed against climate change, and do it faster than most people anticipate.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78223817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Made in New York","authors":"Lina Zeldovich","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-mar3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-mar3","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The eight digester towers at New York City's Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant seamlessly convert sewage into biogas and a dirt-like output, similar to how Mother Nature would do it. At 145 feet high and 80 feet in diameter, each egg holds about 3 million gallons of sludge, converting it into 2 million cubic feet of gas every day.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79545728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making the Split Decision","authors":"Chitra Sethi","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-jan4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-jan4","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Mid-careers engineers often reach a crossroad, needing to decide between continuing down the technical career pathway and pursuing a master’s in business administration, or MBA, and becoming a manager. What the path they choose will determine the rest of their career. What factors should they weigh?","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"107 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77448219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where Are Today’s Engineering Jobs?","authors":"J. Kosowatz","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-jan2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-jan2","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Demand for engineers across all disciplines, especially mechanical engineering, is very high as U.S. industries look to ramp up what they hope is a post-pandemic economy. They also may enjoy more relaxed working conditions as employers adapt to over a year of remote operations. They might not have to go to the office or the jobsite, at least exclusively, because many employers are continuing remote work.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72548524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between Worlds","authors":"M. Abrams","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-jan6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-jan6","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Relatively few Native Americans become engineers. The barriers to increasing those numbers are issues such as poverty, poor schools, and a lack of role models. In this article, Native American engineers talk about their experiences and how their work stretches across generations.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86346636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enduring Edge","authors":"Jeffrey A. Winters","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-jan3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-jan3","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The degree to which technical skills are needed for new graduates and early career engineers is hotly debated. By some standards, deep knowledge of digital engineering technologies has never been more important or so hard to come by. But the difference-makers, employers say, are abilities that might be thought of as “soft skills,” such as flexibility, leadership, innate curiosity, and a flair for innovation.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87325876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital-Skilled Jobs of Tomorrow","authors":"Carlos M. González","doi":"10.1115/1.2022-jan5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-jan5","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The current engineering labor force may not be equipped to manage the new digital tools employers want to utilize.","PeriodicalId":18406,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90488045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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