Author: William Johnson
William
Johnson
Understand what Employers look for
Recently I was contacted by a job recruiter about a position. They were looking for someone with an environmental catalysis background Masters or Ph.D. but they wanted someone with industrial experience that was not heavy on research and development. That struck me as somewhat odd becaus...
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Science Experts Let Your Voices Be Heard
Lately, much has been made of the issues in Japan dealing with nuclear power generation and safety. Meanwhile, approximately 20% of United States power generation portfolio is composed of nuclear sources. In deciding where you stand on nuclear energy, it is very important to keep things ...
William
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Transitions from Academia to THE REAL WORLD
As I was winding down my Ph.D. studies, I found it necessary to start looking for employment. Since the economy had hit an all time low in Michigan in 2006-2007 due to auto industry decline and overall recession, I found it necessary to start looking about 1/2 year to 1 year before my Ph.D. de...
William
Johnson
Helping the Environment
Hello! My name is William Johnson and I received my PhD from the Univ. of Michigan- Ann Arbor in 2007. My area of specialty is reaction engineering and catalysis. I spent two-and-a-half years in industry post PhD with Intel Corporation as a process engineer. and am currently a post...
