An NDA is by no means a substitute for a patent. A patent is something that is essentially purchased from the government to protect your ideas from being directly copied and used to make profit off of. An NDA is…   Read more»

I just had a friend who was laid off from my company due to cut backs in the remediation budget. Now that our remediation project has come to a close, those who were hired as a part of that budget…   Read more»

While working at my company, we had discovered some problems with our injection molding system during a re-validation. While using the same injection molder and the same settings, we were getting a different outcome from the normal plastic pieces we…   Read more»

Most of the time the type of team that is created for a role depends on the project that they are working on. In some projects it may be better to have a group with similar ideas to you where…   Read more»

In my experience, working on collaboration projects does not really have anything to do with organizational structure. As Adrian stated above, it has a lot more to do with the culture of the employees, the processes in place, and the…   Read more»

Personally, I see myself being much more effective in a middle management role than an upper management role. Not that I don’t think I could be in upper management, but I think my working style is more effective when actively…   Read more»

For risk management a FMEA is the best tool to use as it includes multiple components of each risk and classifies the risk based on occurrence, severity, and detection. It also allows engineers to track possible failure modes based on…   Read more»

While working for my company, we do our best to handle risks as appropriately as possible. From an auditor point of view and our companies general view on risk, it is not satisfactory for us to accept risk for our…   Read more»

While working at my current company I have been able to work on a PFMEA for a product that will be coming out for release. Luckily for me, this product was very similar to one we already produced, but required…   Read more»

Yes, I believe that placebo controlled trials are ethical and are very necessary to ensure that drugs and treatments are both effective and not creating fake results. This may seem like it is cruel, because some people are signing up…   Read more»

@sseal98 I agree that underlying conditions play the biggest role in how COVID is affecting individuals when it comes to severity of illness and how likely an individual is to be hospitalized or have mild symptoms. At the same time,…   Read more»

A double blind study has a lot of benefits in clinical trials where the people running the study want every part of the study to be impartial. I think most can agree that if a single blind study is complete…   Read more»

One of my favorite commercials is the Mean Joe Greene Super Bowl commercial from Coca Cola. This commercial included aspects of marketing which draw most viewers to products. It included a big name athlete who was a role model in…   Read more»

If I am developing a company that provides dental tools, my main client would be the dentist that will be using the tool to complete the procedure/treatment. When it comes to dentistry, there tools are not normally sold in retail…   Read more»

So far in my career I have worked for two different types of companies. My first job was working for a sole proprietorship in a small water purification company with less than 10 employees. My second is for a large…   Read more»

In working for a publicly owned company, engineers are not that involved with the opinions of shareholders unless their project holds a lot of weight for the company. For example, if there is a new project launch that the company…   Read more»

If I had ownership of my own company, I would definitely prefer to own it as a sole proprietor rather than anything else. I would do this to have total control over the company and be able to run it…   Read more»

When it comes to statistical sampling there are a few factors to consider when writing protocols. One of the main factors is what kind of protocol is being written. Most of my experience is with process validations, so I write…   Read more»

The steps of process validation for a process include Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), Process Qualification (PQ), and sometimes a Process Performance Qualification (PPQ). The first step of any process validation is to run an IQ. This is basically…   Read more»

Throughout my time working at a company I have done many different types of validations. Essentially, validations can be done for a large array of tests and products or processes. One type that I have done is a packaging validation…   Read more»