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Software Review: Software For Free-Flowing Designs
As a bottle designer, I create everything from simple round containers to complex handleware (bottles with built-in handles). For this, I rely extensively on NX 5 design software.

Encouraging Girls to Enter Engineering
Claiming the workforce faces a profound lack of women engineers, the National Engineers Week Foundation wants the professional community to discard myths about what’s holding girls from pursuing engineering.

Nuts, bolts, and thingamajigs — how to get kids tinkering
John Ratzenberger, executive producer and host of the Travel Channel’s “John Ratzenberger’s Made in America” TV series recently joined Terrence Egan, director of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation (FMAF), to discuss the manufacturing “skills gap,” and why it’s important to introduce young people to careers in manufacturing.

Three signs of a miserable job
Patrick Lencioni believes that the way employees are treated at work can have a large societal impact.

What ethics means to engineers
The ethics dilemmas typical engineers face in their careers are probably not the stuff that sells newspapers.

Engineering in India
Here’s a snapshot of the Indian engineers who increasingly compete for global manufacturing work.

New prescription: Adapt to project-based work or perish
If your company has any age on it at all, you’ve likely found that your “old way” of doing business fits about as well as the suit you wore 30 lb ago.

Forced rankings of employees bad for business
Forced-ranking systems that require managers to evaluate the performance of an employee against other employees can hurt productivity, says a researcher at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

Many employees don't trust their boss
A study of 7,209 executives, managers, and employees indicates that many employees don't trust their own top management.

NETWORKING: Buzzword or necessary skill?

Stop the boring PowerPoint presentations!
When first introduced nearly two decades ago, PowerPoint and similar slide-show programs were considered a godsend for those giving highly technical presentations on complicated subjects.

Sloppy design leads to choking death
Infant twins were crawling around the house at their mother's feet when, suddenly, one twin began choking.

Skilled workers vital to vibrant economy
According to a study by the National Association of Manufacturers, more than 80% of manufacturers report shortages of qualified workers.

Engineers and telecommuting
More Americans now have employers that let them work remotely at least one day per month.

Not just swoopy curves
Of course, styling is important in design. And other factors such as ergonomics play in as well.

What's good for GM…
I'm happy to report business is booming at our system-integrator firm.

Want to outsourceproof your career? Don't be a commodity.
The best way to protect your salary is to develop your career.

The antiretirement movement — Five ways to create a life portfolio
When you're working and nearing retirement age, retirement seems like a dream.

What does it take to be a leader?
There are many definitions of leadership. A simple one is having influence over others.

Are you hindering productivity at work?
It's estimated that 99% of all business managers are middle management, struggling to manage up while delegating down.

The art of engineering
On the campus of the University of South Florida, one engineering professor is mixing his re-search world with the world of fine art.

Want more money? Specialize
Find out how much your peers are making and what they're thinking about in the 2006 MACHINE DESIGN salary survey.

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