Engineering Newsletter – July 2019

• Jennifer Anderson, who was the only girl in her class at Stanford, then the first female software engineer at VMware, is now Uber's Senior Director of Engineering.
• "Cyborg botany" researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harpreet Sareen and Pattie Maes are exploring how to create new interfaces and alternatives to traditional screens by merging electronics and plants.

• Window Solar Charger is an easy way to be more sustainable day-to-day. This small solar panel charges your devices and can hang in any window in your home.
• Sonnet is a network that allows you to send texts, photos, GPS location and more without cell reception, Internet access or satellite. This comes in handy when travelling, in emergency situations, or when exploring a bit off-the-grid.

• NXT Ring is a battery-free smart ring that puts your digital payments, social networks, medical ID, contacts, and more, right at your fingertips.

What technology or gadget are you currently enjoying and would recommend to other aspiring and licensed engineers? Let us know in the comments below.

Here are the news links to every Canadian Association. If there is anything beyond the normal stuff (elections, new appointments), I'll try to list them below. During certain parts of the year (e.g. Summer, X-Mas), the news tends to slow down.

1. APEGA News
2. APEGNB News
3. APEGS News
4. APEY News
5. ASET News
6. EGBC News - The first section of the Professional Governance Act is now in effect.
7. Engineers Nova Scotia News
8. Engineers PEI News
9. NAPEG News
10. OACETT News - Annual report now available.
11. PEGNL News - Annual report now available.
12. PEO News - An independent regulatory review of PEOs performances recommends the licensing process be simplified.  Namely, by discarding, "written examinations, a Canadian year of experience and face to face interviews."  See page 61 of this document for more.

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1. Why we need to build robots we can trust: Roboticist Ayanna Howard talks about how we can make tech fairer, since the algorithms we create learn from our behaviour, but also from our biases.
2. The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made: Juna Kollmeier, theoretical astrophysicist, explains how her team is creating a more precise and detailed 3-D map of the universe than ever made before.

We're hiring for part-time consultants who can help develop solutions and provide technical support to the following exams:

• • BS-11: Properties of Materials (example here)
  • Civ-A1: Elementary Structural Analysis (example here)
  • Civ-A2: Elementary Structural Design (example here)
  • Civ-A5: Hydraulic Engineering (example here)
  • Civ-B1: Advanced Structural Analysis (example here)
  • Civ-B2: Advanced Structural Design (example here)
    • If interested in any of the above topics, please email your resume, hourly rate and which topic(s) you are the expert at to [email protected] by July 31, 2019.

“As black professionals, we have a responsibility to be role models, because if we don’t do it, who will?”

—Rodney C. Adkins, 2007 Black Engineer of the Year