McGraw-Hill Announces Extensive Enhancements to its Premier Engineering Platform

McGraw-Hill Announces Extensive Enhancements to its Premier Engineering Platform
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — McGraw-Hill today announced the launch of its new AccessEngineering platform, featuring technological and user interface improvements that raise the bar for learning and accessibility of engineering content. Redesigned to meet the needs of engineering professionals, students, and faculty, the online reference features a completely new user interface, providing users with faster, more accurate and more relevant searches; improved navigation; and a curated aggregation of up to the minute global engineering news.

Research and Markets: Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering taken from the Peer Reviewed Papers (ICUME 2011), November 14-15, 2011, Darmstadt, Germany
The objective of controlling uncertainty in mechanical engineering is significantly to enhance safety, reliability and economic efficiency in the development, production, use and conservation of natural resources. This special collection of 19 peer-reviewed papers offers an academic and industrial perspective on the description, evaluation and control of uncertainty in: 1 Development, 2 Production and 3 Usage. This work should meet the needs of a broad readership, and motivate further investigations.

SanDisk Encourages Students to Pursue Careers in Engineering and Technology With $1 Million Annual Scholarship Program
SanDisk Corporation , a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, announced today it will award $1,000,000 this year in needs-based scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds through its SanDisk Scholars Fund. Funded by the SanDisk Foundation, which provides philanthropic support to charitable organizations worldwide, the SanDisk Scholars Fund supports the educational goals of women, Latino and African-American students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Engineering and construction company Dessau acquires Maritime Testing
By The Canadian Press MONTREAL – Engineering and construction company Dessau Inc. says it has acquired Maritime Testing Ltd., a Halifax firm that provides geotechnical, materials and environmental engineering.