Career future

These are but a few pinnacles of success in a brilliant scientific career. Like the Alpine peaks that Sir Robert Robinson loves to climb, these accomplishments tower high, to challenge and inspire this and future scientific generations. 

The enjoyment of a frank exchange on future career concerns. 

As suggestions for the future, the following are opportunities for materials chemistry training. My suggestions certainly are not specific to materials chemistry but should be germane to other technical disciplines that train students for industrial careers. 

Moreover, the introductory chemistry course, along with introductory calculus, serves as a foundation course to technical careers. Unpleasant experiences in these courses or poor performance in them often results in the loss of these students from the future technical labor-force pipeline. Enhancing the appeal of these courses is a viable strategy for kindling interest in technical careers across the spectrum of student customers . For the many students who will not pursue technical careers, a materials-oriented chemistry course can provide a sense of relevance by connecting chemistry to advanced materials and devices that we increasingly encounter in everyday life. 

NIMH (2001). An Investment in America s Future Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Mental Health Research Careers. Report of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Workgroup on... 

Educators should take advantage of the availability of professional chemists and chemical engineers, who can speak to the students either in class or in some special forum. Contact with practicing scientists can help students put a human face on a possible future career. It is especially important that women and minority scientists also play a role in such outreach to students, to show that indeed the profession welcomes all with the talent to contribute. Some of this effort should be directed toward the early parts of K-12 education. The future of the chemical sciences may depend on the ability of educators to convince young students that it s cool to be excited by chemistry. ... 

Sense of a foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage)... 

Jack, fifty-eight when interviewed, studied French at Georgetown University. He currently works in computer programming and is looking forward to a career change or retirement in the near future. 

Although few are endowed with comparable talent and energy, his career is surely a splendid example for all. Hopefully, like the passing of optical activity from molecule to molecule, this chapter will help induce some transfer of Emil Fischer s way of thinking and actions to future generations of organic chemists. 

Doesn t expect much of a future (no career, no marriage, no children, short life span)... 

I mention all of this not to inform my reader of the less-than-interesting details of my personal effort to feed a family, but because this career of mine is now the only and best evidence that something extraordinary, perhaps something of historical importance, may have happened at La Chorrera. For the loquacious mushrooms encountered there have spun a myth and issued a prophecy, in quite specific detail, of a planet-saving global shift of consciousness. They have promised all that has happened in my life over the last twenty years, and they have promised much more for the future. If you read onward you become a part of this tale. Caveat lector. 

In a treatise of Brady s career, Julian (1969) opines that Brady was blissfully ignorant of his future as an African American and a Ph.D. chemist. According to Julian, Brady s first postdoctoral appointment was Head of the Science Division at Tuskegee Institute. Julian indicates that at Tuskegee, Brady did not have colleagues... 

Implications for Research. More research must be conducted on African American women in STEM fields in general, and chemistry in particular. Some extant research indicates that the profile for African American women in science careers is similar to that of non-Hispanic white women. For example, both African American and non-Hispanic white women in STEM careers attended an historically white college as an undergraduate. Future research should systematically examine the similarities and differences between African American women s STEM education and career pathways and those of African American males and non-Hispanic white women. 

Finding 3 There is a need to recruit more African Americans-female and male - to careers in chemistry. African Americans are virtually invisible in science and technology policy. Moreover, only a few are in the ranks of the scientific elite-Nobel laureates, and members of the National Academy of Science. When asked if there is a need to increase the representation of African Americans in chemistry, 98% of interviewees answered affirmatively and cited the following reasons untapped talent need for technical skills to be competitive in the workplace highly respected field future leaders for a global economy the need for diversity in chemistry and increased numbers will provide the visibility to attract others. 

Consider the following sentences, adapted from CAREER proposals. Rewrite each sentence in future tense and active voice. 

Dr. Ronald L. Woodfin s unique background makes him highly qualified to edit a volume of this nature. His career at Sandia National Laboratories, universities, industry, naval laboratories, serving as consultant, in addition to being an ordained minister, makes him highly qualified to organize such a volume as this. I hope this volume will alleviate or reduce the dangers of hidden mines in future times. 

Which set of challenges is more exciting to you in your future career, product or process development Can you compare the rewards and satisfactions of these two sets of challenges ... 

Along with these topics, we attempt a brief historical srrrvey of chemical technology fi om the start of the Industrial Revolution through speculations on what will be important in the twenty-first century. The rise of the major petroleum and chemical companies has created the chemical engineering profession, and their current downsizing creates significant issues for our students future careers. 

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