What Does Sustainability Mean for Engineers?

May 4th, 2010 by Neil Schulman
On February 8, 2010, Knovel convened a panel of sustainability experts in Santa Ana, California to discuss this topic of growing interest to engineers. Watch the video to learn what it means to be “green” today, market drivers and the evolution of corporate-level sustainability initiatives.Panelists shared their experience and perspectives to help engineers better understand how they can drive sustainability and collaborate with peers to achieve goals.Click here for more information about Knovel’s Sustainable Energy and Development subject area.

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Knovel Honored to Receive Industry Awards

May 4th, 2010 by Neil Schulman
SIAA CODiE Awards – In January, members of the SIIA selected Knovel for the 2010 CODiE award for Best Online Science or Technology Service within the content category. The award recognizes the online service that best conveys information to scientific or technology professionals.
Design News Golden Mousetrap Awards – In April, the editors of Design News selected Knovel Math as a finalist for Best Product in the 2010 Golden Mousetrap Awards. The Design News Awards Program has recognized engineering innovation and creativity in product design for over 20 years.

Knovel Announces Partnership with ASM International to Enhance Engineering References

May 4th, 2010 by Neil Schulman

 

 

Knovel has entered into a partnership with ASM International, The Materials Information Society, to offer expanded materials properties, selection, and processing information.Materials covered range from metals and alloys through plastics and ceramics. This new offering on Knovel will be highly interactive and will feature a myriad of ASM content, including 25 ASM Handbook volumes and atlases of fatigue curves and stress-strain curves.This new offering will be available this coming July. Register here to be alerted when complete product details including pricing are available

Knovel Solutions- Identifying the Root Cause for a Drop in Yield

January 21st, 2010 by Neil Schulman

 When an Operations Manager at an electronics manufacturing company needed to troubleshoot the root cause of a drop in yield, he relied on basic search and Knovel Math.

Knovel Math provides fully documented Mathcad® worksheets for engineering calculations from trusted reference works, reducing the time it takes to find, solve and document equations.

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When Size Really Matters, Knovel’s New Nanotechnology Subject Area Can Help

January 21st, 2010 by Neil Schulman

NanoWith contributions from leading publishers including Springer, Smithers-Rapra, Elsevier, World Scientific, McGraw-Hill and Woodhead, this subject area helps support engineers in their efforts to bring to market some of the most innovative materials being used today.

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Major Utility Taps Knovel’s Trusted Technical Information

January 21st, 2010 by Neil Schulman
Image Engineers at Atlanta-based Southern Company have started turning to Knovel in large numbers to help solve complex problems faster and increase the efficiency of their technical decisions.Southern Company enhanced their Knovel subscription by including Knovel Math, a new product that delivers engineering reference content directly into the Mathcad work environment.

Southern Company’s Engineering and Construction Services organization has a strong core of internal expertise – including engineering, procurement and construction capabilities – that is unique among integrated utilities. Considering the importance of trustworthy technical information to their projects, Knovel is natural fit.

“Innovation, speed and quality are fundamental elements of the expertise our engineers bring to every project, so we continually look for the best resources available to increase efficiency and maintain a competitive advantage in terms of cost and productivity. Knovel’s content is directly related to our business, so our engineers can quickly find relevant information and make efficient technology decisions. Furthermore, the interactive tables are valuable because we can incorporate them directly into reports. This is otherwise a tedious, manual process.” Carl Toner, project manager, Engineering and Construction Services, Southern Company.

We welcome Southern Company to the ranks of over 600 companies and Universities that depend on Knovel.

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New and Noteworthy

January 21st, 2010 by Neil Schulman
We want to make sure you’re aware of everything we’ve been up to – from signing on 16 new publishers to becoming a finalist at the CODiE awards, we have been busy.

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Knovel Presents

January 21st, 2010 by Neil Schulman
1Green Event

Monday, February 8, 2010
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Discovery Science Center

Santa Ana, California

Attendance is free.

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Join us as our panelists, including Nobel Prize winner Dr. Woodrow W. Clark II, discuss what it means to be green today, market drivers and the evolution of corporate level green initiatives.

This panel discussion will be convened in conjunction with the 2010 Pacific Design & Manufacturing show, February 9-11 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Visit Knovel at Booth 3261.

Knovel in the News

January 21st, 2010 by Neil Schulman

 

If you haven’t seen the latest news from Knovel, here’s your chance. Knovel has been featured in prominent industry publications including Design News, Desktop Engineering, and Information Today.

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Congratulations to the 2009 University Challenge Winners!

January 21st, 2010 by Neil Schulman
We’d like to thank everyone who participated this Fall. The Knovel University Challenge requires students to use Knovel to correctly answer three engineering questions across multiple disciplines in order to be entered into a prize drawing. This year’s questions were difficult, yet more than 2,200 students participated in the challenge. Of those who participated, 17 were awarded prizes. [ SEE WHO WON ]