Friday, January 28, 2011
Corneliu Chisu for PEO President-elect
Maj. (ret'd.) Corneliu Chisu, CD, M.Eng., CET, FEC, P.Eng. and founder member of AREC is campaigning to be elected as PEO President-elect for 2010-2011 PEO Council Elections. As President-elect, Corneliu will strive to:
• Reduce P. Eng. Annual Licence fees by 8% to offset the HST imposed on fees. I will keep this reduction in place for twelve months, to show
respect for members in these difficult economic times. I will also establish a reasonable mechanism of fees management developed
through wide consultation with members;
• Establish a climate of fiscal restraint and responsibility;
• Introduce a proactive project management process for the improvement of our engineering building, in order to receive every possible grant available for achieving world class quality, while
making efficient use of our members' money;
• Involve members more, in our self-regulating profession through proactive government relations and the definition of areas of practice;
• Enhance public protection through strengthened
legislation and enforcement, such that only licensed engineers undertake engineering work;
• Develop a licensure model that captures the interests of all applicants to PEO and provides effective value at each stage of the licensing process;
• Embrace emerging disciplines; and
• Foster an effective and constructive relationship with OSPE, our sister Associations and Engineers Canada towards best serving the profession in a climate of financial responsibility.
respect for members in these difficult economic times. I will also establish a reasonable mechanism of fees management developed
through wide consultation with members;
• Establish a climate of fiscal restraint and responsibility;
• Introduce a proactive project management process for the improvement of our engineering building, in order to receive every possible grant available for achieving world class quality, while
making efficient use of our members' money;
• Involve members more, in our self-regulating profession through proactive government relations and the definition of areas of practice;
• Enhance public protection through strengthened
legislation and enforcement, such that only licensed engineers undertake engineering work;
• Develop a licensure model that captures the interests of all applicants to PEO and provides effective value at each stage of the licensing process;
• Embrace emerging disciplines; and
• Foster an effective and constructive relationship with OSPE, our sister Associations and Engineers Canada towards best serving the profession in a climate of financial responsibility.
Give Corneliu your strong support!
Labels: Canada, engineers, PEO, Romanian
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
An old toy with a new spin...
DRIVEN SPINNING TOP - A ROMANIAN INVENTION
A DRIVEN SPINNING TOP fascinates by its propriety to maintain its direction around own axis. This is because the conservation of its kinetic moment when the spinning top is not influenced by any exterior force. If one applies a force and moves the spinning top its movement can change uncontrollable.
Spinning tops are old toys. They are built from wood, metals, or plastic in different shapes, color and dimentions. Recently some of them produce a sound or/and light. Not much has been changed since beginning. Once it is put into rotation we just look at its movement. No posibility to change the movement, to interact with it.
http://drivenspinningtop.blogspot.com/
A DRIVEN SPINNING TOP fascinates by its propriety to maintain its direction around own axis. This is because the conservation of its kinetic moment when the spinning top is not influenced by any exterior force. If one applies a force and moves the spinning top its movement can change uncontrollable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is well known that people like the classical toys: spinning toys, gyroscopes and permanent magnets.
It is well known that people like the classical toys: spinning toys, gyroscopes and permanent magnets.
Spinning tops are old toys. They are built from wood, metals, or plastic in different shapes, color and dimentions. Recently some of them produce a sound or/and light. Not much has been changed since beginning. Once it is put into rotation we just look at its movement. No posibility to change the movement, to interact with it.
Gyroscopes are well known toys and devices. They fascinate how the direction is kept constant.
Permanent magnets are used to obtain different configurations using balls, nails, ferromagnetic powder, magnetic fluids. Once the configuration is achieved nothing can happen more, no more fun.
The idea of combining the rotation movement of a gyroscope and permanent magnets has been advanced by Prof. Dr. Ioan Grosu in Romania (Patent No. 91857 from 28 Feb.1987). A classical gyroscope is modified by using two permanent magnets on the rotation axis, coaxial with it. So the gyroscope has an angular momentum and a magnetic movement. A uniform external magnetic field generated by a coil determinates a rotation that is the Larmor precession. This device is didactic and show how the Larmor precession is obtained. Such a gyroscope stimulates the spin of the electron with angular momentum and magnetic momentum.
http://drivenspinningtop.blogspot.com/
Labels: innovation, Romanian
Saturday, November 20, 2010
1. Transfagarasan – Romania
Top 15 Most Beautiful Roads in the World
The Transfăgărășan (that’s the exact spelling) is the highest and most dramatic paved road from Romania. Built as a strategic military route by the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu between 1970 and 1974, this road connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia, and the cities of Sibiu and Pitesti. The Transfagarasan represents 90 km of twists and turns run North to South across the tallest sections of the Carpathian Mountains between the highest peaks of the mountain in this country.
On top of the mountains this road provides access to Balea Lake, a glacier lake which has been here for thousands of years and it also has an almost 1 km long tunnel straight through the mountain’s top. The road was built at a high cost both financially and from a human standpoint with more than 6 million kilograms of explosive being used on the northern face and official records of 40 soldiers who lost their lives while building it. Unofficial records however mention that only the tunnel took about 400 lives.
The north end of the road is the most spectacular and it’s dotted with steep hairpin turns, long S curves and sharp descents combined with an absolutely stunning view! Between October and June this road is under the snow and usually closed so… that means only a couple of months in the summer it’s available to enjoy a pure driving pleasure. Top Gear also named this road as the best road in the world !
Vezi mai multe din Calatorii, vacante pe 220.ro
Dinner Gala AREC 2010 - A Great Success!
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Gigantul Intel ar putea angaja câteva sute de programatori în România
Compania americană Intel, cel mai mare producător de microprocesoare din lume, îşi va deschide în România primul său centru de dezvoltare de soft din Europa, potrivit unui anunţ făcut astăzi de subsidiara locală a firmei. Compania va anunţa detalii despre investiţia din România spătămâna viitoare, în cadrul unei conferinţe de presă la care vor participa Kostas Katsohirakis, Vicepreşedinte al Intel Software and Services Group şi Martin Curley, Director al Intel Labs Europe. Intel se alătură astfel unui lung şir de giganţi americani din domeniul IT&C care şi-au deschis centre de soft sau servicii în România, printre care HP, IBM sau Oracle. Intel mai deţine participaţii în România la companiile Siveco - cel mai mare producător local de soft şi Wind River. Intel este cel mai mare producător mondial de microprocesoare şi a raportat, în trimestrul al treilea, un profit net în creştere cu 58%, la 2,95 miliarde de dolari.
Adrian Dumitrache / 02-11-2010 / Sursa
Inventii revolutionare
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Seminar pregatitor pentru obtinerea licentei PEO - 2010-10-30
Azi, 30 Octombrie, a avut loc la Conestoga College, in Doon Valley, Seminarul pregatitor pentru obtinerea licentei PEO . Aceasta intalnire a fost organizata de catre AREC (Association Romanian Engineers of Canada) - South Ontario Chapter.
La acest seminar au participat Domnul Ilie Pasca, Presedinte AREC-SOC, Profesor Stelian George-Cosh, membru in consiliul academic al PEO si vice-presedinte AREC-SOC alaturi de alti membri activi ai AREC care au facut posibil acest seminar. Acest eveniment a fost onorat de catre DomnulDaniel Cheoreanu, Vice - presedinte AREC
Este foarte imbucurator faptul ca acest semniar a trezit intereseul celor care doresc sa devina sau au déjà statutul de PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario) fapt dovedit prin prezenta intr-un numar mare al participantilor.
Este foarte imbucurator faptul ca acest semniar a trezit intereseul celor care doresc sa devina sau au déjà statutul de PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario) fapt dovedit prin prezenta intr-un numar mare al participantilor.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Seminar: Understanding Project Management - 2010-09-30
Skilled and qualified project managers are not only vital for delivering your organization's projects on time, on budget, and on scope-but they're also in high demand. A common difficulty for managers is balancing their day-to-day workload while trying to complete high priority 'special' projects. If managers are unable to balance the impact of these special projects, both the project and other productivity fall short of expectations. The keys to completing projects are clarification of the goals, planning to meet those goals, and managing the project according. The project management process requires a team to be formed who can successfully complete a project. At the head of the team is the project manager, and they must be able to delegate the tasks of the project to each member. The ability to do this properly will play a role in the success of the overall project.
This presentation delivers understanding of the fundamentals of Project Management, an increasingly valuable skill set for business today. It provides the core methodology you will need to understand project management and how to participate on project teams effectively.
Rishi served as a Vice-President-Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) at Global Technologies and Manufacturing and as a Director of Operations responsible for production, engineering, procurement, quality and logistics of AZZ-Blenkhorn and Sawle Ltd. Rishi obtained his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1976 from University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. Since 1976, he has held many senior positions in utility, auto industry, research & development, service and consulting sectors in program and portfolio management of various capital projects. He has authored and co-authored technical and business papers on variety of topics and has presented them at numerous national and international conferences and symposiums.
Rishi Kumar, PEng, PMP, CMC
President & CEO
President & CEO
Global Educational & Consulting Services (GECS)
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COST PENTRU PARTICIPARE: GRATUIT pentru membrii AREC, $10 pentru ne-membri
Membrii AREC se pot legitima cu insigna AREC.
Membrii AREC se pot legitima cu insigna AREC.
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O cotizatie de doar $40 pe an iti da dreptul sa participi GRATUIT la TOATE activitatile AREC si sa beneficiezi de rate avantajoase la asigurarile de masina si casa prin TD Insurance Meloche-Monnex!!.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Plastic to oil fantastic
