I wouldn't worry to much about this. As the article clearly states all observations were made with an optical telecope. They saw this mysterious "hole" in the center and made the assumption that there was nothing there. It could be full of hot gas but you wouldn't be able to detect it with a visible light telescope becasue the gas itself would not not emit any light.
This is kind of like the monty python sketch where it was agreeded that a duck is made out of wood becasue it floats.
Just for reference:
here is a link to the National Society for Professionl Engineers website for the code of ethics.
http://www.nspe.org/ethics/eh1-code.asp
Section 7 specifically deals with this case.
I'm sure the great state of California must have some engineering code of ethics or an equivalent? And if so i'm quite sure that in that code it is quite specific about talking about other engineers, "junior" or otherwise.
I have a BScEng in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited Canadian university. The education is designed to teach the students a critical (engineering) way of thinking ie. how to be scientists. For example, you should not expect a new graduate to be able to read drawings without some assistance. A science masters degree definitely does not make a potential hire more likely to excel at a particular job due to the simple fact that they have just bascially done research for the past couple years. The only way to gain practical working knowledge is in the field, and currently the education isn't set up to accomodate this.
A basic working knowledge of autocad would be a bare acceptable. If you want some one to do drafting hire a draftsman, it would be much cheeper for you.
See up here in Canada we seem to finally have gotten something right!
Professional Engineers are governed by statue in each province. There are certification processes, education requirements, inter/mentorship for several years, etc.. The titles "Engineer" and "Engineering" are protected and controlled to avoid confusion with "fake" engineers. Also, just becasue you have an degree in engineering does not give you the legal ability to call yourself an "Engineer". Unless you are certified and registered in your province as a professional engineer, you can get in trouble for using titles like "Project Engineer". A similar thing (misrepresention) was occuring here with Certified Engineering Technologist/Technicians (both use to be abbreveated CET). The new system uses PTech (Professional Technologist) and CTech (certified technician) which stops technicians from passing themselves off as technologists. Canada also has the advantage of having a national accreditation board for universities (colleges for you yanks) which offer degrees in engineering. This ensures that all graduates have at least a good base understanding of engineering as well as law and ethics. The US does not have such a program. If you are interested in learning more about engineering regulations in Canada please visit the following link:
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I wouldn't worry to much about this. As the article clearly states all observations were made with an optical telecope. They saw this mysterious "hole" in the center and made the assumption that there was nothing there. It could be full of hot gas but you wouldn't be able to detect it with a visible light telescope becasue the gas itself would not not emit any light. This is kind of like the monty python sketch where it was agreeded that a duck is made out of wood becasue it floats.
Just for reference: here is a link to the National Society for Professionl Engineers website for the code of ethics. http://www.nspe.org/ethics/eh1-code.asp Section 7 specifically deals with this case.
Very unprofessional.
I'm sure the great state of California must have some engineering code of ethics or an equivalent? And if so i'm quite sure that in that code it is quite specific about talking about other engineers, "junior" or otherwise.
I have a BScEng in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited Canadian university. The education is designed to teach the students a critical (engineering) way of thinking ie. how to be scientists. For example, you should not expect a new graduate to be able to read drawings without some assistance. A science masters degree definitely does not make a potential hire more likely to excel at a particular job due to the simple fact that they have just bascially done research for the past couple years. The only way to gain practical working knowledge is in the field, and currently the education isn't set up to accomodate this. A basic working knowledge of autocad would be a bare acceptable. If you want some one to do drafting hire a draftsman, it would be much cheeper for you.
http://www.ccpe.ca/