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your career, your life
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Career
Focus
The
Real Steel: Robotics Careers Ready
to Boom
 Do you have a robot in your home
or office yet? If not, you probably will soon.
The robotics industry is in a major growth mode,
not only in terms of sales, but also in size. At
the same time, it is also creating growth around
itself. According to a November 2011 report from
the market research firm Metra Martech, the
robotics industry will create
one million new jobs over the next five
years. |
Four Steps to
Becoming an Expert and Purposeful
Networker
Networking is more of an art
than a science, blending communication
and interpersonal skills. If you weren't
blessed with the networking gene, it’s a skill
you can — and need to — develop. |
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The Heilmeier
Catechism
IEEE
Fellow and 2012 Draper Prize
recipient Dr. George Heilmeier is
most recently known for his role in
developing LCD technology. But
during his long career in the U.S.
Department of Defense and DARPA, TI,
Bellcore/Telcordia, and SAIC,
Heilmeier made an indelible mark as
an R&D manager, and for his famous
checklist. |
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intellectual property |
SOPA/PIPA
Defeated...For Now
Extreme
proponents of SOPA claimed the
legislation would save hundreds of
thousands of jobs and add between
$50B and $250B to the U.S. economy
per year, while detractors at the
other extreme argued it would turn
the U.S. into a police state and
terminate the first and fourth
amendments to the Constitution. As
with many things in life, the truth
lies somewhere in between. |
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 Sifting
for Gold in the Invention Mine
Many
companies generate more inventions
than they recognize, and each
overlooked invention is a missed
opportunity and potentially a wasted
asset. Fortunately, capturing these
assets through “invention mining” is
easy and efficient. As an engineer,
you are in an ideal position to help
your company identify potential
nuggets of patentable inventions. |
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resources
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Tech News Digest
A
roundup of news and notable developments in
electrical engineering and computer or
information technology. |
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from the engineer's desk
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Outlook 2012
As in past
years, Today's Engineer provides an
outlook in eight areas of significant
importance to the U.S. endeavor: technology, energy, climate
change, work force, employment benefits,
immigration, infrastructure and the economy. |
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transportation
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Electric Vehicle Charging
at Work
American
driving habits are based on a century of fossil
fuel powered vehicles and gas tanks, which has
created misunderstandings about electric
vehicles (EVs). The gas-tank, with its
run-until-empty and then
fill-to-full-at-a-public-gas-station SOP, is not
how EVs are used. |
Electric Vehicles the
Focus of Upcoming IEEE Conference in South
Carolina
The recent
IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies
Conference featured a number of paper and panel
sessions on electric vehicles. It offered a
preview of what to expect at the upcoming IEEE
International Electric Vehicle Conference.
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