We recieved word from the NACK center at Penn State that Jamie Houseknecht died over the weekend. This is a great loss and we send our condolences to them and Jamie’s family. I had worked with Jamie several times on webinars (last one was just over a week ago) and other NACK projects. He was a very good [...]
Today is a somber day at MATEC. Due to funding circumstances, we had to say goodbye to three of MATEC’s long time employees. Darlene, admin and basically the glue that held the NetWorks team together, Shay, IT wizard, and Bryan, our graphics guru said goodbye. They have contributed immensely to MATEC and MATEC NetWorks. You [...]
We are already one month into 2010 and a groundhog has told us that there will be six more weeks of winter. I find it amazing that with satallites, and computers, and all of our technology advances, that we still rely on a groundhog, that we have to usually pull from his hibernation, to tell [...]
Things are NetWorks are really busy. I am working on the library and checking each resource the library has. 78 down, 1300 more to go. Plus I hosted the NACK webinar last Friday on Introduction to Nano-characterization, and have an eSyst implementation webinar on Microprocessors. You can catch the NACK webinar recording here, and you [...]
This was the first week of the new years! There are a lot of changes with the two programs that I am with. In fact, one of my projects has changed - unfortunately, I will not be project manager on the MATEC side for the NACK project. There are three projects that need 150% of my time: [...]
It is that time of year when all tech junkies begin to droll and wait to see what manufacturers are going to display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. It starts tomorrow and you can bet I will be watching the news for cool gadget announcements. So far rumors of Apple Tablet, a Microsoft Tablet, [...]
The lexicon of the world changes regularly. One thing I stress to my students that when they are writing that they be careful not to use slang in their work. Slang can be cutural, generational, even regional. Remember when the word bad actualy meant bad? And then it changed to good, back to bad for a [...]
This month we are having a lot of webinars. If you are interested in Nanotechnology, this Friday NetWorks is hosting the NACK Nanotechnology in the Classroom Labratory. Next Wednesday (11/18), the ATE Center, Evalua|t|e is hosting Evaluate Basics for New ATE Grantees. And finally, eSyst a Systems View of Electronics will have its third in [...]
This installment of “Education Challenges in the 21st Century” as presented at the HI-TEC 2009 event by Cathleen Barton, U.S. Education Manager for Intel Corporation, focuses on “Americans’ Views on Engineering”. (Click here to read Part 1.) We will look at key findings from a nationwide survey among 808 adults conducted January 22 – 25, 2009 by [...]
Have you ever locked your keys in the car and you are going to be late for a very important meeting? What do you do? You whip out your iPhone and you call your car and have it open up the doors and start up before you even sit down. How is this possible? The Viper Smart Start. The [...]
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