13. Connect with employers, investors, business development centers, and professional societies
Role
Industry liaison and Networking Coordinator
Ideas for Specific Actions
a. Enlist a thriving network of industry, investor, business development, and professional society contacts.
b. Distribute material that explains why a physics student/graduate will add value to a corporate design team. (Consider something similar to the1960’s gasoline ad “Put a Tiger in Your Tank”)
c. Generate interest in providing and sponsoring projects.
d. Identify and sustain coop and internship opportunities.
e. Manage networking via LinkedIn, ResearchGate, etc.
f. Develop international connections.