I wrote about why we love North Carolina in my last post. I thought I would write about why it was a good move for me professional in this post and maybe add another one on why it was a good academic move for our kids in the next one. Again, I am reserving the right to add to this if I think of more stuff after this post gets published:

  • Three great interesting jobs in North Carolina:
  • Centice (Raman spectroscopy and machine vision based pill identifier)
  • Bioptigen (Optical Coherence Tomography based hypercube, 3D eye imager)
  • Cimtec (Machine vision supplier–interesting applications in MANY industries including lumber, nuclear power, food and automotive)
  • Volunteer work at the NCSU Biological and Agricultural Engineering department
    • Refereed journal artical
    • Very remote (no power, only cell/satellite connectivity available) machine vision detection
    • Introduced the Arduino to the NCSU BAE deparment–It is ubiquitous there now
  • Learned new stuff and extended skills
    • Qt/Qt Creator/QMake
    • Cross platform development
    • LMI Gocator/Sick 3D imager programming
    • Much more
  • Earned a few more patents
  • Made a lot of new professional friends

    • I would put my current job at BHVD in here, too, but really I worked in Prescott, Arizona for the last two years, so I guess that does not count.

    Betty Blonde #249 – 06/30/2009
    Betty Blonde #249
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