One specific material he is working on may be suitable as a replacement technology for photovoltaic cells, one that promises to be one-hundredth of the cost of existing solar cells, which can overcome whatever efficiency loss it represents.
But the U.K., where his parents have long had a home and where he spent more than ten years in school and working, may be the place he knows best.
The Iran project, he says, "may be on indefinite hold, " but he is currently working on a film about Pakistan (you can catch a sneak peek here).
He may be 66 but he still wants to carry on working as a marine engineer.
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Whatever the motive, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad surprised just about everyone when he announced he would be going on a working holiday in May, leaving his deputy in charge for two months.
Then, he suggests, the CIO should bring in young programmers who may be working in other parts of the firm but know modern programming languages, understand mobile and Web to work with mainframe programmers.
Robbie Bach may be interested but we have not heard whether he is interested in working again.
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Still, says Wright, who helped craft USERRA when he was working with the Labor Department, an employer may well be asked to justify a layoff decision in court.
He is always on call and - when he is not examining the jaws and the paws of a lion - he may be rushing off in a helicopter to treat animals injured in snares or working out how to restock a national park with game for the predators.
With the exception of a team working at Pennsylvania State University, he stands alone in the pursuit of what may be the ultimate feat of bioengineering, (see table).
"There is an imperative on republicans, challenging though it may be, to build alliances on social and economic issues with working class loyalists and unionists, " he said.
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