Working with Equipment: Should I List Make/Model?

[wvuphys]

I am currently in the process of updating my CV. When listing the various equipment I have worked with, should I list the make/model etc.? For example, I have worked with a Molecular Beam Epitaxy system. Should I list, I have 5 years experience working with a custom-built SVTA MBE system, or just list I have 5 years experience working with MBE? What is convention in something like this? Thanks for the advice.

 

[AlephZero]

Tell the recipients as much as they need to know, in words they can understand.

Example: an employer might be very interestied in whether you have spent 5 years designing and modifying some custom built high tech device, as compared with just using it in a routine fashion. But they might not have any idea what an SVTA MBE system is, unless you spell out the acronyms.

The gatekeepers who do the first pass filtering of applications are probably not techincal experts, and they don't have time to look up stuff that they don't understand. But if you don't get past them, your application will be in the reject pile.