Engineering Update

September, 2009

EDITORIAL FEATURES/SPECIAL SECTIONS

Aerospace
• Aerospace Engineering & Manufacturing – October issue features Design for
Manufacturability and Flight Displays
• Military & Aerospace – October issue features Trends in Power Electronics and
distributed at the MILCOM Conference

Business of Engineering
• Consulting-Specifying Engineer – October issue features Low-Voltage Distribution
and Green Buildings and distributed at GreenBuild
• Engineering Inc. – November/December issue features New Trends in College
Engineering Education and 10 Steps to Writing a Successful Proposal
• National Society of Professional Engineers – November issue features Software
and Sustainability

Chemical
• Chemical & Engineering News – October 19 issue features Top Companies to
Work For
• Chemical Engineering – October issue features Packaging for Transportation &
Storage and distributed at the ISA Expo
• Chemical Engineering Progress – October issue features Transportation Safety
and Statistics

Civil
• CE News – October issue features Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For
• Civil Engineer – October issue features Historic Preservation

College
• Graduating Engineer – Fall 2009 issue features Diversity Spotlight and Paying for
Grad School

Construction
• Better Roads – October issue features Annual NAPA-Better Roads Asphalt Paving
Supplement
• ENR – October 12 issue features Top 600 Specialty Contractors Workforce
Solutions
• Roads & Bridges – October issue features Top 10 Roads and Case Studies
• Structural Engineer – October issue features Best Structural Engineering Firms to
Work For

Diversity
• Diversity Careers – October/November issue features People With Disabilities and
Supplier Diversity in Defense
• Minority Engineer – Fall is Annual Career-Planning issue and features Energy, Gas
& Utilities
• NSBE Journal – Winter 2009-10 is 35th Anniversary/Careers issue
 • Woman Engineer – Fall is Annual Career-Planning issue and features Mechanical
& Industrial Manufacturing

Electronic
• Electric Energy – November/December issue features Security, Reliability &
Compliance and distributed at the World Energy Engineering Congress
• Electronic Component – October issue features Photovoltaics and PCB Layout
• Evaluation Engineering – October issue features Environmental Test Applications
and distributed at the Automotive Testing Expo
• IEEE Spectrum – October issue features Why is Multicore Programming so Hard
to Do?

Energy/Environmental
• Pollution Engineering – October issue features Water Treatment Systems and
distributed at the WEFTEC Exhibition
• Power Engineering – October issue features Nuclear Power: Balance of Plant
Upgrades and Plant Management

Government
• American Public Works Association Reporter – October issue features Winter
Maintenance and Training and Education
• Government Engineering – September/October issue features Asset Management
and Energy and distributed at the IFMA World Workplace
• Military Engineer – November/December issue features Design & Construction

HVAC
• ASHRAE Journal – October issue features Energy Efficiency Strategies to Exceed
90.1
• HPAC Engineering – October issue features Hospitality/Lodging

Manufacturing
• Control Engineering – October issue features Discrete Sensors Trends & Safety
and distributed at the SPS/IPC/Drives Show
• Manufacturing Engineer – October issue features Winning the Shingo Prize and
distributed at the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show

Mechanical
• Appliance Engineer – October issue features Indoor Air Quality and distributed at
the Electrical Manufacturing Expo
• Engineered Systems – October issue features Green Commercial Buildings
• Mechanical Engineering – November issue features Engineering Frontiers and
distributed at the ASME 2009 Conference
• Plumbing Engineer – October is ASA Convention issue and features Drainage
Systems
• Plumbing Systems & Design – October issue features Natural Gas and Propane
Sizing

Mining
• Coal Age – October issue features Power Distribution and Prep Plant Census
• Engineering & Mining Journal – October issue features Production Blasting and
Alternative Energy
 • Mining Engineering – October issue features Annual Buyers Directory and
distributed at the SME Mineral Processing Plant Design Conference

Petroleum/Oil
• Journal of Petroleum Technology – October issue features Knowledge
Management and Training
• Offshore Engineer – October issue features Oil Talent – General Engineering
Recruitment Supplement
• Oil & Gas Journal – September 28 issue features Trends in Unconventional Gas
and distributed at the IADC Advanced Rig Technology Conference

Plant
• Plant Engineering – October issue features Compressed Air’s Role in Energy
Savings and Purchasing Intention Study
• Plant Engineering & Maintenance – September/October issue features Precision
Maintenance 2009 Salary Survey
• Reliable Plant – November/December issue features 4th Annual Maintenance
Salary and Compensation Report

Transportation
• Automotive Engineering – October issue features New Vehicle Special Report and
Infotainment
• Off-Highway Engineering – October issue features Commercial Vehicle
Engineering Congress

NEWSPAPER SPECIAL SECTIONS

Houston Chronicle Engineer/Oil & Gas Job Fair October 13

Los Angeles Times Engineering October 4

JOB FAIRS

Expo Experts – Engineering

September 17 Chicago, IL
September 21 Dayton, OH
September 22 DC/Crystal City, VA

October 05 Orlando, FL
October 06 Houston, TX
October 07 Denver, CO
October 14 Atlanta, GA
October 20 Seattle, WA
October 21 Austin, TX

Targeted Job Fairs – Engineering/Technology

September 8 DC/Chantilly, VA
September 8 Chicago, IL
September 15 Silicon Valley, CA
September 16 Boston, MA
September 16 Ft. Huachuca, AZ
September 24 Baltimore, MD

October 7 Huntsville, AL
October 7 Seattle, WA
October 13 Atlanta, GA
October 13 Marlborough, MA
October 15 Philadelphia, PA
October 21 Los Angeles, CA
October 22 Irvine, CA
October 26 Orlando, FL
October 28 Rockville, MD

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

Utilimetrics-Autovation Conference
September 13-16
Denver, CO

Air Force Association Air & Space Conference

September 14-16
Washington, DC

Autotestcon
September 14-17
Anaheim, CA

2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Workshop on

Portable Information Devices
September 21-22
Anchorage, AK

National Manufacturing Week

September 22-24
Rosemont, IL

IADC Advanced Rig Technology Conference

September 29
Houston, TX

SME Mineral Processing Plant Design Conference

September 30-October 3
Tucson, AZ

AUSA Annual Meeting

October 5-7
Washington, DC

Instrumentation, Systems & Automation Expo

October 6-8
Houston, TX
WEFTEC Annual Technical Exhibition
October 10-14
Orlando, FL

Dynamic Systems & Control Conference

October 12-14
Hollywood, CA

ASPE Technical Symposium & ASA Convention

October 14-17
Washington, DC

MILCOM
October 19-21
Boston, MA

LAYOFFS

Appleton Electric, a subsidiary of Emerson Electric, will close an electrical components

plant in Columbus, NE, by October 2010. The company cites a difficult economy and drop in
demand for plant products as reasons for the decision. Nebraska.TV

BAE Systems said it could cut as many as 225 jobs, or 14% of its local work force, because
of the slowed economy and changes in defense priorities that have reduced demand for its
commercial aviation and defense electronics products. Other cuts will occur at company
facilities in California and Massachusetts, for a total reduction of about 325 jobs.
Binghamton Press

Bell Helicopter laid off 30 Tarrant County workers as a result of the current downturn in
demand for commercial aircraft. Seattle Times

Bobcat Co. will eliminate jobs at three facilities in North Dakota because of slower sales.
Most of the layoffs involve hourly workers. Forbes

Cummins Filtration, a division of Columbus-based Cummins Inc., says it is cutting 400

jobs at a plant in Iowa and consolidating that work in Mexico. The company says it is also
considering doing the same in Tennessee, but a final decision has not been made. The
layoffs will occur between November and March leaving approximately 110 workers at the
Iowa facility. Inside Indiana

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Space Systems Co. said it plans to cut about 800 employees, or
4.5% of its workforce, by the end of the year in a bid to improve its competitive position. All
job levels in the company, including technical and managerial staff, will be affected,
primarily at its facilities in Denver and Sunnyvale, CA. Space Systems said it will offer a
voluntary layoff plan to help minimize the number of necessary layoffs. The cuts are
separate from other downsizing efforts, the company said. Wall Street Journal

Q-Cells, a leading maker of solar cells, will reduce its workforce by about one-fifth as it
deals with industry price wars that require it to substantially slash its product costs.
Approximately 500 jobs will be eliminated. Reuters
Rheem Manufacturing Co. laid off 43 workers, and the company also is in the final stages
of shutting down production at its factory in Milledgeville, GA. In late July, Rheem laid off
about 140 workers as part of a seasonal work force reduction it does annually. The Fort
Smith plant employs 953 hourly workers, including those on medical leave and disability,
and 321 salaried staff. Fayetteville Channel 5

Royal Dutch Shell, the oil and gas giant, may eliminate as many as 150 senior
management jobs globally as Peter Voser, the new chief executive, restructures the
company. Additional job cuts at the middle management level and beyond are also expected
to be announced in the near future as Shell deals with plunging profits. London Times

TRENDS

Green Growth
The renewable energy industry has grown steadily over much of the past decade, adding
jobs at more than twice the national rate, according to a recent Pew Charitable Trusts
study. Solar and wind-power companies, energy-efficient light bulb makers, environmental
engineering firms and others expanded their work force by 9.1% from 1998 to 2007, the
latest year available, according to Pew. The average job growth in all industries was 3.7%
during the same period.

The entire energy sector has experienced growth in recent years as well, according to the
Bureau of Labor. Bureau data shows coal mining jobs jumped 16% from 2003 to 2009. Oil
and gas extraction jobs jumped 28%. The Pew study does not include employment data
from the past 18 months, a volatile period for the energy industry.
Since the data was collected, the government has said it would pump billions into renewable
energy and efficiency programs. The banking meltdown made it nearly impossible to raise
cash and oil prices have collapsed.

Alternative energy companies have been hit hard by the recession, with a string of
bankruptcies in the ethanol industry and layoffs in the wind-power industry.
Lori Grange, Pew's interim deputy director, said that while green industries will certainly
benefit from the influx of billions in stimulus dollars, the report shows that the clean energy
sector has proven itself sustainable. States like California, Texas, Florida, and New York
continue to employ the most people in the industry. However, states experiencing the
largest growth rates were Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, according to the
report. Michigan, which has lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs, saw a 10.7%
increase in clean energy jobs from 1998 to 2007.

That is not to say that clean energy jobs have kept pace with overall job losses.
Pew counted 22,674 clean energy jobs in Michigan in 2007. To put that into perspective,
Michigan lost 38,400 jobs in April alone.

Many of the new manufacturing jobs do not pay as well as traditional union jobs, either, yet
workers who have made the shift say the industries are moving in different directions. One
cast off from the auto industry is Bob Mamo, 50, who was director of business development
for a Dearborn, MI, auto parts supplier until he was laid off in November. He was in the
industry for 20 years. Last month, he landed a job as vice president of manufacturing for
Free Flow Power, a hydropower company based in Gloucester, MA. The auto industry "just
looked like it was going in the wrong direction," he said. "Green energy is definitely on the
upswing. Green energy was what I was really after."

Liesl Clark, deputy director for Michigan's Department of Energy, Labor and Economic
Growth, said the state is doing what it can to help manufacturers shift operations to supply
parts for wind turbines, such as gear boxes and drive trains.
For its study, Pew used private jobs data that included information about employers, and
Pew researchers spent nearly a year determining which ones could be considered part of the
clean energy economy.

"Our numbers are probably conservative," said Kil Huh, who directed the study. "If we
couldn't identify as part of green energy, it wasn't part of our count." The Pew jobs data was
dominated by environmental engineering firms and other pollution cleanup specialists that
have been around for years. But the report showed that the fastest growing areas include
companies that make hybrid diesel buses, traffic monitoring software, liquid biofuels, and
jobs related to solar and wind energy.

"The explosive growth is really in clean energy," Huh said.