Uncle Sam Wants 500 Electrical Engineers. uncle sam wants 500 electrical engineers. According to a story on EETimes.com , the PTO is working to get more tecchies involved in the patent office and plans to hire as many as 500 electrical engineers during the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Candidates range from entry-level engineering undergraduates, who start at $50,000 a year plus a 12 percent sign-on bonus, to experienced engineers who are former employees of semiconductor manufacturers. In fact seven engineers who were laid off by Agere Systems (Allentown, Pa.) just signed up to be patent examiners. Basic qualifications for high-tech patent examiners include a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and U.S. citizenship. ...

EETimes recently completed a survey of engineers that lets you see trends in pay rates in comparison to last year, along with showing the differences in pay for managers and engineers along with other, more bizarre, statistics like whether you make more if you're married or single (nothing on the difference in pocket money you have based on whether you're hitched or not, unfortunately). What's a little different about the EETimes survey is that it sampled engineers' salaries in the U.S., Europe, and ten Asian countries, which could give you a global perspective on your earnings. According to the article, after averaging an increase of $3,820 a year for the past five years, engineering salaries went flat in 2001 at an average salary of $82,900, a mere $100 increase from 2000 (but you probably know that). If you're an engineering manager, however, you may be doing pretty well this year, since salaries for these folks broke the $100,000 mark for the first time in the U.S. You might laugh, you might cry, but at least you'll know where you stand in the corporate food chain. ...

Eurocom Corporation will be launching at the cdXpo show in Las Vegas on November 17-20, 2003 the latest line of its high-end mobile engineering workstations based on OpenGL technology and supporting such features as RAID fault tolerance disk mirroring, high speed 1 GB LAN and wireless networking, fast processing and superior multimedia. Eurocom Corporation will be launching at the cdXpo show in Las Vegas on November 17-20, 2003 the latest line of its high-end mobile engineering workstations based on OpenGL technology and supporting such features as RAID fault tolerance disk mirroring, high speed 1 GB LAN and wireless networking, fast processing and superior multimedia....

Engineering geek names son version 2.0. engineering geek names son version 2. Tacking Jr. or II onto a boy’s name is too common, a new father decided, so the self-described engineering geek took a software approach to naming his newborn son....

MIT researchers demonstrate spark-free, efficient engines. spark engine MIT. The homogeneous charge compression ignition engine (HCCI) combines elements from standard spark ignition and diesel engines. The homogeneous charge compression ignition engine (HCCI) combines elements from standard spark ignition and diesel engines. Regular gasoline engines use a spark plug to ignite the fuel-air mixture while diesel engines inject fuel into an already compressed and hot chamber. Professor Wai K. Cheng of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering has partially fixed that problem by creating a hybrid engine that runs in standard spark ignition mode most of the time and then switches to HCCI mode when temperatures and fuel are just right....

Chemical engineering team can see race, diet, gender of someone from fingerprint. chemical engineers fingerprint....

CES 2008: Wii, MTV, Second Life among winners of 2008 tech &engineering Emmy awards. The 59th annual technology &engineering Emmy awards ceremony was held last night in the midst of all the CES madness, and we have details from some of the big winners.. Las Vegas (NV) - The 59th annual technology &engineering Emmy awards ceremony was held last night in the midst of all the CES madness, and we have details from some of the big winners. The most notable were best game controller innovation, which went to both the Nitnendo Wii and Nintendo DS, and the best physics engine, which was given to Havok....