Real World Engineering

Explosives Camp teaches students about mining engineering careers (Park Hills Daily Journal)
A handful of high school students from the Missouri University of Science & Technology s (MS&T) Explosives Camp recently received the rare opportunity to witness a real mine blast with The Doe Run Company.

$8 million sought for engineering work at heart of bridge fight (Detroit Free Press)
As the midnight hour approaches to approve a state budget tonight, one issue that’s relatively small in the scope of overall spending but generating more than its share of heat involves competing proposals for a new bridge across the Detroit River.

TAP Maintenance and Engineering Brazil Delivers Two ERJ145 Aircraft to GECAS for Operation by PASSAREDO Linhas A reas (Aircraft Maintenance Technology)
Rio de Janeiro, September 30, 2009. TAP Maintenance and Engineering Brazil delivered two ERJ145 aircraft to GECAS, after performing a C-Check, which immediately went into operation with PASSAREDO Linhas A reas.

Engineering giants follow the money to green power (Scientific American)
By Braden Reddall – Analysis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A green power building spree is on the way, and much of it will be brought to you by the same people who built the nuclear and coal-fired power plants that keep the lights on now. [More]

Spire to Present at Solar/PV Manufacturing Market Outlook Discussion at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (Renewable Energy World)
BEDFORD, MA September 29, 2009 Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and turnkey manufacturing lines today announced its Vice President of Marketing, Mr. Mark Willingham, will present Solar Module Outlook for the United States at the Solar/PV Manufacturing Market Outlook discussion.

Era Infra Engineering Has 6.7% Equity Change Hands in 11 Blocks (Bloomberg)
Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) — Era Infra Engineering Ltd., an Indian construction company, had 6.7 percent of its equity change hands in Mumbai trading in 11 transactions.

Marquette Trustees Approve First Phase Of New Engineering School Facility (Engineering News-Record)
The Marquette University Board of Trustees Sept. 24 approved moving ahead with the first phase of the university’s new $100-million College of Engineering facility in downtown Milwaukee, Wis.

N4 Systems and Chant Engineering Announce Compatibility Between the Field ID Safety Network and Chant Engineering Test … (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 09/25/09) – N4 Systems and Chant Engineering have teamed up to provide a complete testing solution for the lifting and rigging industry. Chant Engineering’s horizontal and vertical testing machines provide OSHA mandated safety certification for lifting and rigging equipment. Field ID now has the ability to capture data from Chant Engineering proof test machines …

UConn engineering majors travel abroad to perform humanitarian work (The Daily Campus)
There is a lake in Ethiopia where the once-clear shore has become a milky green, where the once fresh air has become rank and stifling, where the once clean water has now become toxic. Probably the only thing that hasn’t changed in the area is that the surrounding community still drinks the water even though it is proven to be hazardous.

India Hot Stocks:AIA Engineering rises on BSE block deal (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
MUMBAI, Sept 24 (Reuters) – The following stocks were on the move at the BSE on Thursday.