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WHAT'S UP IN TECHNOLOGY? features business owners, employees, and student interns of various technology companies, including Intel, Kestrel, and Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), all of whom discuss what they do, how they became interested in their respective fields, and how they feel students and companies benefit from partaking in internship programs.
Choose an expert and read answers to selected questions. If you have other questions, send a question to that expert by filling out our email form. The best questions will be selected monthly for the 1999-2000 school year and the answers will be posted.
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Tony Osgood was born in Pontiac, MI, and has lived in Michigan his entire life. He attended Rochester High School in Rochester Hills, MI, taking electives in Design and Computer-Assisted Drafting. He received a degree from Oakland University in Rochester Hills with a concentration in Mechanical Engineering and Computer-Assisted Drafting.
In June, 1993, Tony began working at Ovonic Battery Company as a Designer/Detailer. His design work consisted of designing small battery and vehicle packaging components and detailing work involved in making drawings of battery packs or manufacturing machine components so that the parts could be made by a fabrication shop.
In 1995, Tony was promoted to Applications Engineer; his responsibilities increased, with a focus on electric vehicle (EV) Battery Systems. Along with the design and packaging of vehicle systems, he performed more detailed project work, met with customers, and traveled. In 1997, he was promoted to Senior Applications Engineer and given complete responsibility for managing projects. Along with his previous responsibilities, his work involves project quoting, scheduling, personnel management, system testing, system integration, support, and extensive travel.
Tony welcomes your questions about math and science, and how they have helped him in his technology-related career.
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Holly Ng is WHAT'S UP IN TECHNOLOGY's featured student intern. In 1998, as a high school senior at Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Oregon, Holly gained an internship with Intel Corporation, splitting her time between working for product/engineering manager Gregg Hardy and Frank Hunsaker, who builds experimental servers for testing. Now a freshman (as of November, 1998) attending the University of Portland, Holly is a prospective math major who currently works for her school's Information Systems Department, a paying job she was able to get based on her intership experience.
Holly welcomes your questions about her experience interning at a technology company.
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Stan Ovshinksy has worked in the field of amorphous materials since 1955. In 1960, with his wife, Dr. Iris M. Ovshinsky, he founded Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., to continue research and development of amorphous materials for uses in various phases of information storage and control. He is the president and chief executive officer of ECD, chief executive officer of Ovonic Battery Company (OBC), president and CEO of United Solar, a joint venture with Canon, and chairman of the Institute for Amorphous Studies. Stan holds well over 200 U.S. patents, is the author of numerous scientific papers, and has been awarded numerous honors for his work.
Dr. Iris M. Ovshinksy is co-founder, vice president, and director of Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), Inc., and director and secretary of ECD's subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. Her work is based on her husband's inventions in energy, information, and amorphous and disordered materials. Iris graduated with a B.A. in zoology from Swarthmore College, received an M.S. in biology from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Boston University.
They welcome your questions about their company and its participation in a school-to-work program.
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