Planning a Scientific Career in Industry Strategies for Graduates and Academics

The imperitives and character of industry are quite different from those of graduate school or college. Planning a Scientific Career in Industry lays out the landscape of the technology industry that potential knowledge workers will encounter, identifies key landmarks and milestones in this landscape, and suggests an array of tools useful in preparing for a career in the industry. The coverage also helps the new graduate assess various companies and identify those whose culture would best enable a thriving career. This is an essential resource both for students planning their careers and faculty/human resources professionals tasked with hiring decisions.

Sanat Mohanty, with a PhD in chemical engineering, has worked in RD and in technology management at 3M. He has been involved in scoping new technologies and developing them for a variety of markets. He also spent significant time interacting with graduating scientists and engineers and orientation of new graduates in the industry. Ranjana Ghosh, with a master's degree in chemical engineering, has spent more than twelve years in industry in India and the USA, working on operations research applied to a wide set of areas, including transportation, chemical industry, aviation, and defense. Most recently, she was engaged in developing technologies for the aerospace sector as a scientist at Honeywell.