Timothy Johnson:  

I went to Budapest to present a paper on I2C bus using the TI MSP430 rf2500 chip with a student of mine who did all the work. He was very good and is now working at Draper Labs. Had a great time, check out the photo albums. Jan., 2007. Call me Associate Professor now, a three year odyssey after filing the initial paperwork. I eventually had to assembly a 2" thick dossier on my scholarship, community service and service to the Institute to satisfy the committee. Oh, I forgot to mention I wrote a play in 2005 about a swim...I believe it's featured in one of the photo albums. The play is called Stud of the Hudson and is available on Amazon. June, 2005. Just back from the Fohi 50th Anniversary celebration & All-class reunion. Nice time, good food, decent music, and as always, great company! 2004, Thanksgiving. The wife finished the dining room in time so we could eat in style. I've modified the Massachusetts Society of Professional Engineers web page and posted pictures of the family in Hawaii. 2004, Summer--Well, I'm president of the MSPE now and darn but what the annual convention isn't in Hawaii. What a deal! 2003, Fall--I can't believe it, after 3 years of trying, the sailing club finally happened at the college where I teach. I had 50 students show up at the first meeting. 3 weeks ago, I was sitting in a launch on the Charles River watching my students compete against: Harvard, MIT, Brandeis, Boston College...we got creamed. Hey, it's our first year! Plus the chess team is coming together. We expect to start competing soon. 2003, Summer--Wow, what a year. I'm President-elect for the Massachusetts Society of Professional Engineers. I'm going to be busy representing engineers all over the State. Oh, yes, my company published a second book: Introductory Physics-A Model Approach. Mortgaged my NY home up to the hilt and purchased a boat, 65', holds 100 passengers. I put it in a company that runs fishing charters out of New Bedford, MA (the same port that the Pequod sailed out of...remember Moby Dick?). 2003, Spring--Finally took and passed the Professional Engineer exam in Electrical--Computer Engineering. Nailed it in my first sitting, passing score is 70 and I managed an 81!! We're having parties in Boston, Cape Cod, and NY to celebrate. So, I'm now Capt. Tim Johnson, PE. 2002--I wrote my first book! I wanted to help out the students who were having a problem finding a job. It's called "Finding A Job in Tough Times". Published by my own company and available on Amazon. 2000--I'm still back East and enjoying my second career, second wife (Caprice), my darling daughter (Avery) and my three jobs. Love to hear from you! I finished a Masters in Electrical Engineering after I retired from New York Telephone and I now teach engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. It's a fun job and get to hang with a lot of bright students that push me to keep sharp and stay up to date on engineering issues. During the summers, I spend most weekends teaching sailing and Coastal Navigation for Boston Harbor Sailing Club. I finally got to use my nautical knowledge from my undergraduate years at the Merchant Marine Academy. Plus I picked up a Captains License. That was a thrill to finish something I had started 30 years earlier when I dropped out of the Academy to get married (the first time). College College is way different when you're the instructor as opposed to the student. Software has made the life of the engineering student much simpler and faster. They are able to concentrate on the design of circuits and not get hung up on the computational aspects of the design. That makes them smarter out-of-the-box compared with students of my era. I envy them. When I finished my first lecture on capacitors, I looked at them and made a wish: that someone had explained capacitors to me the way I had just done for them. It was a masterful lecture that in one hour conveyed every conceptually idea (with formulas) they will ever need about capacitors. During the next semester, I take them thru the design and experiments of the first voice communication system by Alexander Graham Bell. We completely model from the electrical domain to the audio domain the first ever speaker made. Then they get to make one. That is fun. Of course, I ask them to take measurements and verify the theory.