Madhukar joined the business in 1971 after studying chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin and a two-year stint at Abbott Labs.

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Bob Cater noted that while there has been a positive increase in the number of pupils studying mathematics after the age of 16, advances in the number of people studying science, design and technology and engineering have only been modest.

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In 2005 we started working together on a joint master thesis in industrial design after four and a half years studying at LTH, the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University in Sweden.

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Some of the proposals include items that the GOP-led House has already tackled in legislation in the last Congress, including an immigration bill for so-called "STEM" visas that would allow students born outside the United States who are enrolled in American universities studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to stay after they graduate and get jobs with U.S. companies.

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After graduating, Mr. Barry spent three years in the U.S. Army Reserve while studying industrial engineering at City College in Manhattan.

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