INDO-US LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE BEGINS. The 2008 Indo-US Engineering Faculty Leadership Institute commenced on the Infosys campus in Mysore, India on May 26, 2008. The goal of the partnership is to improve the quality and global relevance of engineering education in the U.S. and India.
Souce: ASEE Action Newsletter, June 2008 (will be available online soon)
See also: INDO-US Collaboration for Engineering Education and IUCEE Initiative
Several white papers on topics such as collaboration, curriculum development and teaching engineering through case studies are available at: White Papers
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), along with academic and business leaders from leading US and Indian universities have launched an initiative to build US-India collaborations in order to make engineering education and research more relevant to the needs of the global society and to the aptitudes and aspirations ofnew generations of youth.
SYNTHESIS: Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science is an innovative information service for the research, development and educational communities in engineering and computer science. The basic component of the library is a 50- to 100-page electronic book that synthesizes an important research or development topic, authored by a prominent contributor to the field.
It includes lectures such as:
Artificial Organs
Sensory Organ Replacement and Repair
The Transmission-Line Modeling (TLM) Method in Electromagnetics
Computational Electronics
Engineering Ethics: Peace, Justice, and the Earth
See Published Titles for all titles published so far this year.
For a list of titles currently in production and due to publish in the coming months, go to:
Forthcoming Synthesis Lectures
Email alerts on upto FIVE subject areas can be activated by completing the online registration form.
Bioinformatics is an emerging field of science that is concerned with the management, analysis and visualization of the flood of data being generated in molecular and cellular biology, genomics and other areas of biology and biomedicine.
Center for Integrated Bioinformatics focuses on a system approach to bioinformatics in which information at the gene, protein, cell, tissue, organ, and system level is integrated and interpreted for early detection, accurate diagnosis, and effective treatment of complex diseases such as cancer. The overall objective of the educational program is to train students in system approaches for the development of useful computational models of living systems and novel enabling informatics technologies in life sciences.
See: Center for Integrated Bioinformatics at Drexel’s School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, ‘What is Bioinformatics?‘ and Glossary of biotechnology terms to get some basic idea about this emerging field of technology.
See also: Guide to Selected Bioinformatics Internet Resources
Books
Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Bioinformatics:
Bioinformatics
Introducation and bioinformatics
Genomics
Pharmacogenomics
Systems and cell biology
Human genome project
(more…)
What is Community of Science (COS) Scholar Universe Database?
Community of Science (COS) Scholar Universe:
Community of Science (COS) Scholar Universe provides authoritative information about more than 1 million scholars and organizations around the world, together with verified affiliation and publication information. The database comprises international faculty at 4-year universities and their departments. Also searchable from within any of Drexel’s CSA databases. A complement to COS Expertise.
Access: Databases/Article Indexes for Funding:.
Click on Community of Science (COS) Scholar Universe.
How can I find out where I can present my papers?
Use Community of Science (COS) Papers Invited database to find this information.
The database consists of detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world. Thus, the database serves as an alerting service for researchers, scholars and students that are seeking opportunities to present and publish their research. Approximately 10,000 conferences are listed each year along with 1,200-1,500 special issues. Also searchable from within any of Drexel’s CSA databases.
Access: Databases/Article Indexes for Funding:.
Click on Community of Science (COS) Papers Invited
Knovel K-News features instructional tips on how to find specific data or information using online scientific and technical books availble through Knovel: Engineering & Scientific Online References’ . Spring 2008 edition of K-News provides demos on Basic Searching, and Interactive Graphs and Tables.
Within ‘Did you know..’ category, it features: ‘Did you know that Knovel can search the Tensile and Compressive properties of thousands of materials?‘ and within Knovel Solution categoty, ‘Manufacturing Plastic from Soybeans?’ is highlighted.
To access ‘Knovel: Engineering & Scientific Online References’ from the Library’s web site, go to Electronic Databases and then click on Knovel.
Grant and Funding Opportunities
Community of Science
A database for researchers which includes an expertise directory, funding opportunities, MEDLINE and the Federal Register.
CoS Expertise
Detailed professional information about nearly 480,000 scientists, scholars and researchers.
CoS Funding Opportunities
A searchable and browsable database of funding information.
See: Quick Reference User Guide and Instructions for tips on how to search for Funding Opportunities.
COS Funding Alert is a personalized electronic notification service of funding information. Refer to the Funding Alert Set-Up or Funding Alert Tutorial pages for help accessing or personalizing your Alert.
Databases/Indexes for Funding
See also Research Guides for Grants and Prospect Research
Encyclopedia of Associations Online
Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations.
The Community Forum provides a place for users to discuss support topics and learn. At its heart are the message boards, where members post questions and answers. Guests (un-registered visitors) may browse or search the boards for information. Registered members can post messages, track discussions, and get e-mail notifications on new posting activity. For example, ENDNOTE forums may provide answers to your questions are facing dealing with your bibliography while using various electronic database.
See:
Thomson Reuters Forums
Frequently Asked Questions on how to participate in these forums.
ENDNOTE Fourm
ENDNOTE Presentation
ENDONTE and Biomedical Databases
ENDNOTE and Engineering Databases
