My Interviewees as Professional Writers

 Now we begin the stalking! No, but really. For these post, I am investigating the types of works that my interviewees have authored. I was able to find a good amount online on both of them which is great. Here is what my research turned up.

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1. Professional Publications
Dr. Jerzy Rozenblit
Dr. Rozenblit has collaborated in the publishing of over 40 academic journals. Furthermore, he has written various book chapter such as "Models and Techniques for Computer Aided Surgical Training" in Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

 Dr. Rozenblit also has also collaborated in the writing of more than 100 conference proceedings. In addition to his written works, Dr. Rozenblit has also done various public address and presentations such as at the TEDx conferences.

Dr. Kelly Potter
Dr. Potter has collaborated in the publishing of two patents relating to refractive index structures. Furthermore, she also authored the book Optical Materials. She has also published, in collaboration with others, approximately 80 academic journals.

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2. Examinations of Publications
Dr. Jerzy Rozenblit Publications
 One of the online publications I found by Dr. Rozenblit was a journal titled "The Computer Assisted Surgical Trainer: Design, Models, and Implementation."  It structure seemed very similar to what I would write for a lab report in class. It did have some variation, but overall, it was similar. It had bold headings and 5 major sections.

These sections were the abstract, introduction, design concept, technical realization, and conclusion. The lab report we write in physics or chemistry have an abstract, introduction, theory, description of procedure, results, and conclusions.

The other online publication I found was a video on his presentations on Computer Aided Surgery. This presentation seemed to have been divided into an introduction, the problem, proposed solution, problems with the solution, solutions to the problems of the solution, technical explanation and a conclusion.

One difference in these two genres was the targeted audience. For the journal, the audience is other professionals in the field. For the presentation, it was essentially to anyone who is interested in engineering or medicine. Another difference is the formatting. It would seem a bit monotonous to make the presentation in the same format as a technical paper.

That is how you lose the audiences attention. This is another important thing to note. The academic journal is all facts and numbers without any of the extra fluff. It is not meant to entertain. It is strictly meant to inform.

Dr. Kelly Potter Publications
 For Dr. Kelly Potter, I was able to find two sources. One was her book Optical Material. The book is structured like most academic text book. It is divided into 9 chapters. It also includes a table of context and an index.

 The other source I found was her patent: "Formation of Bulk Refractive Index Structures." This is divided into 6 major sections which are an abstract, images, descriptions, claim, patent citations, and classifications. It is similar to a lab report except with less technical aspects and more legal matters. One main differences is that the patent is short compared to the text book. The purpose of the text book is to educate, while the purpose of the patent is to claim an idea as their own.

 3. Context
The Computer Assisted Surgical Trainer: Design, Models, and Implementation (Dr. Rozenblit)
This journal was published in 2014. The conventions are technical and almost always follow a set format of having an abstract, introduction, descriptions, results, and conclusions. As for events going on around the time of its publication, the only thing I can image having an affect is the rise of virtual reality head sets such as Gear VR. 

The audience is mainly the professionals attending the 2014 Summer Simulation Multiconference in San Diego, California. Other audience includes other professionals with an interest in the topic.

 In 2014, the academic journals being published related to invasive surgery by Dr. Rozenblit spiked. In prior years, he had only published 1 or 2 journals, but in 2014, he published 6 journals related to surgical training using computers. 

 Computer Aided Surgery (Dr. Rozenblit)

This presentation was done on April 25, 2013 at a TEDx conference at the University of Arizona. For the most part this presentation was both informative, but not to technical. Dr. Rozenblit kept the audience attention by keeping his presentation dynamic yet straight forward. An event that may have influenced this is the recent interest in moving toward minimally invasive surgery. 

The audience for this presentation included students and faculty of the University of Arizona, as well as other individuals interested in the topic. 2013 was relatively slow in the amount of publications related to this that Dr. Rozenblit did. However, in the next year, he released more publication then he ever had relating to minimally invasive surgery. 

Optical Material (Dr. Potter)
This book was published in 1999 while Dr. Potter worked at Sandia National Laboratories. The conventions here are typical of an academic text book with it being divided into different chapters. Her work at Sandia National Laboratories seems to have influenced this book since her primary area of research was optical materials. Around the time of its publication, Dr. Potter also released two patents. These patents also related to optical materials. 

Formation of Bulk Refractive Index Structures(Dr. Potter)
This patent was filed for in 2001. The patent is structure similar to a lab report, but does not really have a data and results section. It also has more sections that pertain to the legality of the invention. This patent was released during her work at Sandia National Laboratories.

Sandia National Laboratories are research and development centers of the United States. The audience is most likely lawyers and possibly other inventors. 

5. Overall Message and Purpose of Each Piece
The purpose of the journal by Dr. Rozenblit is to talk about a new surgical training system called the Computer Assisted Surgical Trainer. This is explicitly stated in the abstract of this journal. The message is to convey how effective something like the Computer Assisted Surgical Trainer can be. 

The purpose of Dr. Rozenblit's presentation was to inform the audience on computer aided minimally invasive surgery. His message was that this type of technology can greatly improve the outcome of surgical procedured. 

The purpose of Dr. Potters book is to educate the reader on optical materials. I am not to sure what type of message this would have though since it is to educate. Maybe the message is the importance of optical materials?

The purpose of her patent was to legally claim her invention as hers. The message in this could be to other inventors that something like this was already done so do not waste your time, but you can build up on it.