@COE e-newsletter
For the week of November 6, 2015
News on the College, Faculty, Speakers, Students, Opportunities and Events
The @COE e-newsletter is published each Friday during the UT semester. Please send submissions to Randall
Brown in the Engineering Communications Office at [log in to unmask] by noon on the Thursdays before distribution.
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COE
Spirit Competition
Spirits were high Friday morning as College of Engineering departments gathered on the quad in front of Ferris Hall for
the third annual college-wide Halloween contest. The
winners were:
- Overall winner—
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (pictured) - Most creative—
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Departmental participation—Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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costumes
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JICS
Helps Initiate Big Data Regional Innovation Hub
Answers to some of the most important problems affecting society are nestled in massive mounds of data awaiting analysis.
A new initiative that addresses that challenge was announced Monday, with the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences—a partnership between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory—serving as one of the founding organizations
and participants.
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New Methodology Yields
Evidence That Dust Bowl's Ravages Lasted Longer Than Thought
A soon-to-be published manuscript in the Journal of Geophysical Research—Biogeosciences could very well set the tone
for the modeling of carbon budgets in agricultural areas. Led by Dr. Thanos Papanicolaou, the Goodrich Chair of Excellence in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, it found that carbon budgets in agricultural areas still fall short when compared
to similar budgets for grasslands or forests due to the complexities introduced by humans.
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Shanfeng Wang Gives
Invited Talk
Dr. Shanfeng Wang gave an invited talk entitled "Injectable and Degradable Polymeric Biomaterials For Regenerative Medicine" at the
Joint Southwest Region Meeting (SWRM) and the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS) on November 4 in Memphis.
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Perrings to Speak
in Baker Center Forum
Dr. Charles Perrings, of Arizona State University, will speak on "The Disease Risks of Trade: The Effects of Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures to Regulate Infectious Disease Risk Among Rich and Poor Countries" at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, November 12, in the Toyota Auditorium of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.
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Open House at Haslam
College of Business
The University of Tennessee Graduate Business Programs Office will host an Open House for prospective graduate students 6:00–8:30 p.m.,
on Monday, November 16, in the Haslam Business Building, Room 402. Registration begins at 5:45 p.m.
Representatives from the Master of Accountancy (MAcc), Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS-BA), Master of Science
in Human Resource Management (MS-HRM), Master of Business Administration (Full-Time MBA Program), and Professional MBA (PROMBA) programs will present information on curriculum structure, application and admissions process, financial aid, and career services.
Admission is free and pre-registration is not required. Park in the Volunteer Hall Parking Garage, 1545 White Avenue. (Please bring your parking ticket to registration for validation.)
For more information, contact: Graduate Business Programs Office, 865-974-5033 or email [log in to unmask].
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Holmes Speaks to
WIN Chapter
Nicole Holmes, at left in the adjacent photo, is the senior vice president and chief commercial officer of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy.
She gave a lecture to the UT Women in Nuclear (WIN) Chapter on October 28 at the invitation of Dr. Ivan Maldonado, at right in the photo. Maldonado is the former advisor to the society. He has passed the reins to Dr. Jamie Coble in the Department of Nuclear
Engineering, but still serves as a co-advisor.
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CEE to Build Can
Sculpture for Holiday Food Drive
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) will participate in the Knoxville CANstruction Event again this year. They
seek canned food for donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank. The student team will use the cans in the planned "Nightmare Before Christmas" themed sculpture, and then the food will go to Second Harvest in Knoxville to feed our local community.Can
collection is open through November 19.
Supporters can also help out on Friday, November 20, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Everyone is welcome to cheer the
team on. If you’d like to assist in the build, contact Dr. Jennifer Retherford at [log in to unmask]. Also be sure to "like" the sculpture at www.facebook.com/knoxcan.
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ORNL
research featured in 2016 Calendar
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) research has been featured in the 2016 Allied High Tech Products Inc. calendar in
the form of a color micrograph for the month of June, 2016. The micrograph, at left, of a single crystal of stainless steel shows the surface features on a (100)-oriented face of the material after cryogenic quenching to 77 K. The Allied High Tech calendar
annually features the best work of microstructural analysts, microscopists, and metallographers from around the world. The subject research represents the work of Lynn Boatner of the ORNL Materials Science and Technology Division. Contributing to the effort
were Jim Kolopus, Tom Geer, and Hu Longmire (retired) – all of the ORNL Materials Science and Technology Division.
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Student News and Opportunity
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Boles Earns Third
Place in Competition
CURENT senior Jessica Boles took
ninety seconds out of her day on October 28 to pitch her next big idea with a single powerpoint slide to four venture capitalist judges in Washington, DC. Her idea for wirelessly charging transmission-line inspection drones using the very lines they are inspecting
wowed the room of National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) directors and students. Boles became one of three finalists that presented pitches that evening at the ERC 30th anniversary celebration. The audience included ERC program
director Dr. Keith Roper and NSF director Dr. France Cordova. Boles won third place out of sixteen competing pitches, walking away with a plaque and a $1,000 prize. Her research was done in partnership with CURENT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
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Sophomore Boot Camp
Sophomore Boot Camp is a mini-conference exclusively for second year students. It is held the day before classes start, 9:00 a.m.–1:30
p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2016. Registering allows students access to sophomore-specific programming, including searching for internships, studying abroad, writing resumes, working on purpose, finding your passion, and preparing for graduate school. To register,
log in to Hire-A-VOL through MyUTK(complete your profile if you are logging in for the first time) In Upcoming Events, search Workshops, select Sophomore Boot
Camp, click Sign-up. Click the image at left to view the full-size poster.
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ACEC/TEF Scholarships
Announced
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee (ACEC-TN), the Tennessee Engineering Foundation (TEF), and the
national American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) are offering scholarships. The deadline for scholarships offered by the ACEC-TN is January 22, 2016.Tennessee winners will also compete for scholarships offered by the national
organization.
The TEF is offering three scholarships in addition to the Dorothy & Arthur Crouch Memorial scholarship. The
TEF deadline is also January 22, 2016.
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Breakthrough Involving
Students Could Alter Tech, Mining Worlds
A trio of students from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering recently got the chance to work with scientists
from around the country on a process that might make it easier and less expensive to obtain rare earth elements (REE). Doctoral student Dave DeSimone and seniors Taylor Forrest and Nick Dement traveled to the Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute
(FIPR) to test a developmental process for recovering REEs from various waste streams from the phosphate industry.
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Engineering Advising Reminders
Registration Dates for Spring 2016:
Sophomores: (students with 30 to 59 earned hours) November 9 and 10 (Monday and Tuesday)
Freshmen: (students with zero to 29 earned hours) November 23 and 24 (Monday and Tuesday)
Students currently taking EF 151-152 (Honors 157-158) or Math 141-142 (Honors 147-148) or Computer Science 102 – 130) are advised in the Engineering
Advising Office located in Room 316 A Perkins Hall. Students will be sent a Grades First e-mail to use the embedded link to schedule an advising appointment.
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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.
Students interested in participating in the Engineering Professional Practice program should create a profile in our system and then come visit us in 110 Perkins Hall: www.myinterfase.com/utk/studentregistration.aspx
Featured Student: Josiah Brandt
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featured student is Josiah Brandt, a chemical & biomolecular engineering major, who worked as a co-op student at Shaw Industries in Dalton, Georgia.
In reporting on his rotation, Brandt worked in the carpet dyeing department. Some of his responsibilities as a co-op included: learning printer, kuster and dye building processes, helped audit tufting department, wrote speed group schedules for shift start-ups,
recorded carpet transition piece usage and measured changeovers.
The most valuable benefit he obtained during his rotation was the work experience that helps add to his education and contributes to his development as an individual.
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 110 Perkins Hall. Also, please follow Engineering Professional Practice on Twitter and Instagram for
updates on co-op and internship programs.
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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Center for Career Development
EF 301 – Career Services for Engineers
Planning your class schedule for Spring 2016? 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 1:25–2:15 p.m. Mondays. 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 Consultant for the College of Engineering, April Gonzalez/Kertesha Riley. 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.
COE Student Organization Leader-Exxon Mobil Grant Proposals:
ExxonMobil would again like to solicit proposals from the engineering student organizations for grant funds later in the spring semester. Proposals must be submitted to April Gonzalez in Career Services via E-mail at [log in to unmask] by
5pm on Monday, November 30th. Requests should be in the range of $250-$750 per idea.
The criteria we will be using to allocate the funds will be:
1. The impact or benefit the funds provide (ExxonMobil management is particularly interested in student projects, i.e. competitions, outreach ideas promoting Engineering, Engineering-related community projects, etc. more than requests for conference travel
and expenses)
2. Number of students benefiting from the proposed idea
3. Visibility to other students of the benefit that ExxonMobil is providing
Please clearly describe the funding needed overall, the funding being requested of ExxonMobil, how the funds will be used and how it relates to each of the above criterion. We ask that there only be one request per student organization, and if multiple organizations
are working on the same project, please apply jointly. Please have the students be aware that the funds may not be available until mid-Spring semester, so if they have immediate needs and can't afford to wait to be reimbursed at a later date, then we're probably
not going to be able to meet their schedule. If they could keep their proposals to one page or less, that would be great.
Again if your student group is interested in submitting a proposal, please submit them to April Gonzalez via e-mail at [log in to unmask] no later than 5pm
on Monday, December 30th. Payments to winners will be distributed later in the semester via the Engineering Development Office.
Ericsson Innovation Awards Competition:
The Ericsson Innovation Awards is a global competition that encourages forward-thinking students to work with Ericsson in driving
the Networked Society, in which all things that can benefit from a connection will have one. This year, the theme is Connected
Cities. Students are challenged to identify an existing problem within an urban society, and develop a creative solution. All finalists will receive prizes including
a trip to Sweden, a cash prize, recruitment priority and global recognition for themselves and their university. In addition to all of this, the winning team will also win ₡25,000 ($28,000 US).
Teams of two to four students can submit their ideas or prototypes through November 30, 2015. Teams will be responsible for initial registration, but will receive support from Ericsson employees as they continue to develop their ideas.
More information on the registration process can be found at http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/events/eia-2016/how-the-competition-works.
We are also working on additional recognition and prize information for the winning university.
This competition is open to both technical and business students.
For more information, contact April Gonzalez , Career Services Consultant—College of Engineering, at [log in to unmask]; Kertesha Riley, 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 textbooks 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. Read more >>
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