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For the week of April 11, 2014
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Dr. David Icove
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Icove named first UT Professor of Practice
Dr. David Icove, research professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is UT's first Professor of Practice, a position made possible through a new partnership with Underwriters Laboratories. The position is established
with the goal of offering a course in fire engineering forensics that could change the way many things, from appliances to residences, are built.
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Dr. G. Ivan Maldonado
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Maldonado speaks at Wheaton College
Dr. G. Ivan Maldonado, associate professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, recently lectured during the 2014 Wheaton College Science Symposium. Maldonado's talk was titled "A View of the Near-Term Evolution of Light Water Reactor
Technology."
Read more about the symposium >>
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Dr. Timothy Truster
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Truster selected as finalist in Duke competition
Dr. Timothy Truster, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected as one of the finalists for the Twenty-Fifth Annual Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition conducted by Duke University for the
Best Student Paper on Finite Element Analysis. The winner of the competition, as determined on the basis of a submitted extended abstract and an oral presentation of the paper, will receive the Robert J. Melosh Medal and a $500 honorarium.
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Yuan Jing
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Jing awarded ASME scholarship
Yuan Jing, a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recently invited to the ASME and ASCE Joint Rail Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to accept the 2014 ASME RTD Graduate Student Conference Scholarship.
At the conference, Jing gave her paper titled "Lateral Impact of Railroad Bridges with Hybrid Composite Beams."
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Yang wins TSITE paper award
Jianjiang Yang, a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded first place in the
Tennessee Section Institute of Transportation Engineers (TSITE) annual student paper competition for his paper "Short-Term Freeway Speed Profiling Based On Longitudinal Spatial-Temporal Dynamics." The award comes with a cash
prize and an invitation to attend the summer meeting Wednesday, July 30–Friday, August 1, at the Park Vista Hotel in Gatlinburg.
Chem-E-Car team poster earns second place in conference
The UT AIChE Student Chapter Chem-E Car Team placed second in the Chem-E Car Poster Competition at the 2014 Southern Regional Conference at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus on March 21, 2014.
The Chem-E Car Team members are:
- Captains: Christian Wilson and Aston Thompson
- Members: Dennis Edralin, Megan Farell, Williams Hawks, and Nikhil Patel
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gabriel Goenaga
- Safety Advisor: Dr. Douglas Aaron.
Alcoa/URS Study Abroad Fellowship winners announced
The College of Engineering is pleased to be able to respond to the increased demand for faculty-led study abroad programs with increased fellowship support this year. Winners of the Alcoa/URS fellowships for study abroad will travel to Innsbruck, Austria; Prague,
Czech Republic; London, England; Munich, Germany; and elsewhere.
Read more and view photos of the winners >>
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2014-2015 College of Engineering Ambassadors announced
The roster for the 2014-2015 College of Engineering Ambassadors will include new and returning student ambassadors. The selection process was very competitive this year. Congratulations to all the ambassadors.
Ambassadors' website >>
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New ambassadors:
- Jermaine Cheairs— senior in electrical engineering from Bolivar, Tennessee
- William (Will) Fredebeil— junior in mechanical engineering from Signal Mountain, Tennessee
- Duncan Greenley— junior in materials science and engineering from Knoxville
- Elliot Greenlee— sophomore in computer science from Knoxville
- Stephen Kwan— sophomore in computer engineering from Irvine, California
- Abbigail (Abby) Link— sophomore in chemical engineering from Nashville
- Kristen Miranda— sophomore in industrial engineering from Johnson City, Tennessee
- Mary (Katie) Roth— senior in civil engineering from Franklin, Tennessee
- Amanda Scott— senior in aerospace engineering from Brentwood, Tennessee
- Melanie Smith— junior in civil engineering from Ooltewah, Tennessee
- Haley Whitaker— junior in electrical engineering from Knoxville
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Returning ambassadors:
- Olununke (Tina) Anjonrin-Ohu— junior in biomedical engineering from Kingsport, Tennessee
- Jarrod Edwards— junior in mechanical engineering from Kingsport, Tennessee
- Sarah Fervan— senior in nuclear engineering from Avoca, New York
- Austin Fullbright— junior in electrical engineering from Johnson City, Tennessee
- Michael (Mikey) Hutton— senior in aerospace engineering from Kodak, Tennessee
- Tyler Rowe— senior in nuclear engineering from Knoxville
- Cassandra (Casey) Smith— senior in nuclear engineering from Johnson City, Tennessee
- Cole Stonebrook— junior in biosystems engineering from Collierville, Tennessee
- Gregory (Greg) Tate— junior in chemical engineering from Knoxville
- Elizabeth Wakeman (Fall only)— senior in civil engineering from Manchester, Tennessee
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What's NU? soccer team:
top row: Cole Gentry (Captain), Cody Walker, Fahad Zaman, Salman Altamimi;
bottom row: Cory Griffard, Dr. Ivan Maldonado, Naser Burahmah.
Not photographed: Ben Dabbs, Mustafa Elmas.
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Nuclear engineering soccer team finds success
The UT Department of Nuclear Engineering soccer team, called What's NU?, has reached an unprecedented level of success this year. The team qualified to the playoffs and has won their first game of the playoffs. The team's current record stands at three wins
and one loss. Rumor has it that their "old professor," Ivan Maldonado, scored a goal during their last game.
The team includes students from Dr. Maldonado's NE470 class (Cody Walker, Fahad Zaman, Salman Altamimi, and Naser Burahmah), one of his PhD students (Cole Gentry), plus other graduate students and former NE470 survivors (Cory Griffard and Ben Dabbs). The team's
name "What's NU?" is an old joke often told in NE470, where nuclear engineers should always answer "2.54 neutrons per fission."
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Undergraduate Research Symposium is Saturday
The fifth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be Saturday, April 12, in the Howard H. Baker Center or Public Policy on the UT campus. The symposium is sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Students' Association, Pursuit: The Journal of Undergraduate
Research, the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Student Success Center, the Chancellor's Honors Program, and UTK Neuroscience.
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ACRP offers graduate research program
 The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) of the Transportation
Research Board (TRB), National Academies, is pleased to announce the Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues for the 2014/2015 academic year. This program is designed to encourage applied research on airport and related aviation system
issues and to foster the next generation of aviation community leaders.
Applications must be received no later than May 29, 2014.
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NIMBioS needs volunteers to analyze howls
UT’s National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) needs citizen scientists for the Canid Howl Project. Participants will log in to a website, listen to howls, and plot them on a graph according to directions—or donate a recording of
their own dog's howl.
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ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship is available
ExxonMobil has partnered with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) to create fellowships in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields for Hispanic college students. Through HHF’s Latinos On Fast Track (LOFT) program, ExxonMobil seeks to nurture
motivated college students across the country, with a passion for engineering and science. Students in this mentoring program will be paired up with an ExxonMobil engineer/scientist to learn how their knowledge is applied in a corporate setting.
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Big Orange Orchard project seeks input
Neil Brown, a senior in chemical engineering, and fellow students in the Project V.E.G.G.I.E. organization are seeking input for the Big Orange Orchard (BOO). The BOO would be a series of permaculture, edible forest gardens planned for placement
across the UT campus. The Student Government Association passed a bill in March to support the creation of the BOO to improve campus beautification and sustainability. Organizers are seeking input via a survey to determine interest and need from the campus
community.
Take the BOO survey >>
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COE Development seeks student organization projects
The Office of Engineering Development is gathering engineering student group/organization projects that need funding for the 2014-2015 academic year. Projects can include things such as the steel bridge, conference costs, leadership events, etc. For more information,
contact Juliette McClure, Stewardship and Donor Relations Coordinator, at 865-974-2788 or
[log in to unmask].
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Nikolla will give CBE seminar
 The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will present a seminar with
Dr. Eranda Nikolla at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, in Room 416, Dougherty Engineering Building.
Nikolla's talk is titled "Molecular Approaches Toward the Development of Efficient Electrocatalysts and Catalysts for Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage."
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Everett to speak on highway safety culture
 Dr. Jerry Everett, research director with the Center for Transportation Research, will speak 3:40-5:00
p.m. Thursday, April 17, in Room 327 of the John D. Tickle Engineering Building.
This talk in the 2014 Transportation Seminar Series, presented by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is titled "Tennessee's Highway Traffic Safety Culture—What We Think We Know."
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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.
Featured student: LingJing "Jerry" Chen
 Our student this week is,
LingJing “Jerry” Chen, a mechanical engineering major who accepted a co-op at Schlumberger, located in Houston, Texas. He describes the department he worked in and what his main responsibilities were.
"I worked in Acquisition Systems (Surface)," said Chen. "We help maintain the equipment used to acquire downhole data. Every day there is Surface equipment either needing an incoming system test or outgoing system test. The reason for the numerous tests is
that the oil and gas industry is an exact one. Twenty-four hours of down time is $1 million in lost revenue. Therefore, the equipment sent out of Surface has to be reliable.
"My project was an OST software solution. Currently, they are using a hardware solution and it requires two people to conduct an OST. My software solution would cut the existing time by about 80%. OSTs are the backbone of reliability and maintainability in
this industry. As a result, we can implement my software solution at surface labs all over the world."
Chen found valuable benefits in connections he made during his co-op assignment.
"I made lifelong correspondents," he said. "The men and women who work in the oil and gas industry are the best problem solvers you’ll ever meet. I also gained new insight into what the life of an oil-rig engineer is like."
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.
Students may read more about their peers' co-op 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
[log in to unmask] or 865-974-5323.
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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
 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 flier to the left for registration information.
For more information contact VolsTeach Coach, Jada Johnson at
[log in to unmask] or visit the program's Facebook page, VolsTeach, for current events, and the program's website,
http://volsteach.utk.edu.
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Engineering Advising Services
Mini, Summer, and Fall 2014 Undergraduate Advising and Registration Reminders
The Mini and Summer timetable is available on MyUTK for viewing of course offerings.
Fall Registration:
April 14, 15: Freshmen (less than 30 hours earned)
Students taking EF 151-152 (Honors EF 157-158) or Physics 135-136 (Honors 137-138) and Math 141-142 (Honors Math147-148) are advised in the
Engineering Advising Office located in Room 202 of Estabrook Hall. Come by or call (865)974-4008 to schedule your advising appointment.
Students who have completed EF151-152/Physics 135-136 and Math 141-142 are advised by their major department. Contact your major department to schedule an appointment with your faculty advisor.
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Career Services News
Attention seniors & graduate students graduating in May 2014:
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 our pleasure to work with many of you, and we 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 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 An Employment Reporting or View Details under Continued Education and fill out your placement information.**
Please be aware that your data is confidential and will not be shared with other departments. This data is collected in an aggregate/anonymous manner and is used for purposes that include salary averages, geographic preference, benchmarking and reporting to
ranking organizations.
**If you have any difficulties accessing our survey, you may also email your placement data to
[log in to unmask]. Please include your name, email 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.
Drop-in Hours with your College Career Consultant, April Gonzalez
2:00–3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Room 326, John D. Tickle Engineering Building
Located directly across from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Business Office. No Appointment is needed. Students seen on a first come, first serve basis.
EF 301— Career Services for Engineers
Planning your class schedule for Fall 2014? 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/Justin Rice. 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]; Justin Rice, STEM Consultant, at
[log in to unmask]; or call 865-974-5435. Check out
www.career.utk.edu for a list of all upcoming events.
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The Academic Support Unit (ASU) in Multicultural Student Life supports the academic success of students through a variety of services:
The Tutoring Program provides free tutoring to students in a variety of subject areas.
View the available tutoring programs here >>
The Book Loan Program allows students to borrow up to two books free of charge. Students must return the borrowed books at the end of the semester. Applications for the Book Loan Program
are at multicultural.utk.edu.
The VOL Success Seminars (VSS) is a series of workshops designed to equip all students with the knowledge and resources to be successful, inside and outside of the classroom, at the University of Tennessee. Students can register in for
each workshop at multicultural.utk.edu or
studentsuccess.utk.edu.
The Final Prep Sessions provide students with a quiet and comfortable environment to study for their final exams. Students have access to tutoring in a variety of subjects. The Black Cultural Center extends its hours in order to accommodate
those students who wish to have additional studying time. Stress relief activities and snacks are also provided for students to aid in their studying. The dates for the Finals Prep Sessions are 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. Monday, April 28, and Tuesday, April 29.
The Student Success Center offers a variety of academic support.
Academic Coaching: A one-one-one meeting with a trained GTA who can help with time management, goal setting, and more. Call 865-976-6641 to make an appointment or stop by 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday.
Academic Success Workshops: Spring sessions are going on now. Please have students contact Doug Renalds ([log in to unmask]) with questions.
Supplemental Instruction: Out of class study sessions with trained student SI Leaders. No appointment necessary. Please see the
schedule for details.
Tutoring: Drop in or by appointment sessions available. Students can check the
schedule for details. More tutoring options may be available through the SSC. Contact SSC if you are in need of tutoring for a subject not currently listed on the website.
UT LEAD: Many SSC services are currently available for UT LEAD students. Please contact Stella Bridgeman-Prince ([log in to unmask]) with any questions.
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