In October, IEEE-USA will offer “The Best of Backscatter from Today’s Engineer -- Volume 2” free to IEEE members. Compiled from 12 original IEEE-USA Todays Engineer columns, author and IEEE Fellow Donald Christiansen continues to tackle topics that affect engineers today with wit, wisdom, humor, and his own unique perspective. In “About the MBA,” Christiansen writes that many engineers have earned MBAs as a follow-up to their baccalaureate or master’s degrees in engineering, confirming that pairing an engineering and business education makes good sense. However, those who follow a research career path believe that time spent furthering their education might be better devoted to specialty studies in a technical area. In “Engineers, Mere Mercenaries?,” Christiansen discusses the many projects engineers and engineering schools have undertaken to “employ technology for the public good, often on a volunteer basis.” In “Ghosts,” the former IEEE Spectrum editor recalls with fondness many of the places where engineers once labored. One of the most well-known, Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, N.J., is where many of the world’s leading information- and communication-centric technologies were developed. Known as “The Idea Factory,” Bell Labs now exists within Alcatel-Lucent. “The Best of Backscatter from Today’s Engineer -- Volume 2” can be downloaded at ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks/files/nov14/00vmn2i/The-Best-of-Backscatter-Volume-2.pdf for free to IEEE members. $9.99 for non-members.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 01:25:00 +0000
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