NEWS ARCHIVE
March 6, 2014
WITI (Women In Technology International) will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at its WITI Summit: Powering Up event which will be held June 1 – 3, 2014, in Santa Clara at the Santa Clara Marriott.
March 5, 2014
Football helmets can be designed to reduce the risk of concussions, according to a new study by some of the nation’s leading concussion researchers published recently in the Journal of Neurosurgery.
March 4, 2014
Power usage effectiveness (PUE™) has become the industry-preferred and globally adopted metric for measuring the energy efficiency of data centers.
March 3, 2014
A small, secretive creature with unlikely qualifications for defying gravity may hold the answer to an entirely new way of getting off the ground.
March 3, 2014
The worst oil spill in U.S. history occurred when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010…
March 3, 2014
The University of Virginia (U.Va.) recently announced the commitment of a $10 million gift that establishes an endowment to support its new Data Science Institute.
February 28, 2014
DiscoverE’s annual Global Marathon kicks off at noon (ET) on Wednesday, March 5, with opening remarks by Meg Whitman, President and CEO, HP.
February 27, 2014
The 26th annual LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, will be staged in New York…
February 26, 2014
Currently, the medical community has limited ability in clinically assessing blockages called atherosclerotic plaques in the human body.
February 25, 2014
Ensuring sustainability of ecosystems through protection of plants, soil and water and increased habitat for native birds and insects is the goal of proposed requirements to the green building standard…
February 24, 2014
Older adults are more vulnerable to a number of risks including fire, either at home or in assisted living facilities such as nursing homes.
February 21, 2014
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) announces two upcoming web-based training events.
February 20, 2014
Wiley|Wilson was named the Pinnacle Award winner by the American Council of Engineering Companies/Virginia for engineering excellence in the design of the Naval Research Laboratory, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (NRL-LASR).
February 19, 2014
Expert knowledge of sustainable techniques is in demand and the 13 online courses being offered this spring through the ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) allow professionals to keep up with the latest industry trends.
February 18, 2014
The 2013 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards, incorporating 41 new addenda, have been published.
February 17, 2014
Draper Aden was recently named as one of the 2014 Best Places to Work in Virginia. The annual list of the Best Places to Work in Virginia was created by Virginia Business and Best Companies Group.
February 17, 2014
Chilled water system performance is often overlooked in plant operations, yet optimizing performance can significantly improve chilled water plant efficiency, and thereby reduce costs.
February 14, 2014
The World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control has recognized antibiotic resistance “as a critical health challenge of our time,” said Amy Pruden, a Virginia Tech environmental engineer…
February 13, 2014
ZweigWhite has opened entries for the Hot Firm List –a prestigious list honoring the fastest growing firms in the A/E/P and environmental consulting industry.
February 12, 2014
On February 20, 2014, women engineers, along with their male counterparts, will engage and mentor as many as one million girls around the country during the 13th Annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
February 11, 2014
Following the success and overwhelming positive feedback of the previous U.S. events over the last five years MCI Media are delighted to host the 6th International Port & Terminal Technology Conference & Exhibition in Savannah, Georgia on May 20 & 21, 2014.
February 10, 2014
Cokie Roberts, best-selling author and award-winning journalist, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the 2014 annual conference of WTS International, the association for the professional advancement of women in transportation that will take place May 14 – 16, 2014, in Portland, Oregon.
February 7, 2014
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Virginia Tech’s online Master of Information Technology degree program as No. 2 among the nation’s best distance-learning courses…
February 6, 2014
The Keck Futures Initiative—a program of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, with the support of the W. M. Keck Foundation—will award $20,000 prizes to individuals or teams who have developed…
