Institution of Civil Engineers - Career prospects When deciding on the kind of job you want to do as a profession, it’s important to think about the opportunities you’ll have to be successful in your career. ICE has put together some questions you should ask about civil engineering: How much would I get paid? Civil engineers can earn anywhere between £20,000 and £80,000. You salary is likely to start around £20,000 and increase as you gain more experience and become professionally qualified. back to top Can I work abroad? There are projects all over the world that need civil engineers. Projects abroad aren’t all well known. ICE can help you become a professionally qualified civil engineer with a qualification that’s highly recognised qualification around the world! Do civil engineers work on site all the time? No. It is important that civil engineers check the work that is being done and ensure that everything is on plan and within the budget laid out at the start of the project. Can my careers advisor help me? How do I become an ICE member?
Artificial Muscles and Electroactive Polymers at JPL *Artificial Muscles This homepage is the electroactive polymer actuators website of the JPL's NDEAA Technologies. Electroactive polymers (EAP) are being developed to enable effective, miniature, inexpensive, light and low power actuators for planetary applications. Various EAP materials, also called artificial muscles, are being investigated and new methods of characterizing them are being developed. A series of applications were demonstrated and can be seen on the EAP-in-Action homepage (video clippings). Space and Astronautical Sciences and NASA, and is scheduled for launch in January 2002. In recognition of the limitations of EAP as actuators and artificial muscles, Dr. WorldWide EAP Actuators (Artificial Muscles) Webhub. News clipping covering the JPL's NDEAA EAP R&D activity Publications 1996 NASA Telerobotics Review - Low Mass Muscle Actuators (LoMMAs) "Polymer Piezoelectric Transducers for Ultrasonic NDE" NDTnet - September 1996, Vol. 1, No. 09 1997 NASA Telerobotics Review - LoMMAs
Chemical Engineering Engineering Council - recognising professional excellence - Engineering Council Home Smart Materials Science and technology have made amazing developments in the design of electronics and machinery using standard materials, which do not have particularly special properties (i.e. steel, aluminum, gold). Imagine the range of possibilities, which exist for special materials that have properties scientists can manipulate. Some such materials have the ability to change shape or size simply by adding a little bit of heat, or to change from a liquid to a solid almost instantly when near a magnet; these materials are called smart materials. EXPÉRIENCE ET AVENIR : DE LA CÉRAMIQUE CLASSIQUE À LA CÉRAMIQUE COMPOSITE B. Masson*, M. Dietrich*, J.Y. Sommaire de l'article Introduction Un peu d’histoire De la Bauxite à l’Alumine Qu’est ce qu’une céramique ? L’optimisation fruit de l’expérience clinique L’impaction de la tête Résultats cliniques Et l’avenir… Le développement d’une nouvelle céramique La Céramique composite Les applications de la céramique composite pour les arthroplasties de hanche Têtes Fémorales et Inserts Têtes fémorales de révision (fig. 18) Double mobilité céramique Autres développements Conclusion *Medical Product Division CeramTec AG, Plochingen - **CHU La pitié Salpetrière, Paris 30 ans d’utilisation clinique d’implants en céramique en orthopédie permettent aujourd’hui d’affirmer l’excellente bio-compatibilité et l’exceptionnelle résistance à l’usure du couple de friction alumine - alumine (fig. 1). La dureté de ces matériaux ainsi que ses propriétés très spécifiques de lubrification expliquent l’extension progressive des indications de ce couple de friction pour les prothèses totales de hanche.