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On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Rebecca M. Chamberlin wrote:
> Collin Carbno wrote:
> > 
> >      I once had a physics professor that explained the academic
> > overabundance  problem this way. In the 30 year career of a typical
> > professor that professor might turn out 30 replacements students.
> > This equates to 29 Ph.D.s without a job in Academia.
> > Whatever the number the  point is that industry likely can't absorb
> > that many. 
> etc.
> > I saw a study on physics some years ago.  From memory, I believe it
> > went roughtly that for every  physics graduate at the bachler level
> > only 1 in 10 remained in the physics field or something remotely
> > called physics.  About half of those go on to a  Masters and only 1 in
> > 3 remained in field after graduation.   Of those again only 1/2   went
> > to Ph.D. Level and again only 1 in 3 remained in the field.
> etc etc etc.
> 
> I'm not sure what festering corner of my brain this came from, but it 
> looks like academia is running an "Amway" type scheme.  To wit:
> 
> 1) To make serious money, Amway distributors must enlist other people to 
> sell Amway products too.  The distributor sucks off a portion of the 
> profit of everyone on the tiers below him/her. (= academia has a vested 
> interest in continuing its supply of cheap grad student labor)
> 
> 2) New people are enlisted by stories of wealth, power and happiness thru 
> selling Amway.  (= the "coming shortage of scientists" myth)
> 
> 3) The vast majority of people who sell Amway never make much money doing 
> it.  (= see Collin's comments above)
> 
> Cheers,
> Becky
> 
> 
Becky has the correct understanding of the "new academia" but her answer
is much broader than she realizes. Much of industry (and the commercial
world) is based on "organizing" people in a manner such that managers,
owners, investors, lobbying organizations (which require membership
fees), etal., each take a piece of the pie. It seems to me to be a
necessary evil, but the real victoms are the people (usually the
underlings) who don't get at all the chance to decide how to cut the pie.
When the pie is sliced in a manner that there is unfair distribution of
wealth (and job security), then we have injustice (not the legal kind, but
the moral and ethical kind). Law (the legal kind) is often set up to
benefit: i) "the system," ii) the wealthy and influential (somewhat rarely
but factually because of payoffs, bribes, etc.), iii) the wealthy and
influential (more commonly because they can afford to hire better and more
aggressive lawyers), and iv) because the law often (maybe always?) does
not recognize what is "not nice," only what can be identified as "damage".
And, even then, case law may work against you, even if you have a "good
case." 
Art Sowers
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For those whom may concern:
Now I am finishing my Ph.D. dissertation in Nuclear Engineering in order to
get the degree somewhere at July 1997. Beforehand, I am looking for
postdoctoral position in Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Physics and related
fields.
For information, I graduated from Obninsk Institute of Nuclear Power
Engineering (Nuclear Physics Department) in 1993 and entered the post
graduation courses,
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering. I finished it successfully with
excellent academic record ahead of schedule in 1996. At the same time, I
had been working as a research scientist at the Technical Physics
Laboratory. My current scientific interests are in the field of nuclear
reactor physics and nuclear safety, especially in connection with computer
modeling of neutronics and transient processes. I am heavily involved in
IPPE's  research projects in a pulse coupled reactor physics
and nuclear pumped lasers. 
My resume is attached.
Thank you in advance. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Alexander P. Barzilov, research scientist
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Technical Physics Laboratory
Nuclear, Laser and Fusion Studies Division
Institute of Physics & Power Engineering
1, Bondarenko Sq., Obninsk  249020 Russia
Voice: +7(084)3995371   Fax:+7(095)8833112    
E-mail: barzilov@ippe.rssi.ru
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                                                            RESUME:
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name and Surname:  Alexander P. Barzilov
Gender:	                   male
Date of Birth:	       October 11, 1968
Nationality:	       Russian
Citizenship:	       Russian Federation
Marital Status:          married, no children
Health:	                   excellent
 Work address:                                                         
 Institute of Physics and Power Engineering                
 1, Bondarenko Sq., Obninsk 249020 RUSSIA             
 fax: +7(095)8833112  phone: +7(08439)95371             
 E-mail: barzilov@ippe.rssi.ru                                    
Home address:
#807 Gorky street 6, Obninsk 249020 RUSSIA
Home phone +7(08439)97826
Home Page: 
OBJECTIVE
To obtain the possibility of working in research laboratory, engineering
company or of any post doctoral experience, which would allow me to utilize
my experimental and theoretical abilities in nuclear reactor physics,
nuclear engineering, athematical modeling and numerical simulation,
programming skills, and to obtain new experience.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Theoretical and experimental problems in nuclear engineering, physics of
nuclear reactors and related fields, preferably in connection with computer
modeling or optimization of processes (e.g. numerical simulation of reactor
neutronics for steady-state and unsteady-state modes, thermal dynamics,
radiation transport, fuel cycle analysis, etc.). Nuclear power plant
safety, research pulsed reactors, nuclear 
pumped lasers (reactor-lasers), physics of coupled reactors, hybrid
reactors, new fission (fusion) reactor/equipment concepts.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia (1993-present)
Technical Physics Laboratory, Nuclear Laser and Fusion Studies Division
Research scientist in the field of nuclear reactor physics
Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia (1995-present)
Nuclear Pumped Lasers (NPL) Department
Teaching assistant, Nuclear Reactor Physics course
Computer software firm , Obninsk, Russia  (1992-1993)
Educational Center
Lecturer, Computer and Network course
Joint Stock Company , Obninsk, Russia (1992-1993)
Programmer analyst and system network operator 
Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia (1990-1992)
Electrophysics Department
Research assistant 
EDUCATION
Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia (1985-1993)
Nuclear Physics Department
Master of Science  in Nuclear Engineering
Master's research provided a study of coupled reactor physics. Thesis:
.
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia (1993-1996)
Post graduation courses, to obtain Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering
Ph.D. research is devoted to problems of simulation and optimization of the
complex pulsed reactor-laser system neutronics and power characteristics (I
am finishing the dissertation; expected date - July 1997).
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
1.  Theoretical and experimental studies of coupled reactor system  physics using UKS-1M critical
assembly (have been finished);
2.  Nuclear safety studies for start-up of two-zone fast burst reactor
BARS6 (official approval of Nuclear Safety Commission  has
been received; first criticality and power programs of reactor start-up
have been successfully carried out);
3.  Nuclear pumped lasing experiments on fast burst reactor BARS6 (first
experiments have been successfully made; still in progress);
4.  Nuclear Laser facility  (still in progress).
NEW REACTOR CONCEPTS PROPOSED
- Pulsed Laser System Pumped with a Pulse Periodic Reactor;
- Coupled Blanket System; 
- Hybrid Fission-Fusion Reactor Initiated by a Laser.
COMPUTER SKILLS
-  Extensive knowledge of the programming languages C, C++, FORTRAN 77,
BASIC, HTML;
-  Experience at working in VMS, UNIX, DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.x and Windows95
operating system environments;
- MCNP, MCU, MMKFK neutronics code user; 
- Thorough knowledge of word-processing, spreadsheet and mathematical
applications software (e.g. Microsoft Word and Excel, Access, Paradox,
Corel Draw!, Golden Software, Mathcad, etc.);
- Knowledge of the PC/network hardware and software.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
Supervision of M.Sc. diploma workers and undergraduate projects. M.Sc.'s
works supervised:
1. V.Yu.Mendrin, , Institute of Nuclear Power
Engineering, Phys.&Math.; Dept., Obninsk, February 1996;
2. R.I.Shakirzjanov, , Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Phys.&Math.; Dept.,
Obninsk,  February 1997 (scheduled date, still in progress);
The 1st prize-winner of Academ. Leypunsky's Competition for young
scientists in 1996 (in two sections: Reactor Physics; Mathematical
Simulation and Numerical Methods) and in 1994 (in section Mathematical
Simulation and Numerical Methods); the 1st Diploma-winner of Ukrainian
Nuclear Society (1996).
Member of the Russian Nuclear Society; Member of the Russian Geographical
Society;  Member of Obninsk Club of Scientists.
LANGUAGES
English, basic knowledge of German.
REFERENCES
Available upon request
SOME OF PUBLICATIONS 
(see list of all publications and samples at my homepage
)
A.P. Barzilov and E.A. Pashin, , Trans.Amer. Nucl. Soc., Suppl. #1 to vol.67
(1993).
A.P. Barzilov, A.V. Gulevich, A.V. Zrodnikov, et al, , 2nd Intern. Conf. on Physics of Nuclear Induced
Plasmas and Problems of Nuclear Pumped Lasers, eds. A.M.Voinov, S.P.
Melnikov, and A.A. Sinyanskii, VNIIEF, Arzamas-16, vol.2 (1994).
A.P. Barzilov, et al, , in Proc. Int. Conf. Laser Interactions and Related
Plasma Phenomena, Osaka, Japan (1995).
A.P. Barzilov, A.V. Gulevich, A.V. Zrodnikov, O.F. Kukharchuk, V.B. Polevoy
and L.P. Feoktistov,  in IEEE/NPSS 16th Symposium Fusion Engineering,
eds. G.H. Miley and C.M. Elliott, IEEE, Pescataway, NJ (1996).
V.N. Kononov, P.P. Dyachenko, A.P. Barzilov, et al, , in Proc. Int. Conf. on Emerging
Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES-96), Obninsk, Russia (1996).
A.P. Barzilov, et al, ,
in Proc. Int. Conf. on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES-96),
Obninsk, Russia (1996).
A.P. Barzilov, A.V. Gulevich, A.V. Zrodnikov, O.F. Kukharchuk, A.V.
Milovanov and E.A. Pashin, , in Proc. Int. Conf. on Emerging Nuclear Energy
Systems (ICENES-96), Obninsk, Russia (1996).
A.P. Barzilov, A.V. Gulevich, O.F. Kukharchuk and E.A. Pashin, , in Int. Scientific
Congress of Students and Young Researchers , Obninsk, Russia (1996).