Starting a few months ago, someone has been posting Dilbert cartoons in the men's restrooms in our building. I'm a big Dilbert fan and found the cartoons very funny. In fact, I still laugh when I re-read some of them for the 50th time.
One of the recent postings hit a little too close to home...
I am reading a relatively old paper that makes reference to "thermal conductance", h, with units W/m^2K. From what I can tell, this paper uses the term "thermal conductance" instead of "convection coefficient," which is more familiar to me. Is anyone familar with the term "thermal...
Just to clear things up - the two paths in my component are not part of any electrical circuit and do not contain any electrical components (nor do I wish to insert any). Also, the breakdown paths are not through air or any other gas; both paths are through solid material, or at a mechanical...
logbook,
Thanks for the heads up. The EE's I work with are good, but not necessarily experts on ESD-type scenarios. I posted here to hopefully get an expert's opinion.
I had not thought too much about a potential "time constant" factor. I guess what you are saying is that the lower...
logbook,
Thanks for your response. It sounds like you have quite a bit of experience in this area.
I should've said path of least impedance instead of resistance. Please pardon an electronically-challenged ME.
You're right that the 600pF and 25kV values are high; however, they are the...
I occasionally have the requirement to perform electro-static discharge testing on the components I design. The tester we use has a 600pF capacitor that is discharged at 25kV to simulate a severe static discharge from the human body. It is connected to desired positions on the test article...
There have been many threads in this forum in the past that discussed the future of engineering in the US. I came across this article today:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194696,00.html
It appears the current US job market is overall very strong, and here's the third paragraph of the...
I have recently come to the sad conclusion that in most cases, the only person that is likely to closely scrutinize your reports is ... you. This is especially true if the report is lengthy, not as true for short memos. For lengthy reports, make sure the executive summary/abstract and...
cadnutcase,
I don't agree with your "moral of the story."
To me, the moral of your story, as it applies to this thread, is that things could have been a lot different if someone would have done something after noticing suspicious behavior (assuming that someone did notice what was going on)...
I agree with rnd2 and RDK, and would take it a step further. Not only does your colleague's behavior appear to be wrong, but you have an ethical responsibility to do something about it.
Exactly how you should handle this is somewhat dependent on how your company works and operates, but here's...
mshimko is right. The security clearance is not transferred but re-issued. It may or may not lapse depending on the timeliness of submitted the paperwork and the response of the certifying agency. In cases I've seen, the clearance usually lapses for 2-4 weeks.
This is in contrast to the...
In most cases you cannot move your security clearance from company (or government) to company without re-applying. It depends on the clearance and the type of movement (government to government may be easier than government to industry). The good news is that the clearance is usually granted...
You have received some good advice, but I'd like to offer more direct answers to your question.
As people have already said, the time required to get your clearance varies, and is highly dependent on your background. It typically takes longest when you have lived in multiple places, or if...
Some of the technologists I work with have an irritating habit of acting like they are doing the engineers a personal favor when they perform work assigned to them. Said technologists expect a favor in return, usually in the form of food (donuts or lunch on the engineer).
I don't mind taking a...
JoeChem,
Let me give you a little background before I answer. I am not originally from ABQ (grew up in Chicago-land area), but have lived in ABQ for five years.
Here's why I think the schools are below average:
When I interviewed at my company and asked questions about the...
