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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">I call to your attention a book I have recently published which gives to-the-point career development advice to engineering academics:
<i>How to succeed with a smile! </i>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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">See reviews at:
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?fListingClass=0&fSearch=john+junkins">Engineering Your Academic Career</a>.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">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.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Best regards,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">John</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="721" height="521" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CCDCCD.ADC27330" alt="Description: Description: "></span><i><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">John L. Junkins, PhD, PE, NAE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Texas A&M University Mail Code3141<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">College Station, Texas 77843-3141<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Tel (979)845-3912<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Fax (979)845-6051<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Web1: <a href="http://dnc.tamu.edu/wiki/index.php/John_L._Junkins">
http://dnc.tamu.edu/wiki/index.php/John_L._Junkins</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Web2: <a href="http://dnc.tamu.edu/">
http://dnc.tamu.edu/</a> Web3: <a href="http://lasr.tamu.edu/">http://lasr.tamu.edu/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Web4: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Junkins">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Junkins</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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