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A PUBLICATION OF THE PIEDMONT SECTION OF THE IEEE

May, 1997

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Articles:
Chairman : Next Meeting : Editor : Officers

Glenn Bishof
If you are responsible for new hire engineers, please think back to when you were a new graduate periodically and consider some of the things you were not taught in school that you now take for granted. The following list was submitted by an engineer to Electrical Engineering Times that might help remind you of the finer points of your career:
Top ten Things Engineering School Didn’t Teach Me:

10. There are at least ten types of capacitors.
9. Theory tells you how a circuit works, not why it does not work.
8. Not everything works according to the specs in the databook.
7. Anything practical you learn will be obsolete before you use it, except the complex
math, which you will never use.
6. Always try to fix the hardware with software.
5. Engineering is like having an 8:00 a.m. class and late afternoon lab every day for the
rest of your life.
4. Overtime pay? What overtime pay?
3. Forget an engineering career, just try to keep a job.
2. Managers, not engineers, rule the world.
1. If you like junk food, caffeine and all-nighters, go into software.
0. Dilbert is a documentary.

Be sympathetic toward new grads. you will need them later.

Next Meeting

May 15, 1997
The Arts in Education
Nancy Gunderson
The use of telemedicine - having a visit with a physician or specialist occur over communication lines instead of in person - is spreading. At this month’s meeting, Dr. Donna Millar, an internist with the Greenville Hospital System, will discuss her recent projects on the use of telemedicine.
Two projects focused on establishing medical offices staffed by nurse practitioners, with the physician back-up was conducted via telemedicine. Another project studied the use of telemedicine to manage wound care patients who were home bound.
Speaker background:
In addition to patient duties as an internist, Dr. Donna Millar is also Director of the Department of Community Medicine and Medical Director of Home Health for the Greenville Hospital System. The telemedicine projects were sponsored by research grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Duke Endowment. Meeting details:
When: Thursday, May 15
Location: Colonial Quest, formerly Colonial Inn, 755 Wade Hampton Blvd. Dinner will be served.

6:30-7:00 Social 1/2 Hour
7:00-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Presentation

The cost is $10.00 for members and guests and $5.00 for students. There is no charge to attend the meeting. Please make reservations by calling or emailing one of the people listed at the end of the newsletter, even if you will attend only the presentation!! I would hate for you to stand through the meeting.

From the Editor

Mark Stokes
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Officer List:

CHAIRMAN Glenn Bischof (864) 638-3601ext 4357 email
VICE-CHAIRMAN Nancy Gunderson (864) 882-2414 ext. 357 email
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TREASURER Mark Stokes (864) 647-2065 email
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Nick Pasquerilla (864) 882-2414 ext.271
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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Lee Stogner (864) 281-8276 email
NEWSLETTER EDITOR Mark Stokes (864) 647-2065 email
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-Mark