World of Engineering

Handbook of Pulp (2006)

Waldo Library has received a copy of the book Handbook of Pulp (2006), edited by Herbert Sixta. (Published by Wiley-VCH.) This book will be shelved in the Science Reference area on the lower level of Waldo Library at call number TS 1175 .H36 2006 (v.1-2).

This two volume reference guide to pulp technology is divided into the following sections:

Part I. Chemical Pulping (v.1-2)

Part II. Mechanical Pulping (v.2)

Part III. Recovered Paper and Recycled Fibers (v.2)

Part IV. Analytical Characterization of Pulps (v.2)

You can browse the table of contents here.

October 19, 2009 Posted by Ed Eckel | New Books, Paper Engineering | | No Comments Yet

Encyclopedia of Wood (2007)

Waldo Library’s Science Reference section has just received the 2007 edition of the Encyclopedia of Wood, published by the Forest Products Laboratory of the U.S. Forest Service. This fine reference book contains all the major engineering properties of wood: structural, physical, mechanical, commercial, chemical, as well as listing all the many different ways that wood can be used. This is an essential resource for all engineerings. Our copy is in Science Reference at call number: TA 419 .W78 2007. Note: this is the updated version of the Wood Engineering Handbook (1999) which is freely available on the web. You can browse some of the 2007 edition at Google Books.

September 17, 2009 Posted by Ed Eckel | Materials Science, New Books, Paper Engineering | | No Comments Yet

Springer engineering eBooks

In addition to our purchase of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (1997 – present), Waldo Library has also purchased a number of other Springer electronic book collections in the last year. The full text of most of these books is available to the WMU community only.

Some of the largest eBook collections we have from Springer are the following:

Advances in Database Systems (19 books)

Advances in Industrial Control (35 books)



























Power Systems (17 books)

June 5, 2009 Posted by Ed Eckel | New Books, eBooks | | No Comments Yet

Five New Books at Waldo

Looking at our New Books Shelf this morning, four new titles caught my eye that I’d like to share with you. I’ve also added one new title from our stacks that I thought you should know about. All of these titles are relevant to undergraduates who are still exploring where they might like to go in the “World of Engineering.”

First, the title from our General Stack. Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School by Carl Selinger discusses the so-called “soft” skills that don’t often get covered in the engineering curriculum. You know what I’m talking about here: clear written communication; presentation skills; teamwork and brainstorming; negotiation (you’ll do this all the time as engineers); decision making; task and project management. This book is very accessible and quite useful to the undergraduate wondering about what will be expected of her in her future job. Call number: TA 190 .S39 2004.

Now the four books from the New Book Shelf on Waldo’s Lower Level.

Green Building Revolution by Jerry Yudelson. Call number: TH 880 .Y634 2008. This book gives a good overview of this relatively new development in building technology. This is particularly useful for the chapter that discusses the LEED rating system that is used to describe environmental buildings.

Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers: A History of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics…and What Came Before by Tom D. Crouch. Call number: TL 568 .A445 C76 2006. This is a title I personally selected, as I thought it would be good for us to have this detailed history of the AIAA.

Stories of Modern Technology Failures and Cognitive Engineering Successes by Nancy J. Cook and Frank Durso. Call number: TJ 153 .C638 2008. This book provides case studies of how cognitive engineering (a.k.a. human factors, ergonomics or human-centered design) can help solve engineering problems by better understanding how humans interact with technology.

Structural Engineer’s Professional Training Manual by David K. Adams. Call number: TA 635 .A33 2008. This is an excellent introduction to structural engineering as a career, including licensing issues, basic technical background information, project management issues, and suggestions for keep your skills up-to-date. Great intro for undergraduates exploring this as a career option.

January 14, 2008 Posted by Ed Eckel | New Books | | No Comments Yet

New Engineering Books at Waldo

The following seven books are the latest new books in engineering and technology at Waldo Library. They will be temporarily located in our new books area on the lower-level, near our Science Reference Desk. While you’re at it, come and say “Hi!”

Delivering excellent service quality in aviation : a practical guide for internal and external service providers / Mario Kossmann. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006. Table of Contents. Call Number: TL671.28 .K67 2006

Intelligent fault diagnosis and prognosis for engineering systems / George Vachtsevanos … [et al.]. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006. Table of Contents. Call Number: TA169.6 .I68 2006

Power, speed, and form : engineers and the making of the twentieth century / David P. Billington and David P. Billington Jr. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2006. Table of Contents. Call Number: TA23 .B48 2006

Renewable resources and plant biotechnology / Ryszard Kozlowski, Gennady E. Zaikov, and Frank Pudel, editors. New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2006. Table of Contents. Call Number: TP248.27.P55 R46 2006

Simulation-based lean six-sigma and design for six-sigma / Basem El-Haik, Raid Al-Aomar. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2006. Table of Contents. Call Number: TS156 .E383 2006

Sustainable by design : explorations in theory and practice / Stuart Walker. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2006. Table of Contents. Call Number: TS170.5 .W45 2006

Tricks of the podcasting masters / by Rob Walch and Mur Lafferty. Indianapolis, Ind. : Que, c2006. Table of Contents. Call Number: TK5105.887 .W35 2006

November 9, 2006 Posted by Ed Eckel | New Books | | No Comments Yet

New Book At Waldo: The Entrepreneurial Engineer

We have a new book at Waldo called the Entrepreneurial Engineer: Personal, Interpersonal, and Organizational Skills for Engineers in World of Opportunity by David E. Goldberg (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). It is published by Wiley-Interscience, 2006. Call number TA 190 .G68 2006. It will be temporarily shelved in our new books area, in the Lower Level (near your’s truly’s Science Reference area). You can read the table of contents here.

If you are an undergraduate looking to understand the engineering profession and the skills you need to be a successful engineer, then this is a great book for you. The author discusses the need for engineers to think like entrepreneurs, always looking for innovative ideas and ways to transform products and manufacturing processes. He discusses good writing skills, good presentation skills, ethics, time-management, teamwork, summing all this up in his “Ten Competencies for the Entrepreneurial Engineer”.

Hope you’ll take a look at it when you have a moment.

October 20, 2006 Posted by Ed Eckel | Engineering careers, New Books | | 1 Comment