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For the week of September 17th, 2010
@COE is published on a weekly basis. The next edition will be sent out on Friday, Sept. 24.
Please send your submissions for @COE to Julie Stansberry in the Engineering Communications Office at [log in to unmask] by noon on Thursdays.
Nuclear Engineering Colloquium Announcement
"Research Activities from EPRI’s Fuel Reliability Program"
Speaker: Kurt Edsinger, Manager, Nuclear Fuel, Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif.
When: Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Where: Room 308, Pasqua Engineering Building
Webcast: http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/colloquia
Viewers of the live webcast may submit questions and/or comments to the speaker either before or during the live webcast via an e-mail message to [log in to unmask] Please include your name and affiliation in your e-mail message. Viewers who miss the live webcast can view the archived webcast, which is usually posted within 24 hours, at http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/colloquia/Archive/. Viewers may also receive the speaker's slides in PDF format via e-mail request to Kristin England ([log in to unmask]) after the live webcast.
Abstract
The Fuel Reliability Program drives improvements in nuclear fuel performance and reliability based on issues encountered at operating plants around the world. Fuel reliability is critical to the safety and economic viability of a nuclear power plant. The Fuel Reliability Program develops knowledge, guidance, and tools to maximize the reliability of nuclear fuel and core components. The program is focused in the following areas:
- Fuel performance and reliability: Quantify fuel operational margins and identify fuel failure mechanisms through poolside and hot cell examinations.
- Fuel corrosion and crud control in Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs): Improve industry understanding of the links between water chemistry, crud, and fuel reliability in pressurized and boiling water reactors. The research combines fuel surveillance programs and mechanistic studies to develop various guidelines and improve predictive capabilities.
- Fuel regulatory issues: Serve as the industry focal point on technical aspects of regulatory issues by participating in experimental programs and performing independent analyses to ensure the adequacy of proposed modifications to various accident criteria.
All students and faculty are invited to attend. UTNE Graduate Students who hold Assistantships or Fellowships are required to attend in person.
Refreshments will be provided in 219 Pasqua immediately following the colloquium.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Colloquium Announcement
"Meshing Techniques for Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations and Shape Matching"
Speaker: Dr. Suzanne M. Shontz - Pennsylvania State University
When: Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, at 2 p.m.
Where: Room 102, Claxton Building
Abstract
Meshes are typically required when solving problems involving the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) or computer graphics/vision. The meshing requirements for these two categories of problems are very different. Meshes generated for the numerical solution of PDEs must be of good quality so that the corresponding simulation is accurate, stable, and efficient. However, meshes generated for computer graphics/vision problems must be such that they can be rendered quickly and have high asthetic appeal and visual recognition.
In this talk, I will discuss the unique challenges and requirements involved in generating meshes for these two categories of problems. I will describe meshing algorithms which we have developed for the generation of anisotropic meshes for use in the numerical solution of various types of PDEs. I will also describe a meshing-based shape matching algorithm which we have developed.
This talk will be accessible to undergraduate students in scientific computing and will be of interest to graduate students and faculty, as well.
Parts of this talk represent joint work with Jibum Kim and Shankar Prasad Sastry of Penn State.
Refreshments will be served after the talk at 3 p.m. in the Claxton 203 Conference Room.
Engineering Profesional Practice Cookout Photos and Info
The Engineering Cookout was a great success!
(Due to browser issues in last week's @COE, we are running this story again.)
Adtran employees talk to an interested engineering student about their company.
Representatives from Alcoa
Wayne Davis, dean of the College of Engineering
Todd Reeves, director of Engineering Professional Practice
Garmin representatives
Eastman representatives speak with a female engineering student about upcoming career opportunities.
Faculty, staff and students fill their plates with food from Buddy's.
Shaw representatives
Students enjoy fellowship during the Engineering lunch.
Southern Company representative
The Engineering Professional Practice office hosted its annual Engineering Cookout Sept. 3 on the Engineering Lawn in front of Ferris Hall. Wayne Davis, College of Engineering dean, and Todd Reeves, director of Engineering Professional Practice, kicked off the event with the ceremonial “first plates” of food. Nearly a thousand students, faculty and staff members enjoyed the cookout, which was catered by Buddy’s bar-b-q. Students took the opportunity to speak with event sponsors – Shaw, Alcoa, Eastman Chemical, Garmin, Adtran, and Southern Company – about the job market and various positions the sponsors plan to fill in the coming year. Kimberly-Clark also sponsored the event but was unable to have company representatives present.
Engineering Professional Practice Upcoming Events
Fall 2010 Calendar of Events
Interview Schedule Deadline
Sept. 17 is the last day to be added to employers’ interview schedules before the fair. Students are added on a first-come, first-serve basis, and openings fill quickly. To maximize opportunities, students are encouraged to set an appointment with their office advisor (Joyce or Suzanne) any time between now and early in the fall semester to discuss potential interviews; students should bring their fall class schedule with them to this appointment.
Sept. 17
Prep for Success: “Interview Strategies” Workshop
This workshop will cover what employers want to see and hear during an interview: clothing and grooming tips that create a professional appearance; dining etiquette; things to say and do that will enable you to make a positive, lasting impression; and how to follow up with an employer after an interview.
Sept. 20: 5 p.m.
210 Alumni Memorial
Fall Engineering Fair
Students are invited to attend dressed professionally and prepared to discuss co-op and internship opportunities with engineering employers. All engineering students are encouraged to attend for networking opportunities and potential interviews from employers who are filling their own interview schedules at the fair. Student ID is required at check-in.
Sept. 27: 4-7 p.m.
UC Ballroom
Interview Day
Engineering Fair interviews will be held in the Neyland Stadium East Skyboxes; students with interviews should enter at Gate 26, next to Estabrook Hall.
Sept. 28
Neyland Stadium, East Skyboxes
Further details will be announced in future editions of @COE. For information about any of these events, contact Engineering Professional Practice at [log in to unmask] or 974-5323.
Engineering Professional Practice Student Feature
Featured student: Christopher Drinnon
Christopher Drinnon is a biosystems engineering major who spent the Summer 2010 semester doing an internship. During the term, he wrote:
“I worked for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in the maintenance department of Highway Division 4 as a summer engineering assistant under district engineer Ronald Keeter, Jr., PE. My responsibilities included collecting and managing data gathered from the assessment of primary and secondary highways under the Maintenance Condition Assessment Program.
“Other responsibilities that I had included running levels of sections of existing highways to solve drainage issues, attending meetings with the district engineer about the proposal of raising an existing highway to act as a levy to protect a historical site, and finding and documenting damaged sections of guardrail and cable fence on Interstate 95.
“A project that I participated on was the survey and design of a proposed new highway for an industrial park between two existing roads. I also helped perform erosion control for the construction of the new highway. I was given training in using the surveying instrument. The engineering tech showed me how to operate the instrument (Huskey) and allowed me to collect field shots while surveying the new proposed highway."
Of other new technical skills he learned, Drinnon said, “I was given a brief overview of the software package, Microstation; I learned how to use imported data from the surveying equipment (Huskey) on Microstation; and I learned how to use the topography of the land to lay out the new highway. I also learned how to read P&ID drawings.”
“In the company meetings I participated in, I discovered how to properly conduct a meeting. The problem is presented and other individuals discuss ways to solve the predicament.”
Christopher Drinnon
Drinnon’s advice to other co-op applicants considering NCDOT is to “expect something different every day.”
“I like the responsibilities that I had during my work assignment. It made me feel like I was part of the NCDOT, not just a bystander… This internship helped me build my confidence in becoming an engineer.”
Students may read more about their peers’ co-op/internship experiences with employers by logging into their Engineering Professional Practice profile via www.coop.utk.edu, clicking “Resource Library” (on the left margin) and selecting “Students at Work – In Their Own Words.”
For information on engineering co-op and internships, contact Engineering Professional Practice at [log in to unmask] or 865-974-5323.
Engineering Advising Office Reminders
Students will register for Spring 2011 in the new Banner system. Access to Banner begins Sept. 20 and can be found at MyUTK in the A-Z Index. The Spring timetable will be available for viewing on Sept. 20. Advising flags can also be cleared beginning Sept. 20. Don’t forget that all students must be advised each semester until they have earned 30 hours at UT, so all first or second semester transfers and all freshmen students must be advised both Fall and Spring semesters.
Priority (athletes, honor students, etc.) Sept. 30 at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Seniors (90+ hours) Oct. 13 at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Juniors (60-89 hours) Oct. 25 at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Sophomores (30-59 hours) Nov. 5 at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Freshmen (Less than 30 hours) Nov. 19 at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Students who are taking EF 151- 152 (Physics 135-136) or EF 157-158 (Physics 137-138) are advised in the Engineering Advising Office located in Room 202 of Estabrook Hall. Students who have completed Math 141-142 or Math 147-148 Honors and the EF sequence (or Physics 135-136 for Computer Science majors) are advised with the faculty in their major.
Engineering Student Congratulations
Congratulations to Lawson Bordley, a civil engineering master's student in the College of Engineering, for being awarded the following scholarships:
-2010 Georgia Department of Transportation Scholarship
-2010 Tennessee Section Institute of Transportation Engineers (TSITE) Bill Moore Scholarship
-2010 Arthur S. Tuttle Memorial Scholarship from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
National Institute for Computational Science Schedule
An excellent series of opportunities to find out about state-of-the-art Computational Science going on in East Tennessee begins this week. This fall, the National Institute for Computational Science, a high-performance computing center administered by UTK, will offer a series of tutorials and seminars designed to provide UTK students, faculty and staff with practical information about using its resources, as well as other associated opportunities for participation and collaboration.
NICS is a key resource provider in the National Science Foundation’s "TeraGrid" system, hosting Kraken (a Cray XT5) and Athena (a Cray XT4), and serving scientific users around the country. NICS is also home to the Remote Data Analysis and Visualization Center (RDAV), a separate NSF award in the TeraGrid XD program. UTK faculty projects have already received more than 27 million hours of computing allocation on NICS computing resources so far, and the demand for them is expected to increase.
All the seminars and tutorials in the series will be given by NICS and RDAV personnel and will be held on Thursdays from 2-4 p.m., in Claxton 233 (see map). A more detailed list of session topics is below. All interested students, faculty and staff are welcome and encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Jim Ferguson ([log in to unmask]).
Schedule for the NICS seminar/tutorial series, Fall 2010
Introduction to UTK's NICS (Jim Ferguson, Christian Halloy, Daniel Lucio)
Sept. 16
An Overview of Parallel Programming (Christian Halloy, NICS staff)
Sept. 23
Parallel Computing on NICS Cray - XTs -- Kraken and Athena (Christian Halloy, NICS staff)
Sept. 30
Fall break: No talk
Oct. 7
Introduction to Visualization and Data Analysis with Nautilus Part 1: Data Analysis with R (Amy Szczepanski)
Oct. 14
Introduction to Visualization and Data Analysis with Nautilus Part 2: Visualization with VisIt (Amy Szczepanski)
Oct. 21
Introduction to Visualization and Data Analysis with Nautilus Part 3: Workflows with Kepler (Amy Szczepanski)
Oct. 28
Computational Sciece at NICS (Mark Fahey, Scientific Computing group leader)
Nov. 4
The NSF supercomputing programs and NICS (Phil Andrews - NICS director)
Nov. 11
Career Services Announcements
Logistics Fair (Industrial Engineers invited) Monday, Sept. 27, from 4-6 p.m. in Thompson Boling Arena
Fall Job Fair
Job Fair Attendees: AREVA, Avery Dennison, B&W Y-12, BMW Manufacturing Corporation, Boeing Corporation, Caterpillar Inc., Cisco, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., ConAgra Foods, Inc., CUMMINS Inc., DuPont, Eaton Corporation, ExxonMobil, Garmin International, Inc., General Dynamics, Georgia-Pacific LLC, Johnson & Johnson, National Instruments, National Nuclear Security Administration, NAVAL Surface Warfare Center, NORFOLK Naval Shipyard, Novelis, Oak Ridge National Labs, PepsiCo, Proctor & Gamble (P&G), S&ME, INC., Schneider Electric, Schlumberger, Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Siemens Corporation, Global Shared Services, Inc., Sonoco, TVA, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Unilever, Volkswagen Group of America and MORE!
To view the complete list of job fair attendees, log into your HIRE-A-VOL account at www.career.utk.edu and click on View Attendees for the upcoming Fall 2010 Job Fair.
Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 2-6 p.m. in Thompson Boling Arena
Need assistance with HIRE-A-VOL? Or does your resume need a little more work? Contact the Career Services office at 974-5435 to schedule an appointment with the Career Consultant for the College of Engineering, April Gonzalez ([log in to unmask]), or drop in at the Career Services Offices in 100 Dunford Hall during the daily walk-in hours (Monday-Friday from 3-5 p.m.) to meet with a Peer Career Advisor to review your resume.
For more information, visit the Career Services Web site.
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