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Deciding on Graduate School in Physics: To Go, or Not to Go

June 10, 2018 Matthew Thompson 0

Should I go to graduate school and study physics? It’s a very important question that deserves careful consideration. The stakes are high: 6.3 of the […]

Intellectual Property Primer: Trade Secrets

February 25, 2018 Matthew Thompson 0

Trade secrets are perhaps the most foreign type of intellectual property for those steeped in the academic culture. As discussed in the first installment of […]

Test Engineering and Technical Sales in the Photonics Industry: An Interview with Dr. Andrey Knyazik

October 30, 2017 Matthew Thompson 0

Dr. Andrey Knyazik just started a new position as a Senior Test Development Engineer at Infinera, a company specializing in photonic integrated circuits. He has […]

Going into Defense After Your Defense: An Interview with Dr. Edlyn Levine

August 19, 2017 Matthew Thompson 0

Dr. Edlyn Levine currently works as a Senior Engineer at the MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit defense contractor that operates multiple federally funded research and development […]

Intellectual Property Primer: Copyright

June 28, 2017 Matthew Thompson 1

Academia has always been a world focused on ideas and knowledge. Increasingly, the world of business (at least in the major developed economies) is becoming […]

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