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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nWhat do we mean by “engineer”? What is an engin
 eer? What do engineers do? Why are engineers usually considered “differe
 nt” from other people? Does this help us or hurt us? How do we get bound
  up in our own ideals? How does this affect our work product?\n\nJames Mer
 cier will discuss these issues and more with stories from his on experienc
 es such as interaction with work crews as an engineer\, experiences with e
 ngineers when he was an electrician\, and a great problem to consider from
  his senior year of College where he and some classmates very innocently r
 uined a professor’s research work\n\nSpeaker(s): James Mercier\n\nAgenda
 : \n6:25to 6:35 PM - Open for participants to enter and network.\n6:35 to 
 6:40 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.\n6:4
 0 to 7:55PM - Formal Program and Q&A.\n\nRoom: 8\, Bldg: Asian American Re
 source Center\, 8401 Cameron Rd.\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78754\
 , Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491046
LOCATION:Room: 8\, Bldg: Asian American Resource Center\, 8401 Cameron Rd.\
 , Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78754\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.
 ieee.org/m/491046
ORGANIZER:bill.martino@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:56
SUMMARY:IEEE CTS 7-17-2025 Hybrid Meeting - What Is Engineering and Why Are
  Engineers Different?
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491046
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="color: #000000\; font-family:
  Calibri\;"><strong>Abstract</strong></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Wha
 t do we mean by &ldquo\;engineer&rdquo\;?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;"
 >&nbsp\; </span>What is an engineer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbs
 p\; </span>What do engineers do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\; 
 </span>Why are engineers usually considered &ldquo\;different&rdquo\; from
  other people?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\; </span>Does this h
 elp us or hurt us?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\; </span>How do 
 we get bound up in our own ideals?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\
 ; </span>How does this affect our work product?<span style="mso-spacerun: 
 yes\;">&nbsp\; </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 1
 4.0pt\; font-family: 'Arial'\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt
 \; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times
  New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso
 -bidi-language: AR-SA\;">James Mercier will discuss these issues and more 
 with stories from his on experiences such as interaction with work crews a
 s an engineer\, experiences with engineers when he was an electrician\, an
 d a great problem to consider from his senior year of College where he and
  some classmates very innocently ruined a professor&rsquo\;s research work
 </span></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div dir="ltr"
  data-setdir="false">6:25to 6:35 PM - Open for participants to enter and n
 etwork.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:35 to 6:40 PM -
  IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.</div>\n<div d
 ir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:40 to 7:55PM - Formal Program and Q&amp\;A.
 &nbsp\;</div>
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