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51 A5ME 2011 HONOR5
A commemoration of individual and professional contributions toward the advancement of technology.
77 2010-2011A5ME FELLOW5
The Society confers Fellow grade on 137 individuals.
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36 SUSTAINABILITY
ASME's third annual survey finds
that engineers are still trying to
- understand how sustainability fits into their workflow.By Alan S. Brown
Focus on Virtual Reality
42 TOTALIMMERSION
Sophisticated systems create digital environments where designs can be built, used, and serviced before a single part is made.
By Jack Thornton
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Reflections on the state of the art, in alphabetical order.
By Henry Petroski
112 INPUT/OUTPUT
The New Bionic Man?
By Jean Thilmany
" Editorial 8 Letters
12 News & Notes 16 Global Window 17 Washington Window 20 Computing
24 Software Exchange 26 Tech Focus
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