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Eastman Unit Operations Lab Opens
Eastman has long been a strategic partner for UT’s College of Engineering. The new Eastman Unit Operations Laboratory, which opened Thursday, serves
as the latest example of that partnership.
“Eastman's support of our college is certainly important to our growth and success,” said Dr. Wayne Davis, dean of the college. “The opening of
this lab is a key moment for us, one that would not have been possible without this partnership.”
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WomEngineers Day Is Saturday
The WomEngineers Day conference will be Saturday, April 11, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Leadership in the workplace, financial management
techniques, and finding a work-life balance are a few of the topics on the docket. The conference aims to bring together people interested or involved in engineering and other STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—fields of study.
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CBE Awards Dinner Highlights Student, Staff, Faculty
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering held its annual awards dinner on Thursday, April 2, 2015, at Calhoun's on the River. More
than 100 people turned out for the chance to celebrate and honor the best and brightest students and faculty within the department. Among the student award winners was Emma Hollmann, at left, who received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' (AIChE)
Service Award and the Kenneth M. Elliott Outstanding Senior Award.
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Hines Earns SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Dr. Wes Hines, head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, was chosen as the UT winner of the 2015 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement
Award, announced on Wednesday, April 8. Each award winner becomes his or her university’s nominee for the 2015 SEC Professor of the Year Award.
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Engineering Team Involved in USDA Water Study
Thanks to a program being funded in conjunction with the US Department of Agriculture, UT researchers are helping lead a study on how to best avoid
the type of drought problems facing California and others. A team from the College of Engineering—which includes Dr. Thanos Papanicolaou (at left), Dr. John Schwartz, Dr. Jon Hathaway, and Dr. Chris Wilson—will focus specifically on how the state's agricultural
sector will be situated in regard to water resources in the future.
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Quigley to Give Seminar
Kevin Quigley, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will speak on "The effect of non-ideal metabolic states on nanoparticle
drug delivery" at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, in Room 324 of Perkins Hall.
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Newbold to Give Baker Center Talk
Stephen Newbold, an economist at the US Environmental Protection Agency National Center for Environmental Economics, will speak on "Estimating the Commercial
Fishing Benefits of Water Quality Improvements in the Chesapeake Bay" at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 16, in the Toyota Auditorium of the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy.
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Student News and Opportunity
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Alternative Fall Break to Ecuador Planned
Applications are open for the COE Global Initiative program's Alternative Fall Break in Quito, Ecuador, scheduled for August 9–16, 2015. Details include:
- Stay in the capital city of Quito, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in a small bed and breakfast inn
- Complete repairs in a local daycare center, including roofing, walls, ceiling, and shelf-building
- City and cultural center tours, Otavalo indigenous market, and hear a lecture by a local engineer
- Have your photo taken at the equator!
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RMC Offers R&M Implementation Certification
The Reliability and Maintainability Center offers a Reliability & Maintainability Implementation Certification (RMIC). The program is designed to give working professionals a hands-on and practical maintenance and reliability
education.
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Clark Earns Best Paper Award
Daniel Clark, a graduate student in the Department of Nuclear Engineering (NE), received a best paper award for his oral presentation at the Symposium on Microstructural Processes in Irradiated Materials held in conjunction with the 2015 TMS (The Minerals,
Metals and Materials Society) Annual Meeting . Clark will receive a certificate and $500 for his efforts. The paper was titled "Ion Irradiation Characterization Studies of MAX Phase Ceramics." Coauthors include Congyi Li, Bredesen Center student; Darin Tallmana,
a PhD student from Drexel University; a staff member, Chad Parish, and postdoc, N.A.P. Kiran Kumar, from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); and his UT advisor in the NE department, Dr. Steve Zinkle.
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Woo Wins Prize for Presentation
Hannah Woo, a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, won first prize for her presentation, "What Happens to Lignin in the Ocean? Evidence of Bacterial Lignin Degradation in Marine Microcosms," at the second annual Southeastern
Biogeochemistry Symposium March 28-29, 2015, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Stratz Receives Scholarship
Adam Stratz, a graduate student in Department of Nuclear Engineering (NE), won a $2,000 scholarship from the Oak Ridge/Knoxville Chapter of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). He will receive the award at the ANS Local Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, April 14.
KAWE Marcia Katz Scholarship Applications Open
The Knoxville Association of Women Executives (KAWE) offers an annual scholarship for women students. This year the scholarship will give $2,500 to one deserving undergraduate recipient. The chosen applicant will be
one that the association feels has the best potential to succeed. Contact KAWE scholarship chair Susan Justice for an application at
[log in to unmask].
Requirements:
- Have completed at least one semester at a four-year accredited college and be currently enrolled to take classes
- Be female
- Be available for an interview
- Provide a copy of an official current college transcript
- Provide two letters of recommendation
- Meet the deadline for receipt of applications—May 31, 2015.
- NOTE: immediate family members of a KAWE member are NOT eligible
2015 Multicultural Graduation Celebration to be April 23
The Office of Multicultural Student Life invites students to participate in the 2015 Multicultural Graduation Celebration. This year's celebration will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center Ballroom. The purpose
of Multicultural Graduation Celebration is to recognize and celebrate the achievements of the diverse student body at the University of Tennessee. This event also serves as a way for students of color and other underrepresented groups to pay tribute to those
who have helped them along the way. Register by Monday, April 20.
RSVP and register for the celebration
Math Camp Counselors Needed
The Student Success Center is getting ready for the 2015 Math Camp, scheduled for July 19–August 7, 2015. Applications for Math Camp counselor positions are currently being accepted. Math Camp is a non-credit, invitation-only, intensive three-week summer program
designed to improve incoming freshmen's math skills so that they can succeed in their first required math course.
Apply to be a Math Camp counselor
EECS Summer Course Available
Tomer Lancewicki, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), will instruct ECE 599: Dimensionality Reduction Methods and Multivariate Analysis for summer 2015, second session (July). This course
will focus on the statistical theory and practice of manipulating large data sets. The topics covered will be on advanced dimensionality reduction methods and multivariate analysis. Graduate and undergraduate students in any academic discipline are welcome.
For information, contact Tomer Lancewicki.
MSE Offers Short Course in Materials Characterization
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is offering a
Materials Characterization Short Course 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Wednesday–Friday, May 6–8, 2015, in Room 307 of the Science and Engineering Research Facility (SERF). The course will feature sixteen to twenty instructors from several different organizations
in East Tennessee. The objective of this course is to provide an overview of techniques for assessing the structure, composition and physical properties of materials in the solid state.
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VolsTeach Opportunities
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. For more information, click the image at left, contact VolsTeach Coach Jada Johnson at
[log in to unmask], or visit
http://volsteach.utk.edu.
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Engineering Advising
Summer and Fall Registration Dates 2015
Fall 2015 Timetable Live
Freshmen (0 to 29 hours) - April 13 and 14
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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, following the program on
Twitter, visiting its website at www.coop.utk.edu, or calling 865-974-5323.
UPCOMING EVENT DATES
- April 15, 2015 – "First Timers" SERF, Room 307 at 5:00 p.m.
- April 21, 2015 – "Info Session" SERF, Room 307 at 5:00 p.m.
- August 28, 2015 – Annual Engineering Cookout, 11:30 a.m–1:30 p.m.
Featured Student: Jordan Parkhurst
Our student this week is Jordan Parkhurst, a Chemical engineering major who accepted a co-op at MARS Petcare located in
Nashville, Tennessee. Parkhurst describes the department he worked in and what his main responsibilities were.
“I worked as a Global Applied Science Technology (GAST) intern, at the STARS facility for Mars Petcare," he said. "My responsibilities included preparation each day for the project at hand, executing mass balance calculations, automating and implementing automation
for our large design experiment, extrusion work including extrusion theory and extrusion rheology, extrusion kibble trials, as well as helping at a larger Mars plant with one of the current R&D trials."
A challenge that Jordan had on this assignment was running a design experiment with multiple parameters.
"Something I brought to my supervisors attention is the problem of time point readings in our extreme cooking times (fifteen to sixty minutes)," said Parkhurst. "Conventionally we would take a temperature and pressure reading every five minutes. With a fifteen-minute
run, we would only have three time points, and this is not acceptable. I suggested computer software and electrical PTs and TTs attached to controllers to automate the system. I found the correct controllers, learned how to wire in 4-20mA sensors to the controllers,
and how to wire the LIN-bus system to integrate through a RS-485 USB and in to the SLSOFT software, thus giving us a time point reading every thirty seconds. I learned suggestions, even though they may seem outlandish to the norm, may be great ideas!”
Parkhurst said the most valuable benefit that he received during his co-op assignment was, "I think the experience, as well as getting to know the people of Mars, and learning their work culture was the largest benefit. You can only learn so much from school,
but the bulk of what it takes to be something like an engineer is learning from experience. I work alongside many folks with a lot of experience that they're happy to share with me, and that's a priceless benefit!"
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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Career Services
Employer Events
EF 301 – Career Services for Engineers
Planning your class schedule for Fall 2015? 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 one-hour satisfactory/no credit basis and is taught by Career Services Consultants for the College of Engineering, April Gonzalez or 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.
Workshops/Events
Networking 101
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. April 7, 2015
Career Services, 100 Dunford Hall
Workshop (one hour)
It is often said..."it's who you know" that's important in getting a job. This workshop will help you learn what networking really means and how to identify your own network of people that might be a great resource in your job search. Topics covered include
where to find contacts, how to connect with them, and how they can help you in any internship or job search.
If you are planning on attending Networking in Neyland and want to prepare, attend this workshop to learn the do's and don'ts!
Going Global: Teaching, Working, & Studying Abroad
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. April 15, 2015
University Center 221
Workshop (ninety minutes)
Learn about various ways to gain international experience and tracks for young professionals who desire to work abroad from a panel of experts in fields such as studying abroad, international business, and teaching overseas.
Graduate Admissions 101
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. April 16, 2015
University Center 225
Workshop (one hour)
Learn how to start your journey to graduate school including reasons why to attend grad school, types of degrees, timelines, entrance exams, application components, helpful resources and more.
Careers in Sustainability and the Environment
4:00–5:00 p.m. Monday, April 20, 2015
Room 220E Hodges Library
Workshop (one hour)
Explore opportunities to keep our world green through environmentally impactful careers. Join Career Services to learn how to develop pathways into environmentally-sustainable careers and organizations. Discussions will cover career options within the field
of environmentalism and sustainability, advice for gaining necessary skills and experiences, and how to job seek within the field. Students from all majors with an interest in the field are encouraged to attend.
If you have questions, please contact Career Services at 865-974-5435 or
[log in to unmask].
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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Multicultural Student Life
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.
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 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 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, third floor of Greve Hall.
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.
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