http://www.propertyvectors.com I started this blog early in 2018 partially out of my experience communicating with younger scientists.   After leaving a long-time industrial R&D job in 2016 I did more networking in one and a half years than in my entire life! I came across junior scientists from all fields asking for advice in interviews, on LinkedIn, at start-up and alumni events, and in coffee shops. I was asked many of the same questions over and over again about the direction of R&D in materials and beyond. Thus the idea for the blog was born. I’ve also spoken at length with a number of experienced professionals in my industry and found some recurring threads of the challenges that software companies and industrial modelers are facing that I want to discuss in the future. My purpose with the blog is threefold: 1) Provide high-level help and guidance to the next generation of scientists, 2) Delve in technical depth on one or more scientific topics in industrial R&D, and 3) Provide a resource and platform for scientists and professionals (young and old) for advice and information in an easy-to-understand and accessible way. I’d love to hear your thoughts to add to the discussion. Thanks! Mike https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/8e55b395/dms3rep/multi/Headshot2+copy.jpg http://www.propertyvectors.com http://www.propertyvectors.com/translation-is-the-art-of-failure John Ciardi was referring to translation in the literary sense with his quote, but it’s an instructive statement in the scientific world as well. Have you ever tried to explain a complex concept and only gotten a blank stare in return or read a highly technical article and thought to yourself “What on earth did I just read?!” This is a common problem that hampers progress in science and technology. Our modern society is based on how well experts translate complex scientific concepts to non-experts in other fields to be utilized in simplified way. Translation is never an easy process and as the quote suggests is never perfect. Although it's struggle, learning how to translate your in-depth knowledge and experience into an accessible form for others is a critical skill. Mon, 12 Feb 2018 06:23:03 GMT michael@propertyvectors.com (Michael Haverty) http://www.propertyvectors.com/translation-is-the-art-of-failure Translators,Modeling,simplification,materials,chemisty,perfection,estimation,expert thumbnail http://www.propertyvectors.com/blog/rebooting-materials-discovery-and-design In my previous blog I challenged the common question I am asked about the “next steps for materials discovery.” I want to dive into more depth as this is central to the focus of my blog and even motivated the blog name “Rebooting Materials.” In my current role I speak with a wide variety of companies from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, from people at universities to National Labs. I always stress the real challenges that exist in taking good ideas in research and development of new materials and chemistries and translating them into impacts on a real world product especially at the nanotechnology scale. I am primarily a theoretician in training who focuses on applying models to generate new insight and ideas. When I started my career, it was easier to work and think mostly in the world of the models I used. If I hadn’t learned later in my career keep my feet firmly planted in the real world, I wouldn’t be where I am today, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t bumps and setbacks along the way. Mon, 22 Jan 2018 05:36:51 GMT michael@propertyvectors.com (Michael Haverty) http://www.propertyvectors.com/blog/rebooting-materials-discovery-and-design Rebooting Materials,Discovery,Design,Materials,Chemistry,Modeling,Atomic-scale,Design of Experiments,Software,CAD,Co-optimization,user-friendly,automation,materials design,materials discovery,chemistry design,semiconductors,integrated circuits,solar cells,alloys,batteries thumbnail http://www.propertyvectors.com/blog/Questions-from-budding-scientists I come across a lot of junior scientists from all fields turning to me for advice in interviews, on LinkedIn , at start-up and alumni events, and in coffee shops. I am asked a lot of the same questions over, and over, and over again about the direction of R&D in materials and beyond. I have organized this first blog as a question and answer format for 3 of the most common questions that I am asked. Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyvectors.com/blog/Questions-from-budding-scientists data science,materials modeling,bubble,experimental design,flexibility,discovery,design,design of experiments thumbnail