ENG 333 Communication for Science and Research

The following list of companies, professional organizations, and search terms, may help you decide on what company to investigate for Assignment 1:

Aerospace Engineering

Companies

• Lockheed-Martin
• Boeing
• Hughes
• Dassault
• British Aerospace
• Mitsubishi

Professional Organizations

• Federal Aviation Administration
• American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Search Terms

• Stall speed
• Combat persistence
• Service ceiling

Biological Engineering

Companies

• Biotechnical
• Glaxo-Welcome
• EPA
• NIEHS

Search Terms

• Polymerase chain reaction
• Conservation
• DNA

Chemical Enginering

Companies

• Exxon
• Milliken
• Dow
• DuPont
• BASF
• Sigma
• NalCo
• Honeywell
• Motorola
• Triangle Pharmaceuticals

Professional Organizations

• ISPE
• IEEE
• ACHE
• AICHE
• National Chemical Engineering Society

Search Terms

• Synthesis
• Distillation columns
• Heat transfer units
• Agitated bed reactor
• Adhesives

Civil Engineering

Companies

• DOT
• Army Corp of Engineers
• SMME
• Walsh Construction
• ITRE
• Haywood-Baber
• Black & Veech
• Nello Teer
• CC Mangum
• Martin-Marietta

Professional Organizations

• ASCE
• Association of Water Resource Management (AWRM)
• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
• American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
• Association of General Contractors (AGC)
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
• American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• Professional Engineers of North Carolina (PENC)

Search Terms

• Hydrology
• Mohr's circle
• Hydrostatics
• Poisson's ratio
• Young Modulus
• Urban development

Computer Science/Engineering

Companies

• Intel
• IBM
• Nortel
• Cisco
• Siemens
• Lucent Technologies
• Alcatel
• SAS
• Ericsson
• Ascend
• Bay Networks
• Powersolve

Professional Organizations

• IEEE
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
• SPE
• ISO
• ATM Forum

Search Terms

• Digital logic
• Database management
• Finite Antomata
• JAVA
• SQL
• Microprocessor

Electrical Engineering

Companies

• Intel
• IBM
• Cisco
• Motorola
• Data General
• Hughes
• Corning
• Texas Instruments
• Hewlett Packard
• P&G

Professional Organizations

• IEEE

Search Terms

• Field programmable gate array
• Ergonomics
• Semiconductor
• Transistor
• Linear systems

Industrial Engineering

Companies

• General Motors
• Hasbro
• Square D
• General Electric
• Nortel
• Kvaerner

Professional Organizations

• IEEE
• Alpha Pi Mu

Search Terms

• Efficiency
• Quality

Mechanical Engineering

Companies

• Ericsson
• Bueler
• Ford
• GMC
• IBM
• Okuma America
• General Dynamics

Professional Organizations

• ASME
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• AISI
• ASHRAE

Search Terms

• Tooling
• Viscosity
• Kinematics
• Finite beam analysis

Materials Engineering

Companies

• Reichhold Chemicals
• IBM
• Naval Surface Warfare Center
• GE
• Intel

Professional Organizations

• American Vacuum Society
• Materials Research Society

Search Terms

• Friction
• Resistance
• Environment

Pulp and Paper Science and Technology

Companies

• Willamette
• Weyerhauser
• Hercules
• International Paper

Search Terms

• Chemical sales

Textile Chemistry/Engineering/Management

Companies

• DuPont
• Burlington Industries
• CMI Industries
• Collins & Aikman
• Huerste-Celeneste
• Gortex
• Nike
• Spectra (Allied Signal)

Professional Organizations

• Textile Engineering Society
• ASME

Search Terms

• Denier
• Composites
• Dyeability
• Modulus
• Moisture Regain
• Synthetics