Secret Scholarship

 

  • Chinese-born engineer awaits trial (AP via Yahoo! News) As a top engineer at a major U.S. defense contractor, Chi Mak helped develop some of the most advanced and closely guarded naval technology in the world, including silent-running propulsion systems that can make submarines virtually undetectable.


  • Former state highway director, engineer Ray Bass dies at 73 (Birmingham News)Ray Bass, former state highway director and chief engineer of the Alabama Transportation Department, died early Thursday at a Montgomery hospital. His widow, Clara Bass, said he was hospitalized late Wednesday for internal bleeding. The couple would have been married 50 years in December, she said.


  • Drugs found in system of McKean Co. train engineer (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)The engineer of a train that derailed last summer, spilling thousand of gallons of sodium hydroxide into a trout stream in McKean County, was under the influence of drugs at the time of the derailment, authorities said Friday.


  • Chinese-born engineer awaits trial (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)SANTA ANA, Calif. He was a top engineer at a major U-S defense contractor for years. Now, he's set to go on trial Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to export U-S defense secrets to China.


  • Train engineer charged in derailment (The Morning Call)| The engineer of a train that derailed last summer, spilling thousand of gallons of sodium hydroxide into a treasured trout stream, was under the influence of drugs at the time of the derailment, authorities said Friday.


  • Train engineer was on drugs when speeding train derailed (The Bradford Era)The engineer of the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Norwich Township last summer, causing an environmental catastrophe, has been charged by Kane-based state police for operating the speeding train while under the influence of drugs.


  • Weapons Engineer Is Set for Trial in Secrets Case (New York Times)Prosecutors say a top engineer for a major American military contractor worked for the Chinese from 1983 until his arrest two years ago


  • Chinese-born engineer awaits trial (WHNT-TV Huntsville) SANTA ANA, Calif. He was a top engineer at a major U-S defense contractor for years. Now, he's set to go on trial Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to export U-S defense...