Editor's Turn

I want to thank all those CPMT members who took an hour from their vacation and sent me news for this issue. In particular, please smile next time you meet: W. Ross Stone, Bart Vandevelde, Margie Ballinger, Reed Crouch, Vasu Atluri, James Morris, Alina Deutsch, Evan Davidson, Toshio Sudo, Rajen Chanchani, Kerry Ann Ward, Ralph Russell, Jan Vardaman, Rao Bonda, Luu Nguyen, K. N. Seetharamu, Macabinski Romina Daniela, L. L. Pey, Dr. Parikh, Merrill Palmer, Paul Wesling, Marsha Tickman, and Phil Garrou. There were many others that I can not retrieve from my old gray cells while typing.

It looks like the technology economy of the world is starting positive growth that could last 5 more years. Let us all work as individuals, companies, and in the CPMT Society to use this period to make permanent gains in education, publication, technology, and conferences. One advantage of our engineering globalization is that for each professional thrust there should be some region in a good position to lead progress.

This week it was necessary to stop reading my paper mail and email so that this Newsletter can get out on time. Spending evenings sifting through the slowly accumulating stacks of glossy paper and double clicking on entrancing email titles has become a way of life. Each communication is received with great anticipation since it may be the last piece in one section of life's jig saw puzzle which will finally let me figure out "if engineers really have more fun" or "why chimpanzees seem to be happier than humans even with the same genes". It is ironic that my own in-box is getting backlogged to the detriment of the next several months just so 4000 of you can have 24 pages added to your in-boxes. With any luck a piece to your jig saw is within these pages. May your puzzle be coming together.