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The 2001 Hispanic Engineer of the Year Award
1 comment on The 2001 Hispanic Engineer of the Year AwardIn 2001, I had the honor of being named Hispanic Engineer of the Year by Great Minds in Stem (GMiS), – one of the proudest moments in my career. GMiS is an organization dedicated to ensuring that Hispanic students of all ages are inspired to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). For…
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“Why did the Beatles become a worldwide sensation? Why do some cultural products succeed and others fail? Why are some musicians, poets, and novelists, unsuccessful or unknown in their lifetimes, iconic figures decades or generation after their deaths? Why are success and failure so unpredictable?,” these are among the questions explored in Beatlemania, a draft…
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A few weeks ago, McKinsey released Bullish on Digital, a short report on how companies are faring with digital technologies and strategies based on a recent online survey of 850 CEOs and other senior executives. The survey asked the executives about their companies progress and obstacles in embracing five major digital trends: big data and…
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Complex systems, whether natural or engineered, are composed of many parts. But it’s not the mere number of components that makes them complex. After all, stones are composed of huge numbers of molecules, yet we would not consider them complex. A truly complex system consists of many different kinds of parts, intricate organizations and highly…
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On June 1 and 2 I was in Chicago to participate in the 50th high school reunion of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Class of 1962. I have not attended previous class reunions, and was not sure I would attend the 50th reunion either when I first heard that it was being planned. But,…
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In November of 2008, Andrew Sullivan published an excellent article in The Atlantic, – Why I Blog, – in which he discussed the unique characteristics of a blog by reminding us what a web log shares in common with its namesake, the ship log. “In journeys at sea that took place before radio or radar…
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I graduated high school in 1962 from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, usually referred to as U-High. This June we will be celebrating our 50th class reunion, and, this being 2012, some classmates set up a social media group site that any member of the class of '62 can link to and participate in…
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IBM is turning 100 years old on June 16. The company is commemorating its 100th anniversary with a year-long set of activities around the world. It is using the opportunity to reach out to many of its constituents in business, government and academia and engage with them in a variety of celebratory events, such as…
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Amy Chua is an American born, ethnic Chinese professor at the Yale Law School. She recently wrote a book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother about her efforts to give her two daughters a traditional, strict Chinese upbringing. She also published an article on January 8 in the Wall Street Journal, Why Chinese Mothers are…
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I just saw Julie and Julia on DVD. The film intertwines two stories. The main story starts in 1948 when Julia Child and her diplomat husband Paul arrived in Paris, and traces her transformation from recently married housewife looking for something to do, to the legend she became after the publication of Mastering the Art…