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Issue date: September 17, 2001

Features
Designs float from the skies
Advances in materials, computer hardware and software, with a touch of old-fashioned ingenuity, make skydiving flashier and more reliable
Cast your vote!
Engineer of the year nominees


PDM extends beyond company walls
By sharing product data with suppliers, GM and Lockheed improve communications and reduce cycle times


Sensors emerge as machine vision tools
Lower in cost, they can substitute for traditional machine vision systems in some applications


Thermally conductive plastics beat the heat
Design know-how lets plastics keep electronics cooler than aluminum



Departments


Featured Product
Actuator is precise enough for aerospace


Guest Commentary
Get your suppliers involved early


Hot Products
Hot Products


Product News
Computer Productivity Tools

Electrical/Electronics

Fastening, Joining, & Assembly

Fluid Power

Plastics, Metals, and Other Materials

Power Transmission & Motion Control

Product News


Readers Write
Readers Write


Sneak Previews
Nitrogen as a semiconductor material

Plastic from soy

Science of splat

Solar-powered robot to test long-term exploration



Columns


Design for Profitability
Don't neglect the little things


Designers Corner
Rolling-ring throttle control


E-Services and the Design Engineer
An engineering website in the comfort of a CAD program


Editorial
The perfect time to take a chance


Hardware Update
Now, if we could only shrink our fingers…


Product News
Are you available?


The Z Files
The case of the maligned Montero


Engineering News


Eye doc simulates synthetic lens

Mulally unveils vision for Sonic Cruiser

New jet will stir up aircraft assembly

PTC releases hosted collaboration tool

Racing engineers design with urgency

Seeing CAD with streaming data

Sponsors champion cutting-edge designs

Valves reduce waste at chemical processor


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