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for nine re sea rch assoc ia tes who will be s tudying for PhDs.

The e n g i n e e r i n g g r a d u a t e s will be based a t NEL as pa r t of t he DTI and EPSRC Pos tgradu- a te Tra in ing Pa r tne r sh ip ( F r P ) in i t ia t ive to boos t l ead ing edge; r e sea rch wi th i ndus t r i a l rele- vance.

NEL is i n t e re s t ed in hear ing from any o rgan i sa t i on wi th pro- j ec t p r o p o s a l s in the following areas.. . • R e d u c i n g t h e ene rgy con-

s u m p t i o n of p u m p s • Increas ing p u m p bear ing re-

l iabi l i ty u n d e r diff icult oper- a t ing cond i t ions

• R e d u c i n g p u m p f u g i t i v e emiss ions

• Improving p u m p noise per- fo rmance

• I m p r o v e d t e s t a n d in te l l i - gence t echn iques for intel l i - gent valves

The F r P Assoc ia tes a re regis- t e r ed with S t ra thc lyde Univer- s i ty for a PhD, bu t spend the b u l k of t h e i r t i m e w o r k i n g a longs ide NEL's eng ineers a t t he l abo ra to ry ' s advanced re- search facil i t ies.

Contact: The National Engineering Laboratory, East KIIbride, Glas- gow GT50QU, UK. Tel: +44 1355 220 222.

I Faster , e a s i e r a c c e s s to HI p u m p i n f o r m a t i o n

Desktop access to fu l l - text hy- d r a u l i c I n s t i t u t e (HI) p u m p s t a n d a r d s - e x a c t i m a g e s of t he h a r d c o p y or ig ina ls - is now poss ib le wi th t he ava i lab i l i ty of HI d o c u m e n t s on CD-ROM.

A p p r o v e d by ANSI, t he HI s t a n d a r d s for centr i fugal , vert i - cal, r o t a r y a n d r e c i p r o c a t i n g p u m p types, a re i l l u s t r a t ed on CD-ROM wi th d iagrams , char ts , tables , and quick reference for- m a t s . N o m e n c l a t u r e , de f i n i - t i o n s , a n d s p e c i f i c s o n ins ta l la t ion , opera t ion , main te - nance, guide l ine and tes t proce- d u r e s a r e i n c o r p o r a t e d , a n d au toma t i ca l l y u p d a t e d every 60 days to ensure accuracy. These inc lude de ta i l s of t e s t se t -ups

and pe r fo rmance cor rec t ions for specific condi t ions , for de te rmi - n a t i o n of p u m p p e r f o r m a n c e cha rac te r i s t i c s and accep tance cri ter ia .

Loca t ing e x a c t documen t s , even wi th l imi ted informat ion, is s t r a igh t fo rward us ing search c r i t e r ia such as d o c u m e n t num- b e r ( p a r t i a l o r w h o l e ) , key word, subject , deve loping orga- nizat ion, and date. In add i t i on to HI keyword l i s t ings , t h i s research tool con ta ins bibl io- g raph ic l i s t ings for over 290 000 s t a n d a r d s from over 440 of the wor ld ' s l ead ing s t a n d a r d s organiza t ions , inc luding ANSI, ASTM, IEEE, UL, BSI, DIN, ISO, IEC, and many more. The user in terface and the subjec t i ndex are ava i lab le in English, Ger- man, French, and S p a n i s h .

Contact: Hydraulic Institute, 9 Syl- van Way, Suite 180, Parslppany, NJ 07054-3802, USA. Tel: + 1 201 267 9700; Fax: + 1 201 267 9055.

1 Trave l l ing p u m p s s h o w grows

HQ Link will s tage i ts t h i rd Pumps and Systems Asean '97 show in Bangkok, Thai land, on May 29 - June 1.

This t rave l l ing show has pre- viously been held in Malaysia and Indonesia . The 1993 debu t saw 194 e x h i b i t o r s f rom 27 count r ies a t t r ac t i ng 3500 visi- tors. Numbers inc reased to 5000 in 1995 in Indones i a wi th 206 e x h i b i t o r s . R e p o n s e for t h e 1997 show has been even high- er, w i th an e s t i m a t e d 8000 vis i tors expec ted .

The Asean region has seen t r e m e n d o u s growth, and dis- p layed a hea l thy economic out- look las t year.

Contact: HQ Link Pte Ltd, 150 South Bridge Road #31-01, Fook Hal Building, Singapore 058727. Tel: + 65 534 3588; Fax: + 65 534 2330.

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