GunT wrote:
"Engineering is a child born out of the wedlock between Science and Economics."
Are you SURE that they got married beforehand?
This is my pithy definition of an engineer:
"Someone who figures out how to build stuff."
Who wants to be an engineer? Just 50 a year, say universities
By Tim Webb
Published: 05 March 2006
The Independent Online
Fears are growing that the energy sector could face a recruitment crisis as the number of engineering graduates dwindles.
Only around 50 electrical engineers are...
There is a lack of hard data on the current global climate of the Earth. NASA has just cut a number of Earth-observing satellites from their budget. The worst example of their bumbling is that they have built a satellite but canceled the launch to save money.
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Actually, if you walk into a bar in America and tell the first girl you see that you are an engineer, about half of the time "So you drive a train?" will be her response ...
Perhaps I should have written that "Most informed people in the US consider a four-year degree from an accredited...
The numbers are from the "Design News" article I hyperlinked to in the original post.
From a table from that article, the National Sceince Foundation counted the number of four-year engineering degrees granted in 2000 as 219,563 in China versus 59,536 in the US.
The "Red Herring" article you...
The US is running a huge trade deficit with the world (about $700 billion per year). Our trade deficit with China is $160 billion and rising fast. Even in areas where the US once dominated, such as the high technology sector, the US has deficits. We run a modest surplus only in services. We have...
My comment about arms sales being more political than commercial was based on the fact that most countries don't sell their best stuff (H-bombs, stealth bombers, F22 fighter aircraft) to any other country. Even close allies of the US such as the UK are frustrated by the export restrictions the...
I will define "win" as:
"making a product in the United States which produces more sales revenue in the global market than a similar product made in China."
Arms sales do not count because they are conducted primarily for reasons of politics, not commerce.
For example:
Cisco competes...
"In technical and academic circles, the word is usually spoken in a whisper: a million. China is headed toward a million engineers a year, the experts say. The number is so big, so far from our own experience, that reasonable people hesitate to say it too loudly for fear they'll be accused of...
If Kyoto 1 was supposed to force countries to significantly reduce their CO2 emissions, then it was a bust.
Here's a pop quiz:
Match the following countries with the percentage that each nation's CO2 emissions changed from 1990 to 2003.
The nations are listed in alphabetical order.
Australia...
China has woken up and is rising fast.
What should the US do to deal with China?
Specifically, what policies should the US change to maintain its status as a world leader in engineering, manufacturing, and scientific research?
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I don't know what China intends to do. I was simply answering the questions VisiGoth asked.
Other countries implicitly rely on the US to keep the peace in the Pacific. China wants Taiwan and has a longstanding policy to use force if necessary to reclaim it. China is the only country in the...
Visigoth asked: What is the engineer's estimate of the military superiority gained from space superiority (to take a phrase from air superiority)?
I think that the first nation that establishes effective control of space and deploys large numbers of weapons in space will establish effective...
"China will make a manned moon landing at a proper time, around 2017," leading scientist Ouyang Ziyuan was quoted by the Southern Metropolis News as saying.
The United States unveiled a $104 billion plan in September to return Americans to the moon by 2018. Its Apollo program carried the first...
