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For the week of
January 20, 2012
@COE is published on a weekly basis. The next edition will be sent out on Friday, Jan. 27.
Please send submissions for @COE to Julie Stansberry in the Engineering Communications Office at [log in to unmask] by noon on Thursdays.
Student News
Ph.D. Candidate Wins Crystallography Award
Ercan Cakmak, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), won the 2012 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Award, which recognizes the outstanding achievements of the student as a promising candidate in crystallography related research. The award is given annually, and the 20th annual awards for the 2012 scholarships were announced by The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) on Dec. 21, 2011. Cakmak's research focuses on the investigation of phase transformation, crystallographic texture and internal strain evolutions in transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) alloys under complex mechanical loading conditions using synchrotron x-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction techniques. Cakmak's dissertation advisor is Dr. Hahn Choo, associate professor in the MSE department. Cakmak's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program.
More detailed information about this award can be found here.
COE Seeks Counselors for 15th Annual Summer Pre-college Programs
The College of Engineering is seeking counselors for the 15th Annual Summer Pre-college Programs during 2012 for rising 7th through 12th grade students. Each program provides hands-on learning experiences designed to motivate 32 students who have the interest and aptitude to consider careers in engineering. Participants learn about careers in engineering, explore the UT campus, tour engineering labs and facilities, compete in engineering challenges and have an opportunity to jump start their academic career. The programs will be held on Sunday to Friday intervals: June 17-22, June 24-29, July 8-13, July 15-20 and July 22-27. To apply, please complete the application by clicking here. The deadline for all completed applications is Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. If you should have any questions/comments, please contact Travis Griffin at [log in to unmask]
Study Abroad Information
Do you have an interest in travel? How about a trip to Spain and Portugal this mini term for 3 hours credit? If so, apply today! There are 19 signed up and room left for 4 or 5 more!
Here are the details and the Programs Abroad Office applications page link:
Details
Programs Abroad Office Applications
Feel free to contact Garry Menendez (974-0216) with any questions.
Attention: It's Time Once Again to Fill Out Your Scholarship Application
Scholarship applications are due Feb. 1, 2012, to 115 Student Services Building. Please make sure you have a biography and resume' with your application. Applications can be found online at http://finaid.utk.edu/apply/applications/UGscholarship.shtml. And please write neatly!
Fluid Power Scholars Program: A Paid Industry Summer Internship!
The Fluid Power Scholars Program is a collaborative effort between the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) and companies in the fluid power industry who are corporate members of the CCEFP. This highly selective summer program identifies and connects the very best undergraduate engineering students across the U.S. to the fluid power industry with the purpose of training the next-generation of fluid power leaders.
This is a highly competitive program, open to undergraduates who have successfully completed at least two years in an accredited engineering program in the U.S. The Scholars program begins with an intensive three-and-a-half day instructional program in fluid power, taught at the Fluid Power Institute at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), and follows with internships in the fluid power industry. The Fluid Power "Bootcamp" at MSOE will be held May 21-24, 2012. Students should expect to spend 10-11 weeks as a intern in their host company. Up to 10 undergraduate students will be selected as Fluid Power Scholars by a committee of faculty and industry representatives. In addition to their paid internships, scholars will receive stipends for travel and living expenses associated with their work at MSOE.
Application Deadline: Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
For more information and to apply, click here.
NHA Past Presidents' Legacy Scholarship Information
The National Hydropower Association (NHA) created the Past Presidents’ Legacy Scholarship in 2008 to encourage students to consider becoming part of the U.S. hydropower industry. Our growing industry has professionals in many different fields, including engineering, IT, biology, environmental sciences, forestry, hydrology, animal sciences, management, financial services, communications and other areas. Many companies also offer high-paying skilled labor and technical positions.
Application Details
Who: (1) Current college sophomores or juniors who will be college juniors or seniors beginning fall 2012 or graduate students with a minimum cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) GPA who are enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate course of study at an accredited four-year college or university; (2) applicants must be students with an equivalent GPA at an accredited vocational technical school or program. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal residents. Applicants must be pursuing a program of study that is related to the hydropower industry: Engineering, sciences (biology, fisheries and hydrology), communications or environmental studies.
Application: Click here to download.
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2012
Presentation: At the NHA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., in April 2012
Send application to:
The National Hydropower Association
Past Presidents’ Legacy Scholarship Program
Scholarship Management Services
One Scholarship Way
Saint Peter, MN 56082
UT Full-Time MBA Program to Host Open House
The University of Tennessee Full-Time MBA program will host its Spring Semester Open House for prospective MBA candidates on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, from 6-8 p.m. in the James A. Haslam II Business Building, Room 402. Registration begins at 5:45 p.m. Representatives of this innovative, 17-month program will present information on the structure of its integrated, team-based curriculum, the application and 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]
Meeting Announcement
The American Nuclear Society (ANS), the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) and Women in Nuclear (WIN) are holding a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in Perkins Hall, Room 324. ANS will also be hosting recruiters from the Southern Company, which operates three nuclear power plants in Alabama and Georgia. INMM will be hosting Greg Louden, who manages national security programs at Pro2Serve. He is currently situated at ORNL. Prior to coming to East Tennessee, Louden served as the nuclear planner for the U.S. armed forces in Korea and formerly trained the military officers who carry the nuclear football for the president. This is the perfect meeting to attend if you're interested in working in the nuclear power sector or if you’re interested in national security applications of nuclear technology. All majors are welcome. Food and drinks will be provided. If you have any questions, email [log in to unmask]
Faculty News
COE Faculty Publish Book Chapter, Journal Articles
Congratulations to Dr. William Weber, Governor's Chair Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) on his book chapter that just came out:
R. C. Ewing and W. J. Weber, Chapter 15: Nuclear waste management and disposal, in Fundamentals of Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, edited by D. S. Ginley and D. Cahen (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2012), pp. 178-193.
Congratulations also goes to Dr. Haiyan Xiao, Dr. Yanwen Zhang and Dr. William Weber in the MSE department for the following journal articles published:
H. Y. Xiao, Y. Zhang, L. L. Snead, V. Shutthanandan, H. Z. Xue, and W. J. Weber, Near-surface and bulk behavior of Ag in SiC, J. Nuclear Materials 420 [1-3]: 123-130 (2012).
W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, H. Y. Xiao, and L. M. Wang, Dynamic recovery in silicate-apatite structures under irradiation and implications for long-term immobilization of actinides, RSC Advances 2 [2]: 595-604 (2012).
UTK STEM Faculty Invited to Host Pre-Collegiate Research Scholars
Registration is now open for UTK STEM faculty interested in participating in the second year of the county-wide Pre-Collegiate Research Scholars Program, a partnership between UTK and Knox County Schools. New and continuing faculty are welcome to register for the program year beginning Summer 2012. Two high school seniors from each of 13 Knox County public high schools will be working under the direction of their high school teacher mentors who are partnered with UTK faculty mentors to co-mentor each shared student. The program’s goal is to host high school students in UT research laboratories so that they may experience the excitement of scientific research and engage in their own original research. This year we are more deliberately matching UTK faculty with KCS teachers, hoping to form longer-term working relationships for the better monitoring of each participating student as well as offering possibility of further collaborations between UTK and KCS personnel (for grants, etc.) College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences faculty interested in serving as faculty mentors should register online as soon as possible (no later than Feb 6, 2012). We hope to expand beyond these two colleges in subsequent years.
For details and online faculty registration, click here.
Engineering Professional Practice Announcement
Engineering Professional Practice Info Session
Come learn about opportunities for engineering co-op and internships and how to get prepared for the upcoming Spring 2012 Engineering Expo. A representative from Southern Company will be discussing what they look for when hiring engineering co-op students.
When: Monday, Jan. 23 beginning at 5 p.m.
Where: The UC Crest Room
Pizza and sodas will be provided by Southern Company.
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: Benjamin Roehrs
Our featured student this week is Benjamin Roehrs, an electrical engineering major who is completing his co-op assignment at BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC, in Greer, S.C.
“I spent my first co-op rotation at BMW Manufacturing in the Paint Shop Controls Group,” Roehrs said. “The Controls Group is responsible for the upkeep and expansion of the various control systems in use within the Paint Shop. When not maintaining or modifying the control systems currently in use, my department plans out system upgrades or new installs. In addition to control systems, the Controls Group also provides technical consulting for other groups within the paint shop.”
The main project and responsibilities that he dealt with were planning an identification system for special units (test units, new models, non-customer units) that require unique processing within the Paint Shop.
"My responsibilities for this project consisted of all technical planning for the installation, including initial concept design revisions, drafting a scope of work, working with contracted firms that bid on the project and overall project management,” he said.
Roehrs said the most valuable benefit from his co-op experience was experience in project management.
"This encompasses both the technical details involved in planning a project and the internal processes involved," Roehrs said. "I truly believe the co-op experience, if not just an internship, should be required for engineers."
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
Materials Graduate Seminar
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012
1:25 p.m. in Dougherty Engineering Bldg. Room 612
Small-Scale Mechanical Characterization Using
Instrumented Indentation Techniques
Speaker: Dr. Erik Herbert
Abstract: Instrumented indentation or nanoindentation is widely used to investigate the mechanical properties of small volumes of material such as thin films, modified surfaces, individual phases and microscopic devices. The goal of this seminar is to present a brief overview of the underlying principles of the measurement systems and then highlight the strengths and weakness of the technique by carefully examining several state-of-the-art applications. Among the topics discussed will be characterization of the complex modulus, the indentation size effect, in-situ measurements performed in the scanning electron microscope and the high energy X-ray beam line at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), and residual stress measurements in doubly clamped thin film bridges. For each of these topics, the reliability of the data will be addressed by identifying and discussing the most significant experimental obstacles, the proposed solution(s), the relevant assumptions and the inherent limitations.
Biography: Dr. Herbert is a research assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He received his Ph.D. in MSE from UTK in 2008 under the supervision of Dr. George M. Pharr and Dr. Warren C. Oliver. Shortly after starting his undergraduate degree in MSE, Herbert began working at Nano Instruments in 1997 as a co-op student. He spent 12 years at Nano, working in a variety of roles and witnessing the business transition from Nano Instruments to the MTS Nano Instruments Innovation Center in 1998, and then into the Materials Science Solutions Unit of Agilent Technologies in 2008. Herbert left Agilent in 2009 to take a postdoctoral research appointment in MSE at UTK and worked as a visiting scientist at the Center for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He transitioned into his current role as a research assistant professor in 2010. Over the past 15 years, his professional focus has been on the development of small-scale mechanical characterization techniques. He has been awarded one patent in the U.S. and currently has 22 publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Philosophical Magazine, Journal of Physics, Journal of Materials Research, Thin Solid Films and Scripta Materialia.
Contact: Dr. Wei He, [log in to unmask]
Career Services Announcements
5th Annual College of Engineering Dining Etiquette Dinner and Workshop for Engineers
The Career Services Office at UT Knoxville invites junior and senior engineering students to the 5th Annual Dining Etiquette Dinner and Workshop for Engineers. The event will be held on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and will take place in the University Center Hermitage Room on the third floor.
The evening kicks off with an informal networking session with corporate sponsors at 5:30 p.m. with dinner starting at 6 p.m. Attendees will enjoy a four-course gourmet meal while having the opportunity to meet representatives from our sponsors. Career Services’ own dining and business etiquette trainer Mary Mahoney will be leading the discussion on appropriate mealtime etiquette for professional settings. Business casual dress is required for this event.
A $5.00 deposit is required to attend this event and must be brought to the Career Services Office at 100 Dunford Hall prior to Feb. 13. The deposit will be returned to you at the event for attending. You will not be registered for the event until you have paid your deposit.
Career Services wishes to thank our corporate sponsors:
• ConAgra Foods
• DENSO Manufacturing
• Eastman Chemical Company
• Mechanical Resource Group
An additional note of thanks goes out to our student organization co-sponsors:
• NSBE
• SWE
• Theta Tau
Hurry! Don’t delay in signing up as seating will go fast and is on a first-come, first-served basis. To sign up, please log into your HIRE-A-VOL account and select the 2012 College of Engineering Etiquette Dinner under the Events section. Deposits must then be dropped off to Career Services by Feb. 13. Please note that you must do both to be considered registered for the event and to hold your seat.
Students with questions are encouraged to contact the Career Services Office at 865-974-5435.
SAVE The Date for On-Campus Recruiting Dates!
American Accessories International, Employer Information Session, Date: 1/25, Time: 5-7 p.m., Location: University Center 226, Recruiting engineers for 2-3 full-time positions and 4-6 internship opportunities
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Volkswagen/ORNL Internship/Distinguished Scholars Program 2012, Interview Date: 2/2, Application Deadline: 1/24
Clorox Company, Employer Information Session, Date: 2/7, Time: 5-6 p.m., Location: University Center 227, Recruiting for summer internships and full-time hires in supply chain
Bechtel Corporation, Employer Information Session, Date: 2/7, Time: 6-7:30 p.m., Location: University Center 226, Recruiting for summer internships
CORRECTION: Walt Disney World, Employer Information Sessions, Dates: 2/8, Time 5:30-6:30 p.m. or 2/9, Time: 4-5 p.m., Location: Career Services, 100 Dunford Hall, Recruiting for the Disney College Program (internships/co-ops)
Unilever, Employer Information Session, Date 2/8, Time 6-8 p.m., Location: University Center Hermitage Room, Internships and Full-Time Opportunities
Siemens, Engineering Leadership Development Program-Internship, Interview Date: 2/10, Application Deadline: 1/31
Clorox Company, Supply Chain Associate, Interview Date: 2/13, Application Deadline: 2/1
AND MORE! To view the complete list or the job descriptions, please log onto your HIRE-A-VOL account and search under JOBS for On-Campus Interviews or EVENTS for Information Sessions.
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