Diversity Meet Up: Pre-Showcase Connections

RE: OPS Position announcement

Intel Corporation Recruiting at UF (9/26/2016 - 9/28/2016)

Hello from your friends at Intel^®!

   As you prepare for various activities, please join Intel at any of the following events. We will provide insight on Intel’s overall technology strategy, emerging markets, hiring requirements and more.

Computer & Information Science & Engineering Workshop

 

  Date: September 26^th, 2016

  Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm

  Location: Hilton Conference Center

Intel Information Session: sponsored thru IEEE

 

  Date: September 27^th, 2016

  Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm

  Location: Flint Hall 050

Career Fair: Day 2

 

  Date: September 28^th, 2016

  Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm

  Location: Southwest Recreation Center

   There will be food, soda and giveaways at the Information Session (gift cards, Intel items etc.)! You must be present to win!

   Please bring your resume, Intel is looking for students interested in an internship or full-time employment with a background in: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Human Factors Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Information Technology, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics at the Bachelors, Masters and PhD level.

   Please consider following me in Twitter and LinkedIn @MeganGoodson. Instagram – IntelUSCollegeRecruiting.  Also, visit our Student Center at www.intel.com/jobs/students and checkout the link titled, “Where do I fit?” to find more information on jobs that align with your discipline.

Thanks in advance for attending,

Megan Goodson

Campus Engagement Manager

US College Team, Intel Corporation

Megan.M.Goodson@intel.com

                   

Announcing SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II

From: Hyperloop Mailbox
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:56 PM
Subject: Announcing SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II

You are on this email list as a university contact for SpaceX. We are reaching out to provide an update on the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition (www.spacex.com/hyperloop).

For those of you unfamiliar with the competition and/or Hyperloop concept, on August 12, 2013, SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk released a white paper on the Hyperloop, his concept of high-speed ground transport. In order to accelerate the development of a functional prototype and to encourage student innovation, SpaceX announced a competition in 2015 to design and build a half-scale Hyperloop Pod. For this competition, student teams from around the country and world came together for a Design Weekend in January 2016 to share their Pod designs. Top teams selected at Design Weekend advanced to the build phase and spent 2016 turning their designs into working Pods. These teams are currently preparing to take part in Competition Weekend on January 27–29, 2017, where they will race their Pods on a Hyperloop test track adjacent to SpaceX’s Hawthorne, California, headquarters.

Based on the high-quality submissions and overwhelming enthusiasm surrounding the Hyperloop Pod Competition, SpaceX is moving forward with a second installment of the competition: Hyperloop Pod Competition II, which will culminate in a second Competition Weekend in Summer 2017 at SpaceX’s Hyperloop test track. Hyperloop Competition II will be focused on a single criterion: maximum speed. The second competition is open to new student teams interested in competing on the test track as well as to existing student teams who have already built and tested Pods to further refine their designs.

We have attached the Rules document.  There are some differences from Competition Weekend I rules, with two important updates being:

·         This competition will purely be a student competition.   

·         Pods will be judged solely on the maximum safe speed achieved with successful deceleration (i.e. not crashing).

Please feel free to pass this email along to relevant contacts at your university. We hope you will consider participating this year or encouraging students from your university to do so. To apply, your first deadline is filling out the Intent To Compete from at www.SpaceX.com/Hyperloop/Submissions  by September 30, 2016.

Note: This competition is a SpaceX event. SpaceX has no affiliation with any Hyperloop companies, including, but not limited to, those frequently referenced by the media.

Break a Pod!

Engineering Student Advisory Council (ESAC) Engineering Day Announcement

Calling all gator engineers!

Want to get a head start on networking before Career Showcase? Come out to Engineering Day (E-Day) on September 27th from 9 am – 1 pm in the Reitz Grand Ballroom for opportunities to learn about engineering organizations, network with professionals, and edit your resume. 


There will be an engineering organization tabling session from 9-9:30 am followed by networking and paneling sessions with companies such as Intel, P&G, Chevron, BCC Engineering and Securboration. Additionally, the Career Resource Center will be offering resume critiques to help prepare for showcase and Dean of the College of Engineering, Dean Abernathy, will be speaking.


A catered lunch will be served for attendees who sign up ahead of time using the following form: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6P5Xzt66Y8crEwJ. Resumes can be submitted with applications and are sent to all companies attending. 



Please direct any questions to Ilana Krause at uf.engineeringday@gmail.com. See you there!

Chair: Sierra McVeigh               Vice Chair: Ilana Krause

StartUp Hour Gainesville- Appreciation Event

Gator Engineer,

StartUp Hour Gainesville is a terrific, free, casual networking event (okay, it's a party) hosted by members of Gainesville's entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem – and attended by people like you. Building a professional and personal network never hurt anyone. 

Entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, community leaders, creative types, and Gator Engineers (who are the majority of attendees) attend StartUp Hour.  The event is a Gainesville happening which is why I encourage you to attend StartUp Hour and experience for yourself first-hand the experience.  I guarantee that you’ll meet interesting, informed, and involved people at the event.  And have fun too!  The next StartUp Hour is scheduled for Thursday September 22, 2016 from 8-10pm.  '

 

StartUp Hour is held at The Jones. The Jones is a restaurant/bar located at 203 SW Second Avenue in downtown Gainesville.  The Jones is easily reached via public transportation, bike, scooter, or car. There is plenty of on-street parking along with a parking garage near The Jones.

 

I hope to see you at StartUp Hour Gainesville this Thursday night at The Jones.

Prof. Whitney

Lab openings for Undergraduates and Graduates Students

Hello all,

My name is Johanna McCracken and I work in the Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience. We have positions in the lab opening up in Fall 2017 that might interest some students in the Department of Psychology. Is there any way you can send this announcement out to a list serve of undergraduate/graduate students in your department?

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PhD positions in The Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience at the University of Florida (http://lrnlab.org). We use a range of systems neuroscience techniques that include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), structural MRI, diffusion imaging (DTI), electromyography (EMG), high-density electroencephalography (EEG), and pain stimulation procedures. Incoming students will work on neuroimaging studies of motor and sensory function. Projects related to human and rodent imaging are ongoing.  Tuition waiver and stipend support is available through fellowships and teaching assistantships in the department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology and T32 Training Grant in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration. Please send vita to Stephen Coombes at scoombes@ufl.edu

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Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks!!

Johanna McCracken

University of Florida

Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience

Clinical Research Coordinator

jmccracken@ufl.edu

Office: (352) 294-1771

Lab Website: http://lrnlab.org/

Engineering Day- E- Day September 27th from 9am-1pm

Calling all gator engineers!

Want to get a head start on networking before Career Showcase? Come out to Engineering Day (E-Day) on September 27th from 9 am – 1 pm in the Reitz Grand Ballroom for opportunities to learn about engineering organizations, network with professionals, and edit your resume.
There will be an engineering organization tabling session from 9-9:30 am followed by networking and paneling sessions with companies such as Intel, P&G, Chevron, BCC Engineering and Securboration. Additionally, the Career Resource Center will be offering resume critiques to help prepare for showcase and Dean of the College of Engineering, Dean Abernathy, will be speaking.
A catered lunch will be served for attendees who sign up ahead of time using the following form: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6P5Xzt66Y8crEwJ. Resumes can be submitted with applications and are sent to all companies attending.
Please direct any questions to Ilana Krause at uf.engineeringday@gmail.com. See you there!

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Chair: Sierra McVeigh               Vice Chair: Ilana Krause

Motorola Technical Talk: Software Defined Radios: Unlocking The RF Spectrum

Motorola Technical Talk: Software Defined Radios: Unlocking The RF Spectrum

Date: Wednesday, September 21st @ 6:30 PM 

Location: FLI 0050
Facebook Event Link

Motorola Solutions, the global leader in communications products, services, and solutions, is coming to the University of Florida for a technical talk!

Come out and explore what goes into the making of a software defined radio (SDR) and see how its versatility gives customers the ability to realize any wireless protocol on the fly with a few edits in software. A simplified discussion focused on RF lineups and baseband digital signal processing and their challenges will be culminated with a few demos to illustrate some of the possible applications for an SDR in the real world using a Motorola SDR and GNU Radio. This will be an awesome demo of Motorola's technology.

Free food will be provided!

Advising Hours for the week of 9/19/2016- UPDATED

 EE's Walk-in  Advising Hours for the Week of 9/19/16

Monday 1-4
Tuesday 10-12 and 1-3
Wednesday 2-4
Thursday  2-4
Friday 10-12 and 1-3

RE: ECE Ambassadors Applications Open!

Hello!

The ECE Ambassadors have started recruitment for the 2016-2017 school year, and are looking for highly motivated, involved students to represent the ECE department! The ECE Ambassadors work closely with the chair of the ECE department to develop freshman recruitment efforts, improve alumni-student relations, and most importantly, serve as the face of the ECE Department through tours, events, and community outreach. The ECE Ambassadors also serve to improve communications within the department.

In order to be eligible to apply, you must at least be in your second year at the University of Florida and you must also be enrolled within the ECE department. Additionally, a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater is required. Finally, you must still be a student for at least two more semesters (including this current semester).

If you are interested in getting involved with the organization, please apply here!

Please have all the application components completed by 4:00 P.M. on Monday, September 26th. 

Potential candidates will then be scheduled for interviews starting Monday, October 3rd and lasting through Thursday, October 6th. We will then release final decisions on Friday, October 7th.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the existing ECE Ambassadors (emails found on the form).

Thank you,

Daniel

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Daniel Kelly President, UF IEEE (904) 945-3059 | dkelly6793@gmail.com | http://ieee.ece.ufl.edu

Update for Lockheed Martin Information Sessions

Good afternoon,

This is Priscila Ronqui from Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control Department. I want to inform you that we will be at University of Florida from September 19^th until 22^nd. During that week, we will be holding info sessions about Lockheed Martin, collecting resumes and having one-on-one meetings with students for future employment opportunities. I have attached the flyer for the Lockheed Martin info sessions. Please be aware that all three info sessions will contain the same content. Also for the students to be considered for an interview, they have to visit our website (www.lockheedmartinjobs.com) and apply (Full-time position: 364338BR and Summer Internship: 364352BR) prior to attending one of our info sessions. The event’s schedule will be:

-          Monday:              Tabling at the Rotunda @ NEB: 1pm – 4pm

Info Session @ CRC Lib: 6pm – 8pm

-          Tuesday:              Tabling at the Rotunda @ NEB: 1pm – 4pm

Info Session @ TUR L005: 5:30pm – 7:30pm

-          Wednesday:      Tabling at the Rotunda @ NEB: 1pm – 4pm

Info Session @ McCarty A G186: 6pm - 8pm

Would you be available as a point of contact to help us advertise to the students our up-coming event? Thank you so much and for your help and time in advance. We are looking forward to be at UF soon.  

Regards,

Priscila Ronqui

Legion Pod™ / Advanced Sensor

Engineering

Phone: (407) 356-7643

E-mail: priscila.f.ronqui@lmco.com

Sandia National Labortories Job Opportunities

http://www.sandia.gov/careers/career_possibilities/electrical_engineering.html

Electrical engineers at Sandia design and develop advanced instrumentation systems for in-flight weapons system evaluations and other applications.

Sandia creates innovative, science-based, systems-engineering solutions to our nation's most challenging national security problems. Sandia electrical engineers are an integral part of multidisciplinary teams tasked with defining requirements, creating system designs, implementing design methodologies, building prototypes, ground-testing the systems, and supporting the full-up system tests.
Electrical engineers participate in all aspects of the analysis, design, testing, and integration of complex systems. For example, Sandia electrical engineers are applying advanced miniaturization packaging techniques to develop highly reliable, state-of-the-art electronic subsystems that can operate on ultralow power and withstand extreme environments. Other electrical engineers are conducting research and development for advanced micro-electromechanical systems that push the technology envelope for national-security applications. Still others are developing high-performing RF transmitters, receivers, and digital signal processors.
The wide variety of projects available to electrical engineers at Sandia means that there are always new opportunities and there is never room for boredom. No wonder that Sandia has been called the "engineering playground of American Big Science."

Key areas for electrical engineers at Sandia

• Mixed-mode ASIC design
• Programmable logic arrays
• Communication, control, and data acquisition systems
• Modeling and simulation of electrical systems
• RF communications and digital signal processing
• Radar system and high-speed digital design
• Microsystem components (MEMS/LIGA)
• Semiconductor fabrication
• Telemetry systems

Equal opportunity employer/Disability/Vet/GLBT

Lockheed Martin Full-Time and Summer Internships Positions

Information on Graduate School and Undergraduate Research - HWCOE

Fall Term

Grad School 101
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Time: 4:05 pm – 4:55 pm
Location: CRC Classroom
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

NSF Fellowship Application Workshop
Dave Mazyck
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: LIT 0101
CLICK HERE TO RSVP
Resources:
HTML: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16588/nsf16588.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
PDF: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16588/nsf16588.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Navigating the Graduate/Professional School Application
Monday, October 17, 2016
Time: 4:05 pm – 4:55 pm
Location: CRC Classroom
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Graduate and Professional School Fair
Monday, October 24, 2016
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Location: Reitz Union Grand Ballroom

Undergraduate Research Seminar – Research Internships Abroad
Ping Neo
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: NEB 100
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: MSL 136
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

How to Apply to Graduate School
Anne Donnelly
TBD fall 2016

What is the University Scholars Program, and How Do I Apply?
Anne Donnelly
TBD fall 2016

Undergraduate Research Seminar – Safety in Research
Amy Haberman
TBD fall 2016, spring 2017, summer 2017

GEM Fellowship Application Workshop
Juan Gilbert
TBD fall 2016

NIH Fellowship Application Workshop
Ayse Gunduz
Kyle Allen
TBD fall 2016, spring 2017

Engineering Innovation & Leadership
Bill McElroy
David Whitney
TBD fall 2016, spring 2017, summer 2017

Graduate Student Panel
Engineering Graduate Student Council (EGSC)
TBD fall 2016, spring 2017, summer 2017

Research Institutes
TBD Research Institute Directors
TBD fall 2016, spring 2017, summer 2017

Research Service Centers
Amelia Dempere
TBD fall 2016, spring 2017, summer 2017

RE: EE Advisor's Hours 9/12- 16 and updates

Hi EE Majors

http://ufece.blogspot.com/ 

Changes in prerequisites for EEL3000 and EEL3135 as Spring 2017

EEL3000 Intro. to ECE - As of Spring 2017, the MAS3114 prerequisite is removed.  Intro. to ECE will not have a prerequisite.  You want to take the course before or at the same time as EEL3135.

EEL3135- Signals and Systems- As of Spring 2017, the MAS3114 prerequisite is removed.  The new prerequisite for the course is MAC2312 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2

For students that are in the 2015-2016- EE new curriculum, name change for the "GENERAL TECHNICAL ELECTIVES". The new name is "INTERDISCIPLINARY ELECTIVES".
Any 3000/4000-level courses in the College of Engineering (non-ECE courses) or any 3000/4000-level course from the Math Department with an MAA, MAD, MAP, MAS prefix or any 3000/4000 level course from the Physics Department.

Walk-In Advising Hours 9/12- 16

• Thursday  1-4

• Friday 10-12 and 1-4

   

  Nicole

Lab View Classes

Hi EE majors

This is the eventbright page for the free, semesterly LabVIEW certification class. 

If students are interested at all in learning and getting certified in LabVIEW, they should sign up for the class through this event. 

This is a 10 week, free course that has a $3,200 value. See the eventbright page for details.

Email keithrausch@gmail.com or keithrausch@ufl.edu for any questions.

eventbrite.com/e/labview-clad-fall-2016-tickets-27603613150

Thank you for your time,

Keith Rausch

keithrausch@gmail.com 

4072785483 

2016 Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship

Dear Sir/Madam,

Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship is available for the undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled in computer related fields of education (electrical or computer engineering and computer science) and have scored minimum grade point average of 2.5/ 4.0 scale.

The Scholarship Deadline is September 30, 2016.

We thought your students might find this information useful.

Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship 2016- http://usascholarships.com/richard-e-merwin-student-scholarship/

Regards,

USA Scholarships

Scholarships and Financial Aid Adviser

For more information of Scholarship, you can also check the given link:
https://www.facebook.com/MyUSAScholarships?fref=ts

Gator Robotics First GBM Thursday, September 8th at 6pm

 
"Gator Robotics' is holding its First General Body Meeting next Thursday, September 8th at 6pm. The location is TBA, but if you join us on Facebook: Gator Robotics, you'll be able to see the location as soon as we can provide it. 

You do not need to have any experience in robotics and we will teach you everything you need to know. Learn about our new E-board, current robotics projects + a new robotics project, workshops, and how you can get involved."

Thank you for your time and consideration! 

Sincerely, 

Elba Chimilio

Publicity Director for Gator Robotics

UNDERGRADUATE REU POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT ACIS LAB

 UNDERGRADUATE REU POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT ACIS LAB

The Advanced Systems and Computing Laboratory (ACIS), ECE department, is looking for a highly skilled and motivated student to conduct research and development (Research Experience for Undergraduates - REU) under the direction of Prof. Renato Figueiredo. Graduate assistants will conduct research and software development on the IP-over-P2P (IPOP)/SocialVPN projects, currently funded by the National Science Foundation. These are applied computer systems research projects with broad applications in cloud computing, user-centric software-defined networking, and privacy-preserving social networks. The projects have an active open-source code base, collaborations with researchers in Asia and Europe, and students will have opportunities to collaborate with external researchers and software developers.

IPOP (ipop-project.org) is an open-source user-centric software virtual network allowing end users to define and create their own virtual private networks (VPNs). IPOP virtual networks provide end-to-end tunneling of IP or Ethernet over “TinCan” links setup and managed through a control API to create various software-defined VPN overlays.

SocialVPN (socialvpn.org) is an open-source IPOP-based virtual network that connects your computers privately to your friends’ computers. It automatically maps online social network relationships using Jingle and  XMPP  to create your own user-defined peer-to-peer VPNs – with no hassle, and supporting unmodified TCP/IP applications. In the SocialVPN, each user is in control of who their VPN connects to. To scale to large online social networks, SocialVPN employs a unique dynamic IPv4 address allocation/translation approach that avoids conflicts with local networks and devices outside a user’s social network.

Ideal candidates will: (1) have strong computer programming skills, in particular Python and C++; (2) be able to work independently to solve problems; (3) have good foundation on computer networks and distributed computing; (4) be proficient in UNIX environments; and (5) have excellent writing and communication skills.

If interested, please send the following information to renato@acis.ufl.edu.

- Use “ACIS REU position application” as the subject

- In the body of your email, briefly (1 or 2 paragraphs) describe:

o Your study/career goals, department and program you are enrolled.

o What aspects of project(s) above are you most interested in.

- Attach a PDF file with your resume.