Engineering often demands a massive workload, but you don’t need me to tell you that. You live it. But, believe it or not, it’s possible to find an equilibrium where you work hard, enjoy your work and even have time for yourself and your family. Call me crazy, or just read on.

However you see the dynamic playing out in your own office, there’s a lot of talk about a Generational Gap, as the immensely knowledgeable Baby Boomers, who (gasp) grew up without a personal laptop and a cell phone, transfer their wealth of industry knowledge to the tech-savvy and social media obsessed engineering students & Generation Ys. Bridging the gap has been a challenge for some firms–that’s why I sat down…

When he’s not racing triathlons and cycling for cancer treatment and awareness, he’s strategizing creative solutions for engineers and  developing Mathcad into the dynamic platform it is today. I recently spoke with Brent Edmonds, Mathcad’s Director of Operations at PTC, about what new advancements are in store. So If you’ve yet to delve into Mathcad, see what might be in it for you–straight from the source. K-Exchange: Tell me about…

Water. Just turn on the faucet and it’s there, all the time. Until one day, when something goes wrong—it could be a problem with the raw water supply, the water treatment plant, or the pipes that deliver water to our houses. Suddenly, there’s no water, and it’s only then we realize that we take this vital resource for granted. Every time that we turn the faucet, we expect that we…

What’s entirely human-powered, and has engineering students racing from the East Coast to West and back again? It’s the annual ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, where over 20 teams of engineering students from across the country compete to build and race their own efficient, highly engineered vehicles, with the overall aim of working toward sustainable transportation for third-world countries. Pretty cool idea, right? That’s why Knovel participates as a program…