{"id":8037,"date":"2003-01-27T18:35:32","date_gmt":"2003-01-27T18:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/?p=718"},"modified":"2003-01-27T18:35:32","modified_gmt":"2003-01-27T18:35:32","slug":"mems-nanotech-fields-show-promise-for-ee-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/mems-nanotech-fields-show-promise-for-ee-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"MEMS, nanotech fields show promise for EE employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Scott Sargis<br \/>\nPublished In Electronic Engineering Times<br \/>\n<em>January 27 2003 <\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Recruiters and venture capitalists report that nanotechnology and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are set for record job creation and may offer potential opportunities for electronic engineers willing to acquire new skills.<\/p>\n<p>Nanotechnology manipulates materials at the molecular level, letting scientists create materials with unique, useful properties. <\/p>\n<p>In 10 to 15 years, the government predicts, the field will produce more than $1 trillion a year in products and services. More than 50 venture capital firms are investing, the NanoBusiness Alliance (New York) reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many traditional companies such as Boeing are already applying nanotechnology principals to make planes lighter, faster and more durable,&#8221; said early-stage venture capitalist Matthew McCall, partner of Portage Venture Partners Inc. (Northfield, Ill.).<\/p>\n<p>Northwestern University professor Chad Mirkin predicted &#8220;jobs creation [in nanotechnology] will grow over the next two to five years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While nanotechnology and MEMS offer promise for EEs, recruiters caution that technical jobs in these fields require industry-specific training from top academic institutions on the cutting edge.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Kennedy, the CEO of MEMS optical switch maker Siwave Inc. (Arcadia, Calif.), believes the field&#8217;s growth will outpace the overall economy in the next five to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>But he drew a distinction between technical and business professions. &#8220;If you are in the IC industry, you can move into MEMS very easily because it is a very similar process,&#8221; he said. But in sales, marketing and general management, one can make the transition with only a general understanding of the field, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Sargis is president of Chicago-based Strategic Search Corp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Scott Sargis Published In Electronic Engineering Times January 27 2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-appearances"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}