Deep Dive: Why Engineers Should Brave Capitol Hill

Ran in the 1:05 PM edition of LivePulse, Thursday, October 22, 2026
Original reporting: IEEE Spectrum AI · Lucas Laursen, 2026-10-22

When San Antonio–based software engineer Nikhil Jathar first went to Washington, D.C., to advocate for federal support for technology education and research funding, he was in awe of the opportunity. It was spring of 2025, not long after Jathar settled in the United States from India, when he got an invitation to join the annual Congressional Visits Day organized by IEEE-USA.

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