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For the week of October 20, 2008
Engineer's Day 2008 |
Results from the judging of the exhibits at Engineer's Day 2008.
Class 1 winners: ASABE - Underwater Mapping for Evaluating Streambed
Conditions in first place, Materials Advantage Egg Drop Competition in second
place and ASCE - Balsa Bridge Competition and Materials
Advantage - Prince Rupert Drops tied for third place
Class 2 winners: NSBE - National Society of Black Engineers Showcase in
first place, SAE - Baja / Alternative Fuels Projects in second
place and ASCE - Geotechnical Display and AIChE - flower bomb /
chocolate covered cherries / glow sticks / chemE car tied for third
place
Tour winners: Materials Advantage Tour in first place
COE Ambassador Tour in second place
EECS Tour in third place
Office of Professional Practice News |
Suzanne Sawicki mans the Office of Professional Practice display as a student stops by to check out some literature during Engineers Day activities Oct. 16. The table was a popular stop early in the day, with many students taking advantage of engineering co-op and internship information, as well as giveaways from Exxon Mobil, Reckitt Benckiser, International Paper, EMJ, Denso Manufacturing and Kimberly-Clark.
Featured student: Nickyla Alliowe
Nickyla Alliowe (pictured below, right) is a UT College of Engineering alumnus who continues to move onward and upward with her life and education.
Nickyla is a Spring 2008 graduate who earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering degree with cum laude honors. During her time as a College of Engineering student, she completed three co-op rotations with Dow Chemical Company, working in South Charleston, West Virginia, Freeport, Texas and Eden Praire, Minnesota.
Her successful co-op experience and status as a good student paved the way for her stint as a Co-op Ambassador, representing the Office of Professional Practice from Fall 2006 until Spring 2008. Nickyla received the prestigious Goodrich Service Award for exceptional effort to students and staff in the Office of Professional Practice.
Nickyla has now moved on to medical school in Louisville, Kentucky, and is really enjoying her time there.
“Medical school is great!” Nickyla said. “It is a lot of work and a lot of late nights … but I find pleasure in doing it. "
“The classes themselves are not hard as in concepts like engineering but rather they are hard as in volume," Nickyla said. "There is so much to know and so little time to know it in ... I am amazed at how I have managed to memorize and retain these past couple of months but it is constant work for me.”
The Office of Professional Practice is proud of Nickyla’s accomplishments and is also proud to have been part of her educational experience!
For information about the Office of Professional Practice, visit www.coop.utk.edu, coop@utk.edu or call 865-974-5323.
Career Services Announcements |
ATTENTION ALL GRADUATING SENIORS – DEC '08 – MAY '09:
It is critical that you have your resume and profile completed on HIRE-A-VOL as soon as possible. Jobs are now being posted and are accepting resume submittals for on-campus interviews this fall. More will be added each day, so you need to check often to stay up to date on job opportunities. You must choose to submit to a job posting or on-campus interview schedule. It does not happen automatically. For more information contact Leslie Fox at lfox6@utk.edu.
EF 301 – Career Services for Engineers
Planning your class schedule for Spring 2009? Don’t forget to register for EF301 – Engineering Career Planning and Placement! This class is offered each Spring and Fall semester and is taught at Career Services, 100 Dunford Hall on Mondays, 1:25 – 2:15 pm. This class is a perfect fit for all juniors and seniors and will equip students with the right tools to land that great job. The class is offered on a 1-hour Satisfactory/No Credit basis and is taught by Career Services Consultant for the College of Engineering, Leslie Fox. 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.
Don’t wait to sign up as space is limited!
HIRE-A-VOL - On-Campus Interview Opportunities!
If you are interested in any of the following on-campus interview opportunities (and have not already applied), you MUST SUBMIT YOUR RESUME to the postings in HIRE-A-VOL by the indicated date to be considered for an interview. If invited, you will receive a message directing you to schedule an interview - note sign-up date in posting.
Georgia Gulf Corporation - Closes Oct 24
Carpenter Company - Closes Oct 24
Dunhumby - Closes Oct 29
Career Services October Workshops/Information Sessions
Oct. 27 – Walt Disney World Internship Information Session, University Center, Suites 223 & 224, 4:30 pm
Oct. 28 – Walt Disney World Internship Information Session, University Center, Suites 223 & 224, 4:30 pm
Oct. 29 - Business and Dining Etiquette, Career Services - 100 Dunford Hall 4 p.m.
Oct. 29 – US Space & Rocket Center Space Camp Program Information Session, University Center, Suite 237, 5–7 pm
Civil and Environmental Engineering News |
The ASCE Student Chapter traveled to Smyrna, Tenn. on October 3, to participate in the 21st Annual ASCE Tennessee Section Meeting. While attending technical sessions in the areas of engineering management, environmental, geotechnical, structural and transportation engineering, the UT student team represented by Eric Guffey, Andrew Harris, Will Hamill, Griffin Hall and Josh Debity won the 2nd place award in the student competition. Andrew Harris also won the ASCE Student Member of the Year Award with his service and achievement. The strong UT presence was further represented by Ray Tant, former President of the UT ASCE Student Chapter, who was elected President of the ASCE Tennessee Section.
ASCE meetings
Perkins Room 324
Nov. 3, Nov. 17 and Dec. 1
Nuclear Engineering News |
Dr. G. Ivan Maldonado was interviewed by local NBC affiliate WBIR (Channel 10) about the nuclear engineering field and job opportunities in it. The article can be viewed here.
National Society of Black Engineers News |
October
25 Concession Stand - Alabama Game
29 General Body Meeting - U.S. Cellular
31 Community Service
November
8 Concession Stand - Wyoming Game (Homecoming)
12 General Body Meeting - Rolls Royce
15 Community Service
19 General Body Meeting
29 Concession Stand - Kentucky Game
UTSI News |
Professor Roy J. Schulz was honored with a retirement ceremony in Sept. in gratitude for his 29 years of service to the University of Tennessee Space Institute.
A faculty member and long-time chair of UTSI’s Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) Department, Dr. Schulz was also heavily involved in several research projects at UTSI. Schulz was responsible for the design and development of the high temperature combustion system for the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) facility at UTSI as well as for part of the heat recovery systems in the exhaust system of the facility. He also helped support several other major research projects at UTSI for the US Department of Energy and for NASA.
At the retirement ceremony, Interim UT Associate Vice President for UTSI Dr. Angie Bukley bestowed upon Dr. Schulz the title of Professor Emeritus, making him only the fourteenth to earn this status from UTSI. UTSI Support Council Chairman Dick Farrar and Members John Greeter and Dr. Roger Crawford presented Dr. Schulz with a Support Council plaque in recognition of his service to UTSI.
MINDS IN MOTION AT UTSI—The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) recently hosted approximately 300 eighth graders from East Middle School, West Middle School and St. Paul Catholic School. Divided into several smaller groups, the eighth graders toured the labs at UTSI and launched bottle rockets as part of the Minds in Motion program.
Materials Science and Engineering News |
Dr. George Pharr was selected as one of the inaugural class of the Chancellor's Professors. Appointment as a Chancellor's Professor constitutes the highest honor that can be accorded to a member of the faculty by the University of Tennessee (UT). This designation recognizes extraordinary, nationally or internationally recognized, scholarly attainment in an individual discipline or field as well as a record of excellence in teaching and service to UT. The ceremony for the inaugural class of the Chancellor's Professors took place on Monday October 21 at the University Center.
Materials Science and Engineering Students Tour ALCOA
Ever wonder why ALCOA has that big tower? Ask an MSE student that recently toured the hot and cold rolling facility at the ALCOA plant in Alcoa, Tennessee. During the tour the students followed a 22” thick ingot Al getting hot then cold then rolled down to the thickness of a soda can. The host of the ALCOA tour was Barbara Hyde, ALCOA engineer, graduate of Colorado School of Mines, and mother MSE Senior Carolyn Kidwell. Barbara feels Carolyn just inherited that MSE gene and chuckled that Carolyn is using some of the same texts she did during her undergraduate days.
Homecoming on the Hill BBQ |
College of Engineering Faculty are invited to engineering's annual tradition of Homecoming on the Hill on November 8, 2008. Our event will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will conclude at 1:00 p.m. (Kick-off). Enjoy fresh fruit, pastries and traditional BBQ from Famous Dave's BBQ. There is no charge for you and your guests to attend this event. Contact Christina Parsons in the Engineering Development Office at 974-2779 or by email at cparson4@utk.edu by October 24, 2008.
Please come and join the festivities of Homecoming as we reunite with our alumni and retired faculty!
If you have submissions for @COE, the college's electronic newsletter, please send them to Eddie Jenkins at jenkins.eddie@gmail.com by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesdays.