Engineering News Today: June 2009

In a recent issue of US Black Engineer Magazine, the recruiting demand for fire protection engineers was detailed.

According to the article, fire protection engineering has not been affected by the U.S. economic downturn. The demand is high for fire protection engineers, however, hiring one is difficult according to employers.

Read the article to find out more about fire protection engineering.

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The new Google Wave platform and the engineering community’s social networking trends were discussed in a commentary piece on Embedded.com.

The article presents possible features that “may tempt engineers” to use Google Wave while also pointing out “potential pitfalls” of the new real-time communication platform. Read article

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A recent post on the Hinton Human Capital Blog contains an article addressing the shortage of talent and efforts to recruit more women and minorities into the civil engineering profession.

The article, Diversity Dilemma: Why African American Civil Engineering Candidates Are Hard To Find And How Civil Engineering Companies Can Help Fix It, is available to read for free.

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