Resultados para "Harde les" en Ingeniería

Budget blowups, fuzzy plans, tough clients—those aren’t the root cause. Jobs go sideways when nobody takes the helm. In The Hard Hat Truth, builder, estimator, and consultant Mark Zitting cuts through the noise and names the real culprits: Owners hooked on “low bid” who pay for it later. Architects and engineers drawing in theory, not in reality. GCs who manage calendars instead of leading people. Subs who win on price and lose on performance. The blame game is loud. Results are quiet. This is a field manual, not a TED Talk.

Long Hard Road provides an inside look at the birth of the lithium-ion battery, from its origins in academic labs around the world to its transition to its new role as the future of automotive power. It chronicles the piece-by-piece development of the battery, from its early years when it was met by indifference from industry to its later emergence in Japan where it served in camcorders, laptops, and cell phones. The book is the first to provide a glimpse inside the Japanese corporate culture that turned the lithium-ion chemistry into a commercial product.

Have you ever had someone turn you down for a favor, or reject a job offer you’ve made them? If so, then you and the President of the United States have a thing or two in common. In this week’s episode of BlackBox PhD, I’m going to talk about the ways that even the most powerful man in the world can make his offers just a little bit harder to refuse.

Hard Hats and Big Lessons: 12 Uncomfortable Truths for Aspiring Engineers is a compelling blend of memoir, practical guide, and motivational blueprint for young engineers, navigating the gritty realities of the construction industry. Drawing from over three decades of global experience, Kassis distills his career into 12 hard-earned lessons. These truths, forged through triumphs and setbacks, offer a no-nonsense perspective on what it takes to succeed in engineering, construction, and beyond.

In First Crossing, we follow the two Royal Air Force officers from their separate upbringings in Manchester, England through terrifying Great War aerial combat. Both would be shot down and become prisoners of war. While incarcerated, both independently dreamed and schemed of a way to win Lord Northcliffe’s £10,000 prize for the first non-stop Trans-Atlantic crossing.

An extraordinary story of American can-do, an inside look at the building of the most dangerous aircraft carrier in the world, the John F. Kennedy. Tip the Empire State Building onto its side and you’ll have a sense of the length of the United States Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the most...