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MANHASSET, N.Y. — Unemployment among electronic engineers soared to 7 percent in the first quarter, the U.S. Department of Labor said last week, surpassing the national jobless rate of 5.8 percent recorded in March. At the same time, some industry groups are considering lobbying for legislation to raise the annual quota for H-1B visas and allow more foreign technical workers into the United States.

Ultra-simple Desktop Device Slows Light To A Crawl At Room Temperature Though Einstein put his foot down and demanded that nothing can move faster than light, a new device developed at the University of Rochester may let you outpace a beam by putting your foot down on the gas pedal. At 127 miles per hour, the light in the new device travels more than 5 million times slower than normal as it passes through a ruby just a few centimeters long. Instead of the complex, room-filling mechanisms previously used to slow light, the new apparatus is small and, in the...

An engineer by any other name Legislature to decide if computer programmers can legally use the title By R.G. RATCLIFFE Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau AUSTIN -- One of the oddest battles of the 78th Legislature is pitting Texas' licensed professional engineers against the high-tech industry's software dudes. At issue is just who in Texas can call himself an engineer. "It's one of the silliest issues we're having to deal with this session, but it's also one of the most important," said Steven Kester, legislative director of the American Electronics Association, an organization of computer companies. Texas has one...

William Safire writes a New York Times column entitled "On Language" in which he explores the evolving meaning of commonly used words. His March 9 installment discusses our favorite word: embedded. Unfortunately, to read it you register on the site and pay a fee. Mr. Safire tackles a usage rooted in the current Iraq conflict. He quotes Newsweek's Verne Gay: "[embedded is] military jargon for a reporter who is to be stationed with a 'unit', which is more jargon for a division, or corps, or perhaps an aircraft carrier group. Hundreds of reporters will be embedded in units during a...

Brains in Chains: NASA Engineering Today Op Ed by Dennis Wingo Monday, March 10, 2003 There have been many reports of late outlining problems that NASA is having at recruiting new and retaining their existing engineering staff. I have had the distinct pleasure of working with many in the engineering ranks at NASA and want to offer my opinion of the state of NASA engineering and what can be done. As a disclosure, I do not have any contracts with NASA nor have had any direct support from NASA in over five years. Indeed today NASA engineering is in trouble....

President George W. Bush I am delighted to extend my warmest greetings to all those observing National Engineers Week. Engineers have made significant contributions to America's economy and our overall quality of life. In protecting our citizens, exploring new frontiers, developing our industries, and educating our young people, engineers have been vital to the crowning achievements of this great country. These dedicated men and women continue to lead our Nation to a better future, pioneering innovations in fields as vast and diverse as health care, the environment, the space program, and technology of all kinds. This week's activities will prove...

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Job SecurityJOB SECURITY IS A MYTH I have often been told by people seeking a career move that they are looking for a large stable, secure company. My response is simply that the size of the company or the market they serve has nothing to do with job security. The classic example is listening to CEO's state that "Our employee's are our greatest asset" While this has a warm fuzzy ring and is certainly politically correct it is right up there with "World Peace". If you doubt this, then please explain to me why the first response for companies in...

Life under the Chief Doublespeak Officer By William Lutz If there's one product American business can produce in large amounts, it's doublespeak. Doublespeak is language that only pretends to say something; it's language that hides, evades or misleads. Doublespeak comes in many forms, from the popular buzzwords that everyone uses but no one really understands - "glocalization," "competitive dynamics," "re-equitizing" and "empowerment" - to language that tries to hide meaning: "re-engineering," "synergy," "adjustment," "restructure" and "force management program." With doublespeak, no truck driver is the worst driver, just the "least-best" driver, and bribes and kickbacks are called "rebates" or "fees...

HP describes plans to lay off entire design teams By Rick Merritt EE Times March 11, 2002 (6:08 p.m. EST) SAN MATEO, Calif. — If shareholders approve the merger of Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. next week, the combined company will move quickly to lay off several entire design teams. Using a so-called "adopt and go" strategy formulated by members of a 900-person integration team, the staffs of operations for the combined company's best products as identified by the team could increase 10 percent to 20 percent, while most employees would be laid off at product groups that are...

Los Angeles, CA -- Computer scientist Keith Uncapher, 80, whose pioneering research and development work on computer networking helped lay the foundation for the Internet, died October 10 in Los Angeles from a heart attack.Uncapher founded the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California School of Engineering in 1972 and served as its executive director until 1987. Under this leadership ISI researchers developed such key elements of the Internet as the "dot.com" domain name system and made major contributions to electronic mail and basic Internet protocols.Uncapher persuaded both the government and the late dean of USC Engineering,...

1. A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES ARE BEING TRIED We are still pi**ing in the wind. 2. EXTENSIVE REPORT IS BEING PREPARED ON A FRESH APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM We just hired three kids fresh out of college. 3. CLOSE PROJECT COORDINATION We know who to blame. 4. MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH It works OK, but looks very hi-tech. 5. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS DELIVERED ASSURED We are so far behind schedule the customer is happy to get it delivered. 6. PRELIMINARY OPERATIONAL TESTS WERE INCONCLUSIVE The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch. 7. TEST RESULTS WERE EXTREMELY GRATIFYING...

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 November 4 Cassini Approaches Saturn Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SWRI, JPL, ESA, NASA Explanation: Cassini, a robot spacecraft launched in 1997 by NASA, is close enough now to resolve many rings and moons of its destination planet: Saturn. The spacecraft has closed to about two Earth-Sun separations from the ringed giant. Last month, Cassini snapped several images during an engineering test. These images have been combined into...

Intel will triple its engineering staff in Russia.

OTTAWA, July 30 /CNW/ - People who hold Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) designations could face enforcement measures from Canada's provincial and territorial engineering licensing bodies if they follow the recent advice of Microsoft Canada. In a July 25 release, Microsoft Canada announced they will continue to use the term "engineer" as part of the MCSE designation, changing a decision made by Microsoft just a year earlier following discussions with the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) and representatives of the provincial engineering licensing bodies. "CCPE is extremely disappointed with Microsoft's announcement," said Marie Lemay, P.Eng., CEO of CCPE....

<p>For 45 horrifying minutes, Christine McMichael teetered inches from doom inside her SUV snagged on an overpass guardrail on Interstate 4.</p> <p>McMichael, 28, was apparently driving home to New Smyrna Beach when her green 1999 Ford Explorer careened into the guardrail about 5 p.m. Wednesday as she passed over State Road 46 near Seminole Towne Center mall.</p> <p>The only thing that kept the Explorer from falling to the roadway below was a tiny wishbone-shaped bolt near the vehicle's right front tire that caught on the guardrail.</p>

Just a note to let everyone know that Nova will be airing this program on the WTC and forensic engineering tomorrow evening. It's supposed to air at 8 pm Eastern, but PBS being what it is, your local station could run it at any time of the day or not.In any event, the web site is already up and has some interesting information on it.