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Winning Bids: Using Technical Expertise and Relationship Skills to Build Success
Achieving technical excellence in a company’s chosen field is a commendable goal, but technical excellence means nothing if it doesn’t translate into...
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How To Use Design Thinking For Better Meetings
Sometimes, when I sit in meetings, especially ones in which people don’t seem engaged, I calculate the cost in staff time. I’ve estimated that one...
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What Engineering Skills Modern Engineers Need To Know
Your job description is changing. Are you changing to keep up with it? The role of the MODERN-DAY ENGINEER is growing faster than ever.
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Are You A Competent Learner? Take The Test to Find Out
Arie de Geus, who was the head of planning for Royal Dutch Shell, stated the issue very concisely. This is what he concluded after a study of...
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What You Need to Know About Product Development
In an engineering utopia, every project would come in on time and under budget—and, of course, be delivered by a unicorn. Two of these are possible,...
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3 REASONS YOU’RE NOT MAKING DESIGN PROGRESS — AND HOW TO BREAK THE ROADBLOCK
We have all been there, in the middle of a design project that seems stale, boring, no end in sight. What do you do when you get there? What do you...
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10 Ways that College Leaves You Unprepared for Real World Engineering
After going through several years of what can be considered a grueling engineering curriculum, you may believe that you’re completely prepared for...
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How to Cut CNC Machining Costs - A Design Engineer's Perspective
Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.” While you probably aren’t...
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5 Attributes You Want in Your Mechanical Engineering Firm
There are various factors you may contemplate when hiring a Mechanical engineering firm, but are all the factors solely based on engineering work?
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Well Stimulation Technology: Dissolvable vs Composite Frac Plugs
Thousands of wells require 10,000-psi rated frac plugs that can be installed in the wellbore so that cluster perforating operations can be carried...