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It starts well before Silicon Valley, Engineering Departments get large portions of their revenues through Defense programs. MIT's Lincoln Laboratory made 27%
by almost_usual 9y ago
It starts well before Silicon Valley, Engineering Departments get large portions of their revenues through Defense programs.
MIT's Lincoln Laboratory made 27% of their revenue (roughly a billion dollars) in 2016. That's one research center.
http://web.mit.edu/facts/financial.html http://web.mit.edu/facts/financial.html
- lliamander 9y ago"Engineering" as a concept itself has roots in military application. The term "civil engineer" was coined precisely to distinguish the application of engineering techniques outside of the native context of military works.
- pteredactyl 9y agoYea, Leonardo da Vinci was a military engineer at one point.
- drawnwren 9y agoI bet that number gets a lot bigger if you're willing to consider donations from the defense industry as well. I seem to remember Raytheon and Lockheed Martin's logos displayed on the donors wall in the Huang Engineering Building at Stanford.