Here is your monthly dose of my Canadian engineering news created for licensed and aspiring engineers, geoscientists and technicians in Canada. Stay informed and impress your colleagues with your new-found knowledge.
1. Thomas Karakolis, a mechanical engineering graduate from McMaster University, is 1 of 72 Canadian astronaut candidates competing for a spot with the Canadian Space Agency. Read about all 72 candidates here.
2. Giovanni Traverso, a gastroenterologist and biomedical engineer at Brigham and Women's Hospital, has designed and demonstrated a voltaic cell that is sustained by stomach acid. In the future, it could help with delivering drugs to the body as well as monitoring physiological conditions.
1. Kube OpenLathe - The open source glass blowing lathe! - If you've ever wanted to blow more glass, a cheap alternative may soon be coming. The creator, Jordan Kube, hopes to build a community and instructional videos to teach you how to make your own glass blowing lathe for under $2k. This is about 1/6 of the cost of the next cheapest solution.
2. GROWLER CHILL: Keeps 3 Growlers Cold, Fresh & On Tap at Home - By keeping your growlers cold, dark, carbonated and free from oxygen, this device might make a nice addition to your home bar. Not sure what a growler is? Learn about growlers.
3. X-ACT Compression - A team from Montreal hopes to create more of its athletic shirts, designed to improve performance while reducing injury potential. Designed by a physiotherapist, this shirt is said to "enhanced muscle activation and dynamic stabilization."
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.
- APEGA news
- APEGBC news
- Learn about the recent consequences of a structural P.Eng. who sealed structural drawings without having the experience and training to do so.
- Is your company attracting the best EITs? Becoming an accredited employer from APEGBC may help.
- APEGNB news
- APEGS news
- APEY news
- ASET news
- EGM news
- Engineers Nova Scotia news - Need access to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) extreme precipitation data? This new website may give you the information you need.
- Engineers PEI news
- NAPEG news
- OACETT news
- PEGNL news
- PEO news
Did I miss your association or something about your association for this month? Leave a comment so I can add it next month.
Career tip of the month - 5 ways to delegate effectively.
Here are a few jobs that caught my eye across Canada. Most were posted within the last week.
1. Mechanical Engineer, Mio Global, Vancouver
2. Senior Transportation Engineer, exp., Edmonton
3. Electrical Engineer, Rapid Response Project Ltd., Calgary
4. Estimator, Fusion Career Services Inc., North York, ON
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- The Next Step In Nanotechnology - George Tulevski, a material scientist, discusses the unseen and untapped world of nanomaterials. His current work may hold the secret of the next evolution of computing.
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What Time Is It On Mars? - Nagin Cox, a Spacecraft operations engineer with NASA, discusses the challenges of working on Mars.
Have you seen an interesting TED talk lately? Share it in the comments below.
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"I am an engineer, but what I find important and necessary is that you just learn things as you go along."
--Terrence Howard
Thanks for reading and have a great month!
Gavin Simone, P.Eng., PMP, LEED AP
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I hope everyone has a great February. Keep your growlers cold.