All of us have to deal with customers in some shape or form. I always seem to work with customers in my role — whether it is with my own business or working directly for a company. Working with customers can be great, however, it can sometimes be stressful, and there are certain customers who can be extremely demanding. Probably… Read more →
Anyone that works with me will tell you that I have a terrible habit of writing long emails. At first I thought that writing long emails was good because it provides accurate descriptions of requests, situations, or reports. I then began to notice that some people would not read my emails — and I had to call them to repeat… Read more →
I will start out this post by emphasizing strongly that I am an idealist. If optimism or idealism disturbs you, or if you call yourself a “realist” — then this post is not for you. I suggest that you read another post on this website. However, if you are interested in visualizing the future in a positive manner, then please… Read more →
When I worked for myself several years ago, I had several projects where I was doing work for overseas companies. I thought that it was an interesting experience to be working for a company in another country — and some of these companies did not have home bases or parent companies in the US. I worked with companies in China,… Read more →
I am personally an advocate of manufacturing in your home country (which for me is the US). There are still many companies that continue to move their manufacturing off-shore in order to take advantage of low labor rates in countries such as China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and many other countries around the world. There are other countries that are moving… Read more →
During my undergraduate years, my goal was to simply finish my bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. It was not an easy undergraduate degree, and working full time made it made even more challenging. I had a good friend that I was in undergrad with (named Fadi), and we both worked graveyard shifts. Around exam time — we literally slept between… Read more →
Everybody has a purpose for being here. Unfortunately, most of us do not know or understand what exactly we should focus our energy upon – besides our day-to-day responsibilities. I highly recommend creating your own personal “mission statement”. I know that it sounds corny — but creating a mission statement will help you to provide a framework for your life…. Read more →
Fuel cells have been around for quite a while. Although they are discussed as a “new” form of renewable energy — fuel cells were actually invented by William Grove in 1839. There were several scientists that helped to progress the technology through advances in electrochemistry and battery technology during the next century, however, it was not until NASA took an… Read more →
Although I am proud to be an engineer, I have to admit — engineers have a major weakness that we are notorious for: we sometimes forget about how important people are. Engineers happily sit at their computers (like I am doing now), conducting their research, and thinking about their new designs and experiments in order to automate something that is currently… Read more →
“Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it.” —Albert Einstein. For some reason unknown to me – I am drawn to the concept of “time”. Somehow, I view time as part of human perception. I think that the human perception of time must be analogous to the way a fly views the world… Read more →
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