State of the Art

A War at All Costs?

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
A War at All Costs? 150 150 IEEE Pulse

War between the two worlds Eminiar VII and Vendikar had gone on for 500 years with no cessation in sight. This war was conducted by computer simulation, so that a…

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Focus

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
Focus 150 150 IEEE Pulse

We, as a society, have become too easily distracted. We are all suffering these days from lack of focus, and it could get worse. “TMI” stands for “too much information,”…

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There’s Nothing Like Real Experience: I

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
There’s Nothing Like Real Experience: I 150 150 IEEE Pulse

As the saying goes, the point on a pencil is the inspiration and the other end with the eraser is the experience. A pencil without an eraser is next to…

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Fun in the Classroom

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
Fun in the Classroom 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Each class session is a different performance. Whether the instructor is at the top of his or her form or feeling very low that day, a mask must come over…

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Written Communications

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
Written Communications IEEE Pulse

No matter if an engineer did the best job in the world with a design, if the person responsible for the design cannot communicate the design effectively, then the design…

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GMO or OMG?

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
GMO or OMG? 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Just when it looked like there could be a breakthrough in the application of biotechnology to crops and food plants, a new wrinkle appeared in the form of a scientific…

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Adequate, Not Best

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
Adequate, Not Best 150 150 IEEE Pulse

What almost all students and many faculty members don’t realize is that engineering design/application solutions are rarely the best (or optimal). Indeed, most engineering solutions could probably be described as…

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Retirement Is Hell

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
Retirement Is Hell 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Kimmie Meissner was an Olympic figure skater from my home county in the state of Maryland. Figure skating had consumed both her days and aspirations throughout most of her young…

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The Shaming of the True

Author(s)3: Art Johnson
The Shaming of the True 150 150 IEEE Pulse

For a change of pace, I am presenting, here, “The Shaming of the True,” something I have given as a final examination in a graduate instrumentation systems course (ENBE 601).…

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