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Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District to get $1.2 billion for Upper Mississippi River valley – WHBF – OurQuadCities.com
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District will get $1.2 billion in Fiscal Year 2022, as a result of federal funding in two recently enacted laws the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; and the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.
The $1.2 billion for the Rock Island District will enable it to carry out projects and programs in the Upper Mississippi River Valley.
This is a historic day for the Rock Island District, Col. Jesse Curry, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, said in a Thursday release. This represents funding that vastly outnumbers figures our Districts annual budget has ever seen. Its testament to our professional workforce that they are trusted to carry out the kind of workload this funding will bring.
Rock Island District is set to receive two priority construction new starts, one through the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) and new start funding for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project.
NESP has been authorized for more than a decade, awaiting construction funding to bring about this critical, multi-billion dollar program, said Kim Thomas, Deputy for Programs and Project Management for the Rock Island District. Our regional team has fully utilized several years of preconstruction, engineering and design (PED) funds to develop construction ready projects and now will be able to start delivering on the significant navigation improvements as well as the environmental enhancements laid out within the NESP authorization. This funding is the first step toward construction.
The Brandon Road Interbasin Project, which is designed to stop the spread of invasive carp and other species into the Great Lakes, received $226 million to complete the preconstruction, engineering and design phase (PED) and initiate construction.
Support for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, which is a complex ecosystem protection effort designed to prevent upstream movement of invasive carp and other aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes from the Illinois Waterway, is also a key element for keeping one of Rock Island Districts critical environmental efforts on track with continued design and its anticipated construction timeline, Thomas said.
TheBrandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Ill., has been identified as the critical pinch point where layered technologies could be used to prevent movement of invasive carp populations into the Great Lakes.
Pre-construction engineering and design of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project was initiated Dec. 29, 2020, when the state of Illinois signed a design agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District. This phase of the project, known as PED, is estimated to last three years, cost $28.9 million, and be cost shared 65 percent federal, 35 percent non-federal.
In addition to the new start construction funding, Rock Island District will receive nearly $170 million to carry on critical operations and maintenance work through the Districts area of responsibility.
So much of our operational infrastructure, like locks and dams, lakes, and recreation sites, are aging, Curry said. Our managers and maintenance crews do an excellent job of keeping this infrastructure operating efficiently but even in areas where weve made recent investments, there is a need for more to safeguard long term reliability of this infrastructure. Infrastructure that is critical to our nations economy, environment, and well-being of our communities.
This new funding coming from the IIJA will not only provide much of that needed investment to infrastructure, but it will also bring thousands of great jobs of all types to the region, he added.
Rock Island District encompasses large portions of Illinois and Iowa, as well as smaller sections of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri. It operates three flood risk management reservoirs in Iowa two in the Des Moines area (Saylorville Lake and Lake Red Rock), as well as one outside Iowa City at Coralville Lake. The District also operates and maintains 12 locks and dams on the Mississippi River, starting at Lock & Dam 11 in Dubuque and ending at Lock & Dam 22 in Saverton, Mo.
Each spending plan will be in continued support of Administration goals of expanded access to Americas ports through dredging, as well as building resilience in the face of global climate change, while benefitting economically disadvantaged communities and regions, and advancing environmental justice, the release said.
The Army will work with community partners to leverage these historic Civil Works funds for investments that strengthen national supply chains through our commercial navigation mission, help communities impacted by climate change to increase their resiliency, advance environmental justice, and invest in communities that have too often been left behind, said Michael L. Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
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Fort Worth’s Panther Island project gets $403 million from Army Corps of Engineers – WFAA.com
The Army Corps of Engineers says the project, also known as the Central City Flood Control Project, could take four to five years to complete now.
FORT WORTH, Texas The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday announced $403 million in funding for the Panther Island project in Fort Worth, a needed boost for the controversial flood control effort aimed at rerouting a section of the Trinity River near downtown.
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, confirmed the Corps of Engineers funding for the project, also known as the Central City Flood Control Project, calling the news "a great day for Fort Worth."
The Corps of Engineers funding was allocated as part of the Biden administration's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Granger voted against.
The funding will allow the Corps of Engineers "to complete final design of all project components and construction of the bypass channel," according to a release from Granger's office.
A spokesperson for the Fort Worth district of the Army Corps of Engineers confirmed the design is about 50% complete and will likely take another year to 18 months to finish. Construction would then take roughly three years.
The Panther Island project started as a plan for flood control nearly two decades ago. But over the years, the project grew to a $1.1 billion price tag with plans for housing developments, office space and entertainment venues. The idea was to mimic San Antonio's River Walk.
The public kept wanting to know when we were sort of going to come to a completion on this thing and Im glad that they have something thats real and substantive now," US Rep. Marc Veasey, D - Fort Worth ,who voted in favor of last year's infrastructure bill, said. "People would ask, 'What is this infrastructure bill going to do for me?', and now they have something thats physical, thats concrete, something thats tangible.
Concerns over management have been raised in recent years, along with one big hurdle: an additional estimated $500 million in funding would be required from the federal government. Bridges designed for the project at North Main Street, North Henderson Street, and White Settlement Road opened roughly three years later than initially planned because of design issues.
Before the Corps of Engineers' announcement this week, the Panther Island project had received only $62 million from the federal government, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Ryan McWhorter owns Panther Island Brewing, which is just north of downtown on the area destined to become part of the island.
Its going to be a really cool area for development for other bars and restaurants," he said. It would change a lot around here not only for the city but for panther island brewing."
A new apartment complex recently opened across the street but the land is mostly covered by vacant or unused lots. McWhorter said all political discussion, audits and delays have been white noise he's ignored.
I think its going in the right direction and will continue to go in the right direction," he said. Were excited about the future development around panther island because of the potential clientele that we can gain. Thats obviously something thats important to us.
The Corps of Engineers announcement this week is "the go-time moment we have been anxiously awaiting," Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker said in a statement Wednesday.
"We had confidence in the Corps of Engineers and our federal representatives," Parker said. "This funding announcement delivers the certainty that will make our community safer and the green light for further investment in the area. This is an incredible moment in Fort Worths history.
The key component to the Panther Island project is rerouting a 1.5-mile stretch of the Trinity River just north of the Tarrant County Courthouse, near downtown.
As a flood control project, the Panther Island plans are "a critical piece of infrastructure that will provide needed flood protection and growth opportunities to Fort Worth," Veasey said in the news release.
Fort Worth's current levee system along the Trinity River was built in 1960. The last major flood in the area was in 1949. Continued growth has also created additional flood risks.
Leah King, president of the Tarrant Regional Water District, said the Panther Island project would help reduce the risk of flooding for more than 2,400 acres of Fort Worth neighborhoods.
"This funding addresses Fort Worths flood risks that are a result of a rapidly growing population which has tripled in size since our current levee system was built in 1960," King said in the release.
It may still be years away, but after decades of delays, theres finally a finish line for Panther Island.
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Wellfield Technologies to Expand its Engineering Development Capacity for Seamless Brand with a new Hub in Portugal – Yahoo Finance
The Company has deepened its partnership with Exaud, a respected software development and technical consultancy based in Portugal, to assist in building out a development hub to empower the existing Seamless teams.
With the current suite of Seamless products pending launch, this new hub will secure high demand development talent and is expected to shorten time to market for the next stage of Wellfield services.
TORONTO, Jan. 19, 2022 /CNW/ - Wellfield Technologies Inc. (TSXV: WFLD) (FRANKFURT: K8D) (the "Company" or "Wellfield"), is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Exaud, LDA to establish a development hub in Portugal, with a mandate to supporting the Seamless development pipeline. Headquartered in Greater Porto, with an additional office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and a representative office in Dusseldorf, Germany, Exaud is a global software solution provider, across various industries such as Automotive & Manufacturing, Fintech & Financial Services, Software & Hi-Tech, Media & Digital Education and Retail & Logistics.
As previously announced, the Company is in the process of furthering solutions under the Seamless brand, to address necessary needs of the DeFi ecosystem. This includes services such as: making Bitcoin compatible with DeFi; cross blockchain trading; and decentralized prime broker-like services. Beyond this near-term pipeline of opportunities, Wellfield has identified several other areas of importance that are necessary for DeFi powered apps like MoneyClip, a subsidiary of Wellfield, and to strengthen the Seamless ecosystem and suite of solutions. Once established, the Company's development hub will take part in developing products that the research group architects and prototypes to address these opportunities.
Management Commentary
Levy Cohen, CEO of Wellfield commented, "It is our firm belief that DeFi will reinvent global finance. Scaling our commercialization efforts through an additional development hub will ensure that Wellfield remains at the forefront of the evolution of the DeFi ecosystem, building on the scheduled 2022 launches of several solutions under our Seamless protocol-layer brand. To this point, our team has been focused on developing the capabilities within Seamless to address some of DeFi's biggest technical challenges, but solutions to these immediate challenges are just the beginning. Securing additional high demand developer talent gives the Company the additional depth required to continue building the ecosystem around Seamless and powering the financial applications of the future with our critical infrastructure. We are fortunate to benefit from the experience and expertise of Exaud, our partners in Portugal."
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About Wellfield Technologies
Wellfield is focused on unlocking the power of decentralized finance (DeFi) by building open and accessible decentralized protocols and also blockchain based consumer products. Seamless - the Company's protocol layer brand - focuses on solutions that enhance and optimize liquidity in the Ethereum ecosystem, make Bitcoin compatible with DeFi, and enable decentralized cross blockchain exchange. MoneyClip - Wellfield's application layer brand - is powered by DeFi to enhance everyday financial products and make money work for the way people live.
About Exaud
Exaud is an established European software development and technical consultancy company providing custom software solutions. Exaud has been in business for 10+ years and has a rich heritage of creating innovative software products and providing development services to Fortune 500 companies, large enterprises, and medium-sized firms. Exaud is a global solution provider specialised in different sectors, such as Automotive & Manufacturing, Fintech & Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Software & Hi-Tech, Media & Digital Education and Retail & Logistics. For more information, please visit http://www.exaud.com.
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A listing application prepared in accordance with the policies of the TSXV (the "Listing Application") is available on the Company's SEDAR profile, available at http://www.sedar.com, and contains additional information regarding Wellfield. The contents of this press release are expressly qualified by the disclosures and contents of the Listing Application and readers are encouraged to review the Listing Application. Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the Listing Application, any information released or received with respect to the Wellfield may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of Wellfield should be considered highly speculative.
The TSXV has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release. Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United States. Wellfield's securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
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This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking information" ("forward-looking information") within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that discusses predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding the Company's success in launching the protocols and other technologies and utilities discussed herein. In disclosing the forward-looking information contained in this press release, the Company has made certain assumptions. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, it can give no assurance that the expectations of any forward-looking information will prove to be correct. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, but are not limited to: compliance with extensive government regulations; domestic and foreign laws and regulations adversely affecting the Company's business and results of operations; the impact of COVID-19; the decentralized finance industry generally, in Canada and abroad; and general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive and readers are encouraged to review the Listing Application accessible on the Company's SEDAR profile at http://www.sedar.com. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions, changes in factors affecting such forward-looking information or otherwise.
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PhD Studentship, Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering job with UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | 278270 – Times Higher Education (THE)
Civil, Maritime & Environmental Engineering
Location: Highfield CampusClosing Date: Friday 25 February 2022Reference: 1667622DA
Supervisory Team: Adam Sobey (CMEE), Markus Brede (ECS) and Amy Parkes (Industry)
Data driven modelling of supply chain constraints in maritime transport
Project description
Recent incidents, such as the blocking of the Suez Canal or lack of workers at Chinese ports due to COVID, demonstrate the importance of maritime trade. Ships carry >90% of world trade, moving 3.5 billion tonnes of cargo (expected to triple by 2050) and 350 million passengers through 1,200 ports every year. These goods and people are carried by ~56,000 merchant ships ranging from small domestic ferries to 400m long containerships which transport 23,000 shipping containers at a time. The result of this is a complex flow network defined by port capacities, trade requirements, and routing choices of a large number of diverse ships. It is vital that we become more efficient in how we move goods around the world and that the resilience in these shipping networks is maintained and increased.
Understanding and optimising these large networks is a challenging task, due to the size and the number of follow-on effects that cascade from an initial decision. We need to simplify these networks, without loss of information, to allow clear decision making and to ensure that we understand the implications of decisions made around where to deliver goods and in what timeframe.
In this interdisciplinary project you will develop novel tools at the boundary between complexity science, supply chain theory and maritime engineering, to explore shipping networks to optimise the behaviour of ships with an aim to enhancing resilience and reducing the complexity of the network.
You will be supported by the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute as part of a cohort of multi-disciplinary SMMI scholars. Supervision will be provided by Adam Sobey in the Maritime Engineering group and Markus Brede in the Agents, Interaction and Complexity groups at the University of Southampton. In addition you will work closely with the Marine and Maritime group, in the Data-Centric Engineering Programme in The Alan Turing Institute, the UKs national AI institute.
The project is also supported by Arcsilea, who provide bespoke consultancy to inform maritime policy on decarbonisation, with industrial supervision provided by Dr Amy Parkes. However, we want you to help us grow the network of partners through the project using early research to generate wider interest from the maritime industries and those who use shipping to transport goods.
We are looking for a driven candidate with expertise in, or interest in learning about, Data Driven Modelling, Machine Learning, Networks, Complexity Science and Maritime transport. Wed particularly like to see candidates interested in making real world changes to reduce maritime emissions through development of world-leading fundamental approaches in complexity science.
Entry Requirements
A very good undergraduate degree (at least a UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent).
Closing date: 25 February 2022
Funding: For UK students, Tuition Fees and a stipend of 15,609 tax-free per annum for up to 3.5 years.
How To Apply
Apply online https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/how-to-apply/postgraduate-applications.page. Select programme type (Research), 2022/23, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, next page select PhD Engineering & Environment (Full time). In Section 2 of the application form you should insert the name of the supervisor Adam Sobey
Applications should include:
For further information please contact: feps-pgr-apply@soton.ac.uk
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Glitch Your Way To Reverse-Engineering Glory With The PicoEMP – Hackaday
Most of our projects are, to some extent, an exercise in glitch-reduction. Whether theyre self-inflicted software or hardware mistakes, or even if the glitches in question come from sources beyond our control, the whole point of the thing is to get it running smoothly and predictably.
Thats not always the case, though. Sometimes inducing a glitch on purpose can be a useful tool, especially when reverse engineering something. Thats where this low-cost electromagnetic fault injection tool could come in handy. EMFI is a way to disrupt the normal flow of a program running on an embedded system; properly applied and with a fair amount of luck, it can be used to put the system into an exploitable state. The PicoEMP, as [Colin OFlynn] dubs his EMFI tool, is a somewhat tamer version of his previous ChipSHOUTER tool. PicoEMP focuses on user safety, an important consideration given that its business end can put about 250 volts across its output. Safety features include isolation for the Raspberry Pi Pico that generates the PWM signals for the HV section, a safety enclosure over the HV components, and a switch to discharge the capacitors and prevent unpleasant surprises.
In use, the high-voltage pulse is applied across an injection tip, which is basically a ferrite-core antenna. The tip concentrates the magnetic flux in a small area, which hopefully will cause the intended glitch in the target system. The video below shows the PicoEMP being used to glitch a Bitcoin wallet, as well as some tests on the HV pulse.
If youre interested in the PicoEMP and glitching in general, be sure to watch out for [Colin]s 2021 Remoticon talk on the subject. Until that comes out, you might want to look into glitching attacks on a Nintendo DSi and a USB glitch on a Wacom tablet.
Hat tip goes to [leo60228] for this one. Thanks!
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Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields Grant Program (WAMS) | National Institute of Food and Agriculture -…
NIFA staff for the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields Grant Program (WAMS)will host a webinar on January 26, 2022 at 3PM Eastern Time.
The Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields Grant Program (WAMS) is a competitive grants program supporting research and extension projects that will increase to the maximum extent practicable participation by rural women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
To register for the webinar go to:https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItcOuurTwqHTbIExFSwxAMCMZjYBhn0MI
If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact Donna Hiatt, Program Specialist, atDonna.Hiatt@usda.govnolater than January 19, 2022. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request.
For more information on theWomen and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields Grant Program (WAMS), please visit theprogram page.
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Does Shapir Engineering and Industry (TLV:SPEN) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet? – Simply Wall St
Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously said that 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' It's only natural to consider a company's balance sheet when you examine how risky it is, since debt is often involved when a business collapses. Importantly, Shapir Engineering and Industry Ltd (TLV:SPEN) does carry debt. But the real question is whether this debt is making the company risky.
Generally speaking, debt only becomes a real problem when a company can't easily pay it off, either by raising capital or with its own cash flow. Ultimately, if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt, shareholders could walk away with nothing. However, a more frequent (but still costly) occurrence is where a company must issue shares at bargain-basement prices, permanently diluting shareholders, just to shore up its balance sheet. Of course, the upside of debt is that it often represents cheap capital, especially when it replaces dilution in a company with the ability to reinvest at high rates of return. The first step when considering a company's debt levels is to consider its cash and debt together.
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The image below, which you can click on for greater detail, shows that at September 2021 Shapir Engineering and Industry had debt of 5.23b, up from 4.86b in one year. However, it does have 1.18b in cash offsetting this, leading to net debt of about 4.05b.
According to the last reported balance sheet, Shapir Engineering and Industry had liabilities of 1.70b due within 12 months, and liabilities of 4.70b due beyond 12 months. Offsetting this, it had 1.18b in cash and 1.63b in receivables that were due within 12 months. So its liabilities total 3.59b more than the combination of its cash and short-term receivables.
While this might seem like a lot, it is not so bad since Shapir Engineering and Industry has a market capitalization of 10.7b, and so it could probably strengthen its balance sheet by raising capital if it needed to. But it's clear that we should definitely closely examine whether it can manage its debt without dilution.
We measure a company's debt load relative to its earnings power by looking at its net debt divided by its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and by calculating how easily its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) cover its interest expense (interest cover). The advantage of this approach is that we take into account both the absolute quantum of debt (with net debt to EBITDA) and the actual interest expenses associated with that debt (with its interest cover ratio).
With a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 6.1, it's fair to say Shapir Engineering and Industry does have a significant amount of debt. But the good news is that it boasts fairly comforting interest cover of 3.4 times, suggesting it can responsibly service its obligations. On a slightly more positive note, Shapir Engineering and Industry grew its EBIT at 12% over the last year, further increasing its ability to manage debt. The balance sheet is clearly the area to focus on when you are analysing debt. But you can't view debt in total isolation; since Shapir Engineering and Industry will need earnings to service that debt. So when considering debt, it's definitely worth looking at the earnings trend. Click here for an interactive snapshot.
But our final consideration is also important, because a company cannot pay debt with paper profits; it needs cold hard cash. So it's worth checking how much of that EBIT is backed by free cash flow. Looking at the most recent three years, Shapir Engineering and Industry recorded free cash flow of 46% of its EBIT, which is weaker than we'd expect. That's not great, when it comes to paying down debt.
Shapir Engineering and Industry's struggle handle its debt, based on its EBITDA, had us second guessing its balance sheet strength, but the other data-points we considered were relatively redeeming. But on the bright side, its ability to to grow its EBIT isn't too shabby at all. Looking at all the angles mentioned above, it does seem to us that Shapir Engineering and Industry is a somewhat risky investment as a result of its debt. Not all risk is bad, as it can boost share price returns if it pays off, but this debt risk is worth keeping in mind. When analysing debt levels, the balance sheet is the obvious place to start. But ultimately, every company can contain risks that exist outside of the balance sheet. For example - Shapir Engineering and Industry has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.
When all is said and done, sometimes its easier to focus on companies that don't even need debt. Readers can access a list of growth stocks with zero net debt 100% free, right now.
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General Engineer Job in Fort Bliss, Texas – Department of the Army – LemonWire
The United States government is a massive employer, and is always looking for qualified candidates to fill a wide variety of open employment positions in locations across the country. Below youll find a Qualification Summary for an active, open job listing from the Department of the Army. The opening is for a General Engineer in Fort Bliss, Texas Feel free to browse this and any other job listings and reach out to us with any questions!
General Engineer Fort Bliss, TexasArmy Installation Management Command, Department of the ArmyJob ID: 557951Start Date: 01/05/2022End Date: 01/20/2022
Qualification SummaryWho May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Executive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for General Engineer: A. Degree: Bachelors degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); OR (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Boards eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4. Related curriculum Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience with project management of services contracts and/or as Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for the development, management, and administration of service contracts; support of construction and repair projects; and coordination of services contracts for the repair/restoration of buildings and sustainment projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:Contracting/ProcurementGeneral EngineeringProject ManagementWritten Communication Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
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Jessica Nabitovsky could not find a job she wanted. During her last year as an undergraduate biomedical engineering student, she saw that the jobs that she was applying to and the jobs that she really wanted didnt align. I wanted to not only know how different products were being developed but also why they were being developed as well, she says.
It was then that I decided that a background knowledge in business was missing and that I would get my masters to fill that void. The Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Business (IBEB) Master of Science (MS) Degree combined her passion for medicine, with the problem solving and thrill of innovation and technology.
Indeed, this programme offered by Drexel Universitys School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems (BIOMED) in collaboration with the LeBow College of Business and the Close School of Entrepreneurship is best described as a tech-savvy alternative to the traditional MBA. Besides biomedical engineering, students take up business core classes like management, leadership, economics, communications and marketing.
The Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Business (IBEB) Master of Science (MS) Degree prepares engineering graduates to become future industry leaders. Source: Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering
For Harshita Shah, who has always been attracted to medical device technology development, pursuing this programme at Drexel BIOMED gave her an opportunity to learn about the various aspects of the healthcare industry. Receiving the Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Programme Fellowship offered in only 15 universities across the US was the icing on the cake.
It is a combination of engineering, research and business that fascinated me the most about the fellowship. Since the programme aims to transfer promising technologies developed at Drexel into clinical practice, I can put my theoretical knowledge to practical analysis, Shah says.
Similarly, Nabitovsky feels that the Coulter Fellowship has afforded her a chance to explore how research teams get funding, which she could not do previously: Within only a year, the material that I absorbed alongside the team conducting market research was equivalent, if not more, than the material I learned in the classroom.
Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems offers a flexible masters programme for those who want to learn about both biomedical engineering and business together. Source: Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering
Drexels graduate Coulter Fellows can work up to 15 hours weekly with research teams and learn about the latest biomedical technologies. They get practical experience of the commercialisation process as they bring an invention from their university laboratories to the real world as well.
Thanks to the Coulter Fellowship, Shah has become more confident, gained collaboration skills, and could manage time better. Nabitovsky even landed her current position with Accenture because of the experience and insight she gained from her programme.
Throughout school, I had been so focused on the research and development of different techniques and technologies, that I had never thought about the market research or funding aspects. Coulter taught me to look at the projects from both the investors and customers points of view rather than just the researchers, Nabitovsky adds.
iBE a lifesaving breast exam detection tool cofounders Mihir Shah (L) and Bhaumik Sanghvi (R). Source: Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering
In addition to merit-based fellowships most students in the IBEB program pursue a graduate co-op or internship for up to six months at Philadelphias biomedical hub, home to many start-ups, newly formed biotechs and established large pharma companies. On top of developing transferable skills needed to become managers and technology entrepreneurs, students receive career guidance from their corporate mentors.
At the same time, Drexel BIOMED is well-known for its translational research which catalyses the creation of new or improved health devices, drugs or diagnostic interventions. With better technical expertise, proper funding and less organisational barriers within such research, more life-saving innovations can be designed to help more people achieve better health.
Since translational research encompasses medicine, engineering, entrepreneurship and the sciences, IBEB students are in an excellent position to kickstart these inventions. Drexel BIOMEDs valuable partnerships with regional and global commercialisation communities can then help design and market these solutions.
One successful collaborative product is the Intelligent BreastExam (iBE). Drexel BIOMED Professor Wan Y. Shihs early breast cancer diagnosis inspired her to make a radiation-free, handheld device but because it was a prototype with limited clinical testing, commercial development and distribution were required to market this.
Enter Mihir Shahs UE LifeSciences Inc. Coincidentally located a few blocks away from Shihs lab, Shah, a former Drexel electrical engineering graduate whose mother in laws breast cancer was detected early as well licensed and redesigned the prototype into the wireless battery-operated iBE that can complete accurate, non-invasive breast exams in just five minutes.
If you have always wanted to be involved in research that can save lives, consider Drexel BIOMED. The IBEB can be completed within one and half to two years, either full or part-time, saving substantial time and money. For more information, click here.
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Improvement of Energy and Production Efficiency and Rapid Advancements in Protein Engineering to Support Revenue Growth of Industrial Enzymes Market:…
Rapid developments in bioprocesses and protein engineering, increasing applications of industrial enzymes in various industrial products, and growing focus on improving production efficiency and reducing energy consumption are some key factors expected to drive market growth
NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reports and Data has published its latest report titled "Industrial Enzymes Market, By Type (Carbohydrases, Lipases, Proteases, Polymerases & Nucleases, Others), By Source (Plant, Microorganism, Animal), By Form (Liquid, Dry), By Application, and By Region Forecast to 2028."
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According to the latest report by Reports and Data, the global industrial enzymes market size was USD 5.91 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 9.77 Billion in 2028 and register a revenue CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period, 2021-2028.
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Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities
Enzymes are widely used in industrial applications such as in in the production of corn syrups, fuel ethanol, and sweeteners. Industrial enzymes include carbohydrases, proteases, lipases, and others. Industrial enzymes have been used to facilitate industrial processes and production of products and over the recent past, advancements in bioprocesses have made it possible to produce purified and well-characterized enzymes on a large scale. Increasing research and development activities have expanded application scope of industrial enzymes in industrial products and processes such as chemical, textile, detergent, leather, and pulp and paper industries and this is a key factor expected to drive market revenue growth over the forecast period. In addition, industrial enzymes speed up reactions and improve yield by increasing accessible precursors for downstream applications and this is expected to drive demand for industrial enzymes and contribute to revenue growth of over the forecast period.
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Enzyme mediated processes have gained interest owing to reduced process time, low energy consumption, cost effective, non-toxic, and eco-friendly characteristics. Enzymes are biological molecules that are proteinaceous in nature and act as catalysts to support almost all chemical reactions. Enzymes are majorly used in processes such as baking, detergents, brewing, pharmaceuticals, and in leather processing industry, among others. Over the recent years, advancements in protein engineering and site-directed evolution have enabled production of enzymes that are tailor-made enzymes with new attributes for new process conditions. Hydrolases such as proteases and lipases, amylases, carbohydrases, polymerases, and proteases, among others are some major industrial enzymes. A large share of enzyme products are manufactured using recombinant microorganisms and recent developments in recombinant DNA technology have further expanded application scope of industrial enzymes. Current commercial use of industrial enzymes have resulted in significant saving of crucial resources such as raw materials, energy and water consumption, and improvement of energy efficacy of industrial processes.
Increasing application of industrial enzymes in animal feed industry, in cookies and biscuits, and in food and beverage processing and growing focus on biotechnology-based approaches to production of industrial enzymes are some other key factors are some other key factors expected to contribute to revenue growth of the market going ahead. However, high costs associated with raw materials and changes in enzyme pH due to temperature variations are some key factors expected to limit adoption of industrial enzymes and restrain market growth to a certain extent over the forecast period.
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Carbohydrases Segment to Account for Significant Revenue Share:
Carbohydrases segment is expected to account for a significantly large revenue share over the forecast period attributable to increasing application of carbohydrases in food & beverages, textiles, bioethanol, and other end-use industries owing to numerous benefits such as cost-effectiveness, rapid reaction time, and easy process optimization.
Microorganism Segment to Support Revenue Growth:
Microorganism segment is expected to register significant revenue growth over the forecast period attributable to increasing use of microbial enzymes in industries, rapid progress in development of industrial enzymes using fungal cell factories, growing application of microorganisms for the production of enzymes, wine, bread, and other products.
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North America to Lead Terms in Revenue Share:
North America is expected to account for largest revenue share in the global market over the forecast period attributable to increasing use of industrial enzymes in production of bakery products, food & beverage industry, and in pharmaceuticals, rising investment by key companies to advanced enzyme production, and presence of key market players in the region.
Asia Pacific Market Revenue to Expand Steadily:
Asia Pacific market revenue is expected to expand at a steady revenue growth rate during the forecast period attributable to rapid industrialization, development of food & pharmaceutical sectors, increasing investment to scale-up production of industrial enzymes, and advancements in biotechnology sector.
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Market Segmentation:
For the purpose of this report, Reports and Data has segmented global industrial enzymes market based on type, source, form, application, and region:
Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2018-2028)
Carbohydrases
Lipases
Proteases
Polymerases & Nucleases
Others
Source Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2018-2028)
Form Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2018-2028)
Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2018-2028)
Food & Beverages
Bioethanol
Detergents
Textiles & Leather
Paper & Pulp
Wastewater Treatment
Feed
Others
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Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2018-2028)
North America
Europe
Asia Pacific
Latin America
Middle East & Africa
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