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1. Tools for School
Cyber-references
Paper-writing mates
Love your calculator!
Computer maintenance suggestions
Online college book vendors
Paper-writing mates
Research paper style guides:
· MLA: www.mla.org (no real info for students here because they want you to buy the
book!)
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Organization Website
AAEE American Academy of Environemental Engineers www.enviro-engrs.org
ACerS The American Ceramic Society www.acers.org
ACSM American Congress on Surveying and Mapping www.landsurveyor.com/acsm
ACEC American Consulting Engineers www.acec.org
ADDA American Design Drafting Association www.adda.org
AHS American Helicopter Society www.vtol.org
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) www.aiaa.org
AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers www.aiche.org
ANS American Nuclear Society www.ans.org
ASAE American Society of Agricultural Engineers www.asae.org
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers www.asce.org
ASEE American Society for Engineering Education www.asee.org
ASEM American Society for Engineering Management www.asem.org
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers www.ashrae.org
ASME The American Society of Mechanical Engineers www.asme.org
ASNE American Society of Naval Engineers www.jhuapl.edu/ASNE
ASNT The American Society for Nondestructive Testing www.asnt.org
ASQ American Society for Quality www.asq.org
ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers www.asse.org
ASSE American Society of Sanitary Engineering www.asse-plumbing.org
ASTM American Society for Testing Materials www.astm.org
ASES American Solar Energy Society www.ases.org/solar
AEI Architectural Engineering Institute www.aeinstitute.org
ASM ASM International www.asm-intl.org
AACE Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering www.aacei.org
ACM Association for Computing Machinery www.acm.org
AEE Association of Energy Engineers www.aeecenter.org
AISE Association of Iron and Steel Engineers www.aise.org
AES Audio Engineering Society www.aes.org
BMES Biomedical Engineering Society www.mecca.org/BME/BMES/
society/bmeshm.html
CSA Cryogenic Society of America www-csa.fnal.gov
IESNA Illuminating Engineering Society of North America www.iesna.org
IEEE The Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers www.ieee.org
IIE Institute of Industrial Engineers www.iienet.org
INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the
Management Sciences www.informs.org
IMAPS International Microelectronics and Packaging Society www.imaps@imaps.org
ISA International Society for Measurement and Control www.isa.org
SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering www.spie.org
MRS The Materials Research Society www.mrs.org
TMS The Minerals Metals and Materials Society www.tms.org
NAWIC National Association of Women in Construction www.nawic.org
OSA Optical Society of America www.osa.org
SAE The Society of Automotive Engineers www.sae.org
SEM Society for Experimental Mechanics www.sem.org
SFPE Society of Fire Protection Engineers www.sfpe.org
SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics www.siam.org
SME Society of Manufacturing Engineers www.sme.org
SNAME Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers www.sname.org
SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers www.spe.org
SPE Society of Plastics Engineers www.4spe.org
SES Standards Engineering Society www.ses-standards.org/
WEF Water Environment Federation www.wef.org
Key: N not available, n/a not applicable, G student members are part of general
membership.
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Minorities in engineering
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc: www.nacme.org
Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology:
www.diversitycareers.com
Clearing housing list for Underrepresented Individuals in Engineering
www.mills.edu/ACAD_INFO/MCS/SPERTUS/Gender/wom_and_min.html
Purdue University's ESCAPE (The Engineering Specific Career Planning and Problem-
Solving Environment) website
www.ecn.purdue.edu/ESCAPE/special/minorities/intro.html
The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and
Science, Inc. (GEM): www.nd.edu/~gem/
National Science Foundation's reports on Women, Minorities, and Persons with
Disabilities in Science and Engineering: www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/women/start.htm
A cool resource list from Penn State for minorities in engineering and science:
www.geog.psu.edu/~kjordan/minority/minority.html
Clearing House for Financial Aid for Minorities at FinAid (not engineering specific)s:
www.finaid.org/otheraid/minority.phtml
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Learning styles
Richard Felder's webpage Resources in Science and Engineering Education isn't just for
Professors and Instructors! Go there to learn about how you best learn by taking the
learning styles quiz and reading through techniques for each:
www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/RMF
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Computer ergonomics
Computer Dealer News article, "Hand injuries reduced with ergonomics" includes
preventative tips: www.findarticles.com/m3563/n28_v14/21033824/p1/article.jhtml
10 steps for computer users from Cornell University's ErgoWeb:
ergo.human.cornell.edu/ergoguide.html
An excellent website at University of Minnesota addressing ergonomics for laptop usage:
www.dehs.umn.edu/ergo/office/laptop.html
Stanford University's Environmental Health and Safety website, Key to Safe Computer
Usage, includes the proper set up of equipment, healthy work habits and practices, and
office stretches: www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/work/ergo/keys.html
University of Waterloo's Health and Safety Program Manual online covers all important
ergonomic issues for computer usage (including pictures!):
www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hspm/documents/officeergo/ergo/vdt.html
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Finding a job
The most up-to-date engineering salaries can be found at this National Society of
Careers and the Technology Undergrad magazine put out by BrassRing Campus
Publications: www.cbacareer.com/magazines/magsceng.html
Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology: www.diversitycareers.com
Graduating Engineer and Computer Careers comes out monthly and covers job-seeking
and grad school-seeking activities and issues: www.graduatingengineer.com
For negotiating your salary and other excellent advice start at J. Steven Niznik's articles
on technical job searching at jobsearchtech.com and surf the site::
jobsearchtech.about.com/careers/jobsearchtech/library/weekly/aa101298.
Tips for Technical Job Interviews by Allan Hoffman on Monster.com:
technology.monster.com/articles/interviewing/
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Scannable resumes:
· Info on scannable job resumes on Quintessential Careers website:
www.quintcareers.com/scannable_resumes.html
· Tips for Creating a Scannable Resume on Monster.com:
content.monster.com/resume/resources/scannableresume/
Regular resumes:
· Resumes 101 at jobsearchtech.com:
jobsearchtech.about.com/careers/jobsearchtech/library/weekly/ aa070599.htm
· If you read all this and implemented it you will definitely get the job! See University of
Waterloo's website for preparing resumes and for job interviews:
www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocecs/CRC/manual/resumes.html
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Thinking about grad school?
Clearing House for Financial Aid for Graduate School at
FinAid:www.finaid.org/otheraid/grad.phtml
Graduate Student Survival Kit:
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/6007/Survival.htm
A hilarious comic strip about being a graduate student in engineering by Jorge Cham
called Piled Higher and Deeper: phd.stanford.edu
The official GRE website has all the info you need to know short of the answers to the
exam: www.gre.org
Lots of info for folks thinking about grad school from William & Mary:
www.wm.edu/csrv/career/stualum/guidschl.html
A good brief overview of considerations when thinking about grad school by Boston
College: www.bc.edu/bc_org/svp/carct/gradartsci.html
"Useful tips on how to succeed in graduate school and your subsequent research career
(somewhat slanted towards signal processing)":
nexus6.cs.ucla.edu/~huijuan/IMPORTforANDREW/mainPage.html
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