Engineering Tip: Use the Internationally Recognized Phonetic Alphabet

June 6, 2009 by Neal Babcock  
Filed under Engineering

During the course of your engineering duties, how many times have you tried to communicate a lengthy part number over the phone, only to experience frustration?

For example, let’s say you are on the phone with a vendor and you want to buy a part with the number NM5924SFCZ. After you tell the vendor the part number, she looks for it on her computer but can’t find it. Read more

Top Ten Engineering Colleges

March 30, 2009 by Neal Babcock  
Filed under Resources for Engineers

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2 Stanford University

3 University of California-Berkeley

4 California Institute Technology

5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

6 Georgia Institute of Technology

7 University of Michigan

8 Cornell University

9 Carnegie Mellon University

10 University of Texas at Austin