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          • Congress Celebrates National Engineers Week

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            Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash One of the lessons learned from the pandemic is the value of broadband capability locally. Over the last year, broadband has been the key for employment, education, entertainment and safely connecting with family […]

          • Engineering “The Innovation Station” at the U.S. Department of State

            Engineering uses science to solve problems, which inherently requires a certain degree of creativity. This creative problem-solving has been the inspiration for my 2019-2020 (and now 2020-2021) IEEE-USA Engineering and Diplomacy Fellowship at the […]

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            Critical Thinking Skills for Engineers – Book 5: On Problem Solving FREE to Members Non-Members: $2.99 GET THIS BOOK The noted engineer and business executive, Dinish Paliwal, once remarked, “Problem solving is essential to engineering. […]

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          • Your Engineering Heritage: Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla as Science Fiction Characters

            [caption id="attachment_9991" align="alignright" width="192"] Cover of recent unabridged translation of “L'Ève future”[/caption] Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla are in the class of historic engineers who remain household names to the present […]

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            In two earlier blogs, I wrote about statistics on bias and diversity issues in engineering and on how you can help improve diversity and inclusion in engineering, with examples based upon activities of various IEEE volunteer leaders. In this piece, […]

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