Tag: Publications
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How Many Hours Does an Adjunct Professor Work?
Students in a college course are just as likely to have an adjunct professor instructing them as they are full-time faculty members. These roles are appearing more and more across the board as a cost-savings measure for institutional budgets, and because it’s becoming increasingly difficult to fill teaching positions at all levels. An adjunct position […]
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5 Strategies for Mastering Your Academic Cover Letter
The process of applying for a job in a college or university is much different than your standard search steps. To be seen as a solid candidate for a faculty position, you must show your skills as early as your cover letter; otherwise, the Human Resources department reviewer will add your resume to the countless […]
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The Importance of Career Resilience and How to Cultivate It
Within every career, there is a set of standards and expectations that define it. Prospective job applicants know what to expect within those standards when they pursue a degree and apply for a position within that job definition. But even when a title is widely explained and detailed, there are still things that crop up […]
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How the GI Bill is Affecting the World of Higher Education and Beyond
The massive technology shift in the past decade is forcing even the most solid programs to go through a much-needed revamping. The newest one in the headlines is the GI Bill. More than 75 years old, this historic bill came in just when we needed it most, to offer benefits to veterans who came home […]
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How Prevalent is Wage Stagnation at the University Level
Salary disparities in academics have been a topic of debate for decades. Anyone entering the field of education knows that they’re going in for the passion and love of helping to shape the world and make it a better place, not for the paycheck. In fact, the average teacher makes around $40,000 per year and […]
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Avoid These 5 Challenges Plaguing Early Career Researchers
Nobody wants to talk about the difficulties of researchers when they’re first starting out because the field is so competitive. It’s almost as though if you complain, you’re concerned you’ll be replaced by someone who can do everything you can do but without “whining.” The truth is that early-career researchers have always had a hard […]
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The Benefits of Society Membership as a Career Academic
From early in our lives, we’re encouraged to join teams and clubs, learn the benefits of teamwork, and how there is no “I” in “team.” This principle doesn’t change when we get into higher education; it simply turns into organizations and society memberships instead. Professional organizations come with a network of other members and regular […]
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Using Visual Aids to Enhance Your Oral Presentation
As a researcher, you’ve been behind the desk in more classes than you’d probably like to count. Think back to your favorite teachers. What was it about them that made you enjoy their courses over all your other instructors? Part of your presentation will be oral because that’s the expected modality, but that doesn’t have […]
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How To Best Determine the Most Impactful Audience for Your Research
When you write your research paper, who are you writing it for? In school, this was easy. You were most likely gearing your work toward the person who would judge it as acceptable or not, otherwise known as your instructor. But when you’re no longer a student, the concept of “audience” becomes less clearly defined. […]
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Asking the Right Questions When Doing an Informational Interview
When you think of an interview, what do you envision? Most people imagine a formal setting with one or more “judges” asking questions, and a job seeker trying to come up with the “right” answers to impress the interviewers. But sometimes, interviews are much less formal, and they can put you ahead of the game […]
Winston Shay’s Scientific Research and Technology Blog - Winston Shay, a semiconductor scientist, electrical and computer engineer, and multifaceted entrepreneur, is the chairman of HIPR Group, CEO/co-founder of Impactio, Talentopia and currently dedicated to the development of legal technology applications. Shay is the inventor of over 20 innovative U.S. patents, and has published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles in leading journals and prestigious conference proceedings in the field of multimedia computational algorithm, integrated circuits design, semiconductor fabrication, electro-optical devices, and nano-scale antenna, which have been cited 2700+ times by leading researchers and scientists around the world with an h index of 16. Shay is a senior member of OSA (Optical Society of America), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society.<br>Shay got BS/MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University and studied his Ph.D. degree at the EECS Department of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Shay is an immigrant to the US via EB1 Alien of Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waiver, a member of American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and a licensed patent practitioner to practice in patent cases before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). 