December 2005

  Oil Exploration and Drilling in Alaska, Part II
  Light Friday: Computerized Chicken Jackets, Earth Songs (Cont.), Bionic Hands...
  The Great Engineering Week — On Television
  Insects, Cabbage Can Teach Engineers
  Report Confirms Skilled Labor Gap Already Impacting
  U.S. Manufacturing 2005: A Panoramic View
  Happy Returns In 2006: Year-End Tax Tips
  Volcanic Ash Mis-Prints
  Top Technology Trends of 2005
  Recommended Reading
  Burning Question
  Holiday Facts to Enhance Productivity
  Trick Engineering Question: Everyone Knows that an Iceberg Sank the Titanic, Right?
  FutureGen, DOE Partner for Coal-Fueled Power Plant Prototype
  Light Friday: Document Ruination, SUV Levitation, Cat Refrigeration...
  IMT Premier Edition: The Great Engineering Gift Guide – 2005
  New Year's Resolution: Earned Value Management
  Hydraulics, Servos and Gears – Oh, My!
  Congress Poised to Pass Law Regulating Security of Chemical Plants
  Creative Baby Boomers Can Win $100,000!
  Light Friday: Heaven on eBay, Pinched Grinch, Mashed Artichokes...
  Old Manufacturing Plants Never Die. Or Do They? Should They?
  Dirty Little Secret of Holiday (Re-)Gifts
  Manufacturing Christmas
  Wal-Mart Thinks Supply Chain Issues Are Tough? Feh. Try Being Santa.
  Happy Holidays, Dear Readers!
  Senate Blocks Drilling in Alaska's ANWR
  Where is Google Going — Or Taking Us?
  Reprocessing Nuclear Waste: Yucca Mountain, or a Hole in the Ground
  Light Thursday: Best of the Best of the Best
  Light Thursday: Best of the Best of the Best, Part Deux
  Aforetime New Year's Wishes!

November 2005

  New York Named Logistics Leader
  Cutting the Cord.
  Models with Warped Branes to Explain Weak Gravity?
  Employees Needed: Make Money Spending Money
  Alaska Piping Up...Again
  Light Friday: Brilliant New Web Advertising Paradigm, Bezos and Google, Adhesives Update, and the Value of Anger.
  Adobe vs. Autodesk: This Is Getting Really Interesting
  Six Sigma: Is It Greek to You?
  Because You've Gotta Have Standards (or At Least Understand Them)
  So You're Leaning Toward Lean ...
  Burning Question
  Clarifying Just In Time ... As Needed
  Speculating MIL-SPEC’s Meaning
  Recommended Reading
  Chips for Light Speed
  Houses For Sail
  The Baghdad Bomb Squad
  Unaddressed Standards Undressed
  The iPod: It's Not Just for Eminem Commercials Anymore
  Light Friday: Prehistoric Discovery, Accident Prevention, an Ostrich and a Deer. 'These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…'
  Employees Needed: Make Money Spending Money
  What Race Takes 8 Months to Complete Over a Course of More than 35,000 Miles?
  Boeing Goes the Distance…Goes for Speed…Goes Nonstop.
  Light Friday: Scotty Again Airborne, Boosting Busts, Pirate Excuses, Radish Assault, Zen and a Hotdog
  PNN Exclusive! Part I: An Interview with My Daughter, the Six Sigma Black Belt
  Surfware CAD/CAM: ‘Take That, Acute Angles!’
  Are We Lacking Engineers? Or Are Engineers Lacking? (Does It Matter?)
  Innovative Eye for Cinema Design
  'Gentlemen, We Can Rebuild Him. We Have the Technology.'
  Recommended Reading
  'Digging' Boston’s Highway-Tunnel System
  Ford Marries Brawn, Brains
  Vaccinations Without the Prick
  Burning Question
  PNN Exclusive! Part II: An Interview with My Daughter, the Six Sigma Black Belt
  Ghostly Light Friday
  PNN Exclusive! Part III: An Interview with My Daughter, the Six Sigma Black Belt
  2009 to See Global Motorcycle Demand Exceed 41mil Units
  Oil Exploration and Drilling in Alaska, Part I

October 2005

  Boeing: Steeeeerike One!
  It Could Happen to You
  Maximum Access: Through Maximum Access LCC, and WiMax
  When Factory Automation Just Isn't Appropriate
  Light Friday: Beer Drinking, Fish, Robotic Fish, and Pressurized Penguins. Oh, and Martha Stewart Rowing a Pumpkin.
  Delphi Comes To Crossroads?
  Delphi CEO: It's the Industrialized Workforce, Not Just Us.
  Report: "Sobering Look" at Manufacturers' Finance Growth and Innovation
  Lt., Pull This Hummer Over, I Want to Drink It.
  Industry Competitiveness: Where Do We Stand?
  Baby Boomer Exodus: Cost and Transformation
  Manufacturing’s September Self-Assessment
  It’s Not Easy Being Green — But…
  Recommended Reading
  Burning Question
  Katrina and Rita Revitalize the Quest for Alternative Energy
  Are You Ready to Trade In That SUV? Not So Fast.
  Going Nuclear, Part I
  Light Friday: Global Edition from Australia, Germany, Rome, New Jersey, and Texas.
  Grooming Future Engineers/Scientists — While In Grades K-12
  When Is It Worthwhile for You to Register at a Website?
  Group Purchasing: Can Your Business Play Nice With Others?
  "We Are Old and Stubborn."
  Are We Old and Stubborn When It Comes to Labor?
  Light Friday: Trains, Planes, and Girl Attacks Pit Bull
  Industrial CEOs Eager: "Let's Make a Deal."
  Going Nuclear, Part II
  Hybrid-Auto Production Jumps
  Biometrics Beyond Prime Time
  Blowing Up Robots
  Recommended Reading
  Fuel Cells to Prolong Tech Toys (and the Environment, too)
  Nano Ballyhoo
  Burning Question
  Formulating the Perfect Sandcastle
  Alaska Piping Up...Again
  Going Nuclear, Part III
  Consumer Confidence Slips Again; Finger-Pointing Ensues
  Light Friday: Halloween, Depressed Dogs, Newly Discovered Engineering Quotes, and Gigantic Mushrooms
  Is Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL) Viable?

September 2005

  Recommended Reading
  Light Friday: Did You Know that September is Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month?