Finalists Explore Careers at the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS
At last year鈥檚 inaugural (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars), students requested more opportunities to meet with and speak to professionals in the 中文无码 fields. Earlier this week, this year鈥檚 class of Broadcom MASTERS had the opportunity to introduce themselves and speed network with six science and engineering professionals.
Participating professionals included Dennis Glanzman, Chief of and Mi Hillefors, Chief, , Clinical Neuroscience Research Branch, both of the at the National Institutes of Health; , Professor and Chair of the at the University of Maryland, College Park; , Sant Chair for Marine Science at the ; , Manager of Engineering and Shane Lansing, Senior Manager, IC Design Engineering, both of .
Students and professionals began the session by sitting around a large table. Professionals introduced themselves and spoke briefly about their career background, while students described the research projects that had qualified them to participate in the Broadcom MASTERS. After that, the students broke into small groups of 2-3 and rotated through tables where they were able to ask questions and get advice from the professionals.
Dennis Glanzman and Mi Hillefors, both of the National Institute of Mental Health, spoke about the importance of keeping your education as broad as possible and taking all available math and science classes. Now both working in neuroscience, Dennis originally began his career as a nuclear physicist and Mi started out in chemical engineering, only to obtain a medical degree, and then a PhD in neuroscience. As Mi said, 鈥淲hen I was your age, I had no idea this would be what I ended up doing. With a good background, you won鈥檛 be afraid to switch fields and follow your interests鈥� Science is a team effort. You can be a specialist, but you still need to have an overall understanding of what other team members are doing.鈥� Dennis reiterated the importance of a strong math background, saying 鈥淢ath is the building block of science. It鈥檚 how we communicate and interpret. Even if you don鈥檛 use math in your daily research, you need to be able to look at results critically.鈥�
Drew Baden, of the University of MD- College Park, asked students at his table about their projects and future plans, then provided advice on their generation鈥檚 responsibility to learn and practice science. 鈥淭he world is becoming more crowded and polluted. The good news is that a lot of people are now starting to listen to scientists, but these problems will be your generation鈥檚 responsibility to solve.鈥�
After 40 years working as a scientist specializing in research on coral reefs and ocean preservation, including stints working as a professor at Yale and for both the Scripps Institute and the Smithsonian, Nancy Knowlton said that 鈥渨orking as a scientist is almost always fun; the hardest part is having too much to do and trying to keep all the balls in the air,鈥� especially as you progress in your career and have different responsibilities such as managing projects. She then spoke about how science has never been a 9 to 5 job for her, as her curiosity keeps her focused even off hours.
Rozi Roufoogaran and Shane Lansing, both engineers at Broadcom Corporation who work with teams of designers, brought a table full of show and tell products including a wireless router, Nintendo Wii remote, iPhone, and more to show the progression of chips for wireless communication. Shane described his job to students as 鈥渃onstantly creating and innovating. We are always looking for new ways to reinvent wireless communication.鈥�
The Broadcom MASTERS finalists were eager to talk to the participating professionals and had lots of questions. Finalists have expressed interest in careers in engineering, computer sciences, animal sciences, physics, biology, biotechnology, and more.
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