Software engineer working with a company that does materiel handling AGV systems (basically fleets of robot forklifts). Not much in the way of cutting-edge, though I do spend a lot of time thinking about the ethical implications of automation these days.
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One of my friends who's in robotics actually was working on a project in materiel handling. I think his project was to work on a robot that was suspended overhead in a box truck (for example) that could get to the back of the truck and pick up packages and bring them to the front where they could be unloaded without shuffling everything around. Not sure if that's anything like what you do, but as someone with very little background in mechanical design his descriptions of the challenges he was trying to work through were really interesting!
I do spend a lot of time thinking about the ethical implications of automation these days.
Yeah it's definitely something that I think is on a lot of people's minds recently, although it sounds like you've got an especially direct line of sight on the topic!
I'm a postdoctoral researcher in chemical engineering with a background in mechanical engineering. I have been working on different materials (composites, nanocomposites, conductive coatings), but I am now working on an atmospheric water harvesting material to produce water in remote locations with low energy demands.
PhD candidate, archaeologist in a physical geography department. I read dirt to reconstruct ecosystems over time.
That sounds like a really interesting field! I can't even begin to imaging all of the complexities but the basic idea you put forward ("read dirt to reconstruct ecosystems over time") is very compelling.
working in a cultivated meat startup, msc in biotechnology, but now disillusioned and wanting to do something academic/more down to earth and helpful
If it's not too personal, may I ask what lead to your disillusionment with the field? "Lab grown" meat (assuming that's what you mean by cultivated) has seemed like a promising idea to me for a while, in terms of environmental impact and the ethical consideration of animals.
I'm a PhD candidate in inorganic and biochemistry! Loving the chem representation here, and loving OP's username.
I work a day job in IT, have a side business doing IT, work an occasional shift at my buddy's liquor store, and sell furniture on the side.
Glad to have you 'round!
I was managing a dev team building software for Wifi devices for the Artemis program... Then NASA decided they needed to cut $8,000,000 and descoped that part of the project. Now I'm... Looking for the next thing to do.
I understand they're planning to slap some COTS shit in in place of what we were building. I wish the astronauts well when that shiy gets hit by some high energy particles. I'm not salty.
I am a welding Engineer working in a mixed role of failure analysis and research. Most of my projects are sustainability based.
Very cool! From the small bit I learned about welding in my classes it really seems like a topic with a lot of depth and nuance to it (that maybe sometimes goes unappreciated). Happy to have you 'round!
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I’m a staff bioinformatics scientist at an academic institution, got my PhD a few years ago and wasn’t interested in a postdoc. I get to work on a huge range of research questions and lots of different technologies. It’s great!
Sounds cool, do you have any tips on what kinds of skills you need for a bioinformatics position? I have a background in biology, but some CS knowledge I have learnt myself, programming (unfortunately mainly python for now), linux, deploying stuff with docker, etc.
This all sounds like a solid start tbh, if you learn pandas and bio python i feel like you are basically there
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