CEO Material?

October 31, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 12 Comments

Back when I was planning my life (OK. I’m still planning my life- it’s just more done than years past), I wondered when I was done getting my PhD in Chemical Engineering, what other degrees I should seek One of the possibilities was getting an MBA (Masters of Business Administration), if I planned to work in industry and not be a professor for the rest of my life. (Since I planned to invent two new products a year, it wasn’t clear that a professorship would mesh well with such a lifestyle.)

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Don't Index

DC Politics. Not politic.

October 30, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

Ah, DC. The Capital of the United States of America.

Where local rule is a fiction. Because for years it has been a majority minority city. It has always been a reliable Democratic Party bastion. (In the DC-MD-VA region, the only place that provides a more reliable Democratic voting record is Alexandria, where I live.)

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Just Because

Stand Up! Now!

October 29, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 10 Comments

It’s not often that I break into my queue. Not because I am rigid- but because there often is not a special reason to say something right NOW.

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Economy, Technology

Is it s-l-o-w or just my imagination?

October 26, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 16 Comments

It’s back in the news. I wrote about this four years ago.

Net neutrality.

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Medicine

Breast Milk

October 25, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 8 Comments

Breastfeeding. A practice that has come back into vogue once again. After years of companies attempting to sell their version of nutrition for babies.

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Just Because

Michael Rushed It!

October 24, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 4 Comments

What am I talking about? The Tall Ship, Godspeed, that has been traveling from Jamestown to Baltimore and back, educating folks about the first permanent European settlement in the US- and the condition of the Chesapeake Bay, had to rush into Alexandria (VA) to ensure that Hurricane Michael would not create problems for the ship or its voyages.

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Spiritual Protection Causes Physical Protection?

October 22, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 8 Comments

OK. This one is hilarious. My son sent me a note about this finding- and I couldn’t believe someone undertook such a study- in a serious fashion.

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Business Management, Technology

MIT. PhD. M-o-n-e-y. He AIN’T a Chem E!

October 19, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 8 Comments

George Hatsopoulous was never a ChemE- but he did hail from MIT. Where he earned his degrees in mechanical engineering. And, he did start a most interesting company- as a spin-off from MIT- the Thermo Electron Corporation.

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MIT. PhD. M-o-n-e-y. 3

October 18, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

He had the second longest name I encountered at MIT. (A fellow grad student has the longest one.) Pierre Leonc Thibaut Brian. He was known as P.L. Thibaut Brian, though.

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