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N E WS & N OT E S Bill Gates to Lawmakers: Engineering at the Let More
Foreign Engineers In Forefront of Smart M Infrastructure Revolution
icrosoft Chairman Bill Gates is into the country, Gates says. The thing
LABORATORY FOR INTELLIGENT STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
urging congressional leaders to basically doesn't make sense. T he
nation's engineering infrastructure is becom- scale back barriers that
limit the Gates's sentiments were echoed by a ing smarter, such as
concrete that bends, bridges number of foreign engineers who can new
report from the National Academies that automatically alert authorities
when mainte- take jobs in the U.S. calling for a comprehensive effort to
nance is needed and buildings that notify occupants During a recent swing
through Wash- recruit, educate and train top students in whether it is
safe to re-enter after an emergency. ington, D.C., the world's richest
execu- engineering and science both here and tive took aim at so-called
H1-B visas, a abroad. non-immigrant classification used by for- In the
wake of the 2001 terrorist eigners who are sponsored and employed attacks,
changes in U.S. visa and immigra- in specialty fields such as engineering.
tion policies have affected every stage of The current H1-B ceiling is
65,000 the visa application process for foreign workers per year. The cap
has signifi- engineering and science students, the cantly dwindled since
the early 1990s, report says. But the study goes on to say The Alamosa
Canyon Bridge was when levels were as high as 195,000 that attracting the
best minds in these designed with MEMS accelerom- employees per year.
fields is essential to American interests. eters and wireless sensors.
H1-B visas are a sensitive topic for U.S. policy-makers, leaders in higher
Because of growing advances in the marriage of Congress. On one side,
corporate execu- education, and industry executives must engineering and
smart technology, future infra- tives want the level restored or even
abol- work together to strengthen research and structure will require
fewer man-hours of mainte- ished so they can more successfully com-
education in science and engineering nance and ultimately become much
safer, a pete in global markets. On the other, striking an appropriate
balance between national engineering expert predicts. U.S. unions
concerned about so many scientific openness and economic and Today, new
information technologies are acceler- jobs being moved overseas, believe
that national security, says Phillip A. Grif- ating a quiet revolution in
how society can better skilled Americans should be tapped for fiths, a
professor at the Institute of protect and manage expensive infrastructure
assets, jobs here. Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., and says Jerome P.
Lynch, a professor in the University of The whole idea of the H1-B visa
thing the chairman of the committee that wrote Michigan's civil and
environmental engineering is, don't let too many smart people come the
report. department. Lynch is one of a group of scientists at the uni-
versity who has developed a wireless sensor that can monitor the health of
structures. The system already has been installed in several bridges
throughout the world, including the Alamosa Canyon Bridge in New Mexico
and the Guemdang Bridge in South Korea. ACEC-member firm Degenkolb
Engineers in San Francisco, received an Honor Award in ACEC's 2005
Engineering Excellence Awards competition for designing a similar system,
the Earthquake Building ROBERT SORBO/MICROSOFT/REUTERS/CORBIS
Instrumentation System, which allows inspectors to monitor a building's
seismic health before and after an earthquake. Lynch predicts that in the
next decade, the prac- tice of inspectors manually checking bridges for
Microsof t Chairman Bill Gates damage, which is both labor-intensive and
expen- wants more foreign engineers sive, would be redundant as such smart
technology in the U.S. becomes more commonplace. 4 ENGINEERING INC. J u l y
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Members in the News
Well-Prepared Leadership
Remembering the Codes
ACEC's 2005-2006 Executive Committee
Market Watch
Institute for Business Management
Contents
News & Notes
Business Insights
Cover Story: Interview with Senator Jim Talent
ACEC Fall Conference
EEA Call for Entries
One on One
Premium Increase Slowing
Legislative Action
From ACEC To You
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Cover1
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Contents
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - From ACEC To You
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - 3
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - News & Notes
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - 5
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - 6
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Market Watch
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Legislative Action
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Cover Story: Interview with Senator Jim Talent
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - 11
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - 13
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Well-Prepared Leadership
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Remembering the Codes
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Premium Increase Slowing
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - ACEC's 2005-2006 Executive Committee
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Business Insights
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Members in the News
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - One on One
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - EEA Call for Entries
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