Design News - February 26, 2001

Chicago, IL-National Manufacturing Week-consisting of the National Design Engineering Show, the National Industrial Automation Show, the National Industrial Enterprise IT, and the National Plant Show-runs March 5-9, 2001.

• Best Product Of The Year
• From oilfields to the OR

• Break time
• GPS, lost balls, and the PGA

• College Design Engineering Award
• Special bike for a spunky tyke

• Design For Profitability
• Software helps engineers turn a profit

• Designer's Corner
• Molded front-end module

• E-Services and the design engineer
• A Special Editorial Series
• ManufacturingQuote.com matches component buyers and sellers

• Editorial
• Eenie meenie minie moe

• Engineer Of The Year
• A visionary for better vision

• Engineering Heroes
• Engineerings heroes

• Engineering Quality Award
• Good design sows the seeds of quality

• Excellence In Design
• Valve tailors brain fluid flow
• Fastening innovations speed spine surgery
• Cameras extend driver's vision
• Mixed-flow impeller pumps up efficiency
• Shear rams ensure oil-well safety
• Wave-front sensor targets preschool vision
• Bush plane has the performance edge
• This foot doesn't pound
• Small IC device could speed Internet
• Coupling drives surgical advances

• Global Innovation Award
• Working outside the box

• Guest Commentary
• Outsourcing requires constant communication, and the Internet is a big help

• Hardware Update
• A new phase of laser printers

• Hot Products
• Hot Products

• Managing Design
• What are your career beliefs?

• Product News
• New Products
• Fluid Power
• Electrical/Electronics
• Test, Measurement, and Control
• Plastics, Metals, and Other Materials
• Fastening, Joining, & Assembly
• Computer Productivity Tools
• Computer Productivity Tools
• Power Transmission And Motion Control
• Power Transmission and Motion Control

• Readers Write
• Readers Write

• Show Preview
• National Design Engineering Show

• Special Achievement Award
• Rocket Man

• Technologies At The Design Show
• Valve-to-manifold interface reduces lead time
• Tube fitting's ferrule gets a grip