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  • Chinese-born engineer awaits trial (AP via Yahoo! News) As a top engineer at a major U.S. defense contractor, Chi Mak helped develop some of the most advanced and closely guarded naval technology in the world, including silent-running propulsion systems that can make submarines virtually undetectable.


  • Street Closing Around High School Is Doable, Engineer Says (The Morning News)SPRINGDALE -- Closing a short section of Emma Avenue in front of Springdale High School won't have a significant impact on traffic around the school, a traffic engineer told the Springdale School Board on Tuesday.


  • NET engineer finds success the easy way (Daily Nebraskan)Don Ward lives by a motto: aim low and succeed. After four years in the U.S. Marine Corps working with airplane electronics, Ward said he took a job with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's NET television station in February 1966 with low expectations and no prior experience working with video.


  • Pioneering approach to wastewater treatment earns Stanford engineer the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize (Stanford Report)Perry L. McCarty, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize for pioneering work in the design and operation of water and wastewater systems.


  • PolyMet's Financial Adviser Engages NorthMet Independent Engineer (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) PolyMet Mining Corp.(AMEX: PLM) is pleased to report that BNP Paribas, acting in its advisory capacity, has retained Micon International Limited as Independent engineer in connection with construction finance for PolyMet's 100%-owned NorthMet project.