[Fedora Robotics] Engineering Your academic Career

[Junkins, John]

Colleagues:


I call to your attention a book I have recently published which gives to-the-point career development advice to engineering academics:   How to succeed with a smile!  It is especially targeted on young to mid-career faculty and those considering an academic career.   Insight is provided on how to time share quality teaching, research, service and mentoring with a happy personal life.  Valuable tips are provided in efficiently writing successful proposals and dealing with both success and failure in the publication & proposal review process.  Senior faculty will find fresh insights on how to optimize the quality of academic life.  The advice I offer is drawn from lessons learned over my four decades on the faculties of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and at Texas A&M, and in mentoring over 120 graduate students and 4 generations of PhD offspring.

See reviews at:     Engineering Your Academic Career<http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?fListingClass=0&fSearch=john+junkins>.  This short book would be a great five hour read for any professor, but your un-tenured and mid-career faculty might find it especially useful.  Let me know what you think.  There are several funny footnotes, including one that lampoons UT in a cute way that you might find entertaining.

Best regards,
John

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John L. Junkins, PhD, PE, NAE
Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University Mail Code3141
College Station, Texas 77843-3141

Tel  (979)845-3912
Fax (979)845-6051

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