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 NEW:
The Best of Backscatter from Today's
Engineer, Volume 2
In
The Best of Backscatter from Today's
Engineer, Vol. 2, compiled from the
Today's Engineer archives, distinguished
author, editor and engineer Donald
Christiansen tackles topics such as
engineering vs. marketing, the MBA degree,
Internet search technology, and others with
wit, wisdom and a unique perspective.
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[36 pages, 3.1 MB PDF, July 2009]
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 The
Best of Backscatter from Today's Engineer,
Volume 1
Compiled from the
Today's Engineer
archives, distinguished author, editor
and engineer Donald Christiansen tackles
issues with no pat solutions, such as
education, communication, and the use of
technology for human progress.
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[38 pages; 1.5 MB PDF; July 2008]
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 The
Best of Today's Engineer: On World Bytes,
Volume 1
In
this first volume of his "World Bytes"
columns, compiled from the early editions of
the Today's Engineer archives,
Terrance Malkinson compels readers to
reflect not only on their engineering
careers, but on the world around them. He
challenges us to look at the big picture,
and think about what life means in terms of
being both an engineer and a person.
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 The Best of
Today's Engineer:
On
Innovation
The
Best of Today's Engineer: On Innovation
is a compilation of the IEEE-USA
magazine's best articles on — what it
means, what it is, how to do it, what to
think about it, how to achieve it, and
how it might be affecting some aspects
of engineering.
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 The
Best of Today's Engineer: On Career
Transitions
Change is a given in an engineering career,
and today's job market offers an incredible
set of opportunities. Are your prepared,
aware, and willing to take a chance to
further your career satisfaction? This
collection of articles can help you to
handle many situations you might face in
your career, including: the job search;
planning for retirement; updating your
resume; and current trends in engineering
employment.
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[104 pages; 2.93 MB PDF]
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Best of Today's Engineer: On Career Survival
We all need the ability to survive in a
changing world, and to understand the
changing business eco-system and what the
changes mean to engineers. This compilation
can help you learn how to assess the market
and yourself, and what steps to take to
survive and remain competitive in this
challenging job market.
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Best of Today's Engineer: On Consulting
IEEE-USA's first E-Book puts 65 pages of
content for consultants right at your
fingertips. Access information on how to
start a local consultants network; how to
make sure you get paid for your work; how to
make the transition from marketing to paid
consulting; IEEE-USA's 2004 Profile of
Consultants; and a sample consulting
contract.
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 Engineers
Can Write! — Thoughts on Writing from Contemporary
Literary Engineers
This new IEEE-USA E-Book features engineers
whose success in the literary world — including
award-winning poetry, short stories and novels — is
as strong an argument as you will find to any claims
that engineers can't write. Tom Moran, author of
Engineers Can Write!, explores differences and
similarities between writing and engineering, and
offers some tips for conceptualizing writing to
improve reports, articles, proposals and other
documents.
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 Technical
Presentations Book 1: Strategy — Preparation and
Planning
Engineers and scientists are frequently required to
present technical information to a broad spectrum of
individuals, including co-workers, executives and
potential clients in a variety of formats, such as
conference papers, training materials and funding
proposals. Even if you do not present conference
papers or other formal presentations, you must
present your ideas and opinions daily, in a clear
and concise manner. Without a strategy and
appropriate preparation, a presentation will be
unfocused, not apply, or fail completely. Book 1 of
this four-book series outlines a framework to help
you prepare for your next presentation.
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 2009
IEEE-USA Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey
IEEE-USA’s
Salary & Fringe Benefits Survey, 2009 Edition, is
the 22nd in a series of studies of the compensation
of U.S. IEEE members to provide timely information
on current and long-term trends related to the
income, salary and benefits of IEEE members in the
United States. This information is critical for
accurate understanding of compensation practices in
this profession, including how those practices
impact individual engineers.
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Profile of IEEE Consultants
As a consultant is preparing a proposal or
negotiating a contract, one of the primary concerns
is deciding how much to charge. To establish a fixed
price or a fee that is both competitive and fair,
the consultant needs to know what other consultants
working in similar fields charge. In response to
this need, the Alliance of IEEE Consultants Networks
(AICN) conducts national fee surveys of its members.
This 2009 Profile of IEEE Consultants provides the
profile of typical self-employed and independent
technical consultants, including their education,
experience, business practices, median earnings and
hourly fee.
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 Launching
Your Career: Lifelong Learning — Your Key to an
Enjoyable and Rewarding Career (Book 4)
A practical,
how-to resource for the new technical professional
that describes the strategies and habits necessary
to avoid technical obsolescence and develop a long,
vital, and rewarding career through the practice of
lifelong learning.
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[Author:
John Meredith. PDF download. 23 pages. Published
February 2009.]
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 Launching
Your Career: A Practitioner's Guide to Leadership
(Book 3)
This
e-Book provides a starting point for those
interested in becoming more effective leaders by
stimulating thought, motivating practice and
inspiring reflection.
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 IEEE-USA
Unemployment Survey 2008
This report on the 2008 IEEE-USA Unemployed
Members Survey provides a comprehensive
portrait of IEEE's unemployed U.S.
membership and offers insights into the
causes -- and remedies -- for loss of
employment among technical professionals.
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 Launching Your Career:
How to Make the Transition from the Classroom to the
Office (Book 2)
By learning and adjusting to the ways that
the workplace is different than the classroom, you
can get your career off to a fast and satisfying
start. This
e-Book tells you what you need to know to succeed in
the working world.
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[21 pages; 890 KB PDF; November 2008]
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 Launching
Your Career: How to Find Your
Perfect Job (Book 1)
Your
career decisions will play a major role in
determining your income, community status, circle of
friends, choice of a spouse — and even your identity
and sense of self-worth. This concise manual will
help you choose wisely and carefully, and get you
started on the path to personal and professional
fulfillment.
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 Engineering the Art of Negotiation — Part
2: How to Handle Your Colleagues
In Part 2:
How to Handle Your Colleagues, internationally
renowned negotiations consultant and trainer John G.
Shulman shows you how you can get ahead in your
organization and experience more career satisfaction
by building a better relationship with your
colleagues using the principles and practices of
interest-based negotiation.
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 Engineering the Art of Negotiation — Part 1: How to Handle Your Boss
In Part 1, negotiations consultant and trainer John G. Shulman shows you how
to get ahead in your organization and experience more career satisfaction by building better relationships with your superiors
through interest-based negotiation.
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[22 pages; 778 KB PDF; August 2008]
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 Survivor Planning: What Every Spouse Should Know
This E-Book, written by George F. McClure, is a concise, step-by-step guide to compiling and organizing important personal information in advance of your or a family member's death, so that survivors can more easily handle necessary tasks following the loss of a loved one.
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 2007
Profile of IEEE Consultants
This report on the IEEE-USA 2006 Consultants Fee
Survey provides the profile of typical self-employed
and independent technical consultants, including
their education, experience, business practices,
median earnings and hourly fee. Copyright 2007.
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 Personal
Positioning for Engineers
Learn more about employment options for
engineers
(direct/contract/consulting/starting a
business) and how they might work for you.
Personal Positioning for Engineers
considers a series of questions on each of
these options, and also looks at such career
opportunities as moving into management
versus staying technical, working for a
large company versus a small company, and
private industry versus government agencies.
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The Best of
TE:
On Career Transitions
Change is a given in an engineering career,
and today's job market offers an incredible
set of opportunities. Are your prepared, aware, and
willing to take a chance to further your
career satisfaction? This collection of
articles can help you to handle many situations you might face in
your career, including: the job search; planning
for retirement; updating your resume;
and current trends in engineering
employment.
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 IEEE-USA Consultants Profile 2006
This report on the IEEE-USA 2006 Consultants Fee Survey provides the profile of typical self-employed and independent technical consultants, including their education, experience, business practices, median earnings and hourly fee.
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 IEEE-USA Unemployment Survey Results 2006
This report on the sixth IEEE-USA Unemployed Members Survey provides a comprehensive portrait of IEEE's unemployed U.S. membership and offers insights into the causes — and remedies — for loss of employment among technical professionals.
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 Engineers Guide to Lifelong Employability: What Are You Worth?
This E-Book explains how to determine — and obtain — your full value as a technical professional employee. Topics covered include how to benchmark your pay, negotiation strategies, the importance on non-salary compensation, how to evaluate a salary offer, and more.
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 Engineers Guide to Lifelong Employability: The Transitions to Work
This E-Book provides a road map for the student preparing to enter the job market — what employers are looking for, how they will find you, how you can best find them, and what career paths are open to you as a new grad.
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 Engineers Guide to Lifelong Employability: On Resumes Traditional and Otherwise
This E-Book provides everything you need to know about creating and using resumes and cover letters — traditional to digital-age — in a convenient, easy-to-read format. Before you sit down to update your resume, learn the basics about format, content and delivery. Plus, how to avoid common blunders, and how to follow-up. This short primer will shorten the distance between you and your next great job!
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 Guidelines for Professional Employment: A Framework for Communication
These IEEE-USA-developed
Guidelines can help employers and employees understand clearly and fully the conditions in the
workplace of the current and coming years, and they
can provide guidance toward cultivating behavior
that will be beneficial to the country and the
engineering profession.
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 Strategic Thinking: A High-Tech Strategy Guide-Book
This how-to guide provides the language and process of
strategy, with the basic tools needed to
understand and implement it. The guide is intended
to be accessible to non-strategists in high-technology companies,
helping them along the road to becoming effective
strategists. The guide-Book's three sections reflect the steps of the strategy process: analysis, synthesis and action.
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The Best of
TE:
On Career Survival
We all need the ability to survive in a
changing world, and to understand the
changing business eco-system and what the
changes mean to engineers.
This compilation can help you learn how to
assess the market and yourself, and what
steps to take to survive and remain
competitive in this challenging job market.
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 Career
Planning Guide: How to Achieve Greater Satisfaction
and Impact at Work
What do you want from your work and your career?
Whatever your career goals and interests, this
planning tool will help you achieve greater
satisfaction and make more of an impact at work.
This guide will help you identify and tailor
solutions to your unique needs, goals and work
situation.
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The
Best of TE:
On Consulting
IEEE-USA's first e-Book puts 65 pages of
content for consultants right at your
fingertips. Access information on how to
start a local consultants network; how to
make sure you get paid for your work; how to
make the transition from marketing to paid
consulting; IEEE-USA's 2004 Profile of
Consultants; and a sample consulting
contract.
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2009
Profile of IEEE Consultants
As a consultant is preparing a proposal or
negotiating a contract, one of the primary concerns
is deciding how much to charge. To establish a fixed
price or a fee that is both competitive and fair,
the consultant needs to know what other consultants
working in similar fields charge. In response to
this need, the Alliance of IEEE Consultants Networks
(AICN) conducts national fee surveys of its members.
This 2009 Profile of IEEE Consultants provides the
profile of typical self-employed and independent
technical consultants, including their education,
experience, business practices, median earnings and
hourly fee.
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2007 Profile of IEEE Consultants
This report on the IEEE-USA 2006 Consultants Fee Survey provides the profile of typical self-employed and independent technical consultants, including their education, experience, business practices, median earnings and hourly fee. Copyright 2007.
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IEEE-USA Consultants Profile 2006
This report on the IEEE-USA 2006 Consultants Fee Survey provides the profile of typical self-employed and independent technical consultants, including their education, experience, business practices, median earnings and hourly fee.
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Best of TE:
On Consulting
IEEE-USA's first E-Book puts 65 pages of content for
consultants right at your fingertips. Access
information on how to start a local
consultants network; how to make sure you
get paid for your work; how to make the
transition from marketing to paid
consulting; IEEE-USA's 2004 Profile of
Consultants; and a sample consulting
contract.
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 Educating
Engineers in the 21st Century
Learn why U.S. engineering-school enrollment
is declining, what that means for U.S.
global competitiveness, and how the federal
government can help industry stimulate the
enrollment and graduation of engineers
well-prepared for careers in today's
economy.
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 Plug-In Hybrids:
Part 3
New Technology Challenges &
Opportunities; & The Need for Federal
Action Now
The last of a three-part series of
coverage from the IEEE-USA-sponsored
symposium, "Plug-in Hybrids: Accelerating
Progress 2007," considers new technology
challenges and opportunities; and the need
for federal action now.
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Plug-In Hybrids: Part 2 Plug-In
Vehicles and the Electric Grid
The second of a three-part series of
coverage from the IEEE-USA-sponsored
symposium, "Plug-in Hybrids: Accelerating
Progress 2007," examines plug-in
vehicles and the electric grid.
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Plug-in-Hybrids: Part 1
Electrification, Fuel Economy and the
Environment
The first of a three-part series of
coverage from the IEEE-USA-sponsored
symposium, "Plug-in Hybrids: Accelerating
Progress 2007," examines electrification, fuel
economy and the
environment.
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 Interoperability
& Critical Infrastructure Protection
In
Interoperability & Critical Infrastructure
Protection: A Review of Activities to Ensure
the Reliability of the U.S. Electric Power
Grid, authors Luis Kun of the National
Defense University and Robert Mathews of the
University of Hawaii examine and present the
impacts of lack of interoperability on the
reliability of the U.S. electric power grid.
Copyright 2007.
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 The Reliability of the Electric
Transmission Infrastructure in the 21st
Century
A
raging battle exists between market
pressures, technical necessities and policy
priorities when it comes to modern energy
and electricity sectors. Engineers,
economists and policy specialists must all
be knowledgeable about all sides of the fray
to come to a peaceful resolution — as the
vital American energy infrastructure — the
lifeblood of our society — depends on it.
This E-Book provides detailed analysis of The
Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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Survivor Planning: What Every Spouse Should Know
This E-Book, written by George F. McClure, is a concise, step-by-step guide to compiling and organizing important personal information in advance of your or a family member's death, so that survivors can more easily handle necessary tasks following the loss of a loved one.
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2008 IEEE-USA Program Book
The 2008 IEEE-USA Program Book highlights
IEEE-USA's mission, goals and programs, and
was developed to increase awareness of
IEEE-USA programs and services, provided to
advance the engineering profession and for
the benefit of the IEEE's U.S. members. It
also serves as a handy reference for members
seeking information about specific programs
or issues, or those who are looking for
opportunities to volunteer their time and
expertise in support of their profession.
Copyright 2008.
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2007 IEEE-USA Annual Report
The 2007 IEEE-USA Annual Report highlights
IEEE-USA's progress and accomplishments in
each of our 2007 priority areas, as well as
our related efforts to promote the public
awareness and appreciation of engineering
and increase organization outreach and
engagement of the IEEE's U.S. membership.
Edited by Pender M. McCarter. Copyright
2008.
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 2007
IEEE-USA Program Book
The 2007 IEEE-USA Program Book highlights
IEEE-USA's mission, goals and programs, and
was developed to increase awareness of
IEEE-USA programs and services, provided to
advance the engineering profession and for
the benefit of the IEEE's U.S. members. It
also serves as a handy reference for members
seeking information about specific programs
or issues, or those who are looking for
opportunities to volunteer their time and
expertise in support of their profession.
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2006
IEEE-USA Unemployment Survey Results
This report on the sixth IEEE-USA Unemployed Members Survey provides a comprehensive portrait of IEEE's unemployed U.S. membership and offers insights into the causes — and remedies — for loss of employment among technical professionals.
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Launching
Your Career: Lifelong Learning — Your Key to an
Enjoyable and Rewarding Career (Book 4)
A practical,
how-to resource for the new technical professional
that describes the strategies and habits necessary
to avoid technical obsolescence and develop a long,
vital, and rewarding career through the practice of
lifelong learning.
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[Author:
John Meredith. PDF download. 23 pages. Published
February 2009.]
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Launching
Your Career: A Practitioner's Guide to Leadership
(Book 3)
This
e-Book provides a starting point for those
interested in becoming more effective leaders by
stimulating thought, motivating practice and
inspiring reflection.
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Launching Your Career:
How to Make the Transition from the Classroom to the
Office (Book 2)
By learning and adjusting to the ways that
the workplace is different than the classroom, you
can get your career off to a fast and satisfying
start. This
e-Book tells you what you need to know to succeed in
the working world.
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[21 pages; 890 KB PDF; November 2008]
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Launching
Your Career: How to Find Your
Perfect Job (Book 1)
Your
career decisions will play a major role in
determining your income, community status, circle of
friends, choice of a spouse — and even your identity
and sense of self-worth. This concise manual will
help you choose wisely and carefully, and get you
started on the path to personal and professional
fulfillment.
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 Doing
Innovation: Creating Economic Value
Book 4: What it Takes to be an Innovator
What
It Takes To Be an Innovator, the last in a
series of four ebooks written to provide the
reader with an understanding of the
fundamentals of converting ideas into
innovations, describes the requirements to
become an innovator within the organization:
- Skills
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Characteristics
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Attitudes
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Knowledge Base
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Challenges
- Doing
Innovation
By
Gerard H. (Gus) Gaynor, retired 3M Director of
Engineering and President, IEEE Technology
Management Council.
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Innovation: Creating Economic Value
Book
3: Fostering an Innovation Culture
Fostering an Innovation Culture, the third of
four E-Books written to provide the reader with an
understanding of the fundamentals of converting
ideas into innovations, provides the fundamentals
for developing a culture that supports innovation.
Its topics include the following:
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Organizational Culture
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Research Perspectives
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Optimizing People Involvement
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Encouraging Professional Attitudes
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Developing Appropriate Management Practices.
By
Gerard H. (Gus) Gaynor, retired 3M Director of
Engineering and President, IEEE Technology
Management Council.
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Doing Innovation: Creating Economic Value
Book 2:
Developing a Workable Innovation Process
 This,
the second of four E-Books written to provide
the reader with an understanding of the
fundamentals of converting ideas into
innovations, focuses on the innovation
process itself. Doing Innovation:
Creating Economic Value - Book 2: Developing
a Workable Innovation Process does the
following:
- Teaches
the fundamentals related to the
innovation process
- Presents
various models with their limitations
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Describes the innovation design process
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Considers the issues in developing a
process model
- Suggests
a generic model
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Describes organizing for innovation
By Gerard H. (Gus)
Gaynor, retired 3M Director of Engineering and
President, IEEE Technology Management Council.
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Innovation: Creating Economic Value
Book 1:
Perspectives on Innovation
This new E-Book is the first of four written
to provide the basics for gaining an
understanding of what innovation involves,
what it takes to be an innovator, and what
it takes to develop a culture where
innovation can thrive. Doing innovation:
Creating Economic Value is not a “how
to” book series: its purpose is to learn and
apply the fundamentals in the context of the
organization’s purpose and associated
values. So, if you’re looking to become an
innovator, or participating in the
innovation process, begin with Book 1:
Perspectives on Innovation.
Book 1:
Perspectives on Innovation:
- Provides
the historical background of innovation
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Considers the ambiguities associated
with innovation
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Describes the basic concepts associated
with innovation
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Differentiates between idea, concept,
invention, and innovation
- Defines
the types of innovation
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Identifies how innovation takes place
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Considers innovation in different types
of organizations
By Gerard H.
(Gus) Gaynor, retired 3M Director of
Engineering and President, IEEE Technology
Management Council.
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 Perspectives
on the Management of Technology
IEEE Technology Management Council President
Gus Gaynor provides an overview of the
discipline of Management of Technology
(MOT), including general background, current
status of MOT, steps needed to develop MOT
as a recognized academic discipline and
provide a positive impact on industry
operations.
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Best of TE: On Innovation
The
Best of Today's Engineer: On Innovation is a
compilation of the IEEE-USA magazine's best
articles on — what it means, what it is, how
to do it, what to think about it, how to
achieve it, and how it might be affecting
some aspects of engineering.
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Innovation Conversations –
Book 1: The Innovation Process
Renowned innovation authority William C.
Miller provides a way to understand the
process of innovation itself, and how people
of any technical job can apply it to the
challenges and opportunities they find in
their day-to-day work.
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 Cyberspace
Policy Review - May 2009
In 2009, The President directed a
60-day, comprehensive, “clean-slate”
review to assess U.S. policies and
structures for cyber security. The
review team of government cyber security
experts received input from a broad
cross-section of industry, academia, the
civil liberties and privacy communities,
State governments, international
partners, and the Legislative and
Executive Branches. This paper
summarizes the review team’s conclusions
and outlines the beginning of the way
forward, toward a reliable, resilient,
trustworthy digital infrastructure for
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 2010
Quadrennial Defense Review Report -
February 2010
The Department of Defense conducted
the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR)
from February 2009 through January 2010.
The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review
Report advances two clear objectives:
First, to continue rebalancing America’s
Armed Forces capabilities to prevail in
today’s wars, while building the
capabilities needed to deal with future
threats. Second, to continue reforming
the Department’s institutions and
processes to better support the urgent
needs of the war fighter; buy weapons
that are usable, affordable, and truly
needed; and ensure that taxpayer dollars
are spent wisely and responsibly.
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 National
Patterns of R&D Resources: 2008 Data
Update (March 2010)
National Patterns of R&D Resources
describes and analyzes the current
patterns of research and development
(R&D) in the United States, with
comparison to the historical record and
the reported R&D levels of other
industrialized countries. The tables
encompass the numerous national R&D
resources variables tracked by the
National Patterns statistical effort.
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 Report
to the President and Congress on the
Third Assessment of the National
Nanotechnology Initiative
The 21st Century Nanotechnology
Research and Development Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-153) calls for a
National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel (NNAP)
to periodically review the Federal
nanotechnology R&D program, that is, to
review the NNI. PCAST’s first review of
the NNI was issued in 2005, the second
in 2008. In this report, PCAST, serving
in its role as the NNAP, assessed the
effectiveness of the NNI over the past
two years and since its inception.
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 National
Science Board: Science and Engineering Indicators
2010
Science and
Engineering Indicators 2010 contains analyses of key
aspects of the scope, quality, and vitality of the
U.S. science and engineering enterprise in the
context of global science and technology. This
report presents information on science, mathematics,
and engineering education at all levels; the
scientific and engineering work force; U.S. and
international research and development performance;
U.S. competitiveness in high technology; and public
attitudes and understanding about science and
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and Recommendations from the Scholarly
Publishing Roundtable
How can we best realize the promise of
ubiquitous access to the treasures of
intellect when institutions, established
practices, and economic necessities
inherited from a different time may
limit the maximum potential of
crosscutting interdisciplinary research
achievable today? This Roundtable Report
assesses and makes recommendations in a
very specific domain of the debate.
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 Building
a Sustainable Energy Future
[August 2009]
prepared by the National Science Board,
offers key findings, recommendations to
the U.S. government, and guidance to the
National Science Foundation (NSF) on how
to transform the nation to a sustainable
energy economy. (62 pgs, 500 KB pdf) |
Science
and Technology Policy-Making: A Primer
[27 May 2009]
prepared by the Congressional Research
Service (CRS), is an introductory guide for
members of Congress and their staff. It
provides an overview of U.S. science and
technology policymaking, describes the
processes and key players that contribute to
that policy, and concludes by highlighting
the opportunities and challenges facing the
current S&T policy decision making process.
(43 pgs, 774 KB pdf) |
The
President’s Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP): Issues for
Congress
[3 June 2009]
is a background report prepared by CRS
for Congress. It provides a brief
history of OSTP and issues and options
for Congress regarding the office. These
include, among others, the title, rank,
roles and responsibilities of the OSTP
director, and whether OSTP should remain
within the Executive Office of the
President. (41 pgs, 638 KB pdf) |
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Smart
Grid: Enabler of the New Energy Economy
(Dec. 2008)
This report offers recommendations from
the Department of Energy's Electricity
Advisory Committee on how to transform
the nation's electric power delivery
system (the energy grid) into a more
intelligent, resilient, reliable,
self-balancing, and interactive network
that enables enhanced economic growth,
environmental stewardship, operational
efficiencies, energy security, and
consumer choice. (39 pgs, 2.1 MB pdf) |
Science
and Engineering Indicators 2008, Volume 1
(2008)
NSF's Science and Engineering Indicators is
an annual compendium of quantitative
information about the U.S. science,
engineering and technology for use by public
and private policy-makers. It encompasses
data and trend highlights on the science and
engineering workforce, U.S. and
international R&D comparisons, and public
attitudes towards science and engineering.
(589 pgs, 9.6 MB pdf) |
 University-Private
Sector Research Partnerships in the
Innovation Ecosystem (Nov. 2008)
This report provides an overview of the U.S.
research and development (R&D) enterprise
and focuses on the critical role for
university-private sector research
partnerships, their potential to improve
research and innovation, and the obstacles
standing in the way of further progress. (93
pgs, 2.5 MB pdf) |
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History of the Committee on Science and
Technology: 1958-2008
Created in celebration of the Committee’s
50th Anniversary, this report traces the
history and accomplishments of the House
Science and Technology back to its creation
in 1958 as Congress reacted to the Sputnik
challenge. The House Science and Technology
Committee has primary jurisdiction over
federal civilian research and development
agencies and programs. (157 pgs, 1.9 MB pdf) |
 The
Plum Book (United States Government Policy
and Supporting Positions), 2008 Edition
Every four years, just after the
Presidential election, the ‘‘United States
Government Policy and Supporting
Positions,’’ commonly known as the Plum
Book, is published, to provide information
on over 7,000. Federal civil service
leadership and support positions in the
legislative and executive branches of the
Federal Government that may be subject to
noncompetitive appointment (e.g., positions
such as agency heads and their immediate
subordinates, policy executives and
advisors, and aides who report to these
officials). (218 pgs, 1.5 MB pdf) |
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Globalization of R&D and Innovation: Scale,
Drivers, Consequences and Policy Options
This report, compiled by the House Committee
on Science and Technology, summarizes
findings from a series of hearings held in
2008 and presents policy recommendations for
the Congress to address the mounting
challenges of the globalization of R&D and
innovation to America's economy and
workforce. (15 pgs, 230 KB pdf) |
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Plug-In Hybrids:
Part 3
New Technology Challenges &
Opportunities; & The Need for Federal
Action Now
The last of a three-part series of
coverage from the IEEE-USA-sponsored
symposium, "Plug-in Hybrids: Accelerating
Progress 2007," considers new technology
challenges and opportunities; and the need
for federal action now.
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Plug-In Hybrids: Part 2 Plug-In
Vehicles and the Electric Grid
The second of a three-part series of
coverage from the IEEE-USA-sponsored
symposium, "Plug-in Hybrids: Accelerating
Progress 2007," examines plug-in
vehicles and the electric grid.
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Plug-in-Hybrids: Part 1
Electrification, Fuel Economy and the
Environment
The first of a three-part series of
coverage from the IEEE-USA-sponsored
symposium, "Plug-in Hybrids: Accelerating
Progress 2007," examines electrification, fuel
economy and the
environment.
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Interoperability &
Critical Infrastructure Protection
In
Interoperability & Critical Infrastructure
Protection: A Review of Activities to Ensure
the Reliability of the U.S. Electric Power
Grid, authors Luis Kun of the National
Defense University and Robert Mathews of the
University of Hawaii examine and present the
impacts of lack of interoperability on the
reliability of the U.S. electric power grid.
Copyright 2007.
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RFID Survey Report
RFID
IEEE Survey Report presents the results of a
Spring 2007 IEEE-RFID Business Association
Survey of IEEE Members worldwide on the
state of RFID technology. Respondents were
polled on the use, implementation, research
of, and satisfaction with, RFID technology
in various industries and parts of the
world. Twenty-five pages of narrative,
charts and tables.
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Engineering a
Communication Bridge: Common-Language
Correspondence Between Engineers and Policy
Makers
This
E-Book calls for a common lexicon for
engineers and policy-makers, so that those
with the most valid and well-supported
arguments can be heard more clearly — giving
engineers a voice, and most importantly, one
that is understood by present and future
policy-makers.
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Communicating With
Congress: How to Build a Relationship With
Your Elected Officials
This
lively and easy-to-read manual gives you
everything you need to know to make a
positive impact on Congressional policy.
Chapters cover the "hows" and "whys" of
e-mailing, letter-writing, Congressional
visits, politics and the press, campaign
volunteering and contributing, and more.
Learn how communicating with Congress can
benefit you, your profession, and our
democracy -- and how IEEE-USA's grassroots
network can support your own efforts to
become an effective citizen lobbyist.
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 NHIN:
Interoperability for the National Health
Information Network
Development of a National Health Information
Network (NHIN) has been proposed as a means
of providing secure and reliable transport
of healthcare information. Developed by
members of IEEE-USA's Medical Technology
Policy Committee Interoperability Working
Group, this whitepaper outlines a definition
of interoperability for the NHIN, discusses
the role of standards in guaranteeing
interoperability, and provides a taxonomy of
standards for developing the NHIN.
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The Reliability of the
Electric Transmission Infrastructure in the
21st Century
A
raging battle exists between market
pressures, technical necessities and policy
priorities when it comes to modern energy
and electricity sectors. Engineers,
economists and policy specialists must all
be knowledgeable about all sides of the fray
to come to a peaceful resolution — as the
vital American energy infrastructure — the
lifeblood of our society — depends on it.
This E-Book provides detailed analysis of The
Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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RFID: The State of Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) Implementation and
Policy Implications
RFID
is rapidly becoming the enabling technology
of the 21st Century. This E-Book, based on a
white paper by the IEEE-USA Committee on
Communications and Information Policy, dated
21 November 2005, provides a basic
introduction to RFID technology and surveys
the current state of its implementation.
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