American Society Of Mechanical Engineers imprint: 19 books

Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks: Everything You Know About Cooling Electronics Is Wrong is a collection of myths, mistakes, and "lessons learned" from practicing engineers involved in the field of electronic equipment cooling. Through anecdotes and stories based on his experiences at Tellabs...

In using risk-informed approaches for ensuring safety of operating nuclear power plants (NPPs), risk importance measures obtained from probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) of the plants are integral elements of consideration in many cases. Obtaining these measures in appropriate forms is helpful for decision makers and can facilitate the use of risk information.

This new Second Edition includes a completely new chapter on cloud computing. Praise for the new edition: "Working in a company (Electric Generation) in which the current demographics will require replacement of 70% of the workforce over a 5 to 7 year period due to retirements, it is very clear...

This is the seventh book in the Technical Manager's Survival Guides series. In this new volume, the authors introduce readers to agile methods for managing projects. Agile methods have been around for a while, but their prevalence has increased as the result of many successful projects in organizations...

This fully revised third edition includes an entirely new chapter devoted to online presentations. This Workbook also includes updated material on interactive training and questioning, as well as extensive coverage of electronic presentations. Packed with tips, ideas, and examples, this book consists...