Category: Engineering & Technology
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Ray Keefe IEEE Senior Engineer
I recently went through the process of applying for Senior Engineer status with IEEE. It is something I should have done years ago and I was prompted by the Victorian section of the IEEE. It turned out to be much harder than I had anticipated and I wasn’t surprised when the letter announcing I…
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Interview with an Engineer
I recently met up with Clint Steele who is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at Swinburne University and also heads up the Ingeneers Network which is intended to provide practical and networking support for Engineers. Clint brought a video along and asked me a few questions. These were: How did you gain employment after graduation?…
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LED Lighting To Finally Become Cost Effective
LED Lighting Ten years ago, LED Lighting was set to revolutionise the general illumination market. LEDs, also known as Light Emitting Diodes, had already taken over are the role as indicator panel illuminators and user interfaces on industrial, commercial and consumer products. All the trend lines indicated that they would eclipse the incandescent light globe…
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Plastic Electronics
Plastic Semiconductors In a previous post on Printed Electronics we looked at new product opportunities that were being created using new fabrication techniques for semiconductors. But advances are also being made that benefit both conventional or new product concepts. In The Plastic Processor we get an insight into how you can make a microprocessor using…
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Printed Electronics
Printed Electronics – A New Roadmap The direction of Printed Electronics has taken an interesting new turn with the focus being no longer only on reducing production cost. Now the electronics industry is looking at product ideas that were previously thought to be impossible. Some examples from The Future Of Printed Electronics shows previously unanticipated…