Careers in Science and Engineering A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond (1996) / Chapter Skim
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3 WHAT SURVIVAL SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?
3 WHAT SURVIVAL SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?
Pages 29-46
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These allied skills acquired in graduate school are more powerful than many students recognize and can be applied to many other kinds of jobs and careers. What Are Skills and Attributes?
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In many jobs, you will spend a large part of your time in practicing nontechnical skills. In 1994, the American Institute of Physics asked several thousand PhD physicists working in industry, government, and academe which skills they used most frequently in their jobs.
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She has pioneered the use of ultrafast lasers to study surface phenomena relevant to atmospheric chemistry and biophysical chemistry. A longterm goal is to understand the three-dimensional shape of proteins absorbed at interfaces, such as the cell membrane.
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When the time came to choose a graduate school, she was not particularly methodical. She selected Columbia University because she had enjoyed a visit to a friend at Barnard and because she wanted to live in New York.
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And as you begin, get a good mentor, or preferably more than one, who are younger profs who have just gone through this process. There's a lot of ‘oral tradition' about getting through graduate school -- things that you need to know but won't find written down." Two issues that present challenges to new assistant professors are tenure and research funding.
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However, responsible conduct is an underpinning of any successful career. Another student guide from COSEPUP, On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research, discusses ethical issues.
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and perhaps with customers. If you are responsible for raising funds for your research, you must market your ideas effectively, write proposals, and generate enthusiasm for your research.
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But her curricu lum is already full, and she is reluctant to add extra courses. ➤ How can Lee build skills without adding to her course load?
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If English is not your native language, you must develop English-language skills. Writing exercises will pay off when it comes time to write a thesis, job application, study plan, or grant proposal; speaking exercises will help you to ask questions, communicate with professors, and participate in interviews.
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Centers often provide guidance to teaching assistants and are developing teaching methods that are more "student-friendly" for diverse populations. You can experiment with improvement techniques on your own.
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Get to be a FINANCIAL RESEARCHER? Mark Ferrari was in graduate school, doing research at Berkeley on magnetic struc tures in superconductors, when he began to doubt his passion for experimental physics.
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But don't treat grad school as a trade school. When you're interested in a subject, take a course in it, even if you have to fight with your adviser to do it.
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A good mentor relationship is personal: a mentor should have opportunities to discuss issues of ethical, ideologic, and philosophic concern, as well as more practical matters. There are many ways to begin developing your mentoring skills even as an undergraduate.
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Team Skills Research has become a more collective enterprise in academe, government, and industry than in the past. One result of that trend is that graduate students in science and engineering are more likely to work as members of a research team.
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also can help to set up activities like career days or resume workshops, which often arise from the initiative of students. Each of these steps can strengthen team skills, increase the size of your network, and prepare you to function more effectively in your professional career.
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A leader in science and engineering might take on various responsibilities: supervising a laboratory, heading a research team, managing a department, or planning new projects. Who among the people you know does a good job as a leader, and what qualities make this possible?
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➤ As a graduate student, be a mentor to under graduates and encourage them to participate in research. ➤ Practice brainstorming with fellow researchers in person or via the Internet.
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