Pake Prize: A Physics Career in Industry

I speak about my own experiences as a physicist in industry (GE) for 45 years. I begin with a general look at US R&D expenditures in industry compared to academia and government in the recent past and how these expenditures divide among basic research, applied research, and development. I then focus down to physics: recent US expenditures and how physicists have chosen and think about their career in the recent past. Then I focus further to my own career in industry and my learnings. Finally, I use superconductivity and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to illustrate examples of my learnings as a physicist in industry.