Practical Career Advice for Engineers

<p>Written by an experienced engineer <em>Practical Career Advice for Engineers: Personal Letters from an Experienced Engineer to Students and New Engineers</em> is a series of personal conversation-style letters that offers practical career advice to all engineers. It guides them through their entire career from early education to professional certification on into the workplace and eventually to retirement. Important topics such as how to acquire leadership skills improve communication skills and develop the business side of engineering as well as how to find a good engineering job are also addressed. </p><p>The book guides engineers on how to make good career decisions using precise and systematic processes. It offers inspiration and insight to student engineers and working engineers on how to have successful and satisfying educations and careers. It can also help experienced engineers to more effectively guide and mentor new engineers. It explores the important topics of creativity ethics intellectual property and scientific principles in engineering and at the same time weaves real-world stories concepts diagrams and tips throughout the book in the form of personal letters perfect for quick and easy comprehension. </p><p>The book targets all engineers working in all disciplines all industry sectors and all locations. Engineering students can also learn more about a career in engineering and what they need to do to prepare for it by reading this book.</p><p>Radovan Zdero PhD CEng MIMechE has decades of experience as an engineer and a mentor to engineers. His engineering background includes a master’s degree in aerodynamics (McMaster University Canada) and a doctoral degree in biomechanics (Queen’s University Canada). He is a Chartered Engineer a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Professor in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Western University Canada). He has published many scholarly research articles in peer-reviewed engineering science and medical journals. He is also the editor of the engineering textbook <i>Experimental Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics</i>. Contact the author: dr.zdero@hotmail.com</p>