Career in Industry vs. Academia - University of Southern California

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
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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
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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)
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• 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
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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
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Questions
Prof. Yong Chen (e-mail: yongchen@usc.edu)
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/
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