On 9/5/06, G=F6khan SEVER <gstr2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Electrical engineering faculty and students comment on engineering caree=
rs,
> industry involvement, and how the world perceives engineers.
>
> http://www.reed-electronics.com/tmworld/article/CA6366679.html?
> *

Very interesting story!

I got the impression that the industries are in general do not want to
spend much more money on research, especially those might not
lead to a working product. Big companies like IBM and Microsoft
may still be able to afford big research spendings, smaller companies
(especially those which go public) certainly scaled down their
funding to the EE research programs. However I think they are
still doing a lot of research inside the companies. R&D is
still the strength of the more developed countries like USA
and Germany. That is why I think this century is still the century
for USA and not China/India since lots of the best scientists and
engineers are still in USA, even lots of the best ones from China and
India are working inside USA.

And I think there should be no worry for the steady drop of the number
of engineering graduate students in US since most likely the Market
will regulate this situations. Who knows one day an engineer can
command a similar salary as a medical doctor and a lawyer if the
demand exceeds supply by a significant amount.

Regards,
Xiaofan

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