Engineers: Past, Present, & Future

Wilson Greatbatch (NY N ’50), the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker died earlier this week. Mr. Greatbatch referred to himself as a “humble tinkerer,” yet he was responsible for 230 inventions and received more than 150 patents.

The pacemaker was first used in humans in 1960, and the American Heart Association says “that more (than) half a million pacemakers are now implanted every year.” Read more from the Daily Mail obituary

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The International Business Times recently profiled African-Americans in the technology sector and the future potential of several to reach the CEO level.

Chemical engineer and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lisa P. Jackson (LA B ’83), was cited as a prominent member of the Washington technology community. Read the full article

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With a focus on the need to improve math and science education, a recent opinion piece in the US News and World Report focused on the potential employment benefits of increasing the number of people in the STEM disciplines.

Click here to read the article and the suggested ways to start improving on math and science education

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