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In and Out of Control

In and Out of Control will explore some of the latest happenings in the larger world of engineering science. I'll look at the worlds of process and factory automation and beyond them to see how engineering has had it's fingers in many of the most important developments in the world, both in the past and the present.

Nancy BartelsMeet the blogger
Nancy Bartels is Control's managing editor. You can contact her at nbartels@putman.net or check out her Google+ profile.

The career of living dangerously

Submitted by nbartels on Wed, 05/13/2015 - 17:35
Not counting the off chance that a tightly wound cube buddy finally snaps and brings his pistol to work, how dangerous is your job really? The U.S. Dept. of Labor worries about these things. Read on find the rankings on the deadliest jobs in America.

Pi in the sky

Submitted by nbartels on Tue, 05/12/2015 - 17:13
Who wouldn't want a crack at making a working version of one of the gadgets from your favorite sci-fi movie, t.v. show or book? A tricorder? Your personal R2D2? The engineers in the element14 Community have raised that challenge with their Sci-Fi Your Pi challenge.

Leonardo da Vinci Wrote an Awesome Resume

Submitted by nbartels on Fri, 04/17/2015 - 18:14
Need help with your resume? Why not go to the master--Leonardo da Vinci? Yes, that Leonardo. Not only did he rule the Renaissance art community, he was also one heck of an engineer--and was more than willing to tell people that. Read on for all the details.

Engineers and Anniversaries

Submitted by nbartels on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 10:18
Every day in history is the anniversary of something. (For grins, check out today’s Google doodle. No engineering involved, but there is fun little video game, which, of course, you will play only during your lunch hour.) For this anniversary and more, keep reading.

What Do You Do with a Played-Out Oil Well?

Submitted by on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 10:24
Interesting question. You can’t just walk away from it, especially nowadays, between regulations, environmental questions, liability concerns, p.r. “optics,” volatile oil prices and Lord knows what else. But decommissioning it is no simple matter either.