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In article <5ah1lt$e8v@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
   mornhm@prairienet.org (Kevin J. Brown) wrote:
ST+>M. Lyle, PE (Don't_Spam_Me@I_Hate_Spam.com) wrote:
ST+>: 
ST+>: First, what state did you sit for the exams?
ST+>: 
ST+>: I know of no state that will allow you to sit for the PE without
ST+>: sitting for and RECEIVING PASSING SCORE OF the EIT test first - unless
ST+>: you qualify under some archaic rule for grandfathering.  Usually, they
ST+>: will not let you progress on until the NEXT TEST CYCLE (6 months).
ST+>: Second, why did you take the PE first ... then the EIT second ... the
ST+>: logic fails me.
ST+>: M. H. Lyle, PE
ST+>
ST+>When I sat for the exams in Illinois (quite a few years ago) with the 
ST+>proper number of years experience, and a degree from an accredited 
ST+>university a person could sit for both the Fundementals of Engineering 
Probably the original poster was correct, if he is from  Texas. Under some
rule EIT was excempted for those who have advanced degrees(MS/PhD) in Texas
untill 1994. But after that they made EIT as a required one.
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Dan Bohlen wrote:
> M.L. Raghavan wrote:
> > I agree. It would be very useful to have an ANSYS newsgroup. I am all
> > for it. 
> 
> I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN SUCH A NEWSGROUP. 
	Although my research group also uses ANSYS, my comment is that it would
be too much to have a dedicated newsgroup for each finite element system
like ANSYS, NASTRAN, MARC, etc.
	One can gather enough support to go through the motion of starting a
stress analysis newsgroup (there are standard procedures for doing it). 
Or else, one can ask ANSYS to put in a discussion forum into its Website
(this is technically feasible). 
	John Cheung, PhD

Have you tried using good Search Engines to search the WWW for such FEA
software ?  I suppose most of these commercial FEA owners, except the
insignificant ones, would put in their own Websites.  
	Perhaps after you have compiled the list of these FEAs, say including
their features, you can post the list into relevant newsgroups and ask
for comments from users, after which you can compile these comments.
	John Cheung, PhD
Samurai929 wrote:
> 
> I don't know if anyone out here has already compiled a list of all the
> commercial FEA software for different platforms, but I thought it would be
> a good idea to prepare one for everyone's benefit.
> 
> In case no one has already prepared such a list, I would be happy to
> prepare one and post it here. Does anyone know of the any FEA software
> besides Abaqus, Algor, Ansys, MSC Nastran, and Marc? What are the
> prices/seat? What are their features and good/bad points?
> 
> Any gurus wanna share their first hand experience w/ different FEA
> software?

Erin Nichols wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I'm not exactly sure if I'm in the right place for this...
> 
I reply:
Depending on what you're after, I ran across an article in one of the 
dozen or so boxes of papers piled up in my office that may give you 
everything you want and more.  It is 'Rational Basis and New Methods for 
Proportional Limit, Machine Stiffness, Critical Stress Intensity, and 
Crack Velocity Measurements' in *Recent Developments in Mechanical 
Testing*, ASTM STP 608, ASTM (1976) pp. 20-44 by R. B. Clough (NBS - now 
NIST).  
Although dated, the material still seems relevant.
Mark Friesel

Anthony James Bentley wrote:
> 
> You really are missing the point of course.I suspect deliberately.
> Everyone knows these days that putting ISO 9002 on a product boosts the
> quality of same by a factor of between $5 and $5000 per unit.
> 
> >Perhaps I can be promoted to middle management with my new found
> >knowledge.  I'm getting the demo!
> 
> When you finally comprehend the difference between quality as understood
> by economists and the more mundane stuff understood by common engineers,
> you may, possibly, be on the way to advancement.
> --
> Anthony James Bentley
> Surface Data
> Scientific Instrumentation and Software
> Web site http:\\www.surface.demon.co.uk
	I didn't miss the point .. we are going through a mass QS 9000 festival
at my company.. I don't see it changing quality, that has to come by
deep changes in the way things are done.
	I believe in the team concept, I don't think Quality can be added by
buying a computer program or by edicts from above. Come live in the real
world.
	Also, since most of our products are sold for $1 to $2  ea to the auto
industry, how do we get this price increase of $5 each minimum? Our
company president would like to know!

Fog86 wrote:
> I believe you are interested in a group of materials referred to as shape
> memory alloys.  One of the more well known SMA is Nickel-Titanium.  I
> think that this is the technology used in some anti-scald mechanisms for
> shower heads.
> 
> Hope this gives you a start
> 
> Will Gardner
> fog86@aol.com
Another name for the Nickle-Titanium alloy may be Nitinol (spelling
possibly off).
Sean Tracey

Fintan wrote:
> 
> If interested, go to the Website of the Institution of Engineers of
> Ireland at ;
> 
>          http : //www.failte.com/iei
	That is a bad address, I can't access.
	Was Kelly having a bit too much Irish Whiskey when he made this
bloomin' wunderful discovery?

Guy,
	I agree.  I was partly responsible for a $700K (u.s.) quality data
collection system in the mid-eighties.  We were a power supply
manufacturer with about $60mm in sales.  Within two weeks of it's
implementation, we began to dismantle it.  What I learned is the power
of visual controls.  A quality system is only as good as the person
who is entering the data.  I doubt anything could beat the power of an
operator plotting a point on a mylar control chart.  Let that operator
know about trend analysis, control limits, shotgun patterns, and you
will have more control than you will know what to do with. 
	I certainly was lucky I had a group of good support engineers,
operators, and supervisors.  Nobody really paid attention to the money
I wasted.   Our quality improvement was dramatic, once the operators
were trained and responsible.  When we started the training, we had 12
people out of 330 who repaired units from the field.  A year later, we
had so few units come back, I had them come to my desk.  A field
failure became a major event (which it should be).  I attribute this
entirely to a paper based (mylar based) visual control system.  Our
training costs were about 1/10 of what a system costs, and we saved
about three times what an "automatic" data collection system could
have.
	Lucky for me, or I'd be order pencils.
.>Dave.

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In article <5aroh5$4kq@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>,
pistol@materials.ecn.purdue.edu (Peter C Tortorici) wrote:
> 
> I totally agree with this previous statement. One guy in our department
got about 4-5 offers in one month of searching, and he has one summer of
experience. The job market is very good right now, and from what I hear,
will be for the next few years.
> 
> My own $.02: There are plenty of jobs out there. Maybe it's your job search
> technique that needs to be examined.
> 
> Pete
Actually, the market depends upon what degree level you have, the field of
chemistry, techniques ( if analytical), number of years of experience and
what industrial field (pharmaceuticals, polymers, petroleum, food, etc.)
that you are exploring. 
In my search, I found that having a Ph.D. is poor right now unless you
have pharmaceutical experience. In many other areas, many companies are
trying to use MS or BS level chemists in the same positions as the
previously used Ph.D. because of lower salaries. They are moving away from
R & D and new products to "lets make money and with the stuff we have now
and develop new markets". In this case they need more engineers to keep
the plants running and a few chemists to help with problems that may arise
or develop new applications. 
Also,did the person that got 4-5 offers in one month of searching were
these positions as chemists where you lead a project or as a technician
where you follow the orders/recommendations of the chemist? [I mean no
disrepect to technicians you contribute a lot of experience and knowledge
to the labs and make chemist jobs easier, but I am just trying to gather
information]
Mike

I think they're there to break up the airflow, and prevent regular 
(occurring at even time steps) gusts
or eddies from developing, that would excite the chimney at its resonant
frequency and cause excessive vibration.
Its the weekend!
Dan