Articles for the ‘Opinion’ Category

My Interview in EEWeb

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Summary:

I was recently interviewed by EEWeb for the Featured Engineer edition. EEWeb, an electrical engineering publication, has many remarkable sections, including Analog Design, RF Design, tools, jobs, projects, and even a comic section. Of interest is the EEWeb forum, which is a growing discussion board organized in categories.

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Become a Mentor

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Summary:

For a few years now I mentor students at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach, California. My activity is part of a program called Business Academy developed at Ocean High in the last years.

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Categories: Education, Opinion

Why do I do this?

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Summary:

Since MasteringElectronicsDesign.com was born my friends asked me, why do I do this? Why do I spend my time writing at this blog? The answer is simple, I enjoy it.

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Categories: Opinion

Playing Engineer in Kindergarten

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Summary:

Yesterday New York Times published an article with the title Studying Engineering Before They Can Spell It. The article talks about students at an elementary school in Glen Rock, NJ, that have engineering study in their curriculum. These students cannot even spell correctly the word engineer, but they learn and experiment how to solve engineering problems. While the supporters say that “engineering reinforces math and science skills, promotes critical thinking and creativity”, some question if the children are really learning something and if the school should spend on this program.

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It’s an Analog World by Design

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

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My daughter, Laura, a lawyer now, asked me, what is Analog?  What is Mixed-Signal Design?  She is very familiar with the word digital.  Like many people I know who are professionals in other areas than Electronics, she was born in a digital world or got very accustomed to this word.  This is mostly due to [...]

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