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Irick and Melcher Go the
Extra Mile
As part of Faculty Appreciation Week 2016, Tennessee
Today took a look at two College of Engineering faculty members who "go the extra mile" in their teaching, research, and outreach: Dr. David "Butch" Irick, center above; and Dr. Chuck Melcher, at left.
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Thompson Gives CBE Seminar
PhD candidate Adam Thompson will speak on "Metabolic Modeling of Clostridium thermocellum towards enhanced production of biofuels and chemicals"
at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in Room 404 of the Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building. The seminar is presented by the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
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New STEM Program to Launch
The Commission for Women (CFW) will launch a new program called Women
in STEM Advancing Research, Readiness & Retention (WiSTAR3) with a kick-off discussion 6:00–7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 3, in Room 2325 of Dunford Hall. The discussion topic will be "Things I Learned in Grad School." Pizza will be served. WiSTAR3 is
a professional development program that provides a support network to engage both STEM faculty and grad students through social and educational events. Networking meetings and workshops will be held monthly to prepare women graduate students for careers in
advanced research.
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EUReCA 2016: Undergraduate Research
Exhibition
The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA) will take place April 11-15, 2016, and is open to all undergraduate
students at UT. It is intended to emphasize students' achievements in research and creative activities by allowing them to present work in a poster format. "Research and creative achievement," for the purposes of this exhibition, means a scholarly collaboration
between students and a faculty member, and has in the past included results of senior design and independent study courses, as well as undergraduate involvement in research projects. Research and design posters will be judged separately and awards will be
given in both categories.
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2016 UTC Conference for the Southeastern
Region
Hosted this year by the Southeastern Transportation Center,
this innovative conference will bring together faculty, students, practitioners, and public agencies in the southeast to showcase recent achievements and collaborations. The conference theme is "Safety, Mobility & Sustainability." The program promises to be
a fast-paced and engaging opportunity to share where we've been and where we're going in transportation research, education, and technology transfer.
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Student News and Opportunity
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Hoskins Earns First Place at TMS Meeting
Will Hoskins, a junior in materials science and engineering performing research in the Materials Joining Group, presented a poster entitled
"Effect of Heat Treatment and Chemical Composition on the High Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA) Resistance of C-1/2 Mo Steels" at the 145th TMS Annual Meeting in Nashville and was awarded first place in the Structural Materials Division category. This award
also carried a $500 prize.
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Rogers to Attend Workshop at LANL
Brandon Rogers, a first year PhD student in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, has been selected to attend
the 2016 Computational Physics Student Summer Workshop June 13-August 19 at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The ten-week workshop brings together a diverse group of exceptional undergraduate and graduate students for informative
lectures, teambuilding, mentoring, and the opportunity to work closely with LANL staff on relevant projects that may end up in articles or conference presentations. The selection process for the workshop is very competitive and many highly qualified students
apply, so to be selected is a great honor for Rogers and a reflection of his hard work and accomplishments. Rogers will receive a generous fellowship from LANL to support educational and research efforts during the workshop. Rogers is a 2015 Chancellor's Fellow
majoring in aerospace engineering under the direction of advisor Dr. Kivanc Ekici.
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Richard Goolsby Scholarship Fund
Applications for the Richard Goolsby Scholarship Fund are available online from the Foundation for the Carolinas. The fund was created by
William and Martha DeBrule in honor of Richard Goolsby, a plastics pioneer, and is sponsored by the Carolinas Section Society of Plastics Engineers. The fund provides college scholarships to students who have expressed career interest or demonstrated practical
interest in the plastics industry.
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GTA Sought for Engineering Honors Program
The Engineering Honors Program will hire a graduate teaching assistant (GTA) for the 2016-2017 academic year to assist in the teaching of
EF 157 (Fall) and EF 158 (Spring). Duties will include running recitation sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays, grading homework and exam problems, and assisting with setup and cleanup of recitation activities. This is a 20-hour-per-week assistantship and carries
a tuition waiver, stipend, and health insurance. Interested students should consult with their thesis/dissertation advisors to make sure both are aware of this commitment before submitting an application. You will be asked to upload your most recent transcript/academic
history and a resume. International student applicants must also submit TOEFL/IELTS and OPIc test results. Contact Dr. Kevin Kit ([log in to unmask]) with any questions. Application
review will begin March 1 and continue until the position is filled.
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SC16 Student Volunteers Program Accepting
Applications
Applications are now being accepted for the Student Volunteers program at the SC16 conference to be held Nov. 13-18, 2016, in Salt Lake
City. SC16 is the premier international conference for high performance computing, networking, data storage and analysis.
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Graduate Student Research Program Accepting
Applications
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program
is now accepting applications for the 2016 Solicitation 1. Applications are due 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. For information, contact the SCGSR program manager, Dr. Ping Ge, at [log in to unmask].
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Airport Cooperative Research
Program Offers Opportunity
The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) of the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board offers $10,000 graduate
research awards that include mentoring by national experts assigned by the ACRP, facilitation of access to ACRP resources, a research presentation at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting in Washington, DC, and publication in the Transportation
Research Record. Applications are due on May 15, 2016.
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Phi Kappa Phi
The Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship Competition awards stellar academic achievers who plan to attend graduate school in the next academic
year. For eligibility, applicants must be a Phi Kappa Phi member by June 30, 2016; and must have have applied for enrollment as a full-time graduate student for 2016-2017. Application deadline is March 10, 2016.
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Engineering Advising
Mini, Summer, and Fall Advising Dates 2016
- The Fall Timetable will be online Monday, March 7.
Summer Registration:
Seniors — Tuesday, March 1
Juniors — Thursday, March 3
Sophomores — Tuesday, March 8
Freshmen — Thursday, March 10
Fall Registration
Spring Break — March 14-18
Priority Registration — Monday-Tuesday, March 21-22
Seniors — Monday-Tuesday, March 28-29
Juniors — Monday-Tuesday, April 4-5
Sophomores — Monday-Tuesday, April 11 and 12
Freshmen — Monday-Tuesday, April 25 and 26
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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, visiting its website at www.coop.utk.edu, or calling 865-974-5323.
Spring Engineering Expo
 The Office of Engineering Professional Practice held its Spring 2016 Engineering Expo
for co-op and internship recruiting on February 16 on the concourse level of Thompson-Boling Area and set both employer and student attendance records for a UT Spring Engineering Expo. The sixty-nine attending employers represents a 23% year over year increase
while the 490 students represents a 15% year over year increase.
"Our cooperative education and internship education programs are a key part of adding experience to an engineering student’s educational experience while they are here with us at UT. UT Engineering students participated in over 500 assignments last year and
the expectation is that this participation rate will increase for the current year as well," according to Todd Reeves, director of the Engineering Professional Practice office.
Celebrating ninety years of cooperative education here at UT, the Office of Engineering Professional Practice is dedicated to helping engineering students find educationally relevant paid co-op or internship positions with one of our hundreds of employers.
Our program has been in existence helping students add experience to their education since 1926 making it the second oldest program in the south and one of oldest cooperative education programs anywhere.
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
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.
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
Workshops/Career Events/Job Fairs
Walk-in Hours for the Center for Career Development
IN THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Monday-Thursday 1-4 pm
Walk-in Wednesdays 9 am-4pm
HODGES LIBRARY COMMONS 220G
Tuesday 6-8 pm
FRIESON BLACK CULTURAL CENTER
Monday 5-7 pm
Featured Jobs from HIRE-A-VOL
For More Job Opportunities or to apply to these opportunities, please log into your HIRE-A-VOL Account via MY UTK.
Matsuo Industries, Quality Engineer, Jefferson City, TN
Matsuo Industries USA Inc. is a Tier 2 automotive manufacturer in Jefferson City, Tennessee. We are looking for a recent graduate to fill an entry-level Quality Engineer position. Prefer candidates with a degree in industrial, mechanical or quality engineering.
Essential duties include:
- Improving the method of detecting nonconforming material, investigating root causes and implementing corrective action
- investigating sorting, repair and scrap operations, working with Quality Control and Production departments
- Assisting with the quality system for maintaining TS16949 certification
- Managing all factory supplies needed for quality or production departments
- Evaluating and implementing standard quality and production manuals or control documents for the overall improvement of quality and production.
Syntel, Inc., Software Engineer, Nationwide
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting technology projects throughout the planning and delivery cycles.
- Deliver software development improvements.
- Support the development of Syntel’s best practices.
- Research and gather both business and technology requirements to support project initiatives.
- Perform analysis of existing or new processes to determine how to best enable and implement.
- Respond to Intersystem impact requests to get the impacted stake holders.
- Work closely with a highly synergized team of Project Managers and Technical resources.
- Ensure comprehensive, timely and quality delivery of all requests.
- Work with business facing analysis to determine and translate business requirements into technology solutions.
- Participate in end-to-end research and analysis across multiple teams. Work closely with clients/customers to ensure alignment on technical solution.
- Ensure that all documentation meets/aligns with required compliance standards. Coordinate and monitor end-to-end testing activities.
- Responsible for the quality of deliverables in terms of the analysis report, technical design documentation, and the adherence to technical compliance standards.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water, Project Engineer I (IE), Memphis, TN
- Execute assigned projects by performing such tasks as conferring with superiors to define project content and scope, scheduling and assigning work to subordinates, performing system design functions and preparing progress reports.
- Plan, monitor, schedule/coordinate the activities of one or more major systems in order to achieve maximum utilization of resources, minimize cost and insure timely completions.
- Recommend resources utilization planning/scheduling for data processing activities; provide information for budget preparation for all activities.
- Plan/coordinate training programs; develop training aids for users of the system.
- Establish/administers cost control/monitoring methods; perform economic analysis of proposed application; determine operation/maintenance system costs.
- Apply mathematical techniques of operational analysis and simulation in the solution of difficult systems design, resources allocation and information analysis problems.
- Recommend methods/performance standards for system development, programming, operations support, workload planning/control and production reporting.
- Provide guidance to users and management in planning, scheduling and using data processing production capabilities.
- Determine economic/administrative effect of the new system.
- Perform other duties as directed.
If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Career Development 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]; 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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