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Stanford, CA 94305-4121

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Read Safari PDFs with Plugin for Mac

We've heard of problems getting the PDF of Safari E-books to open on Mac computers. One fix is to install the Plugin PDF reader from Schubert-it. It perfectly integrates into your web browser and retains the Mac look & feel.

System requirements:

  • Safari, Firefox 4.0, Chrome (with Chrome PDF Viewer deactivated)
  • Mac OS X 10.6 or later

Download it at http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/


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SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL--$1000 Award--Application Deadline Feb 8

The Silicon Valley Engineering Council is gearing up for National Engineers Week, February 20-26, 2012 and are looking for qualified students to apply for the $1000 student awards they will be giving out.

The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) Engineering Education awards recognize young engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology students graduating from high school or currently enrolled in undergraduate community college or university programs are eligible to apply. Fulltime and part-time students are eligible. Students may receive an SVEC Scholarship award only once. Graduate students are not eligible.
Details on the application process and requirements: http://www.svec.org/scholarship-awards.html
Deadline is February 8, 2012


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Stanford University Unstructured (SU2) is an open-source software to optimize aerospace designs

SUSQUARED_0.jpgAt a recent demonstration, the Stanford team debuted "Stanford University Unstructured" (SU2), an open-source application that models the effects of fluids moving over aerodynamic surfaces such as fuselages, hulls, propellers, rotors, wings, rockets and re-entry vehicles.

Dubbed SU2 for short, the application incorporates everything engineers need to perform a complete design loop for optimizing the shapes of aerospace systems. While commercial programs offering similar capabilities are available, they can be prohibitively expensive. SU2, on the other hand, can be downloaded for free from the lab's website.
Access the SU2 program: http://adl.stanford.edu/docs/display/SUSQUARED/SU2+Home


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Increasing Solar Concentrator Efficiency

Researchers at UC Merced, have redesigned luminescent solar concentrators to be more efficient at sending sunlight to solar cells. They discovered a hollow cylindrical solar concentrator is a better design compared with a flat concentrator or a solid cylinder concentrator. The hollow cylinders absorb more sunlight while having lower self-absorption losses, significantly improving their efficiency.

Read more at: UC Merced News


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January 2012 Library News

January 2012 News

  • Knovel – Optical and Filter Glass Database
  • SolidWorks on Library Computing Cluster
  • New Sheet Feed Scanner

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Workshops Update

The Library is still offering some workshops until the end of the month.

Learn how to: save time when searching databases, look for books and journals, and manage your research paper citations. Workshops are offered from 12noon to 1pm in the Huang Engineering Center.

Save Time Searching, Wed. Jan 18, Huang 219
Using Mendeley and Zotero, Fri. Jan 20, Huang 203
Finding and Using Databases, Wed. Jan 25, Huang 219
SearchWorks Tips, Fri. Feb 3, Huang 219

Register:http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction


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SolidWorks on Terman Library Cluster

SolidWorks software has been installed on the computing cluster in the Terman Engineering Library.


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Happy New Year 2012!

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Welcome back to campus! Invest an hour in one of the Library Workshops this term. You will be rewarded by learning how to save time when searching databases, looking for books and journals and managing your research paper citations. Workshops are offered from 12noon to 1pm in the Huang Engineering Center.

  • Citation Management Software, Wed. Jan 11, Huang 219
  • Using Mendeley and Zotero, Fri. Jan 13 or Fri. Jan 20, Huang 203
  • Save Time Searching, Wed. Jan 18, Huang 219
  • SearchWorks Tips, Fri. Feb 3, Huang 219
  • Finding and Using Databases,Wed. Jan 25, Huang 219

Register:http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction

Helen Josephine, Head of the Terman Engineering Library


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Amateur Radio Magazine at Internet Archive

73 Amateur Radio Today magazine is now available in full at the Internet archive. Full magazine copies are available in a variety of formats, including online-readable, PDF, ePub, and Kindle. Users can do a full-text search for the archives if you go to the Internet Archive advanced search and specify 73-Magazine as the collection to be searched. The issues are full of diy hardware hacking and electronics articles (and the ancient advertising.) A huge, easily-accessible collection for ham radio operators, early computer enthusiasts, and electronics hobbyists.

Direct URL at: http://www.archive.org/details/73-magazine


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Happy Holidays -- Feliz Navidad



Enjoy your Winter Break! The Engineering Library will open on January 3, 2012 at 9:00 AM. If you have books to return during the Winter Break, please take them to the Green Library or use the book drops outside the Green Library. If you have a Kindle or Sony eReader, please return them to the Engineering Library when we reopen on January 3rd.
See you all in 2012.
--The Engineering Library Staff


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