Robert Lilly

Greater Seattle Area United States

Career Aerospace and Electrical Engineer and Educator

I believe passionately in the dignity and power of the engineering profession. A civilization’s engineering works are the most visible and the most durable tribute a civilization can offer to the ages. Surviving in the soils, or visible from orbit, engineering offers work that spans scales of time and space. Engineering enables advanced cultures. The discipline’s conquest of distance has enabled the rise of nations, especially that of America. Our standard of living rests on the work of engineers. And we have such NEED for more engineers. Our country is engaged in a fierce competition for global dominance. The quality of engineering talent produced is paramount. The problems pr...