___________________________________________________ AVEL - http://avel.edu.au Your portal to quality Australasian Engineering and IT resources. ____________________________________________________ Search Smart! Save Time! Find it Fast! AVEL Newsletter May 2001 ____________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Welcome 2. New sites on AVEL 3. This month's best of the best 4. SciTech Newsletter 5. Awards - IAWMD 6. Feedback 7. Subscription Information <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 1. WELCOME Hello and welcome the May 2001 edition of the AVEL newsletter. Each month we will bring you news about the latest engineering and IT resources on AVEL, the latest services and the latest news. You are receiving this email because you elected to the join the newsletter mailing list. If you are receiving this email from a friend or colleague and wish to join the list yourself, please email us at: avelinfo@library.uq.edu.au If you wish to leave the list at any stage, please contact us at: avelinfo@library.uq.edu.au. Please note: All past AVEL Newsletters are now available in the AVEL Newsletter Archive. http://avel.edu.au/register.html <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 2. NEW SITES ON AVEL AVEL now contains 3335 quality records This is a total increase of 45 records since our last newsletter. As part of AVEL's ongoing quality maintenance we have also updated dozens of records with new URLs an removed a number of records whose site no longer exists. As we do carry out this process of "link-checking" as part of the AVEL routine, you can be sure that searching AVEL will give you the maximum number of hits to relevant live web sites You can browse the new sites by subject area or look at all the new sites entered. To see the latest resources added to the websites go to: http://avel.edu.au/latest.html <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 3. THE BEST OF THE BEST AVEL contains links to only quality websites. We handpick them so that you can save time searching. That said, sometimes we find sites that deserve a special mention. This month we highlight four diverse sites which focus on coatings, powders, six-stroke engines and steam control. >>>>>Solar Selective Absorber Coatings http://physics.usyd.edu.au/apphys/ss.html This page contains detailed information about work on solar selective absorber coatings in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. The page describes the research, has information on solar collector tubes, solar thermal electricity, reflectors and recent publications. Descriptive graphs and charts provide accurate performance details. >>>>>Advanced Powder Technology Pty Ltd http://www.apt-powders.com/ Advanced Powder Technology (APT) manufactures a wide range of ultrafine and nano powders for microelectronic, coating, ceramic, cosmetic, catalytic and pigment applications. The site has information on what nano powders are (the material is made up of particles less than 100 nm in size), manufacturing processes (including Mechanochemical Processing (MCP)), the different products and their uses. There is also contact and ordering information for the company. The product information pages include chemical descriptions, particle sizes, uses and photomicrographs of the products. >>>>>Beare Technology - Innovative Engine Design http://www.sixstroke.com/pageone.htm Beare Technology manufacture the Beare Head, a development of the internal combustion engine. Termed a six-stroke due to the hybridisation of two- and four-stroke technology, the device achieves increased torque and power output, better fuel economy and cleaner burning with reduced emissions, longer service intervals, and reduced tooling costs when compared with a conventional OHC four-stroke design. >>>>>Spirax Sarco Australia http://www.spirax-sarco.com.au/ Spirax Sarco is a multinational engineering organisation which manufactures and services products for the control and efficient use of steam and other industrial fluids. The company’s major product areas include: steam traps; boiler controls & systems; flowmetering; control systems; condensate pumps & energy recovery; pipeline ancillaries; humidifiers; and products for compressed air. The site also includes a number of technical data sheets on these products. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 4. SciTech NEWSLETTER The latest edition of the SciTech newsletter (produced by United States-based National Science Foundation) is now available from the AVEL website at: http://avel.edu.au/sci-tech/24april01.html This month the newsletter highlights sites as NAEP Documents on the Web - State reports on science educational progress and the Nature Online Debate - Future e-access to the primary literature. There is also information on interesting websites and news from the internet including topics such as: the chemical industry; flight; wave power; transportation technology; and natural hazard statistics. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 5. AWARDS This month, AVEL was pleased to be a Golden Web Award by the International Association of Web Masters and Designers (I.A.W.M.D.). The award recognises "sites whose web design, originality and content have achieved levels of excellence deserving of recognition". Go to I.A.W.M.D. at: http://www.iawmd.com/ and http://www.goldenwebawards.com?/ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 6. FEEDBACK AVEL appreciates getting your comments and suggestions. They help us design services that meet your needs and ensure that we maintain a portal of the highest quality resources. So, how can we make AVEL even better? Send your suggestions or comments to us at: avelinfo@library.uq.edu.au <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 7. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION We appreciate your interest in AVEL. We also respect your internet privacy. Our list is private and confidential and will be used exclusively to keep you informed of what is going on at AVEL. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, please send an email message to: avelinfo@library.uq.edu.au ______________________________________________