I got my BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1970. It seemed like everything I was working on was controlled electronically, often by computers. So I went back to school and got my MS in Electronics Engineering from CalState Northridge in 1985. My thesis dealt with creating a hybrid computer in an IBM PC expansion chassis, incorporating both a complete digital processor and a fairly substantial analog processing section as well. It was to be programmed in Forth. (Hey, this was '85 and I was writing my thesis on a Commodore 64.)
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The Michigan Tech colors were gold and silver, since it was a mining school in the middle of the copper country. (Say what?) Since my degree was in engineering, part of the trim is orange. (The tassle should be too.)
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It took me a while to figure out how to wear the hood. Oh, and this was at the CalPoly
graduation, while I was teaching up there.
Back in 1982, we were having trouble hiring electronic engineers, which are our primary flavor of engineering here at NSWC. At the same time, CalPoly SLO was having trouble retaining professors. So we created a special program which sent me off to Cal Poly to teach EE. Since I did not yet have my MSEE, they let me teach classes like EE for non-majors (like me, at the time), Control Systems (which was common to EE and ME), and Electrical Machinery (which was required of EE's, EL's, and ME's). I had a ball teaching and would love to do it full time, someday.
I am a member of the Michigan Tech Alumni Association, and am still involved with CalPoly's Polyphase club.
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