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Poll: Do you have an engineering degree or training?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by DieselConvert, Apr 29, 2005.

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  1. rwlade

    rwlade Dr. Bob

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    spread spectrum broadcasting???
     
  2. Anonymous

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    I took a Bachelor of the Liberal Arts from Temple University back in '72. I also served a full apprenticeship as an industrial electrician, my present occupation.

    I recognized the hybrid stuff in the Prius as the same technology used in many servo drive systems. They run 24/7 where i work and are extremely reliable. I don't know about this gasoline vapor explosion device though, doesn't sound very reliable to me.
     
  3. bookrats

    bookrats New Member

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    "That's Hedly." :lol: (I love Harvey Korman in that picture.)

    Yup, she invented spread-spectrum (frequency-hopping) radio transmission. Something almost all wireless systems use these days.

    Wonder if her heirs get any of the royalties from Bluetooth, WiFi, etc.?
     
  4. PeeDeePrius

    PeeDeePrius Junior Member

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    Ding!! We have a winner. You win absolutely nothing and you'll like it :!:

    Yep, from warfare to CDMA-based cell phones...glad she was on our side...

    I saw a post from someone that worked on the Roomba. Cool gadget. Cleans and provides endless canine entertainment!!

    ..
     
  5. PeeDeePrius

    PeeDeePrius Junior Member

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    Wonder if her heirs get any of the royalties from Bluetooth, WiFi, etc.?


    Nope. She donated her work to the War Effort. What a gal..
     
  6. Canuck

    Canuck Member

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    If driving a locomotive classifies a person as an Engineer can I call myself an Engineer 'cause I drove two ASW destroyers in the navy......no, not both at once ....one after the other. :lol:
    Gary
     
  7. jayman

    jayman Senior Member

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    B.Sc. Computer Science and B.Sc. Economics (Minor in Stats) courtesy of the University of Utah. Depending on project, have had the title "Enjun-eer" a few times.

    Have thought of going back for either a Masters or another B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. I'm doing so much work now in industry I might as well make it official.

    A friend of mine gave me a neat birthday gift last year: a baseball cap with the title "Educated Idiot" on it. Yeah, I eventually saw the humor in it.
     
  8. canuckican

    canuckican New Member

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    Ph.D. in physics (if that counts).

    But I got my Bachelor's from a great engineering school, Michigan Technological University, where we liked to say:

    "Before I went to Michigan Tech, I couldn't even spell 'n-gin-eer'.

    Now I are one."
     
  9. Tadashi

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    BS in Aero Engineering, MS Operations Research (Industrial Engineering), MBA
     
  10. FireEngineer

    FireEngineer Active Member

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    BS in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering.
     
  11. betshsu

    betshsu Member

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    Degrees across the board in biomedical engineering--so, I don't know if that counts as engineering :). Now I'm going back to school and getting my MPH. I think I'm a professional student. But I haven't had to pay for my education since undergrad, so as long as it's free, it's okay.
     
  12. DanMan32

    DanMan32 Senior Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scosgrove\";p=\"86015)</div>
    Cool description of ICE.
     
  13. Cyndrax

    Cyndrax New Member

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    Bachelors in Chemical Engineering
     
  14. EssD

    EssD New Member

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    B.S. Industrial Engineering
    M.B.A. Health Care Administration

    but I don't do either anymore
     
  15. bookrats

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DanMan32\";p=\"86714)</div>
    Cool description of ICE.
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    Agreed. Also, sounds like something Kang & Kodos would say on The Simpsons:

    "Your primitive gasoline vapor explosion devices are no match for our impulse ion drive hot-rods!"
     
  16. GAGendel

    GAGendel Junior Member

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    BSEE, MSEE, MSCS, MSBE

    I do everything from IC design to firmware to software to Biomedical Engineering. I have several awards and patents, including a technical Emmy Award.

    Lately I've been working mostly with security, software defined radio, and digital cinema. I also do some outside consulting for some startup in the CAE field.

    In my spare time I've built a hybrid ESL/TL (electrostatic/transmission line) speaker system that I'm extremely proud of.

    Does this count?
     
  17. Canuck

    Canuck Member

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    It does in my books! How do you have time to hang around PriusChat? I'm glad you do tho'. :D
    I hate to see folks with single digit points in the left so here are 20 for your contributions to civilization which includes having the interest in the Prius.
     
  18. twdusa

    twdusa New Member

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    Flight Engineer License-Boeing 727
    Airline Transport Pilot License
    Turbo Jet, Multi-Engine, Land
    Boeing 727
    Boeing 737-200, 737-300
    Citation I, Citation Eagle
    Total Time 12,835 Hours
    Degree in Aviation Management

    And now a car that gives me something to think about!
     
  19. marcin

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    I've got a M.Sc in mechanical engineering, specialised in energy technology. Currently doing my Ph.D in that field. However, we are not working on new "green" cars, it's more the power plant stuff.

    Cheers,

    Marcin
     
  20. Rolandwil

    Rolandwil New Member

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    I have a BA in Physics. Jet Propulsion Lab called me an Associate Research Engineer a few decades back. Guess that makes me an engineer of sorts.