Graduating in 1979 with a double major in electrical and electronics engineering, Hukku spurned offers from brand-name companies, preferring to cut his teeth with software services pioneer Tata Consultancy Services.

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Often he hears computer science or engineering students say that great GPAs or a top name college are the ticket to a great startup job.

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His name is Jack Andraka, and he loves science and engineering with every inch of his 15-year-old soul.

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Today Ford people say they oppose "badge engineering, " or, as an example, putting a Mercury name on a dolled-up Ford.

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Manuel Martinez, as he then was (Manolo Chopera is an untranslatable slang name everyone called him), had little enthusiasm for engineering and preferred to work with horses.

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He'll characterize the students' projects as "really cool, " and he'll call out some lucky winners by name while speaking to the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics ( STEM) education in the United States.

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On top of that, it's from an engineering firm that you've never heard of -- Wikipad is also the name of the business behind the tablet, and this is the company's first product launch.

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Lindbergh's name was yet to be uttered by a single delegate, and because of an engineering conclave at a midwestern factory where he'd been advising on the design of a new fighter plane, he wasn't present or expected to be.

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Mitre, an engineering company, operates in a tight market for talent, with low unemployment for software engineers and big-name competitors such as Lockheed Martin.

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