Engineering College Central

Powers Fasteners Expands Engineering Support Staff; Appoints 3 to Field Technical Service … (ThomasNet)
Powers Fasteners, Inc., has expanded its rapidly growing engineering staff with the appointments of Kent Carlson and Annemarie Fleming as Field Technical Service Managers for the Western and Eastern regions respectively, and Bob Sinclair as Field Engineer for the Northwest region. The appointments were announced by Len Colasuonno, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, who said their focus will …

Uganda: Army to Get Engineering Brigade, Says Museveni (AllAfrica.com)
THE Army is to set up an Engineering Brigade, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Yoweri Museveni, has disclosed.

Mine Engineering Studies Underway on Red Hill Energy’s Ulaan Ovoo Coal Property, Mongolia (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA– – Red Hill Energy reported today that engineering studies are now in progress on the Company’s 100% owned Ulaan Ovoo coal project located in north central Mongolia.

Greatbatch gift boosts UB engineering (BizJournals)
A former scientist at Greatbatch Inc. will benefit from a $500,000 gift from the company awarded to the University at Buffalo.

Engineering prof tipped as next UWI principal (Trinidad Express)
STUDENTS at the University of the West Indies in St Augustine will be in for a surprise when they return to school after their Christmas break. Sources at the university have revealed that engineering professor, Clement Sankat, will be named the school’s new principal.

MedImmune Expands Scientific and Engineering Leadership (The San Francisco Examiner)
GAITHERSBURG, Md. ( Map ) – GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Continuing the solidification of its role as the global biologics unit for AstraZeneca plc (AZ), MedImmune today announced that Andrew D. Skibo has joined the company as senior vice president, engineering and JoAnn Suzich, Ph.D., a 19-year veteran of the company, has been promoted to vice president, research and …

Engineering prof tipped as next UWI principal (Trinidad Express)
STUDENTS at the University of the West Indies in St Augustine will be in for a surprise when they return to school after their Christmas break. Sources at the university have revealed that engineering professor, Clement Sankat, will be named the school’s new principal.

International science, engineering fair to be held in Reno (Reno Gazette-Journal)
High school geniuses from across the globe will be shouting “Reno or bust” in 2009.

70 percent engineering colleges are in just four states (Calcutta News)
Pointing out that 70 percent of the country’s engineering colleges are located in only four states, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Monday called for removing regional disparities in the availability of technical education.

Offshore Conundrum: India Has Dire Shortage Of Engineering Professors (InformationWeek)
The shortage of engineering teachers in India is even more dire than U.S. observers are aware, Indian academics report.