 Michael Dempsey
Ceramic Engineer
Victor Insulators, Inc.
Victor, NY
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 1993 - BS in
Ceramic Engineering, Rutgers University
2000 - MBA,
University of Rochester |
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Research &
Development |
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"Do whatever you can
to get some practical experience. It's really hard to tell if
you're even going to like the field just based upon what you're
going to learn in class." |
 
"Do whatever you can to get some practical experience. It's really hard to
tell if you're even going to like the field just based upon what you're
going to learn in class. At most universities, if nothing else you can
work part time as a lab technician for some professor doing some research.
A lot of universities have coop programs, and that's a great advantage to
those universities. If you can take advantage of that kind of opportunity,
you definitely should."
Typical Day
7:00 AM - Arrive
at work, 7:30 AM, discover any items to be resolved from over the
weekend or night before.
8:00 AM - Spend time batching operations, working on any problems.
9:00 AM - Go to a meeting about reject problems or a productivity
issue.
10:00 AM - Do some research & development by myself or with a
technician.
11:00 AM - same as above
12:00 PM - Half hour lunch.
1:00 PM - Meet with Process Engineers to update them on my
projects.
2:00 PM - Do more research & development or work on processing.
3:00 PM - same as above.
4:00 PM - Leave for home.
Career Experience:
- Victor Insulators, Provide technical support to processes & direct
ceramic related research and development.
Honors and Awards:
Certificate of Achievement -- Glaze
Development
Best Preparation:
"Working as a lab technician as an undergraduate. Good to work with a
professor on industry research."
Getting First Job:
"Mostly due to my experience with and the recommendation of the professor
I did research with."
Advice:
"Do whatever you can to get
some practical experience. It's really hard to tell if you're even going
to like the field just based upon what you're going to learn in class."
Memberships:
The American Ceramic Society, Ceramic Association of
New York
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