December 2001 Table of Contents

Below are listed featured articles from the December 2001 issue, Vol. 54, no. 12 © 2001 Barks Publications, Inc. See also items from December's departments and columns.
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• Recession and terrorism be damned, optimism prevailed at EIC/EMCW Expo - exhibitors and attendees from around the world saw that the show went on By the EA Staff

• Westward expansion, 100 years later - This Alberta-based firm is still finding wide-open opportunity not only geographically, but also through an ever-broadening base of services and customers  By Joseph V. Barks, EA Associate Publisher

•  The new 2002 National Electrical Code - It's that time again: a look at the additions, deletions and changes made in the triennial revision By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• A new polarization index test? For a more meaningful use of high IR readings, engineers have developed a procedure outside the IEEE standard  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• Making sense out of economic data - Recovery may be closer than it seems  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

• Minimizing workplace skin disorders - Contact dermatitis accounts for a fifth of occuapational diseases  By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor

See also December's Departments, columns