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On March 3rd, Greg Suligowski of #Merseyrail represented #Transport #UK at #UNESCO's World Engineering Day in #Paris, #France. The theme, Unleashing the Power of #Engineers to Advance the SDGs, emphasised the role of engineering in sustainable development. Discussions focused on integrating sustainability into decision-making and the need for engineers to engage with policymakers for informed, sustainable investments. Emerging technologies, such as #AI, were explored, highlighting both their benefits and challenges. Transport UK is leading the way in sustainable transport solutions, from battery-operated trains in Liverpool to hydrogen-powered trains in development. In #London, TUK bus depots now feature electric bus charging stations. The event celebrated global engineering talent and reinforced Transport UK's commitment to sustainability and the UN's SDG #11.
https://www.transport-uk.com/latest/transport-uk-greg-suligowski-paris-unesco-world-engineering-day
Do I know any #Canada #Canadian #engineers on here?
I'm trying to understand the licensing process to be a professional engineer in BC or Alberta. There's the NPPE which is....a professional practices exam? And there's work experience and such
Is there a knowledge exam like what the USA does in most (all?) states for our PE tests? Like where you do problems on thermo/fluids, AC and DC circuits, materials, etc?
I'm looking at academic positions that require professional engineer registration.
Some warnings about weather data when using -->
https://earth.nullschool.net
Text is:
#Weather and #climate data shown on this website and countless others are at risk.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA) is the U.S. agency responsible for global weather #forecasting, #hurricane #prediction, #ocean #observation, and many other services vital to public safety. Its #satellites, #supercomputers, and research teams provide essential #data that help us understand our #planet and #protect #lives.
On February 27, the new U.S. administration initiated mass firings at NOAA. These actions are #unethical and deeply #disruptive to the talented #scientists and #engineers who dedicate themselves to the public good. The firings, along with expected budget cuts, have serious implications for the availability and #quality of #WeatherForecasts produced by the #UnitedStates. They must be reversed immediately.
Much of the data on this website is downloaded directly from NOAA's servers. In this environment of uncertainty, access could be #disrupted at any time. While I'll strive to keep all features on this website functional and switch to alternative data sources if necessary, some datasets have no substitute if they go offline.
If this concerns you, speak up. Share on #SocialMedia. And if you're in the U.S., contact your representatives.
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of govt agencies.
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/musk-federal-bureaucracy-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0U4.t9r3.sBTAws_GSyV3&smid=url-share
"Without ceding control of his companies, the [South African immigrant] has embedded his #engineers & aides inside the govt’s critical digital #infrastructure"
The employees also warned that many of those enlisted by #ElonMusk to help him slash the size of the federal government under #Trump’s admin were political ideologues who did not have the necessary skills or experience for the task ahead of them.
The mass #resignation of #engineers, #DataScientists & #ProductManagers is a temporary setback for #Musk & the Republican president’s tech-driven #purge of the federal workforce.
The Young, Inexperienced #Engineers Aiding #ElonMusk’s #US #Government Takeover
Engineers age 19-24 are playing key role as he seizes control of fed infra. Most have connections to #Musk, at least two are connected to #PeterThiel, cofounder & chair of Palantir who has long expressed opposition to #democracy
Musk’s lackeys—including staff from #xAI, #Tesla, and #BoringCompany—have taken control of #OPM, #GSA, and #TreasuryDepartment’s payment system
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/
https://archive.ph/134ak
#Hardware #Engineers of Fedi, do you have any suggestions on services I can buy custom PCBs with components pre mounted?
I want to get into hardware development but I don’t feel like learning how to solder right now and I don’t have an adequate space for that atm
These are the most fulfilling #jobs in #America
When we looked at new data on which jobs give you the most pride or satisfaction, or serve the community best, one job took the top spot in every category: lumberjack
Study Finds Most Fulfilling Jobs: Self-Employment, Government Work, Managing, and Social Service
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/22/most-fulfilling-jobs-america-may-not-be-ones-you-expect/
https://archive.ph/g2vh0
All those jokes about #engineers walking into the woods never to return to technology may be grounded in truth.
@Homestead @godzero @zl2tod @ai6yr
Most of our problems are not #engineering problems but #social problems. We need to look to the #sociologists not the #engineers to save is, or better yet look to #ourselves. We have been sold a bill of goods about the wonders of #competition. Only #cooperation will save us.
There are challenges of implementing automated #accessibility #testing, such as the complexity of integrating accessibility testing tools into existing #frameworks.
The #engineers of #Slack wrote down their findings:
https://slack.engineering/automated-accessibility-testing-at-slack/
The 19th Century #engineers, our forebears, overbuilt their products, because the #mathematical techniques, though already fully mature and accurate, were not as precise, due to the use of the #SlideRule. In the second half of the 20th Century, my generation of engineers did their best to exploit the powers of #computing to lengthen MTBF and to extend product lives.
In the 21st Century, though, engineering seems to have become obsessed with the use of #AI and other advanced computing technologies to predict accurately and precisely when products will fail, so as to aid the actuaries set the #warranties that expire just before the products fail.
#Engineering is a licensed profession with its own regulations and ethical codes. Unlike businessmen, we must not permit ourselves to kneel at the alter of profits.
The POWERMUG, a mug for #RF #Engineers 
https://hb9uf.github.io/powermug/ #hamradio
After looking for a long time, I finally found this #Sliderule, which belonged to my late father. Some of you will know that these #devices were used, before the advent of digital #Calculators, to perform #arithmetic operations such as #multiplication and #division to about three significant figures, by #scientists and #engineers.
#Mathematics #Computation (1/2)
Seeing the light in a familiar window might seem like a small joy, but it can feel like an immense one.
On 22 December, we honour the hard work of #Ukraine's power #engineers who make this possible.
Thank you for restoring what russia is trying to destroy and for bringing back the light to our homes and our lives.
Ukraine UA / Instagram
Another great episode of @algfutures from @eltwilliams and @ZenaAssaad, this week interviewing #JaneMacMaster about her work to support #DEI in #engineering, and about training #engineers to think about #safety in a world of increasing #complexity.
Always worth a listen.
Would be cool if the people at @frameworkcomputer would take a look at this and consider making something nice.
