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2008 December Cover
December 2008 Issue

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DEPARTMENTS
ME Bookshelf
"Pipeline Geo-Environmental Design and Geohazard Management" is one of seven new engineering publications reviewed this month.

Input/Output
The I-20 Gallery in New York's Chelsea art district features a series of highly unusual-looking engines that flicker with an animated motion matching their ambient techno-sounds.

Technology Focus
Fluid Handling and Fluid Power is the theme of this month's Technology Focus.

Computing
Space-launch vehicle maker SpaceX, television and video delivery platform difficulties, and collaborating via Second Life are among the subjects covered this month in Computing.

News & Notes
This month, News & Notes features "Stimulating the Brain," "Not in the Know," Signs of Future Engineers," and "High Productivity Marks for Superconductivity Induction."

Letters
The December 2008 Letters column includes "With Complements," "Product vs. Artifact," and "Freelance Fallout."

Editorial
Editor-in-Chief John G. Falcioni's monthly editorial for Mechanical Engineering magazine.

FEATURES
Growing a New Crop of Engineers
4-H, which has been associated with agricultural education for decades, is expanding its science and technology curriculum.

Way to Grow
Enterprise resource planning or ERP systems help small engineering firms manage their business.

The Sunshine Solution
What does it take to power the country? If the physicists and engineers behind a start-up manufacturer are right, all we need is blue skies and big mirrors.

Power Window: Distilled Infrastructure
One of the most underreported stories of the year was the gasoline shortage that hit the southeastern United States in September and October 2008.

Tar on Tap
The easiest oil is gone. But companies are finding ways to make extracting oil from the sands of northern Alberta a little easier.

MARKETPLACE
New Products
A gas flow calibrator, a filter fan, a tube bender, and a load cell interface are among the new products featured this month.

Software Exchange
Animated models, rotorcraft analysis, and examining statistics are a few areas looked at in Software Exchange this month.

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