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Boeing to support Wisk with engineering and certification expertise – Flightglobal
Air taxi developer Wisk Aero has made clear that Boeings backing extends well beyond financing to also include engineering, safety and certification support.
California-based Wisk revealed a few details on 24 January about its relationship with Boeing and said it intends this year to pick the location of new production site.
Its not just capital, it is also the resources they bring to bear, having certified many aircraft, Wisk chief executive Gary Gysin says of Boeings support. Its a joint development effort.
Gysin cites Boeings experience with certification and engineering, saying Boeing is integrated into our team.
His comments came shortly after Wisk disclosed on 24 January that it secured $450 million in funding from Boeing funds adding to previous investment of undisclosed amount by the airframer in Wisk. Boeing became a Wisk backer in 2019.
Privately held Wisk has not disclosed other details about its financing. But Gysin says bringing an electric air taxi through certification and into service costs about $1.5 billion. Boeings latest capital injection is about one third of that amount.
Boeing will bring its certification experience to bear in helping Wisks all-electric aircraft clear the Federal Aviation Administrations certification review, says Boeing vice-president and chief engineer of sustainability and future mobility Brian Yutko.
Support for Wisk will also come from Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences, which specialises in developing autonomous flight technology, Yutko adds.
Gysin and Yutko spoke to reporters but provided few details about Wisks plans. The company is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for what the sectors proponents describe as a massive market opportunity. They envision networks of air taxis flying short routes within the worlds most-congested cities.
Some Wisk competitors names like Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation have promised to have electric air taxis in service within just a few years.
Wisk stands out in having disclosed no such details. As for a timeline, Gysin says only that Wisk will reach certification when regulators are convinced its design is safe.
You can debate which year, but this is going to happen, he adds.
Gysin also declines to reveal details about Wisks envisioned production aircraft, saying only it will be larger and fly farther than Wisks prototype, called Cora. That aircraft has 22nm (40km) range and speed of about 87kt (161km/h).
But Wisk is closing in on picking a site to manufacturer its commercial air taxi.
We will be deciding this year where we will do our high-rate manufacturing, Gysin says.
Aerospace analysts view production capability and efficiency as factors that will make or break nascent air taxi developers. To keep production costs (and sales prices) low, the companies must develop efficient production systems and produce their aircraft at relatively high rates.
Wisks plan calls for it to have 2,000 of its air taxis flying within five years of certification, Gysin says. At least initially, Wisk will also operate the aircraft.
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Misogyny in the School of Computer Science & Engineering – Dailyuw
Only a minority of people in our community would contest that women have been historically excluded from STEM subjects like computer science and engineering. Even fewer people would contest that there are repercussions to excluding large groups of people from a subject of study. It is only sensible to argue that there being fewer women among STEM faculty at universities like UW, or fewer women being hired and receiving leadership positions in STEM is a reflection of historical exclusion.
At the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), which is known for its competitive nature, the number of women joining the program is increasing. Women accounted for 32% of the total undergraduate enrollment in fall 2021 and 24% of the total fifth-year master's enrollment in fall 2021. Yes, this statistic clearly depicts that the student body of the CSE program at UW is male-dominated. However, it also depicts that women's involvement is growing, considering that 10 years ago that number was at about 20%.
Don't get me wrong, though. Many people, myself included, would agree that this is not a sufficient amount of growth and that the rate of women studying STEM subjects should increase. In regard to the CSE departments faculty, which is male-dominated as well, women currently account for 29% of the full-time faculty and 8% of the emeritus faculty.
The length of time it has taken for CSE and the student body to be inclusive of women isnt the biggest issue at hand. We won't begin to see equal representation of women until women are offered an equal, early introduction to STEM like men, before they begin higher education. Here at UW, one of the biggest issues at hand is structural change being stalled, and individuals like Pedro Domingos and Stuart Reges are actively combating progress.
A soon-to-graduate CSE student who requested anonymity said that it was an introduction to coding in high school and direct admission to the CSE program that helped them continue with the major. They confirmed that there are clearly fewer women than men in all of their classes, but that they have had a good experience overall.
Coming in, there are just a lot of barriers to trying CS at the beginning as a girl, the student said. By the time girls, like my sorority sisters, have taken their first CS class, it's kind of impossible to get in if they wanted to do it.
Can you be a misogynistic, racist conservative and not be smooth brained? Domingos and Reges energetic commitment to espousing hate suggests that those characteristics are inseparable. While Reges previously claimed there are fewer women in computer science because of personal choice, more recently Domingos posted a long tweet thread to prove that Half of the female STEM faculty in the US were hired over more qualified men and that women dont experience discrimination in STEM.
Yes, its ironic that they dont realize how they are contributing to the discrimination toward women that they think doesnt exist, but its also sad. Their behavior is hurtful, disappointing, and frustrating especially for those currently in CSE who are working toward more equitable practices.
The vast majority of people in the Allen School community work hard every day toward diversity, equity, inclusion and access [DEIA] and supporting students and any other community member who may feel harmed or marginalized, Magdalena Balazinska, a professor and director at the Allen School, said.
In addition to distributing an annual climate survey, the Allen school has a five-year plan for DEIA.
I also spend a significant amount of time in conversations with various members of our community, Balazinska said. I host quarterly meetings to which I invite the entire undergraduate student body.
Its unfortunate that Reges and Domingos have repeatedly caused this school and its students so much discomfort and repeatedly disregarded the reality of their field and their negative impact on our community. I worry most for the students who are continually in closer proximity to them.
Domingos revealed himself to have isolated women to affirm his biases in a tweet earlier this month.
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Its embarrassing that anyone has to say this to a college professor, but Pedro: having a conversation with one woman in CSE where you alienated her to confirm your own bias does not serve as evidence that women havent been historically excluded from STEM. Like, come on, thats just logic out of a basic statistics class.
Reges has become infamous for this behavior, but nothing appears to be changing.
As far as faculty goes, I do think it's really unfortunate, another anonymous CSE student said. I know for years and years and years weve been talking about Stuart Reges and all of his comments and nothing has ever really been done about it Weve known he's problematic well before I even came to UW, so the lack of anything happening there is disappointing, especially because students are speaking out.
Domingos has claimed that Women are trained to believe that everything bad that happens to them is caused by sexism. And therefore sexism is rampant. But without fallacies and misogyny, you cant justify the underrepresentation of women in STEM subjects, and among the emeritus alone, the historical exclusion of women is painstakingly apparent. Can you just be honest with yourself?
Climate surveys are not sufficient enough to measure if students are receiving the support they need after professors in their own school create an unwelcoming environment and repeatedly express prejudice, especially when that prejudice is directed toward them. However, I hope the five-year plan for DEIA brings progress and a truly safe and inclusive environment.
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University of Georgia College of Engineering: Strong commitment to research, outstanding student experience – Study International News
The University of Georgia College of Engineerings Resilient Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship will commence in Spring or Fall 2022. If you have a BS or MS degree in civil or environmental engineering, or ecology, architecture, geography, or related sciences, possess knowledge of resilient infrastructure such as smart cities, and related engineering competition awards, you are strongly encouraged to apply for this PhD degree in resilient infrastructure, sustainability and climate change.
The fellowship perks include a US$30,000 annual stipend, tuition waiver and travel funds (US$1,000 in Years Three and Four). You will have plenty of chances to work with faculty in civil, environmental, agricultural and mechanical engineering projects on top of learning how to conduct research, teach and do collaborative proposal writing.
Another reason to apply? Impressive accolades. #16 among public universities in America (US News and World Report). The USs oldest public university. US$495 million in Research and Development expenditure for Financial Year 2020. Among the top five for new products to market for eight consecutive years (AUTM).
On campus, there are over a dozen student organisations to join, such as the Graduate Student Club and Society of Women Engineers, among others. Their activities are some of the finest examples of cross-cultural learning and support, teamwork and leadership skills, as well as the noble pursuits of causes.
When Colin Baillie from Marietta, Georgia, was searching for a university that would allow him to participate in activities on top of his academic studies. UGA fit the bill best.
There is a depth to the quality of instruction here not only in the College of Engineering, but in all the classes I have taken, and the student body is active and passionate enough to make all these extracurriculars happen, Baillie says.
Alexandra Betz from Bay Shore, New York agrees. As soon as I got to UGA I knew the fun and hardworking environment was the perfect mix for me, she says. All the students are motivating and collaborative, working together to help each other where we can.
Indeed, not only does UGA College of Engineering have talented engineering students who are both enthusiastic and hardworking, but its three interdisciplinary schools also boast several other advantages.
Firstly, both graduate students and faculty can work together on many important projects. UGA College of Engineerings faculty specialising in many research areas such as Engineering Education have won prominent national, international and institutional awards including National Science Foundation CAREER awards.
Working with both Dr. Locklin and Dr. Jambeck has been just an amazing pleasure. They are incredible researchers, Katherine Shayne shares about her New Materials Institute work experience. At this particular research institute, students focus on sustainable product design and waste management practices.
Secondly, UGA and the College of Engineering place a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research. As a Tier One Research Institution, UGA College of Engineering has three innovation and discovery challenge clusters where faculty work and partner with other departments for interdisciplinary research: Secure, Resilient and Sustainable Systems; Human Wellness, Cognition and Learning; and Advanced Material, Device and Cyber Technologies and Tools.
On top of that, UGA College of Engineering has invested some US$80 million in revamping their campus research facilities. The US$65 million I-STEM building opened in Summer 2021 will offer the much-needed research and collaborative space for faculty and graduate students in chemistry and engineering.
Students can also access the newly renovated Driftmier Engineering Centre with additional instructional spaces, and the 1,500 square feet of space for graduate student work spaces at the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Centre.
Finally, hands-on learning is an important part of the UGA College of Engineering education. Students can use many top-range facilities including the Experiential, Research and Teaching Labs. For example, the Instructional Laboratories offer 23,000 square feet of renovated space for all students of all programmes in this college to work on lab-based projects like Capstone Design.
Thats not all. Other forms of hands-on learning are available, such as co-ops, internships, field work and study abroad trips. All ensure students become more confident to enter the workplace.
For instance, Caitlin Cato, another student working at the New Materials Institute, believes so. Her hands-on opportunities taught her the critical thinking and creativity skills needed to become a successful scientist.
Besides seven graduate programmes such as Master of Science programmes, UGA College of Engineering also offers several doctoral programmes. If you have always wanted to pursue a graduate degree on a generous fellowship at one of the nations most reputable public universities, UGA College of Engineering is that place for you.
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Regency at Monroe Issues Letter with Mayor to Press Engineering Claims Regarding Toll Brothers – Yahoo Finance
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J., Jan. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Regency Home Owners Association (HOA) announced today filing a request to Mayor Steve Dalina, Monroe Twp., to support the 55+ adult community's efforts to investigate Toll Brothers' accountability for building what HOA's engineers allege are defective and deficient roadways in sections of the community.
This request has been filed in conjunction with negotiations regarding the transition of community control from the developer, Toll Brothers, to the HOA and includes asking for the withholding the return of $1+ million in bonding funds held by the Township for two years or until the road paving issues are resolved.
"We regret having to take this action," said Stuart Goldstein, lead transition representative for the Regency HOA, "but it's not clear if the builder will take action to fix our roadswhich down the road would substantially burden our seniors on fixed incomes."
According to Goldstein, Regency at Monroe is the largest and likely most profitable adult community Toll Brothers has built in New Jersey (1,275 homes). "By our estimates, Toll Brothers has made over $250 million. They assured buyers in their marketing/selling of homes to build the community to the highest standardsstandards they still tout on their website and other promotional materials."
Goldstein explained, the HOA completed an engineering study last June, conducted by O&S Associates, a major independent firm. This study identified $4.56 million in construction deficiencies in the final phases 9 & 10 of the Regency community. "The proper installation of roadways has a direct bearing on water drainage, sewers, the longevity of curbs (Aprons), and the overall safety of our senior residents."
During the engineering study, O&S Associates took over 30 core samplings of roadway (drilling asphalt) and found the road paving to be significantly uneven and lacking depth of asphalt. According to the engineers, the work completed by Toll is not consistent with the plan they submitted to the Township. If not corrected, the engineers in their report suggest this would materially reduce the expected life of the roadways. "And when they hired their own engineering firm to challenge our findings, that firm reported 50%+ of their samples confirmed the roads were not in accordance with Toll's own plans," said Goldstein.
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The letter to Mayor Dalina pointed out:
Toll Brothers' proposed solution is to add extra top coating of asphalt to the roadway, but O&S engineering reports this cannot be done so the road surface is level and matches the previously installed sewers, manholes, sidewalks, etc.
The issue of roads is significant. If the roads crack or require repairs prematurely, they can drain the HOA's Reserve Maintenance Fund and require financial assessments of homeowners. But roads are not the only construction issue where a response is pending from Toll Brothers, e.g., fencing, catch basins. The O&S engineering study was given to Toll in June 2021.
The HOA has once again hired Cole Schotz P.C., one of the largest law firms in New Jersey with a well-regarded construction law and litigation practice, to represent Regency at Monroe in the negotiations with Toll Brothers.
Regency HOA Board hopes the Mayor and the Township Engineering Department will work to protect homeowners, (as they've done in other Monroe communities). This could impact the timely return of bonding posted by builders and the timely outreach local officials can undertake with other communities where Toll is building.
Goldstein indicated the HOA would also be pursuing meetings with State Legislators to explore a possible investigation into the roadway paving and other Transition issues with the Department of Community Affairs.
Regency at Monroe is an adult community (55+) located in Monroe Township, N.J., with over 1,275 individual homes. The community, started in 2001, includes a clubhouse, pool and golf course. A six-member homeowner Board of Trustees took over initial control and governance of the HOA in 2016. Toll Brothers gave up its seventh seat on the Board in 2019.
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UB plans new engineering building to accommodate the school’s continued growth – UB Now: News and views for UB faculty and staff – University at…
To accommodate the continued growth of its School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UB is moving ahead with plans to construct a new building for the school on the North Campus.
The effort took a major step forward earlier this month when Gov. Kathy Hochul announced funding for the $102 million project in her State of the State address. The support is part of a broader initiative focusing on SUNY, including naming UB and Stony Brook University as flagships of the system.
We are extremely grateful to Gov. Hochul for her steadfast support of the University at Buffalo and our mission of excellence, President Satish K. Tripathi says. As both the reputation of our engineering school and the demand for engineering professionals have continued to rise statewide, nationally and globally one of my foremost priorities has been a new academic building for our engineering students that will foster innovative collaborations, trailblazing research and robust entrepreneurial activities.
The states commitment to this major endeavor, alongside its designation of UB as a flagship of the SUNY system, will surely fuel our ambition to situate UB among the top 25 public research universities in the nation, Tripathi says.
The building will be located near existing engineering buildings on the North Campus. Its size, exact location and a timeline for construction are still being determined.
The building will accommodate growth at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which in the past 10 years has seen undergraduate student enrollment increase by 60%, and graduate student enrollment grow by 110%.
During the fall 2021 semester, the school enrolled 4,780 undergraduates and 2,621 graduate students.
Designed to be a hub for student activity, the new building will feature an engineering commons, which will include collaborative spaces for student clubs, as well as maker space, student support services and programs that support entrepreneurism and student startups, says Dean Kemper Lewis.
This new building will become the home for all students interested in engineering and computer science. It will be a place where students are invited to gather, collaborate and work as a singular community driven by their curiosity, he says. It will be a home that welcomes and supports students at every step of their education to ensure everyone has the opportunity to succeed.
Lewis explains the building will help the school to continue to attract a more diverse student body, which in turn will help diversify the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workforce, including the more than 15,000 graduates who work in New York State.
To demonstrate its commitment to being close to students, he says the deans offices will move from Davis Hall into the new building, as will the schools offices of undergraduate and graduate education, and the Department of Engineering Education, which is now located in Capen Hall.
In a press release coinciding with the funding announcement, Hochul said such investments will help ensure SUNY institutions, such as UB, further cement their place as leading public research universities.
We must seize this moment to revitalize SUNY, lifting up students from a broad and diverse range of backgrounds while at the same time transforming the institution into a global, 21st-century educational leader, Hochul said.
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Bill Gates Warns of Pandemics That Could Turn Out Worse Than COVID – Interesting Engineering
Pandemics to come could be worse, says Gates. Reuters
Bill Gates, the visionary who warned us about a pandemic five years before it actually happened, has said that future pandemics could turn out far worse than COVID-19, The Independent reported. Gates reportedly said this as his charitable foundation donated $150 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) to fight the COVID-19 vaccine and prevent future pandemics.
The world is once again swept in a wave of coronavirus infections, and healthcare systems are stressed. The causative agent for these infections, the Omicron variant, is believed to have originated in Botswana, a country with a recorded 24 percent vaccination coverage thus far, according to Reuters data.
Founded five years ago, after the threat of the Ebola virus, CEPI leads the effort in providing vaccines to the developing nations of the world. The Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines being administered globally were also developed with CEPI funds. While these vaccines were developed at an accelerated pace and helped save many lives, Gates lamented about the fact that coronavirus vaccines did not reach developing countries in desired quantities at the pace that was ideally desired, TheIndependent reported.
CEPI is now trying to raise $3.5 billion to ensure that a vaccine for the potential pandemic can be rolled out within 100 days, something Gates has been persistently talking aboutto ensure that we are ready for the next pandemic. Through his charitable organization the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates donated $150 million to this cause, a pledge that also matched with another organization, Wellcome Trust.
Both organizations cited the spread of the Omicron variant to make their point that developed nations need to pool in more funds to increase the pace and scale of response to a future pandemic, that could be far worse in terms of fatalities as compared to COVID.
Last month, Gates had also said that he expected Omicron to be the worst part of the pandemic, and with the vaccines and drugs developed so far, expects COVID-19 to be treated like flu from later this year.
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Southeastern’s Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology receives donation – The Livingston Parish News
Southeasterns Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology has received a $25,000 contribution from Turner Industries to establish The Turner Industries Endowed Scholarship to benefit students in disciplines offered by the department.
Beginning in 2022, a $1,000 scholarship will be available to a student selected by the faculty annually.
Recently, President and CEO of Turner Industries Stephen Toups visited Southeasterns Science and Technology Building to meet faculty and students and learn firsthand the offerings available to students in the department. Pictured from left are Southeastern President John L. Crain and Toups.
Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Turner Industries provides turnkey services and solutions to the companies that produce fuel, energy, and products essential to modern life.
With four main division lines Construction, Maintenance and Turnarounds, Fabrication, and Equipment and Specialty Services Turner Industries employees work across the United States for clients around the world.
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‘Oumuamua: Scientists Want to Send a Probe to Catch Up With ‘Oumuamua by 2054 – Interesting Engineering
It's the what-ifs that hurt the most.
'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object to be observed in our Solar System, might be an alien spacecraft, but it could also be a cigar-shaped rock. If only it had hung around in our neck of the galaxy long enough for us to have figured it out.
While many in the scientific community are resigned to never finding out the true answer, one team has outlined an ambitious plan to send a probe to catch up with the mysterious space object as it travels farther and farther away from Earth, a report from Forbes reveals.
After 'Oumuamua was discovered on October 19, 2017, by the Pan-STARRS1 Near-Earth Object survey, astronomers pointed out several anomalies that meant the object didn't resemble other asteroids observed in our Solar System.
Shortly after 'Oumuamua was first observed, for example, it changed speed, taking it off the initially predicted path. The strange object also left no trail of debris in its wake. An astrophysicist from Harvard, Professor Avi Loeb, and his team then famously suggested 'Oumuamua wasan interstellar alien spacecraft, or at least a piece of one.
Now, 'Oumuamua is beyond the reach of our most powerful telescopes, but those discrepancies are just too intriguing not to follow up. That's why a team from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies (I4IS) published a new paper outlining their plans for Project Lyra, a mission that would send a solar sail probe to catch up with and analyze 'Oumuamua before it's lost to us forever.
"Theories to explain the nature of 1I/'Oumuamua have included a fractal dust aggregate, a hydrogen iceberg, a nitrogen iceberg, an alien solar sail, fragments of a tidally disrupted planet, and so on," the authors of the paper wrote. "All explanations have one feature in common they are extraordinary."
The new paper says a mission could launch in early 2028 and reach 'Oumuamua, based on its speed and travel direction as it left our Solar System, between 2050-2054. For the first four years of the mission, it would orbit around the Earth twice, and Venus and Jupiter once to gain gravity assists, sending it on its way towards the mystery space object.
Solar sail technology, which was proven to work by the Planetary Society's LightSail 2 proof-of-concept mission, would help to power the probe on its way to catching up with 'Oumuamua. However, the mission would utilize a photon sail at least partially powered by a laser on Earth, in a similar fashion to Breakthrough Starshot's concept for a light sail probe that could reach our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, within two decades of launch.
Though other teams have proposed missions to 'Oumuamua, most of these have relied on performing an Oberth maneuver around the Sun. In other words, as the probe starts falling into the Sun's gravitational well, it will power up its thruster giving it a massive speed boost. As this would require a massive shield to protect against the Sun's heat and radiation, the I4IS team proposed employing an Oberth maneuver around Jupiter instead."The mission would much more resemble existing interplanetary missions," the authors explained. However, the launch date would have to be set no earlier than February 2028, due to Jupiter's current orbital alignment.
Since 'Oumuamua was first observed, one other interstellar object, namedC/2019 Q4 (Borisov), was discovered. Unlike 'Oumuamua the comet was found to much more closely resemble other space rocks observed throughout history. All the more reason to chase 'Oumuamua and discover its mysteries. That's, of course, if it didn't already make a beeline to its nearest spaceport.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article featured errors in the spelling of 'Omuamua. Ithas since been corrected.
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February Engineering Activity: Properties of Materials Additives – All Together – Society of Women Engineers
Of all the foods we eat, gelatin seems to have magical powers, suspending fruits; molding into towering, translucent sculptures; transforming from a solid into a liquid as soon as a spoonful hits the warmth of our mouths. Its not magic, but special gelatin molecules that are responsible for these food tricks.
The strength or firmness of a gelatin gel depends upon several factors:
You will investigate how common additives influence gel strength. Do acids, like lemon juice, turn your gel into a quivering, fragile blob? Does sugar stiffen your gel and make it as tough and rubbery as a bouncy ball? Its time to find out!
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Former UA engineering professor Simon Ang pleads guilty to lying to FBI agent about patents in China – Arkansas Times
Simon Ang, a former University of Arkansas electrical engineering professor indicted in 2020 for 44 counts of wire and passport fraud, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Fayetteville to a single count of making a false statement to an FBI agent.
The original charges concerned his alleged failure to report to the university and government agencies his financial and other ties to companies and institutions in China. The Justice Department said the case was representative of Chinas efforts to obtain U.S. technology through research and academic collaborations.
Heres the plea agreement.
He pleaded guilty to making a false statement to an FBI agent in May 2020 in return for dropping of all other charges. The government said an appropriate sentence would be for one year and a day in prison and a $5,500 fine. The agreement must be approved by federal Judge Timothy Brooks before it is implemented.
Ang taught at UA-Fayetteville for almost 32 years and was director of the High Density Electronics Center. While at UA, he also worked for companies in China and received awards there. The agreements says he did not disclose these awards or 24 patents hed been awarded in China to UA, as its policies required.
During his interview with FBI agent Jonathan Willett, Ang was asked if hed be listed on patents in China. According to the plea agreement, Ang responded: Yeah, I am not the inventor. I dont even know what that is. This statement was material to the FBIs investigation of Ang and others, the agreement says. The charge carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Heres the Justice Department release on the case.
NOTE CLARIFICATION: The original headline characterized Angs plea as being related to nondisclosure of China ties, to which Angs attorney objected. The charge to which he pleaded strictly relates to his statement to an FBI agent about patents for inventions in China. As the Justice Department put it in a news release headline, he lied to the agent about patents in China. The release said he made false statement to the FBI about the existence of patents for his inventions in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), which included his admission that he failed to disclose a conflict of interest to the university.
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