If the professor had knowledge of future engineering applications, the same professor would be making billions in the private sector.
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The mortgages themselves are marvels of financial engineering (see "Mortgaging The Future"), designed to protect borrowers and lenders against high inflation.
Today Ashesi, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, offers degrees in business, information systems and computer science, with plans to offer engineering and economics majors in the near future.
The choice highlights the role that financial engineering is likely to play in Pfizer's future, and the challenges facing the drug giant.
In his series of five lectures - airing on Radio Four throughout April - Lord Broers, who is president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, explores the idea that technology holds the key to the future of the human race.
Indeed, most of the agenda-setting for the future of the PC occurs at Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference and the Intel Developer Forum.
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It underlines the central role of engineering in creating our sustainable future and gives students a chance to experience that adventure.
The company's chief executive, Bill Alexander, said the business did have a future in engineering but it was unlikely to involve building ships.
"We are satisfied now that the decision has been made so that our membership and management can focus on designing, engineering and manufacturing the finest-quality products for the future success of the Chrysler Group, " Gettelfinger said.
The glittery overcoat of future science is replaced by the rolled-up sleeves of good old-fashioned engineering.
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Engineering is a key factor for a sustainable future and the need for engineers will only be met through educational programmes and professional training with significant sustainability components, such as the projects envisaged by this partnership.
He says electric and plug-in hybrid drivetrains, combined with engineering improvements to increase range and reduce weight, will be the future of motoring.
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And the only way to do that is to make the key investments in our infrastructure, in innovation, in the industries and the technologies that will drive job creation in the future in America, and in education so that we have the kind of educated workforce in science and technology and engineering and other areas that we need in order to win the future.
Nuneaton-based vehicle engineering consultancy MIRA want to use the academy to train staff and support future workers.
And it is precisely the mix of disciplines from architecture and human ecology, to hotel schools and medical engineering, from nanotechnology to ornithology, that provides a hedge against guessing the future incorrectly.
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In science and engineering fields, this means celebrating those who keep our next generation of innovators engaged and excited about science, technology, engineering, and math while helping them acquire the skills needed for the jobs of the future.
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And that means America has to lead in education. (Applause.) That's why we're working with educators to transform our schools, and make college more affordable, and prepare our kids for science and engineering and technical degrees -- because those are going to be the jobs of the future.
Engineering software developer Autodesk, which collaborated on the project, is looking even further into the future.
We also noted that in recent years, partnerships between Portuguese and American universities are developing state of the art research in areas such as engineering, information technology, and medicine, and we committed to fostering these relationships in the future.
Genetically engineering people in the way that Dr Baker engineered his mice is obviously out of the question for the foreseeable future.
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Right now, unfortunately, barely more than one in 10 of all undergraduate students are enrolled in what we call the STEM subjects -- science, technology, engineering and math -- areas that will be critical if America is going to compete for the jobs of the future.
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"Our coating method is simple, and it can be applied in the future in large-area manufacturing processes, " said Rui Zhu, a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA Engineering and the paper's lead author.
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