Degree: Engineering Physics, NC A&T State University, 1984 (Orwellian Year). US Air Force Veteran, Communications/Computer Systems Officer. Process/Device/Manufacturing/Product Engineer at Motorola, AMD, back to Motorola in Austin, Texas. Author of "Unemployed: A Memoir" after my lay off in 2003, and blogger on www.physics4thecool.com. Currently work at Applied Materials as an Operations Manager in Fishkill, New York.