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For the week of
November 4, 2011
@COE is published on a weekly basis. The next edition will be sent out on Friday, Nov. 11.
Please send submissions for @COE to Julie Stansberry in the Engineering Communications Office at [log in to unmask] by noon on Thursdays.
Student News
Scholarship Information Available
Information about ACEC and ACEC of Tennessee's scholarships is now available at http://www.acectn.org/Scholar.htm. The deadline for submitting applications is January 20, 2012.
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Application Deadline Approaches
The application deadline for the 2012-2013 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships is quickly approaching. The deadline to apply is Dec. 5, 2011, at 5 p.m. EST.
Opportunities
Placement opportunities are available in congressional offices and 15 executive branch agencies. The five fellowship areas offered for September 2012 through August 2013 are:
• Congressional
• Diplomacy, Security & Development
• Energy, Environment & Agriculture
• Health, Education & Human Services
• Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship
Eligibility
To be considered for a fellowship, all successful applicants must hold a doctoral level degree (PhD, MD, DVM, etc.) in any of the following:
• Social/Behavioral Sciences
• Medical/Health Disciplines
• Biological, Physical or Earth Sciences
• Computational Sciences and Mathematics
• Engineering Disciplines (applicants with a master's degree in engineering and three or more years of post-degree professional experience also qualify).
Non U.S. citizens and federal employees are not eligible for the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships. Visit the Fellowships website to learn more about eligibility requirements.
Benefits
Stipends range from approximately $74,000 to $99,000 (depending on years of experience and previous salary). Other benefits include health insurance, travel/training allowance and relocation allowance. For more information about benefits, click here.
Do you know someone interested in policy? Please share this opportunity with friends and colleagues who may be seeking new ways to shape their career and make an impact on society.
To learn more about the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, visit the website at http://fellowships.aaas.org. Please contact the Fellowships staff at [log in to unmask] or 202-326-6700 with questions.
MBA Program Open House Announcement
The University of Tennessee’s Full-Time MBA program will host an open house for prospective MBA candidates on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 from 6-8 p.m. in the James A. Haslam II Business Building, Room 402. Registration will begin at 5:45 p.m.
Representatives of the innovative, 17-month program will present information on the structure of its integrated, team-based curriculum, the application & admissions process, financial aid and career opportunities. Admission is free, and pre-registration is not required. You may park in the University Center Parking Garage located on Phillip Fulmer Way. (Please bring your parking ticket to registration for validation.)
For more information, contact the UT MBA Program Office at 865-974-5033 or [log in to unmask].
Information Session: Tsinghua English Summer Camp
Do you want to experience something new this summer? Have you ever thought about traveling to Beijing? Are you interested in teaching English to Chinese students? Why not combine these interests and apply to be a participant in the Tsinghua English Summer Camp for 2012!
Faculty, staff, graduate students and undergraduates are eligible to apply. Lodging, food and a stipend are provided. Participants only need to pay for the plane ticket, visa and personal expenses.
Dates of Summer Camp: 3 weeks (end of June-middle of July)
The Center for International Education will hold an information session as part of International Education Week.
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m.
Location: Great Room, International House
Past participants will present on what it is like to be a teacher or volunteer at the camp and answer your questions. Applications will open in December and close in early February.
The Tsinghua English Summer Camp is one of the largest language summer camps in the world! Approximately 3,200 Chinese students between their freshman and sophomore years will attend the camp on Tsinghua's campus in Beijing, China. The goal is to increase the Chinese students' interest and enthusiasm for learning English as well as to improve basic reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The Chinese students will be taught by teachers and student volunteers from numerous colleges and universities in the U.S. UTK has been invited to send a contingent of teachers and volunteers to participate in their 3-week summer camp. The UTK group will be selected through a competitive process. The camp will be an intensive English language experience for all the Chinese participants. Each day will be devoted to a variety of activities, formal classroom instruction, lectures and various activities including singing, speech competition practice, skits, games and other performances.
Contact: Alisa Meador, Center for International Education ([log in to unmask])
Inaugural Watershed Symposium Announcement
Please join the Watershed Minor Faculty for the First Annual Watershed Symposium on Monday, Nov. 14 in the University Center Ballroom to learn about current research and activities in the area of watershed management and a new undergraduate and graduate minor in Watersheds. There will be a technical session including oral presentations (listed below) and poster presentations. Refreshments will be provided. Watershed studies are an important part of advancing the science and engineering for water and environmental conservation, policy and public health, and we are pleased to begin to offer this minor to students beginning in Fall 2012. Come meet the Watershed Minor Faculty, and learn how you can obtain a minor in Watersheds.
Symposium Agenda
Panel Discussion Attracts Questions on Religion, Nuclear Power
"Nukes and Faith: Discussing Religion's Role in Nuclear Security and Energy" took place on Monday, Oct. 24, at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. The student-initiated panel discussion, organized in part by the student chapter of INMM, offered a provocative and unique discussion of views on nuclear weapons and energy through technical, political, Evangelical Christian and Unitarian Universalist perspectives. The speakers included Howard Hall, Governor's Chair Professor of Nuclear Engineering; Brandon Prins, associate professor of political science; Jeffrey Kovac, professor of chemistry; and Sherrell Greene, independent nuclear energy consultant. The speakers answered audience questions directed toward religion, nuclear power, political issues and nonproliferation. The event was sponsored by Tyson House Episcopal & Lutheran Campus Ministry, the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, the UT Religious Studies Association and the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.
Engineers Day 2011 Competition Results
Quiz Bowl Competition:
1st Place: Soni Akshu, Lawrence Weng, Jerry Xiong and Kenneth Ye from Farragut High School
2nd Place: David Dunn, CC Hermes, Gigucheol Lim and Jose Nazario from Knoxville Catholic High School
ASCE Balsa Wood Bridge Competition:
1st Place: Gabriel Camacho from Pigeon Forge High School
2nd Place: Nicole Heineken and Jacob Vargo from Lenoir City High School
3rd Place: Jesus Munoz from Pigeon Forge High School
Egg Drop Competition:
1st Place: Keny Arnholt, Trent Keriey and Derek Siddes from Hardin Valley Academy
2nd Place: VanAllen Goforth, George Ozborn, Cri Palacid and Alex Shaford from Hixson High School
3rd Place: Giovanti Palacio and Alex Shuford, also from Hixson High School
Food Battery Competition:
1st Place: Isaiah Bell, John Butcheller, Amy Bishop, Trent Kurley, Steven Hun and Andrew Chitwood from Hardin Valley Academy
2nd Place: Stephen Theyden, Cohl, and Staples-Ramp from Webb
3rd Place: Clay Jackson, Javian Jones and Taylor Morrow from CJT
Engineers Day 2011 Exhibit Results
Class I Exhibits:
1st Place: Engineering Professional Practice – Prep for Success – Coop/Intern Program
2nd Place: Biomedical Engineering Society – Current Topics in Biomedical Engineering
3rd Place: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering – Blue Crab Nursery
Class II Exhibits:
1st Place: Institute of Transportation Engineers – Transportation Technology Showcase
2nd Place: American Institute of Chemical Engineers – AIChE
3rd Place: Society of Automotive Engineers – Automotive Engineering at UTK
Class III Exhibits:
1st Place: College of Engineering Ambassadors – College of Engineering Information and Tours
2nd Place: Industrial and Information Engineering Department – Laboratory Tours of the IIE Department
Outreach News
Winners of Study Abroad Fellowships Announced
Winners of the Alcoa – College of Engineering Study Abroad Fellowships have been announced for Spring 2012! Patrick Caveney, junior in biomedical engineering, is spending this spring at the University of Nottingham, England. He will be taking a mixed load of engineering and general studies courses at Nottingham. Erika Finley, a junior in mechanical engineering, will be headed to Australia and the University of Canberra to pursue a general studies program this spring. Carter McVeigh, a junior in industrial engineering with a minor in Spanish, will be at the University of Valparaiso, Chile. He is pursuing a Spanish language and engineering program and has promised to report back on what its like to take statics in Spanish. All three will be sending pictures and updates for our website.
Faculty News
Dr. Richard Bennett Elected to Board of Directors
Dr. Richard Bennett, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Engage Engineering Fundamentals Division, was elected to the Board of Directors of The Masonry Society. This is a two-year term. The Masonry Society is an international gathering of people interested in the art and science of masonry. It is a professional, technical and educational association dedicated to the advancement of knowledge on masonry.
The 2012 HERS Institutes
Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and the Commission for Women want to sponsor an outstanding woman to attend a Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institute in 2012. Women faculty members or administrators who have a proven record of professional growth and responsibility, and who have a keen interest in campus administration and the challenges of growing a university rich in international and intercultural diversity, are encouraged to review the Institutes and apply for the one that best suits individual circumstances. The Bryn Mawr Summer Institute offers a two-week residential program. The HERS Institute at Wellesley College offers four three-day sessions across the 2012-2013 academic year. The HERS Institute at the University of Denver offers a two-week residential program. Please visit the HERS website for more information.
HERS Institutes have earned sterling reputations for expanding horizons, providing exposure to new and exciting ideas, fostering enduring mentoring relationships and preparing women for institutional leadership roles.
The campus selection process will require that each applicant submit three items: a current CV; a letter describing the applicant’s reasons for application and how she will contribute to our international and intercultural initiatives; and a letter of support from her dean, director, department head or supervisor. Send these items electronically to:
Mary E. Papke, Chair, Commission for Women; [log in to unmask].
Application materials must arrive at the Institutes by Dec. 1, 2011; therefore, the UT application deadline is Nov. 11, 2011. Outstanding applicants will be recommended to Chancellor Cheek for review of campus materials and selection of this year’s candidate. The candidate must then apply to her chosen Institute and provide required documents by the Institute’s deadline.
Please contact Mary Papke if you have questions.
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: Jason Perry
Our featured student this week is Jason Perry, a mechanical engineering major who has completed his co-op assignment at Heatcraft Refrigeration Products in Tifton, Ga.
At Heatcraft, Perry worked with the manufacturing engineering group.
"Most of my time was spent doing 3D design work in Solid Edge," Perry said. "More particularly, I designed carts and jigs for the manufacturing lines that would improve production and ergonomics throughout the facility.”
On one of the challenges he had to overcome during this assignment, Perry said he was "given a project that involved designing several carts for a new line that would hold sheet metal parts. Two engineers disagreed on my designs for the project. I went through several design revisions for these carts that would please both the engineers. In the end, I learned that the simplest design is the cheapest and best direction to go.”
Perry advises students not to be afraid to "speak up and ask plenty of questions, and be prepared to do a lot of learning on your own.”
By accepting this co-op experience, he said he learned more about his future.
”I gained plenty of experience using 3-dimensional design programs, and gained a better understanding of what I want to do after graduation," he said.
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 and Panel Discussion Announcements
College of Engineering Distinguished Lecture
Dr. John F. Brady
Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Friday, Nov. 11, 2011
10:10 - 11:10 a.m.
Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
Toyota Auditorium
Osmotic Propulsion: The Osmotic Motor
For more information, including an abstract and biography, click here.
Materials Graduate Seminar
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011
1:25 p.m. Dougherty Engineering Building, Room 612
Speaker: Dr. William Weber
Governor's Chair Professor
Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee
Fundamentals of Radiation Effects in Silicon Carbide
Abstract: Multiscale computer simulations and experimental validation using ion-beam irradiation have been used to investigate the primary damage state and evolution of radiation damage in silicon carbide as functions of temperature, ion mass and energy. Multiscale computation methods are used to determine stable defect configurations, defect production, damage efficiency, cascade-overlap effects, close-pair recombination and defect migration energies and pathways. These studies show that energetic ion-solid interactions in SiC result primarily in the creation of interstitials, vacancies, antisite defects and small defect clusters that interact to produce long-range structural disorder. The disordering behavior, volume change, and high-resolution images of damage states obtained experimentally and from molecular dynamic simulations of damage accumulation are in good agreement. The point defects produced by radiation are dominated by close Frenkel pairs, and atomistic simulations indicate that the activation energies for recombination of most close pairs range from 0.24 to 0.38 eV, which suggest significant reduction in defect survivability at room temperature. Atomistic simulations have also determined that the activation energies for long-range diffusion of C and Si interstitials are 0.7 and 1.5 eV, respectively. Using these activation energies and ab initio results as input parameters, a kinetic lattice Monte Carlo simulation model has been developed to study isochronal annealing of defects in SiC between cascade events. The kinetic lattice Monte Carlo simulations demonstrate that close-pair recombination and long-range interstitial diffusion play critical roles in the dynamic and thermal recovery stages observed experimentally.
Biography: Dr. William J. Weber joined the University of Tennessee in May 2010 as the Governor’s Chair Professor for Radiation Effects in Materials, with a joint appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Prior to his current position, Weber was a Laboratory Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). His research focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of radiation effects in materials, interaction of radiation and charged-particles with solids, ion-beam and electron-beam modification of materials, defect-property relationships in ceramics, long-term performance of materials under extreme environments, phase transformations, interface phenomena and nanostructures in materials. Weber’s research includes using energetic ion and electron beams to study radiation. He has edited five conference proceedings and published over 360 journal articles, 108 peer-reviewed conference papers, eight book chapters and 53 technical reports.
Contact: Dr. Peter Liaw, [log in to unmask], 974-6356
Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and Environmental Policy
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011
3:30 - 5 p.m., Toyota Auditorium, Howard Baker Center
Nick Hanley
University of Stirling, Scotland
Why is it so difficult to measure the economic value of changes in “biodiversity”?
Abstract: In this presentation, Nick Hanley will run through the main ways in which economists attempt to measure the dollar value of biodiversity. This mostly turns out to be an attempt to measure the value of changes in species populations and habitat. He will review why such estimates are desirable and how they might be used, and consider examples from a number of recent studies. Hanley will then review a number of problems in such work, including information, preference construction and valuing resilience.
Career Services Announcements
Upcoming Employer Information Session
Boise Paper Holdings, Inc.
11/10
2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Career Services, 100 Dunford Hall
Drop in to meet with reps to find out about opportunities for chemical, reliability, mechanical and industrial engineers.
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.
Roadtec, Inc., Technical Marketing Coordinator, Interview Date: 11/16, Resume Submission Deadline: 11/7
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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