SWE - Spring 2008 - (Page 56) ENGINEERING WORLD EXCEPTIONAL. SO ARE THE THE CHALLENGE IS ASCE and Engineers Without Borders Combine Forces In an effort to improve the quality of life in developing communities worldwide, the American Society of Civil Engineers has formalized an affiliation agreement with Engineers Without Borders-USA. The agreement establishes a relationship to provide assistance with engineering needs through the training and participation of civil engineers and engineering students. EWB-USA activities range from constructing sustainable systems that developing communities can own and operate without external assistance to empowering communities by enhancing local, technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial skills. In cooperation with EWB-USA, ASCE aims to assist civil engineers and civil engineering students in increasing their awareness and education on the social, economic, environmental, and cultural impacts of engineering while fostering the spread of appropriate and sustainable technological solutions within the day-today practice of engineering. PEOPLE WHO ACCEPT IT . Engineers & Scientists The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is looking for a few exceptional engineers and scientists. Charged with the external oversight of the Department of Energy’s defense nuclear facilities, we are committed to finding innovative answers to some of today’s most important technical challenges. Career opportunities exist for outstanding engineers and scientists with experience in the following areas: • Nuclear Facility Design and Construction • Electrical and Structural Engineering • Fire Protection, Instrumentation and Control • Chemical Engineering • Nuclear Waste Treatment or Vitrification & Immobilization • Nuclear Explosive Safety • Quality Assurance • Decontamination and Decommissioning Advanced education, such as a master’s degree or PhD in Civil, Mechanical, Nuclear, Electrical, Chemical, Materials Science, Fire Protection or any related academic discipline, such as Physics, is highly desired. Positions are located in the Washington, DC area ONLY. Salary ranges from $62,229-$158,500*, depending on education and experience. Salary includes a locality pay rate of 20.89%. *Base Pay plus Locality Pay is limited to $158,500 — the rate for Level III of the Executive Schedule. Excellent benefits. For more information, please visit our website: www.dnfsb.gov Send your resume to: email: jobs@dnfsb.gov; mail: Human Resources Division, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004. US citizenship and a pre-employment drug test are required. Also, the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance is required. Veteran’s preference will be granted with proof of status. Please include with your application. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Powering up the Wind Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself, can be groomed to become a steady, dependable source of electricity and delivered at a lower cost than at present, according to scientists at Stanford University. The key is connecting wind farms throughout a given geographic area with transmission lines, thus combining the electric outputs of the farms into one powerful energy source. The findings appeared in the November 2007 issue of the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. Wind is the world’s fastest-growing electric energy source, according to the study’s authors, Cristina Archer, Ph.D., consulting assistant professor in Stanford University’s department of civil and environmental engineering and research associate in the department of global ecology of the Carnegie Institution, and Mark Jacobson, Ph.D., professor of civil and environmental engineering, also at Stanford. However, because wind is intermittent, it is not used to supply baseload electric power today. Baseload power is the amount of steady and reliable electric power that is constantly being produced, typically by power plants, regardless of the elec- DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 56 SWE SPRING 2008 http://www.dnfsb.gov http://www.dnfsb.gov
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