Assignment #1 Part 1

Ablaze Development:

• Performs applied research and development in computer science, electronics, robotics
• Consulting firm
• Works from start to finish on a project
• Also works for government agencies
• **Innovative sports projects

Wavecam Media:

• Led by professor Dougherty
• Helps coaches/broadcasters and excites fans
• easy to use
• aerial camera system
• Customizable

Bill Lorenz:

• "Environmental Construction Operation and Remediation Solutions, Inc. Kenneth R. Muske, Ph.D., with Randy D. Weinstein, Ph.D., alumnus Bill Lorenz, and a team of undergraduate students, is researching the conversion of used coffee grounds into fireplace logs that are made from 100 percent recycled materials." --I think this is a great concept and a constructive replacement to using trees.

Ed Dougherty:

• I had read this article for the first time several months ago when Professor Mercede e-mailed it out to the class. I really liked that fact that professor Dougherty took something he enjoys and turned it into a career. Its also not the first thing I would have thought of in terms of an engineering career, which opened my eyes to the possibilities of how i could apply engineering to my own interests.

Jamie Hyneman:

• Founder of M5 Industrues, the special effects workshop where the show he co-hosts, MythBusters, is filmed.
• He tends to lean toward the simpler ideas and says that "simpler is better".
• The conference call he held with us last semester was very informative. One thing in particular that I took away from it was that he had his partner do not get along well at all! but they still manage to work effectively as a team. I thought that this was an important lesson to take from his discussion.

Kuchera Industries:

• "Founded in 1985, KII is The World's Choice in Electronic Contract Manufacturing, offering a full range of capabilities from prototyping to high volume production and specializing in high speed surface mount circuit card assembly."
• use latest equipment
• provides engineering and manufacturing services
• overall, i found their website to be generally disjoint and difficult to navigate.

Office of Naval Research

• "The Office of Naval Research (ONR) coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the United States Navy and Marine Corps through schools, universities, government laboratories, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations. It provides technical advice to the Chief of Naval Operations and the Secretary of the Navy and works with industry to improve technology manufacturing processes."
• Offers Jobs

VerdaSee Solutions

• tracking and tracing products
• technology neutral
• RFID hardware reduces operating costs and enhances revenue
  
• It automates data collection, has real time inventory and asset management, multiple asset scan, improved read accuracy, security and theft deterrence, read and write capability
  

TATRC

• cutting edge medical technology for soldier health care.
• prosthetics, robotics, Web-Enabled Refractive Surgery Information System, clinical breast care program
• given my general sweep of their website, this company seems to combine a lot of what i envisioned doing in my life: serving my country, helping people, robotics, and biomedical engineering