Been called twice in 27 eligible years. The first time (1990), I was in the process of moving out of state, so I did not have to appear in court. The second time (2009) I was selected and in court for a week. It was interesting, and everything worked out with my employer - no problems with...
This seems relevant to the discussion. I saw a link to this web site through the recent AIChE Smartbrief. It seems like there is some movement regarding reforms of current CA law, which I do not agree with. I'm a ChemE (registered P.E.) in both WI and MN. http://www.clcpe.org/
There have been several posts on this topic, kudos to the WSJ for getting it straight. The only change I would ask for is to provide more data. Without the data, the chata don't mata!
Maybe a "boom" is not coming, but overall things do not seem too bad. The company I work for has been going through a large downsizing - opposite of a boom. I have survived, but was very worried about future prospects. Those laid off found work again within 2-4 months, even in 2009 when...
Engineers concerned about America's engineering talent pool should read this brief. The focus is foreign graduates in STEM disciplines, how to retain them, effects on innovation, and future growth prospects for the U.S.
I am curious about other's opinions regarding U.S. graduates, and...
deltawhy, sorry for posting this after all of the discussion, but here are some tidbits of information from Steven Koonin, Undersecretary for the US Dept of Energy (3.02Mb file). It is basically a presentation summary of the DOE energy strategies, from a conference where I heard him presenting...
lacajun, I was referring to all of the little things within an organization that can typically get in the way of an improvement project execution. First, questioning wether the project was defined correctly, how you plan to demonstrate improvement, is the root cause analysis sound, are the real...
This has been a great discussion, lots of ideas and posts. Thanks to all for keeping the discussion going.
I did listen to Obama tonight, and he mentioned increasing engineering graduates by 10,000 per year as part of his jobs act. I have been thinkng a lot about my own role within my...
Some good replies here, thank you to all for posting.
Another thought along these lines was some comment from Andrew Liveris (Dow Chemical CEO) regarding a shortage of engineers - specifically chemical engineers. After I stopped laughing and picked myself up off the floor, I poked around on...
How do all of you "not so fresh" engineering grads feel about increasing the number of new grads and then having some sort of "incentive" by the government to hire the newbies? Are there that many jobs available that currently unemployed engineers can't fill?
