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Having trouble viewing this e-mail? View it in your browser.<http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atcoe_12_07_12.html> [The University of Tennessee, Knoxville]<http://www.utk.edu> [@COE newsletter of the UT College of Engineering]<http://www.engr.utk.edu/> For the week of December 7, 2012 @COE<http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/index.html> is published on a weekly basis. Please send submissions to Randall Brown in the Engineering Communications Office at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by noon on Thursdays. Note: This edition of @COE will be the last one for 2012. Publication will resume January 11, 2013. [Mark Dean] Mark Dean Distinguished COE alumnus Mark Dean offers a "Big Idea" Mark Dean, a 1979 graduate in electrical engineering and a member of the College of Engineering Board of Advisors, has a thought to the future for the "Big Orange Big Ideas" program. He suggests a device that will replace everything that a person might carry in a wallet. View Mark Dean's "Big Ideas" video >><http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/12/03/whats-big-idea-mark-dean/?utm_source=tntoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2012-12-03> Dean is one of the lead inventors of the personal computer and is chief technology officer for IBM Middle East and Africa. FACULTY & STAFF NEWS [Mingjun Zhang] Dr. Mingjun Zhang Dr. Mingjun Zhang noted for research projects Dr. Mingjun Zhang, associate professor of mechanical, aerospace, and biomedical engineering, has recently made interesting discoveries through his team's research projects. The fast-moving whirligig beetle has inspired ideas toward innovations in robotics. Zhang and team performed a combination of microscopic high-speed imaging, dynamics modeling, and simulations to unlock the beetle’s secret. Read more about whirligig beetles and robotics >><http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/11/30/engineering-professor-whirligig-beetle-bioinspired-robots/?utm_source=tntoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2012-12-04> The group has also discovered that nanoparticles produced by the fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora hold cancer-fighting promise for stimulating the immune system and killing tumors. Read more about cancer-fighting fungus >><http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/12/04/fungus-fights-cancer/?utm_source=tntoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2012-12-05> [Merry Koschan] Merry Koschan Merry Koschan receives patent Merry Koschan, a research associate with the Scintillation Materials Research Center<http://www.engr.utk.edu/smrc/>, received a patent on October 2, 2012. The title is "Lutetium oxyorthosilicate scintillator having improved scintillation and optical properties and method of making the same." It is US patent number US 8,278,624 B2. Koschan's patent concerns co-doping of LSO:Ce scintillators to significantly improve performance in radiation detection systems, such as those used in positron emission tomography. COE team wins first phase of P3 Awards for sustainability projects [P3 logo]A sustainability-project proposal created by College of Engineering professors has made it through the first phase of the P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet<http://www.epa.gov/P3/>, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Faculty involved in the project are Dr. Paul Frymier, associate professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering; Dr. Christopher Cherry, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering; Dr. David Irick, research assistant professor in mechanical, aerospace, and biomedical engineering; and Dr. Leon Tolbert, Min H. Kao Professor of electrical engineering. Titled "PSTAT: Promoting Sustainable Transportation Among Teens,"<http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9875/report/0> the project concept is a competition for high-school students to design and build electric bicycles and report on the impact of using them for daily commute. The goal is to encourage teenaged drivers to consider sustainability-related issues when selecting a personal transportation option. Teams are awarded a $15,000 grant to develop their idea in the first phase of the competition. They then bring the design in April to the National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, DC, to compete for the P3 Award and a grant of $90,000 to take their design to real-world application. Read more >><http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/79c090e81f0578738525781f0043619b/ab8c3af154e5775e85257aca004e1fd6!OpenDocument> EVENTS MARCON 2013 will be February 25-28 at the Knoxville Marriott [MARCON 2013]MARCON 2013, the seventeenth annual Maintenance and Reliability Conference, will be held February 25-28, in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Knoxville Marriott Hotel. This one-of-a-kind conference is a forum for practitioners, specialists, educators, students, and even the new and uninitiated to learn and exchange information in the area of reliability and maintenance engineering and management, from new and emerging technologies to proven methods and techniques. MARCON attendees from will immerse themselves in ideas—some new, some reinforcing already known truths—to help them better understand their role in leveraging their reliability and maintainability programs to world-class status. Discounted early-bird conference rates are available until January 30, 2013. Read more about MARCON >><http://www.rmc.utk.edu/marcon/index.html> Members of the UT College of Engineering Reliability and Maintainability Center receive a 10% discount. Read more about RMC membership >><http://www.rmc.utk.edu/benefits.php> MATLAB seminar coming to UT [MATLAB]MathWorks will present complimentary MATLAB seminars for educators, academic researchers, and students on December 11, 2012, in the Shiloh Room of the UT University Center. The event features two technical sessions presented by MathWorks engineers: 10:00–11:30 a.m.: The Evolution of MATLAB Learn about the origins and evolution of MATLAB from Cleve Moler, chairman and chief scientist at MathWorks. 1:00–4:00 p.m.: Image Processing and Computer Vision with MATLAB Participants will discuss a technical computing workflow involving the analysis of a series of images and then learn how computer vision uses images and video to detect, classify, and track objects or events in order to understand a real-world scene. Register here >><http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/seminar73141.html> Voting is open for Worker Safety and Health App Challenge Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering professor Dr. Xueping Li and graduate student Alison Yu Huang collaborated with the Construction Industry Research and Policy Center (CIRPC)<http://bus.utk.edu/cirpc/> in the Worker Safety and Health App Challenge<http://workersafetyhealth.challenge.gov/>, a national competition created by the Department of Labor. Public voting for the challenge competitors opens on Monday, December 3. To cast a vote, visit workersafetyhealth.challenge.gov/submissions<http://workersafetyhealth.challenge.gov/submissions>. The goal of the challenge is to make data relating to safety more accessible and user-friendly. The UT team's submission is an interactive website with the theme "Working Safely Is No Accident."<http://ilab.engr.utk.edu/cirpc/index.html> The site offers a game to teach workers ages 13-24 about factors that increase workplace safety. Read more >><http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/12/03/workplace-safety-app-contest/> Tennessee Science Bowl seeks volunteers The 2013 Tennessee Science Bowl<http://www.orau.gov/sciencebowl> needs volunteers for its state competition on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Volunteer positions include moderators, scientific judges, rules judges, scorekeepers, and timekeepers. Training for volunteers is scheduled for 4:00-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 12, at the Pollard Technology Conference Center in Oak Ridge. Click here for volunteer information >><http://www.orau.gov/sciencebowl/volunteers/volunteer.html> The 2013 Science Bowl will be on Friday, February 22, at Hilton Knoxville Airport, and on Saturday, February 23, at the Pellissippi State Community College Blount County Campus, 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Friendsville. STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES Summer 2013 research experiences for undergrads in science & engineering The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program<http://www.ccefp.org> allows undergraduates to gain hands-on experience in conducting original research and apply it to cutting edge applications in fluid power and related disciplines. Students from a diverse range of majors, experiences, and interests work in a university research lab on a project related to fluid power, along with a faculty advisor and graduate student mentor with expertise in the field. Students come from across the country to work at the seven universities that are part of the center. Positions are available at Georgia Tech in Atlanta; University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign; University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee; North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro; Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The program and center are funded by the National Science Foundation<http://www.nsf.gov/>. Application deadline for the program is Friday, January 25, 2013. Read more about the REU program >><http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu> Tennessee Engineering Foundation offers scholarships [TEF]The Tennessee Engineering Foundation (TEF) awards scholarships on an annual basis. The scholarship fund is supported by contributions from members of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee<http://www.acectn.org/> and the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers<http://www.tnspe.org/index.htm>. As a result of a successful fundraising luncheon at the ACEC, ASCE, and TSPE Annual Meeting, the Foundation will give three scholarships in 2013. The scholarships are open to any rising junior or senior in an accredited engineering school in the state of Tennessee. The award may be used for tuition, books, room and board, or any other charges related to registration for the fall or spring semester in the year it is awarded. The recipient must certify that this scholarship, plus the sum of all other scholarships, grants, or gifts, does not exceed the cost of the items listed above This scholarship will be reduced appropriately if the sum of all other scholarships, grants, or gifts exceeds the cost of the items listed above. Scholarships available are: * Dorothy and Arthur Crouch Memorial Scholarship: funded by the Ladies Auxiliary and the TSPE Nashville Chapter, for applicants meeting the qualifications above - $4,000 * TEF Scholarships (2): for applicants meeting the qualifications above - $3,500 Applications will be accepted until February 1, 2013. Selection by the TEF Scholarship Committee will be done in March. The application is available on TSPE's website here<http://www.tnspe.org/Scholarship/2013%20TEF%20Scholarship%20Application-College.pdf>. Read more about the Tennessee Engineering Foundation Scholarships >><http://www.tnspe.org/Scholarships.htm> Resident Assistant selection process accepting applications Applications are being accepted for the Resident Assistant (RA) recruitment/selection process. Important dates regarding the RA application/selection timeline: * RA applications will be available online during the first week of December. * RA applications must be submitted online by 5 p.m. on January 18, 2013. For students who want to find out more about what the RA job entails, there are three meetings in January that they can attend: * January 10, 9:00 p.m. – Reese West Multipurpose Room * January 14, 7:00 p.m. – Massey Hall * January 15, 8:00 p.m. – Morrill Hall Read more about the RA job description >><http://uthousing.utk.edu/tnliving/work/resassistant-description.shtml> [VolsTeach] What else can you do with your major? You can now receive your degree and a secondary education teaching license with VolsTeach. The VolsTeach program is available to Math and Science majors who wish to expand their career options by earning a secondary education teaching license. Given the current economy VolsTeach offers one degree with two career paths which will make you more competitive in the future job market. VolsTeach provides: * early and frequent field experiences * personal guidance by Master Teachers and program advisors * the opportunity to have paid exclusive internships during regular and summer terms * a comfortable learning environment that will further enhance your professional skill set [VolsTeach]<http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/pdf/VolsTeachFA12flyer.pdf>This is your opportunity to be a part of the program. VolsTeach is open to freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are ready to start a journey that will give them a chance to connect with the community. Become a part of this exciting venture by signing up for the Fall Step 1 course now. Click on the flyer at left for registration information. For more information contact VolsTeach Coach, Jada Johnson at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or visit the program's Facebook page, VolsTeach, for current events, and the program's website, http://volsteach.utk.edu. [Engineering Professional Practice] Stay up-to-date with Engineering Professional Practice information and events by clicking the “Like” button on the program’s Facebook page<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knoxville-TN/Engineering-Professional-Practice/151569844861353>, following the program on Twitter<http://twitter.com/UTprofpractice>, visiting its website at www.coop.utk.edu<http://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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, 865-974-5323 or 310 Perkins Hall. Featured co-op student: Georgia White [Georgia White]Our student this week is Georgia White, pictured at right, a mechanical engineering major who accepted a co-op at SABIC Innovative Plastics located in Barkville, Alabama. "I worked in the reliability program at a plastic plant," said White. "This is a new department, and my boss and I worked together to develop the program and to make sure that the equipment remained reliability and inspected. I worked on updating inspection reports on Ultrasonic thickness reading on pressure vessels. I had to preform calculation to determine the minimum required thickness of the vessel and then calculate the remaining life of the vessel and the next inspection date. I was responsible for writing preventative maintenance reports on the vessels as well as inspection and test plans on each. I also worked with criticality assessment, lubrication analysis, and vibration studies. These are all preventive maintenance measure that the plant is taking to make sure the plant does not have a failure." White found valuable benefits in her co-op assignment. "The knowledge I learned and the skills I acquired will stay with me throughout my entire professional career," she said. Students may read more about their peers' co-op experiences by logging into their Engineering Professional Practice profile via www.coop.utk.edu<http://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 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 865-974-5323. [Career Services]<http://www.career.utk.edu> Career Services News Attention: Seniors & Graduate Students Graduating in December 2012: Don’t forget to complete the Post-Graduation Survey. Congratulations from all of us in the UT Career Services Office upon your upcoming graduation! It has been my pleasure to work with many of you, and I wish you the best in your life and new endeavors! In order to keep Career Services’ records up-to-date and provide the best service to you, please take a moment to fill out the Post-Graduation Survey via HIRE-A-VOL. To complete the survey log in to your Hire-A-Vol student or alumni account: *Log into MY UTK at www.utk.edu<http://www.utk.edu> and search under Academic Links for the HIRE-A-VOL link *Under Your Profile on the HIRE-A-VOL Homepage, click on View/Edit your Profile *Click on Employment & Continued Education On the survey page, please click on Add A Employment Reporting or View Details under Continued Education and fill out your placement information.** Your submitted information will be anonymously included in our Annual Report as well as shared with College of Engineering, prospective students and employer interested in recruiting at the University. All of individual information will remain confidential and will only be reported in aggregate form. **If you have any difficulties accessing our survey, you may also e-mail your placement data to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Please include your name, e-mail address, employment status (Still seeking, Graduate School, Internship/Summer Job, Out of Job Market, Employed), Company or Grad School, Salary/Wage, Location of new job or Grad School. Again, congratulations and thank you for completing the Post-Graduation Survey. ________________________________ EF 301 – Career Services for Engineers Planning your class schedule for Spring 2013? Don’t forget to register for EF 301 – Engineering Career Planning! This class is offered each Spring and Fall semester and is taught 1:25–2:15 p.m. Mondays at Career Services, 100 Dunford Hall. 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 as well. 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!” “Well thought out and put together course. I feel much more confident about job searching.” “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. ________________________________ For more information, contact April Gonzalez , Career Services Consultant, College of Engineering at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 865-974-5435. Check out www.career.utk.edu<http://www.career.utk.edu> for a list of all upcoming events. CONTACT US <http://www.engr.utk.edu/>Office of Engineering Communications<http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/oec.html> 207 Perkins Hall | Knoxville, TN 37996-0184 E-mail: Send submissions for @COE to Randall Brown, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Phone: 865-974-0533 | Fax: 865-946-2560 Big Orange. Big Ideas. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To view the CAMPCOMM archives or Join/Leave the list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/campcomm.html