Not exact matches
He was fascinated by a talk one of his
engineering professors gave about high -
performance computing in the
Human Genome Project, and he began to see other connections between biology and
engineering.
Also speaking at the event are Dr. Ken Lacovara (Insights from the biggest dinosaur skeleton ever found), Dr. Roy Hamilton (Enhancing
human mental
performance with noninvasive brain stimulation), Dr. George Brainard (Better lighting for better sleep in space), Denise Wong (Tiny bio-robots for microscale medicine and
engineering), Dr. Melinda Keefe (The chemistry of art conservation), and Dr. Michel Barsoum (Molding conductive «clay» into the next generation of batteries)
There's a strong story involving the relationship between two families who reach across the species divide, led by Caesar (Andy Serkis in a brilliant and rich motion capture
performance), who is both husband and father to his family and benevolent leader of the simian tribe, and Jason Clarke as an
engineer trying to repair an electrical damn to power the
human reclamation of San Francisco.
Michael Armstrong, author of several books on
human capital and
performance management, is quoted as saying, «The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their
engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the
engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.»
Direct Focus Corporation (Vancouver, WA) 2001 — 2004 Senior Software
Engineer / Development Lead • Led development team in design, creation, and launch of critical web - based financial applications • Implemented automated settlement and funding system eliminating all
human transactional errors • Reduced staffing needs and significantly increased financial transaction processing efficiency • Directly responsible for 99.98 % website up - time through implementation of quality control measures • Managed design team priorities, product lifecycle, and evaluated staff and product
performance • Gathered business data and created functional specifications and technical design documentation • Utilized ASP.Net, C#, VB.NET,.