20 Questions Electrical Engineers Thought Lawyers Should Ask Them

We recently surveyed our electrical engineering experts, asking them a dozen or so questions about their field. The last question we asked was: "What questions should we be asking that we are not?". The response was huge! Here are some of them. if you have others to add, please feel free to post!

Q: Have you served as an arbitrator in your field?
Q: How are you preparing your employees for the emerging smart grid electric power industry?
Q: What certification do you hold and how long have you been doing energy audits?
Q: How can carbon dioxide emissions be curtailed dramatically in the future?
Q: What percentage of wind power can be generated in an electrical grid system before it becomes unstable due to erratic generation and how can power demand be met when wind is not available?
Q: If there is a sensitive electronic circuit that is in close proximity to conductors carrying heavy currents, and terminals operating at high voltage, what design steps should be taken to mitigate the effects of these?
Q: Have you designed any novel display device and if so what is the novelty?
Q: How recently have you been involved in designing or commercializing products?
Q: What do your peers consider you in your field?
Q: Have you ever worked in finding the cause of failure of optical communications network? If so, how would you distinguish between human-caused failure from pure technical failure?
Q: What do you think is the Next Big Thing?
Q: What kind hardware and software design languages you are familiar with?
Q: Have you reviewed and mapped patents to existing international standards?
Q: Have you been awarded any US patents in EE related fields?
Q: Regardless of degrees, licensing, or certifications, how many systems have you personally connected up, tested, commissioned, and brought on line?
Q: Besides patent infringement cases, to what other types of case do you contribute?
Q: What is the number of product for which was lead designer on products being manufactured and in use?
Q: What personal resources do you have for measuring, testing and evaluating designs?
Q: What courses have you taught at the University level?
Q: Describe an instance where you were able to explain complex concepts to a jury.