Rock Your Research with Chris Jones

012: Kaitlyn Bunker landed her dream NGO position at Rocky Mountain Institute immediately after graduate school.

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Kaitlyn landed her dream NGO job at RMI immediately after graduate school. She made connections within the Association of Women Engineers and made herself a more well rounded candidate by getting involved in Science Communication.

 

Kaityln is an associate scientist at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). She has her PhD in electrical engineering from Michigan Technical University. Her research within RMI focuses on electrical micro grids in the Caribbean.

Biggest Struggle
  •  Being in charge of designing her own work .
    • Worst Moment
    • Taking the written qualifying exam.
      • Best Moment
      • Winning the first place poster award in her graduate research colloquium at her university  .
        • Mindful Minutes Segment
        • Habit: Being organized
        • Book: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
        • Productivity Tool: Asana and Google Calendar
        • Best Advice: To go for my PhD if that is what I wanted to do.
        • Hobbies: Road and mountain biking, hiking, and riding off road motor cycles.
        • Alternative PhD study: Biomedical Engineering
          • Contact Information and Resources
          • Twitter
          • Rocky Mountain Institute
          • Society of Women Engineers
          • Daniel Pink Ted Talk
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            Rock Your Research with Chris JonesBy Chris Jones interviews PhDs about graduate school and careers to provide advice to graduate students!