When I was in college, the Korean War was just ended and the Draft was still active. I joined ROTC to insure uninterrupted education. I was lucky enough to get into graduate school and worked, got married had kids and then the ARMY said “Time to Serve”.
Again, I got lucky.
Some of the research I was helping with at Northeastern University (NU) in Boston was for a Professor who had Army & Air Force contracts to study the biological effects of laser radiation. Among other things, I had designed and built for him several Carbon Dioxide lasers after the then exciting new work at Bell Labs, published by C.K.N Patel.
The professor, Dr. Sam Fine, wanted me to stay at NU and asked some people in the Army Surgeon General’s Office if they would got to bat for him (and me). In a matter of a few phone calls and one visit to Washington DC, my Service Branch changed from Ordnance Corps to Medical Service Corps.
It seems the Army had slightly different ideas, however. They were expanding their own Laser Safety work and wanted someone with my background working in the US Army Medical Research Lab (USAMRL) at Ft Knox, Kentucky.
They also had plans for a recent Ophthalmology Research Fellow to work on setting up a program to study thresholds of eye injury from various lasers at the lab, too. He arrived shortly after I did.
My jobs would be to help set up and run the lasers, do some thermal modeling and handle the dosimetry tasks. Read the rest of this entry »
To get back into the real sharing activity and intent of this blog to share my experiences with visitors, I plan to begin a series of short stories about my measurement experiences in both a small and large organizations over my multiple careers in R& D, Instrument Marketing and web publishing.
In my multifaceted careers I have worked with and in very large, large, small and tiny organizations and seen firsthand some of the activities in the W. E. Deming mode that inspired me. The Dilbert cases were there, too; they were the ones that convinced me some managers were pure idiots, or acted that way, no matter how intelligent they were.
In case you are unfamiliar with the name W. E. Deming, his full name is W. Edwards Deming and his traditions and teaching about a better management (and measurement) world are carried on at the Deming Institute, and elsewhere. His legacy in well known among Quality Assurance people and in Japan the annual prizes for top quality management are given each year in his name. Read the rest of this entry »
The International Year of Astronomy in 2009 (IYA 2009) is a global celebration of astronomy and its many contributions to society and culture.
Originally conceived to honor the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei in 1609, IYA 2009 has grown into a worldwide, education and public outreach effort with the central goal of exposing as many people as possible to the wonders of astronomy and building sustainable programs for the future.
View the IYA 2009 Trailer video below or on YouTube.
NCSL International issues a call to action by the Metrology Community
Boulder CO, USA — According to NCSL International’s Press release dated May 28th: The US Dept. of Labor rejects petition to recognize Metrology job descriptions in its proposed 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System”
We know that Metrology is the bedrock upon which all U.S. commerce and manufacturing is built and that persons engaged in metrology/calibration activities provide services vital to the U.S. economy and national defense.
It is also widely known that in the United States there is a critical shortage of technical personnel posed to replace retiring baby-boomers.
The U.S. Dept. of Labor’s SOC provides formal recognition of job descriptions which are the basis for its Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) used by educators and counselors to inform students about career opportunities.
If the SOC does not include Metrology job descriptions neither will the OOH.
The following is the reason given by an SOC administrator as to why Metrology job descriptions were rejected; Read the rest of this entry »
Is The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program new to you? It was to me until I discovered it a little while ago.
ACRF is the largest global change research program supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Its primary goal is to improve the treatment of cloud and radiation physics in global climate models in order to improve the climate simulation capabilities of these models.
To achieve this goal, ARM scientists and researchers around the world use continuous data obtained through the ARM Climate Research Facility. This scientific user facility provides a unique asset for interdisciplinary global change research among the national and international scientific community.
ARM gathers a wide variety of measurements from many different sources. Each day, the Data Archive stores and distributes large quantities of data collected from these sources. Read the rest of this entry »
It is a matter of perspective, something the video below from YouTube and Giant Stars describes in excellent detail and with astounding graphics.
The animation is an interactive version of a well known set of images circulating the Internet. Use this multimedia feature as a guide and inspiration.
For exact planet and star proportions refer to other websites which provide detailed, if less graphic reference.
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When I was in college, the Korean War was just ended and the Draft was still active. I joined ROTC to insure uninterrupted education. I was lucky enough to get into graduate school and worked, got married had kids and then the ARMY said “Time to Serve”.
Is The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program new to you? It was to me until I discovered it a little while ago.
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