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For the week of October 14, 2011
@COE is published on a weekly basis. The next edition will be sent out on Friday, Oct. 21.
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Student News
Engineers Day - Oct. 27, 2011
Engineers Day has been a UT college tradition for nearly 100 years. Undergraduate classes are dismissed for one day to allow students and faculty to spend time interacting with hundreds of potential engineering students from high schools across the region. For more information on this event, please contact the Engineering Academic & Student Affairs office at 865-974-2454, or visit http://www.engr.utk.edu/ed/index.html.
National Science Foundation Program Opportunity
The Kansas State University National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Program is open to Ph.D. seeking students who are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident in Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Grain Science, and Sociology. Some of these departments will allow you to pursue your Ph.D. after you complete your baccalaureate degree. IGERT trainees are organized within interdisciplinary core teams working toward solutions of bioenergy-related problems that integrate technological, agroenvironmental, and socioeconomical issues. This mode of multidisciplinary interaction is central to the IGERT program. This IGERT team has created a highly integrated network of researchers focusing on the complex issues of sustainable bioenergy production.
Every student in the program will receive a $30,000 annual stipend plus a $10,500 annual cost-of-education allowance which covers tuition, fees and health insurance, as well as international travel and travel to professional conferences.
Organized IGERT opportunities include:
· Mentoring of UG research students
· International travel and study
· Presentations at local, national, and international conferences
· Field experiences to learn about the aspects of biorefining which may be unknown to you
· Specialized topical courses
· And more
For more information, visit http://igert.ksu.edu/ and complete the online inquiry form here: http://igert.ksu.edu/inquiry.
NE PhD Graduate wins Best Paper Award at 2011 COMSOL Multiphysics Conference
The premier event for multiphysics modeling and simulations based on the COMSOL software package is currently being held in Newton, Mass. Approximately 100 user presentations were selected out of a large pool of entries submitted from all over the world. The conference proceedings CD is expected to reach more than 100,000 individuals.
Dr. David Chandler, who recently completed his Ph.D. degree in nuclear engineering at UT in August of this year, submitted a paper based on his dissertation work for consideration at this conference. His paper was accepted for a presentation and was actually selected as one of the three “best papers” to be honored at this year’s conference. His paper, “COMSOL-based Nuclear Reactor Kinetics Studies at the High Flux Isotope Reactor” was co-authored with his Ph.D. advisor, Dr. G. Ivan Maldonado, and two of his technical mentors; Dr. James D. Freels (ORNL) and Mr. R. Trent Primm, III (retired from ORNL and currently with Primm Consulting, LLC).
The subject of the article explores the computational ability to accurately predict the dynamic behavior of a nuclear reactor core in response to reactivity-induced perturbations. Space-time and point kinetics methodologies were developed for the purpose of studying the transient-induced behavior of the ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor's (HFIR) compact core. The space-time simulations employed the three-energy-group neutron diffusion equations, and the basic nuclear data required was obtained from neutron transport codes (SCALE & MCNP). The neutron diffusion equations, delayed neutron precursor equations, domain movement expressions, etc., were coded into COMSOL via the coefficient form PDE application mode, the ODE application mode, and algebraic equations. Transients initiated by control cylinder and hydraulic tube rabbit ejections were studied.
Shortly after graduation, Chandler accepted a staff position with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he will continue to work in areas related to the analysis and simulation of the HFIR reactor core.
Pursuit Accepting Submissions
Submit your honors thesis, the paper about your most exciting lab research findings or engineering innovation, or that exceptional Honors-By-Contract paper to Pursuit: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at the University of Tennessee.
Established in 2009, Pursuit is dedicated to showcasing the scholarly work of UTK undergraduates from all academic colleges and departments. Pursuit is an official academic journal managed by undergraduate students who review submissions and work with faculty and staff from the Office of Research and the Chancellor’s Honors Program to publish the journal. The upcoming spring issue will be released in time for UT’s annual Research Week activities.
Submissions are currently being accepted for the Spring 2012 edition of Pursuit, with a deadline of Oct. 21. Please visit http://trace.tennessee.edu/pursuit for details on the journal as well as specific guidelines for formatting and submitting your research paper. If you have additional questions, contact Sarah Russell, Editor in Chief, at [log in to unmask] or Madelyn Crawford, Sciences and Engineering Managing Editor, at [log in to unmask] .
Don’t miss this opportunity to have your work published in an academic journal!
SOLD Application Announcement
Applications are now live at http://sold.utk.edu/application/selection.php for Leadership Guide, Ignite Team Leader, Orientation Leader, and Transfer Orientation Assistant positions. Students can apply for multiple positions using the same application. More information about the selection process, position descriptions, and what is needed for the application can be found at the above link. Applications are due Oct. 17 by 5 p.m.
Student Success Center Seeks Part-time Tutors
The Student Success Center (SSC) seeks candidates interested in becoming part-time tutors, particularly those who are proficient in 100-level math, chemistry, biology and Spanish courses.
The successful tutors will receive training in student engagement and assistance, as well as in methods of material assessment and student learning styles. Additionally, tutors who are selected and hired by the department become part-time employees and are paid according to the standard SSC pay-rate policy.
Tutoring is an ideal way for well-qualified candidates to embody the Volunteer spirit while enhancing their resumes.
To apply for the Student Success Center’s Tutoring Program, individuals must submit an application, academic history and resume to the SSC by noon on Oct. 21, 2011. Applicants must also be recommended by a faculty/staff member. Forms are available online here or at the SSC (812 Volunteer Blvd.).
There will be an Information and Evaluation Meeting on Oct. 27, 2011 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in UC Room 226. Candidates are highly encouraged to attend. For more information, please call 865-974-6641 or email [log in to unmask]
UT to Host Admissions Representatives from Health Professions Schools
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, UTK is hosting several admissions representatives from health professions schools. They are coming to campus to talk with pre-health students who are interested in their schools/programs. You can come to talk with the representatives in the University Center any time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. This will be a great opportunity for you to learn more about the schools, learn how you can become a more competitive applicant and ask questions about the admissions process.
Medicine
• ETSU Quillen College of Medicine
• UT College of Medicine
• LMU Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
Pharmacy
• UTHSC
• Mercer
• ETSU
• Lipscomb
• South College
• Belmont (tentative)
Dentistry
• UT College of Dentistry
Physician Assistant Program
• LMU
• Mercer
Optometry
• Southern College of Optometry
Physical Therapy
• Mercer
• Belmont PT and OT (tentative)
Clinical Laboratory Science
• UTK
Graduate Health Sciences
• UTHSC
The Boyd Venture Fund Seeking Applications for Seed-Funding Grants
The Boyd Venture Fund, administered by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Business Administration, is soliciting applications from student companies to participate in its semi-annual seed-funding grant program.
All University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), students, regardless of academic discipline or degree program (doctoral, masters, or undergraduate) are eligible to apply.
To qualify for the grant money, each business must be legally established (federal tax ID, state business license, LLC, etc). The student owners must be enrolled in a UTK degree program at the time of application. However, meeting with the grant-evaluation committee after graduation is acceptable.
The Anderson Center will work with any business that receives a grant to connect it with a volunteer “mentor,” an experienced individual with interest in the type of business being awarded a grant.
To apply for the grant, the student(s) owner(s) representing the company should submit an executive summary of the business, a pro forma budget, and a “use of funds” statement detailing how the grant funds would be spent to move the business forward. This information should be sent to [log in to unmask] with the subject line, The Boyd Venture Fund.
Deadline for grant-application submissions is Nov. 21. Those businesses invited to “pitch” to the grant-award committee will be notified by Nov. 30 with presentations to the committee scheduled for Friday, Dec. 9. Pitches may be done by Skype, video conferencing, etc. for management teams not on campus.
Up to $20,000 is available to be awarded. The money may be allocated to one company or among several worthy companies. It is not necessary that all available funds be awarded this round. Grant funds will be paid out against invoices.
The grant-award committee will consider:
• Need for capital
• Viability of the business concept
• Growth potential
The Boyd Venture Fund is made possible by the generosity of Randy Boyd, President and CEO of Radio Systems Corporation, makers of PetSafe, Invisible Fence and SportDog brands. Radio Systems is a business built on the knowledge that pets are members of the family. Radio Systems’ 400 worldwide employees produce the industry’s most popular and innovative products in pet training, containment, safety and lifestyle for an audience dear to their hearts - their own pets.
If you have any questions, please direct them to Tom Graves ([log in to unmask] or 974-6131) at the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Society of Women Engineers Announcement
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will be having a meeting next Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in HSS room 119. The guest speaker will be DENSO Manufacturing. If you have any questions, email [log in to unmask]
Faculty News
CTR Director Appointed Chair of Rail Transportation Committee
Dr. David B. Clarke, Director of the Center for Transportation Research, has been appointed Chair of the Rail Transportation Committee of the Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The T&DI provides leadership within the society to promote integrated transportation and development that is safe, secure and sustainable. Clarke's appointment began Oct. 1, 2011. He succeeds Dr. Chris Barkan of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Engineering Professional Practice Announcement
Stay up-to-date with Engineering Professional Practice information and events by clicking the “Like” button on the program’s Facebook page, following the program on Twitter, visiting its website at www.coop.utk.edu or calling 865-974-5323.
Students, please note: If you receive a co-op or internship offer, please contact Engineering Professional Practice for help with paperwork and any preparations you may need – [log in to unmask], 865-974-5323 or 310 Perkins Hall.
Engineering Professional Practice Student Feature
Featured Student: Phillip Pardue
The featured student this week is Phillip Pardue, an electrical engineering major who has completed his intern assignment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Pardue tells us what his responsiblities and projects were: “I worked in the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division in the Modeling and Simulation Group. My responsibility for the course of this internship was to develop a basic model of the Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) drive train for the purposes of torque, speed, gear mesh frequency, bearing frequency and critical speeds.”
Although Pardue experienced some challenges, he learned ways to best solve the problems.
“In building my model, I was tasked with things I had never studied, such as torque transfer, non-contact instrumentation techniques and mechanical design," Pardue said. "From this, I learned that the best way to solve a problem is to know the person who will have an answer for you. I discovered many of the people who specialize in the work I was doing, and they taught me what I needed to know to do the job.”
He said the most valuable benefit from his internship was a "view into how engineering is actually conducted in a professional environment and how it differs from my previous, quasi-engineering work.”
Students may read more about their peers’ co-op/internship experiences 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.
Seminar Announcements
College of Engineering Distinguished Lecture
Friday, October 21, 2011
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center Shiloh Room (235)
Speaker: Mike Ray
Vice President, Business Integration & Strategy, IBM Integrated Supply Chain
Reinventing the Modern Corporation
Open to all students, faculty and staff
For more information, including an abstract and biography, click here.
Materials Graduate Seminar
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
1:25 p.m. Dougherty Engineering Building Room 612
Speaker: Dr. Makoto Kano
Former Professor, Tokyo University of Science-Yamaguchi, Faculty of Engineering
Environmental Literacy for Attaining a Sustainable Society
---After the gigantic disaster of JAPAN---
Abstract: Today, we say that the challenges of environmental issues we face are real. They are serious, and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, they will be met. We have to restore science to its rightful place wield technology’s wonders to solve environmental problems. We should harness the sun, the winds, the waves and the tides.
Only knowledge on environmental literacy and its implementation in various parts of the globe can enable our community of the world to ultimately get an environmentally hazard-free world with sustainable development.
In this talk, some drawbacks of modern science are illustrated and the strategies are proposed to promote environmental scientific literacy to attain sustainable development across the world.
Biography: Dr. Makoto Kano is the past department head and dean of students at Tokyo University of Science, chairman of Region 13 of Physical Society of Japan and director of Kanto Branch of Japan Institute of Metals. He has 52 refereed publications, has been the author or co-author of five books and two translations and is the director of Earth Systems Ryokuin-juku. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee of Sanyo-Onoda City, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Contact: Dr. Peter Liaw, [log in to unmask], 974-6356
Career Services Announcements
Upcoming Employer Information Sessions
Schlumberger
Oct. 17, 2011, 6:30 p.m., UC 225
Find out about exciting full-time and internship opportunities with this company.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Oct. 18, 2011, 4 p.m., Career Services Dunford Hall
Attend this information session open to all students and learn about opportunities in the Clandestine Services division.
PepsiCo
Oct. 18, 2011, 5 p.m., UC Shiloh Room
Pepsi Beverages Company will be hosting an information session for all students interested in learning more about the Sales Development Program and the Supply Chain Manufacturing & Warehouse position. This is a great way to learn about our company and positions. You will also have a chance to meet with the recruiters.
PepsiCo
Oct. 18, 2011, 6 p.m., UC Hermitage Room
Pepsi Beverages Company will be hosting an information session for all students interested in learning more about the Supply Chain Planning and Logistics position. This is a great way to learn about the company and the position. You will also have an opportunity to meet with the recruiters.
Intel Corporation
Oct. 31, 2011, 12 p.m., UC 227
Intel will be hosting an Information Session for Ph.D. candidates interested in R&D opportunities in Portland, Oregon. This info session is for Ph.D. candidates only.
Additional employer information sessions and events may be found in your HIRE-A-VOL account by searching under Events and Information Sessions.
On-Campus Interview Opportunities with Career Services
To view the position description and apply, please log into your HIRE-A-VOL account and search by employer name. All interviews will take place in 100 Dunford Hall.
Enercon Services, Inc., Mechanical Engineer, Interview Date: 10/25, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/14
Amazon, Area Manager and Operations Leadership Intern, Interview Date: 10/25, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/14
International Paper, IT Business Analyst, Interview Day: 10/26, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/17
Schneider Electric, Application Engineer-Engineering Services Training Program, Tech Support Program, Interview Day: 10/26, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/17
International Paper, IT Business Analyst-SAP, Interview Day: 10/27, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/18
Eaton Electrical, Eaton Multicultural Summer Program, Interview Date: 10/26, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/9
SPX Corporation, Engineering Development Program, Interview Date: 10/27, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/18
American Credit Acceptance, Business Analyst, Interview Date: 10/28, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/19
Scepter, Inc., Industrial or Computer Systems Engineer, Interview Date: 10/31, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/20
Schneider Electric, Application Engineer-Engineering Services Training Program, Sales Engineering Development Program, Interview Date: 11/09, Resume Submission Deadline: 10/31
AND MORE!
Please log into HIRE-A-VOL for updated On-Campus Interview Schedules
EF 301 – Career Services for Engineers
Planning your class schedule for Spring 2012? Don’t forget to register for EF 301 – Engineering Career Planning!
This class is offered each Spring and Fall semester and is taught at Career Services, 100 Dunford Hall, on Mondays, 1:25 – 2:15 p.m. This class is a perfect fit for all juniors and seniors and will equip students with the right tools to land that great job. Sophomores and graduate students may also register for the course. The class is offered on a 1-hour Satisfactory/No Credit basis and is taught by Career Services Consultant for the College of Engineering, April Gonzalez. Expect visits from company representatives, tips and tricks from HR Recruiters, advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing and salary negotiation and learn the ways you can stand out and get noticed at the job fairs.
Here’s what students are saying about the class:
• “This is the most useful non-engineering class I have ever taken. It gave me insider information about what employers are looking for during interviews, and I have a resume that I feel great about!”
• “I felt that I knew exactly what the companies were looking for at the job fair and on my interviews. The tips we got in class really helped me feel comfortable talking to the employers.”
• “This class exceeded all my expectations – it really works!”
Don’t wait to sign up as space is limited, and the class will fill up fast!
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