Engineering

Web resources for products including information on parts, manufacturers and suppliers.

Chip Directory
This site contains numerically and functionally ordered chip lists, chip pinouts and lists of manufacturers, electronics books, CDROM's, magazines, WWW sites and much more.

Consumer Electronics Association

The Engineering Library Collections are open to the public. Reference services are limited to members of the Stanford community. Other users who do not have a current barcoded University ID may qualify for access to the library's collections and facilities. For questions regarding access and borrowing privileges, consult the Access Policy For Stanford University Libraries.

PARC Forum -- Risk-Takers Series
Thursday, June 11, 2009
4pm - 5pm PARC Auditorium

The Open Enterprise: the risks & rewards of social media at work
Chris Morace of Jive Software in conversation with Lawrence Lee of PARC

Companies are starting to capitalize on the combined power of
individualized behaviors, social dynamics and collaboration. How? What's
going on with the adoption of social media tools and practices in the
enterprise? This talk will answer that question, and describe businesses
that are exploring the use of Open Enterprise concepts and technologies,

Flexible rooftop solar panels - called building-integrated photovoltaics, or BIPVs - could replace today's panels that are made with rigid glass or silicon and mounted on thick metal frames. The flexible solar shingles would be less expensive to install than current panels and last 25 years.

Read more at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory site: http://www.pnl.gov/topstory.asp?id=376

PARC Forum -- Risk-Takers Series
Thursday, June 4, 2009 4pm - 5pm

The Science of Waves . . .
. . . And the ecosystem surrounding the reef at Mavericks
Presented by Jeff Clark, founder/director, Mavericks Surf Contest

Giant wave faces. Swirling boils. Explosive speed. Huge peaks that pitch almost straight out. Ever wonder what makes a Mavericks wave -- the Mount Everest of surfing -- so unique and completely intimidating? Much it has to do with what's going on underneath the surface.

Following are some commonly used science and technical dictionaries in the Engineering Library. Many are available online.

Comprehensive Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

• Print: TK9 .C575 2005
• Online via CRC NetBase

IEEE 100: The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms

• Print: TK9 .I478 2000

McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms