It has been a fairly manic week.
Monday I drove to Loughborough Uni for the first day of lectures on Biomass (energy from). It has it’s place in terms of being a good way to get rid of waste and make some money from it in the process. Monday afternoon was spent writing a tutorial on “Fuels for Combustion”, then another on wind turbine aerodynamics. Followed by some research on Insensys who were advertising for a Business Development Engineer.
Back to the in-laws very late. Up very early on Tuesday for a day on anaerobic digesters, including a lab testing the carbon content of some coffee effluent. Great fun ! Lots of bubbling bottles full of methanogenic bacteria and even some algae.
Wednesday was spent filling out some company introductions, seeking ideas for my MSc project. I also rang Insensys to discover the vacancy was filled two weeks ago. Sent the letter and CV anyway. Also looking at a role at Solent University. Let’s see what happens there.
BTW, this is all because NXP closes our part of research at Xmas. The engineering job market seems to be holding up well. I have been evaluating some other opportunities (and still am).
Thursday was more research, then outplacement consultants then IBM Hursley lecture at the University of Southampton followed by a well earned night reading the paper (nice bit of doom n gloom).
Friday has been a day of reading up on Search Engine Optimisation. I found a good ebook SEO Mindset . Plenty more to do for amtmarketing.com .