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IMechE | November 20, 2018

Institution of Mechanical Engineers launches new guide looking at the potential benefits of systems engineering to the oil and gas sector. This best practice guide has been produced by the Upstream Oil and Gas Technical Activity Committee at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The guide highlights the potential value of taking a systems engineering approach for the oil and gas industry in order to reduce risk and maximize quality, as well as looking at the skills implication...

FLIR Systems | May 12, 2019

Hoping to capitalize on an imagined future in which robots are on the front lines of warfare, defense contractors are making new investments in small, portable drone systems that can surveil enemy territory or even neutralize targets. In March, an Oregon-based thermal imaging company, FLIR Systems, opened a new East Coast headquarters less than a mile from the Pentagon, which it hopes will serve as the core of a defense business focused on unmanned systems. And on May 7, a pair of California-bas...

Fast Company | January 17, 2020

In an effort to build a more sustainable future, architects and policy makers are nodding to the past with structures entirely made of timber. From a 70-story timber skyscraper in Tokyo to an all-wood, 200,000-plus square foot university residence hall in Arkansas, constructions that have eschewed steel and concrete for forest-grown materials have been sprouting up across the world. Next up in this timber trend: a Copenhagen neighborhood built fully with wood, with housing for 7,000 people, a sc...

Microsol Resources | January 15, 2020

Microsol Resources, an Autodesk Platinum Partner and a premier provider of technology solutions to the building industry, will host its TECH Perspectives conference at the Seattle Art Museum on February 11, 2020. TECH Perspectives is Microsol Resources’ technology and innovation conference that brings together thought leaders at the forefront of building innovation to discuss new and existing technologies that are reshaping the architecture, engineering and construction industry. TECH Pers...