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View as web page<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html> [Tickle College of Engineering at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.]<http://www.engr.utk.edu/> @TCE e-newsletter For the week of March 31, 2017 News on the Tickle College of Engineering, Faculty, Speakers, Students, Opportunities and Events The @TCE<http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/attce/> 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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by noon on the Thursdays before distribution. [Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/coe.utk> [LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4919219&trk=my_groups-b-grp-v> [Twitter] <http://twitter.com/utk_coe> [Flickr] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/utk_coe/> Featured News [Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program] Confronting Global Challenges: UT Engineering Honors Endowed by Cook Family<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> Students in the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will soon benefit from someone who has always carried a torch for his alma mater. Joe Cook, who graduated as an industrial engineering major and a Torchbearer in 1965, and his wife, Judy, have made a significant commitment to the honors program in the college. The UT Board of Trustees approved the naming of the honors program as the Joseph C. and Judith E. Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program in Engineering at its meeting in Chattanooga today. Read more<http://www.engr.utk.edu/cook-grand-challenge-honors-program/> [Human Power T] Engineering Professor Designs World Record-Breaking Power T<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> [Matthew Young]With more than 3,100 students, about 700 faculty, staff, and retirees, about 400 alumni, and one bluetick coonhound, UT set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD title for the largest human letter on Wednesday, March 29. Volunteers stood together to create a Power T that spanned 190 feet by 190 feet, encompassing the majority of Shields-Watkins Field at Neyland Stadium. Matthew Young, professor of practice in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, was the letter's architect. Using CAD software, he answered a critical question for event organizers—how do you design a Power T large enough to hold 4,000 people? Read more<http://www.engr.utk.edu/world-record-power-t/> Faculty & Staff News Everett Addresses ADTSEA 2017 Conference<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> [Jerry Everett]Jerry Everett, Center for Transportation Research (CTR) Director of Research, was invited to address the General Session of the Southeast Region of American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association’s (ADTSEA) 2017 Conference, held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on February 24. He presented accomplishments from CTR’s Centers for Disease Control & Prevention project in "Buckle Up Tonight to See Tomorrow: Results To-Date and More."<http://ctr.utk.edu/CTRpresentations/JEverett-2017ADTSEA.pdf> In March, Everett attended the 11th International Technology, Education, and Development Conference (INTED) in Valencia, Spain. He moderated the session on iBook development, and showcased iBooks CTR created for Teens & Trucks, Safe Routes to School, and the Garrett A. Morgan Technology & Transportation Education Program<http://tinyurl.com/lauleql>. Read more<https://iated.org/inted/topics> Speakers & Events [Bosch Employer of the Day] Center for Career Development — For more information, contact engineering career consultant Travis Greenlee at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; Kertesha Riley, STEM Consultant, at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; or call 865-974-5435. Check out www.career.utk.edu<http://www.career.utk.edu/> for a list of all upcoming events. WomEngineers Day is April 22<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> [WomEngineers Day]The second biennial WomEngineers Day Conference will be April 22 in Knoxville. WomEngineers Day is a one-day conference where professional engineers, business partners, and faculty provide expertise on both professional and personal topics related to career and life choices. All college students are welcome to attend. Discussion will include topics of diversity and inclusion. In addition, the conference will offer a specialized track for high school students interested in engineering, including instructions and guidance from academic advisors and current engineering students here at the University of Tennessee. Read more and register<http://womengineersday.org/> Student News and Opportunity Engineering Students Awarded Scholarships by ACEC <http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> [ACEC Tennessee]UT engineering students Kelli Grissom and Zachary Jerome have each received a $1,000 scholarship from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee (ACEC Tennessee). "ACEC Tennessee is committed to the promotion of the engineering profession from capitol hill to the classroom," said Amy Spann, PE (EnSafe Inc.), chairman of the 2017 scholarship committee. "These scholarships are offered with the hope that more students are able to obtain their goals of becoming professional engineers." Read more about ACEC Tennessee<http://www.acectn.org/> Campus-wide Rube Goldberg Challenge<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> The Office of Undergraduate Research wants to see your school spirit in the form of a Rube Goldberg machine. Bring your funniest, wackiest, and zaniest ideas to complete this challenge. Participants will build a Rube Goldberg device made out of readily made materials that triggers an action to show their school spirit. Examples could be raising a banner, kicking a field goal, or playing Rocky Top. The campus finals will be noon Thursday, April 20, in the Hodges Library Commons. Prizes will be given to the top three teams. Read more<http://ugresearch.utk.edu/research-week/rube-goldberg-challenge/> Out for Undergrad Engineering Conference<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> The Out for Undergrad Engineering Conference will be October 20-22, 2017, at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The conference will hand-pick more than 100 high-achieving LGBTQ engineering students from across the US and bring them together with dozens of LGBTQ professionals from top engineering, manufacturing, energy, aerospace, and life sciences firms. Sponsoring companies will recruit students for jobs and internships at the career fair and throughout the conference. Flights and hotel will be covered for any admitted students. Application deadline is April 22, 2017. Read more<http://outforundergrad.org/engineering/> Boyd Venture Challenge Accepting Applications<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> The Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is accepting applications for the Boyd Venture Challenge through April 12. This seed fund grant awards up to $20,000 to startup companies owned by UT students. Any legally formed company owned by a UT Knoxville or UT Institute of Agriculture undergraduate, master's or PhD student is eligible to apply. To date, this fund has awarded $277,000 to 33 startups. Read more about submission requirements<https://tiny.utk.edu/Boyd-spring17> SEC Engineering Deans Offer Graduate Fellowship<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#> [cid:[log in to unmask]]The deans of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), including Tickle College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis, have established the SEC Engineering Deans Graduate Fellow Program. This program provides top-off funds to augment the graduate stipends of selected newly admitted PhD students whose undergraduate engineering or related degrees are from another official SEC university. The top-off stipend has a value of $5,000 per year for up to five years, based on the recipient’s satisfactory progress toward the completion of a PhD degree. Read more<http://sec-engineering.org/> Engineering Professional Practice<http://www.coop.utk.edu/index.html> 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>, visiting its website at www.coop.utk.edu<http://www.coop.utk.edu/>, or calling 865-974-5323. Featured Student: Jonathan Farmer [Jonathan Farmer]Jonathan Farmer, a nuclear engineering major from Tullahoma, Tennessee, worked as a co-op student at Dominion in Richmond, Virginia. Farmer specifically worked in the Nuclear Analysis and Fuels department for Dominion Resources. The group he was in was called Nuclear Core Design (NCD). NCD is in charge of monitoring all of Dominion's nuclear reactors and most of the time is spent on analysis of data coming from the reactors to ensure that they are operating within NRC and Dominions guidelines. In particular, Farmer was responsible for the monthly reporting for the North Anna Power Plant reactors and Millstone Power Plant Unit 2. The monthly reporting consisted of running computer codes to simulate and analyze how the core had performed over the month, and then putting the results of that analysis into reports that could be shared. This process took up the first two weeks of each month. Then Farmer would work with full-time engineers on their projects, such as pre-outage work and testing updates to computer codes. 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 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<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. Engineering Advising<http://www.engr.utk.edu/advising/> The Summer Timetable is live on MyUTK. Summer registration is open. The Fall Timetable is live on MyUTK. Fall 2017 Registration Dates * Juniors (60 + hours earned) April 3 and 4 * Sophomores (30 + hours earned) April 10 and 11 * Freshmen (zero to 29 hours earned) April 24 and 25 Students who are taking EF 151/157- 152/158/Physics 135/137-136/138 and Math 141/147-142/148 and Computer Science 102-130 are advised in the Engineering Advising Office located in room 316 A Perkins Hall. Students please check your UT e-mail and schedule your advising appointment using the link inside the Grades First e-mail you receive. Students who are in Good Academic Standing and have completed EF 151/157 – EF 152/158 or Physics 135/137- 136/138 and Math 141/147 – 142/148 are advised in their major department with faculty or professional advisors. MABE and CBE students will be receiving a Grades First e-mail to schedule advising appointments with your professional advisers. Other engineering majors, please contact your major department/faculty adviser to schedule an advising appointment. NOTE: Engineering students will be taking Math courses together again in Fall 2017. Please look for sections with the following professors: * Math 141 - Kevin Sukanek * Math 142 - Karin Pringle * Math 241 - Mike Gilbert * Math 231 - Jennifer Fowler Contact Us Tickle College of Engineering<http://www.engr.utk.edu/> University of Tennessee 124 Perkins Hall Knoxville, TN 37996 Communications Office: Phone: 865-974-0533 Send submissions for @TCE<http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/attce/> to Randall Brown, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> <http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-03-31-17.html#>[Twitter]<http://twitter.com/utk_coe> [LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4919219&trk=my_groups-b-grp-v> [Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/coe.utk> [Flickr] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/utk_coe/> Big Orange. Big Ideas. 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