John Meredith is the 2007 president of IEEE-USA, an organization that promotes the career and public policy interests of the IEEE’s U.S. members. He also is a product development engineer for Agilent Technologies and has been an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Email address: president@ieeeusa.org
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November 28, 2007
[Web Exclusive] IEEE-USA Responds To ED Editorial On Immigration
In October, I joined George Scalise, president of SIA, in urging Congress to increase the permanent "employment-based immigrant visa cap" for foreign high-tech professionals. A month later, our position was mischaracterized in an Electronic Design editorial. From the headline, "IEEE Agrees with SIA on H-1B Visas for Foreign Engineers, Scientists," to saying we "joined forces to urge Congress to pass the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007," the work was fraught with factual errors.
July 5, 2007[POV: Point Of View] How To Succeed In An Era Of Globalization
Globalization has brought many countries of the world together as competitors. Information technology, computer tools, and communication systems developed by members of our profession enable today’s engineer to contribute anywhere on the globe. Offshore companies initially involved in manufacturing jobs are competing more and more in leading-edge product development. The need to be in countries where products are sold, and economic factors such as...
April 12, 2007[POV: Point Of View] Even Busy Engineers Can Take Advantage Of Lifelong Learning
Globalization has put engineers on the front line of an unrelenting drive by companies to shorten development cycles and cut production costs. This means engineers must seek new tools and methods to improve their efficiency and speed in delivering new product designs to the marketplace. Whether you're a recent college graduate, in the middle of your career, or even counting the months until retirement, you must pursue an aggressive plan to stay on top of current technologies....
