4/18/2015 Career in Industry vs. Academia Yong Chen, PhD Associate Professor Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (Courtesy) Viterbi School of Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 April 15, 2015 Self-Introduction 1998~2001 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2001~2006 2006 ~ present University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering - Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Yong Chen 1 4/18/2015 Reflection and Thoughts - PhD • What career path did you consider most during your Ph.D. studies, and what influenced any changes over time? March 1998 RPMI in MaRC July y 2001 University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering - Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Yong Chen Reflection and Thoughts - Company • What compels you to pursue a career in academia now given your past experiences in industry? Can you share a personal story about your experiences in industry? 2001 2002 2004 Charles Hull Invisalign University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering - Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Yong Chen 2 4/18/2015 Reflection and Thoughts - Company • What are lessons learned and tips from working in industry prior to pursuing a tenured/tenure-track career in academia? Journals (4) ( ) • S. Sambu, Y. Chen, and D. Rosen. “Geometric Tailoring: A Design For Manufacturing Method for Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling.” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 126(4), pp. 571-580, 2004. • Y. Chen and D. Rosen. “A Reverse Glue Approach to Automated Construction of Multi-Piece Molds With Application to Rapid Tooling.” ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 3(3), pp. 219-230, 2003. • D. Rosen, Y. Chen, S. Sambu, J. Allen, and F. Mistree. “The Rapid Tooling Testbed: A Distributed DesignFor-Manufacturing System”. Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 9(3), pp. 122-132, 2003. • Y. Chen and D. Rosen. “A Region Based Method to Automated Design of Multi-Piece Molds with Application to Rapid Tooling”. ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 2(2), pp. 86-97, 2002. Conferences (5) • H. Wang, Y. Chen, and D. Rosen, 2005, “A Hybrid Geometric Modeling Method for Large Scale Conformal Cellular Structures.” ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2005/CIE-85366, Long Beach, California, Sept. 24 ~ 28, 2005 (Best Paper Award). • ASME Design Automation Conference, Long Beach, California, 2005. • ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Chicago, 2003. • Int’l Conference on Manufacturing Automation (ICMA 2002), Hong Kong, China, Dec. 10~12, 2002. • ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2002. University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering - Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Yong Chen Reflection and Thoughts - USC • What does it take to succeed in academia versus industry? Jan 2005 Applied May 2005 Offered July 2006 Started Dec 2007 June 2013 On leave Tenured University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering - Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Yong Chen 3 4/18/2015 Reflection and Thoughts - USC • What key things should one do during Ph.D. studies to determine whether a career in industry or academia is best for achieving one’s career goals? 2014 2013 University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering - Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Yong Chen Questions Prof. Yong Chen (e-mail: [email protected]) Epstein Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (courtesy) University of Southern California Los Angeles, California 90089 Web: http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~yongchen/ University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering - Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Yong Chen 4
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