Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Is there a
NO problem in YES
your life?
Can you do
NO something YES
about it?
Don t Do something
about it
Worry
Retaining Your Sanity
Reserve time for yourself & your family.
Work at most 6 days/week on regular basis
Spend time with family daily
On trips, call home every day
Take short vacations.
Need flow activity - golf, cooking, running etc.
Stress points: 1. Uncertainty Rowan rules
2. Balancing work & family
All studies: balancing harder for women.
Research Universities: Role of
Professors in Research
Research with graduate students is different.
Become a manager
Multiple projects & students
Funding
Recruiting
Long-term vision
Usually, little time to do research oneself
Role of Research Advisor
Develop research ideas: want impact and doable in
time available
Fund the research:
Network with funding agencies find what they want
Write proposals (Attend a Proposal Writing Workshop)
Obtain $ and budget
Use your start-up $ for maximum impact
Develop a professional research team
Maintain professional relationship with students
Train students how to do research
Experiments, simulations, triage journal articles, journal, writing papers