Bergeron Scholars Program for Women Expanded to University of California at Berkeley

Bergeron Scholars Program for Women Expanded to University of California at Berkeley
Sandra and Douglas G. Bergeron announced today the establishment of a scholarship-mentorship endowment at the University of California, Berkeley, for undergraduate women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

XL Insurance Combines Property, Asset Protection; 6 Engineering Heads Named
XL Group plc’s Insurance segment has combined its Property Underwriting and XL Global Asset Protection Services (XL GAPS) engineers to form one unified team, which consists of “nearly 200 risk worldwide.” XL said its goal is to “efficiently direct its combined risk engineering resources as XL underwriters and clients need them – either as part of a fully integrated risk management program or to provide unbundled loss prevention services.” XL also announced the appointment of six new Regional Engineering Leaders.

Research and Markets: Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications, Preliminary Edition Is Designed Is To …
Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications, Preliminary Edition” to their offering. Ratten’s Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications includes many features and applications designed to be taught by engineering faculty, not math faculty, so the emphasis is on using math to solve engineering problems, not on derivations and theory.

Horne Engineering Services and the Energy Advisory Services Team Announce Joint Venture with ERIS Technologies to …
FAIRFAX, Va. , Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Horne Engineering Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Horne International, Inc. (OTCBB: HNIN.ob News), today announced that the team of Horne Engineering Services, PGAL, Inc., SMARTBIM and Treasury Advisory Services have entered into an agreement with ERIS Technologies, LLC to provide Energy Efficiency Services to NRF Healthcare’s portfolio of Health Care facilities.  The team offers an integrated capability to enable facilities managers to provide a safer, healthier, more secure, and energy efficient environment for residents and staff of facilities.

Engineering professor develops novel technology
West Virginia University professor Richard Turton has developed a simulator that will help chemical engineering students learn their way around a power plant. The Advanced Virtual Energy Simulation Training And Research Center, or AVESTAR, will allow students to navigate a power plant that uses clean coal technology using 3D glasses and a joy stick controller. “The idea behind the center is to foster training, research and education activities in the area of advanced fossil energy power generation,” Turton said, a professor in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.