AeA (www.aeanet.org) has issued its latest report: “Cyberstates 2008: A Complete State-by-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry.”  The 148 page report provides new 2007 national data on high-tech employment and venture capital investments.  Cyberstates 2008 also includes the latest available state data on ...

Tool provides a simple way to assess the environmental impact of a product.  It calculates a product’s  energy input and carbon output from design-development to disposal at the end of the product's useful life.    The IDC Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) calculator estimates the carbon footprint and embodied energy of any ...

SMMA-The Motor & Motion Association, which is a manufacturing trade group, offers a series of useful classes on motors, drives, and other topics. The SMMA Motor & Motion College courses are available for presentation at companies.  Course offerings for the motors and drives industry include: Basic Motor Theory, Operation and ...

Trimble has expanded its portfolio of training products with a suite of modules for the engineering and construction industry. Using a state-of-the-art Internet-based enterprise learning management system, the training modules will be available to distribution partners and customers anytime, anywhere.   The simulation modules can be used as ...

The Ford Motor Company is continuing its 25-year commitment to the training and education of its future workforce. Ford has awarded two grants, to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation, totaling $150,000. Since 1981, they have donated $1,608,000 to the SME Education Foundation for scholarships and other engineering ...

Developing the Future Engineering Workforce for the Automotive Industry   GE Fanuc Automation, a unit of GE Industrial, today announced a cooperative agreement for education and research of discrete manufacturing control systems with Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. Kettering is one of the top institutions in the country ...