Mark Fewer had a simple, but pressing, message for the group of students he visited on Thursday, Oct. 13 at Memorial University.

Addressing a group of graduate students from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Mr. Fewer’s goal was to educate the men and women on the exact steps they need to take in order to become licensed, practicing, professional engineers in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mr. Fewer is the deputy registrar and chief operating officer with the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL), the organization that regulates the engineering profession in the public interest, as promulgated in the Engineers and Geoscientists Act 2008 of Newfoundland and Labrador. He spoke to a large contingent of international graduate students from Memorial about how they become properly registered and accredited by PEGNL after they finish their master and doctorate degrees from Memorial’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

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St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador – The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland is proud one its professors and associate deans has been appointed to the Research & Development Corporation’s (RDC) Board of Directors.

Dr. Brian Veitch, Professor, Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering and Associate Dean of Research, was appointed to the board as a director on Aug. 31. His appointment pleases Dr. Ramachandran Venkatesan, Dean pro tempore, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University.

“Dr. Veitch is very deserving of his appointment to the RDC Board of Directors. He is a very active researcher and makes outstanding contributions to applied research projects in ocean engineering,” said Dr. Venkatesan. “Dr. Veitch is also an alumnus of Memorial University, having graduated from our undergraduate co-op engineering program in 1988 and our Master of Engineering degree in 1990. It is rewarding to see how far he has progressed and the respect he has earned throughout his career.”

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Small Business Innovation Research, Technology Infrastructure Can Help Create Jobs

WASHINGTON (9 September 2011) — To help encourage job growth, Congress should reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and invest in America’s technology infrastructure.

During his speech to Congress last night, President Barack Obama specifically cited small businesses as a key to job creation. “Everyone here knows that small businesses are where most new jobs begin,” Obama said. “And you know that while corporate profits have come roaring back, smaller companies haven’t.”

One simple way that Congress can immediately help small technology companies is by passing a long-term SBIR reauthorization.

SBIR is a competitive, federally funded program that helps small companies conduct research into new technology. But because Congress has failed to pass a long-term SBIR reauthorization, companies cannot be sure of the program’s reliability.   Read the rest of this article » » »

From Owen D. Young (U.S. motivational speaker):  ”There is a single reason why 99 out of 100 average businesspeople never become leaders.  That is their unwillingness to pay the price of responsibility.  By the price of responsibility I mean hard driving, continual work… the courage to make decisions, to stand the gaff… the scourging honesty of never fooling yourself about yourself.  You travel the road to leadership heavily laden.  While the nine-to-five-o’clock worker takes his ease, you are “toiling upward through the night.”  Laboriously you extend your mental frontiers.  Any new effort, the psychologists say, wears a new groove in the brain.  And the grooves that lead to the heights are not made between nine and five.  They are burned in by the midnight oil.”

Founding dean of Memorial University’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science recognized for his efforts and vision

St. John’s, NL – The founding dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland has been recognized with the highest honour bestowed by the province.

Dr. Angus A. Bruneau (OC, Ph.D, P.Eng) has been inducted into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, as announced by Lt.-Gov. John Crosbie on Aug. 22. The Order of Newfoundland and Labrador recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence and achievement in any field of endeavour benefiting Newfoundland and Labrador and its residents in an outstanding manner.

Dr. Bruneau will officially receive the honour during a ceremony at Government House on Sept. 13.   Read the rest of this article » » »