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gingeranderson
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RE: Research for the Fututre or Now?

I would prefer to create research that helps current generations. I believe that technologies and information builds upon itself so if you help curren...

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RE: Academia vs. Industry Research

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I helped design and develop new technology for submarines. I worked with Lockheed Martin, the Naval R...

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RE: Approaches to Research

In industry, research is done based on an immediate need for the product. Unless there is a problem that has to be solved, usually the research isn't ...

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RE: Obstacles while working on a project

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I was given a project to develop a new technology for submarines. While testing in the Monitoring and...

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RE: Discussion Topic: Project Management in a medical device setting

I think there are many challenges to doing project management for medical devices vs other projects. One of the main challenges would be that there mi...

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RE: Multiple Project Managers for one project

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I worked on several projects that had different project managers for different portions of the job. T...

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RE: Discussion Topic: Academia vs. Industry

I would argue that working in academia would give someone the opportunity to work on something that is meaningful to them. In academia, one can do res...

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RE: Advice for Biomedical Engineering Students

I haven't worked as a biomedical engineer but I have worked as a nuclear engineer for 5 years. My advice would be more general. During internships and...

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RE: Discussion Topic: Practical vs. Informational courses

I think the 3 out of 10 ratio for practical classes versus 7 out of 10 for academic classes is perfect. The student will pick up and learn things on t...

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RE: Why do people leave work?

I think "praise" and "challenging work" are connected. If people are not stimulated they will not be motivated to work on the said project and there w...

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RE: Disconnect in rewarding motivation

I believe that they are disconnected because its teamwork vs. individual but I believe they are connected in a strange way.‘individual effort’, ‘makin...

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RE: Engineer vs. Manager

I would choose a manager role. There were several engineers at my company who would never want to be in management and prefer moving up the ladder as ...

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RE: Discussion Topic: Outsource vs. Insource the clinical trial

I believe that to determine if you should outsource a clinical trial or not, you should first develop a scope, WBS, Gantt chart, and budget for these ...

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RE: What’s Your Motivator?

Visualizing the end product motivates me. While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I helped design new components for the submarine. Sometimes...

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RE: Why do people work?

I expected "fair pay" and "benefits" to be higher. I thought the main reason why most people worked was to get paid and have benefits to survive. I ac...

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