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Design News - July 16, 2007

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2007 Salary Survey: Forging a Path for Today's Engineers

Engineers today need to be able to handle the unexpected, have the ability to unleash their design creativity, wear several hats and navigate an increasing amount of design outsourcing. That's just a few of the conclusions from Design News' 2007 salary survey, based on responses from 1,225 engineers.

Departments

Trend Watch
RFID For The Factory Floor
3D Data Capture Ready to Pop
Digital Signal Controllers Aid Sensor Applications
The Dodge Report
Consumer Reports' Clout with Autos
Weblog
Rapid Prototyping? Just Call it '3D Printing'
Rant
A Brilliant Idea on a Napkin
Slant
Cook BiotechUses SISTechnologyto Save Lives
Gadget Freak
Gadget Freak Case #105: KeyCom Helps Keep Everybody in the Same Key
Designer's Corner
Early Warning System for Vibration Failures
Validation System Goes Wireless
Calamities
The Case of the Oleaginous Inlet
Tips From Titus
Switch or No Switch
Mechatronics
Toolsand Techniques for the Practicing Engineer
Flash
Hunter Industries' Wireless Valve Controller/Programmer Enables Worry-Free Watering
Kayser-Threde Stores Out-of-This-World Research for TV
Home Robot Walks, Listens

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Design News Partner Zones

CAD/CAE Model Clean-Up: Reduce Iterative Cycles
This webinar featured research and survey results related to problems associated with preparing CAD geometry for CAE applications. We discussed how Recipe-Based Automation can help create "just-in-time" CAE-ready geometry each time a cad model is updated. Watch the Presentation

Light Matters: A High-Performance, "No-Compromise" Solid State Lamp?
First, let's define "no-compromise". In an ideal configuration, this lamp would use a high-brightness LED (HBLED) that is built into a small, integrated package, and is able to produce a large quantity of focused light, operate with a high level of reliability and generate no audible noise. Is this difficult? Yes, but it is possible.
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Design Engineers' Portal for Sensing and Machine Safety
Whatever industry you're in, or whatever product you manufacture, the right sensors to automate your plant, and to improve your overall efficiency, quality and safety are a must. You'll find Banner Engineering to be an amazing resource of products, training and people with expertise.