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>> Hi, my name is Wen Chen.

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I'm an assistant professor at Texas A&M University.

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My department is Mechanical Engineering.

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I found the program to be very helpful.

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So first, because the lectures,

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assignments, they are very well-organized,

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and they are very comprehensive.

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So from the correct mindset,

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you need to have the psychological part of that,

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to the actual things you need to do to secure funding.

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My personal coach,

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Raph, he's also extremely helpful in the process.

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So he can review my rings.

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So the right papers, the research manuals,

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and he can give very valuable feedbacks.

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So he can also suggest the best strategies

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when approaching the program managers and writing your white papers.

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So every time I have any questions,

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I'll just email him.

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He can give me very fast response.

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And I think all the suggestions, he makes a lot of sense,

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and very useful.

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And so I saw this kind of communication.

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We also have one-on-one meetings in several weeks.

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So through this kind of one-on-one communication,

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I get much better understanding of how the DOD funding works

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and how I can approach the program managers.

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So I think this is a really valuable experience,

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and you cannot get any--

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this kind of experience from any kind of common regular faculty

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trainings in your university because of this kind of personal one-on-one

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experience with the formal DOD program managers.

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That's something which is the most valuable from this program.

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And because of that, I highly recommend the program

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to other faculty members.

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Thank you.