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  • June 2008

    • Germans Get Engineers Started Young

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 17, 08 12:49 PM CDT

      Germans Get Engineers Started Young

      With a personnel shortfall that's serious and getting worse, Germany wants to get its next generation of engineers started as soon as possible, the Financial Times reports. Hundreds of companies are sending materials and experts to kindergartens to try interest youngsters in technology and science. They hope getting the tots interested early will preserve Germany's reputation as a land of engineering. More »

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      Germany  • education  • engineering  • preschool  • Siemens  • engineers  • kindergarten

  • March 2008

    • Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Mar 1, 08 10:31 AM CST

      Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

      One engineer's blunder shut off the power in Florida Tuesday, the Miami Herald reports. Florida Light & Power says a field engineer diagnosing a faulty switch disabled two levels of safety backups—against company policy—as he worked. In a bit of extremely unfortunate timing, a fault then occurred that knocked out dozens of transmission lines and substations, including one that served the Turkey Point nuclear reactor. More »

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      Florida  • electricity  • power outage  • blackout  • engineers  • utility companies  • mistake

  • August 2007

    • Iraq Security Costs Soar

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 12, 07 1:22 PM CDT

      Iraq Security Costs Soar

      The US Military has paid $548M to two British firms over the past three years to protect engineers working on projects in Iraq—nearly doubling its original budget, according to the Washington Post . A swelling insurgency and shortage of troops are driving up the cost of private security for the largely civilian workforce in the war-torn country.    More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Great Britain  • US military  • insurgents  • engineers

    • Bridge Rated 'Structurally Deficient' in 2005

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 3, 07 4:27 AM CDT

      Bridge Rated 'Structurally Deficient' in 2005

      Federal engineers rated the Minneapolis bridge that plunged into the Mississippi as "structurally deficient" as far back as 1990 and as recently as 2005, citing significant corrosion in its bearings. But state officials opted for patchwork repairs and more inspections rather than a complete overhaul. "We thought we had done all we could," said an engineer.  "Obviously, something went terribly wrong." More »

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      Minnesota  • Minneapolis  • collapse  • bridge collapse  • Mississippi River  • bridge  • Tim Pawlenty  • engineers

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