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Friday, March 30, 2012

Missile Defense Agency to Host Video Conference


Statewide Undergraduate Student Research Poster and Networking Session at UV

The Nano and Emerging Technologies (NExT) Club at the University of Virginia is hosting an Undergraduate Student Research Poster and Networking Session on April 21st at 3:30pm.

The purpose of the event is to highlight statewide undergraduate research.  On our behalf, please invite and encourage your students to attend.  We anticipate that students who have had the opportunity to conduct research will present their work.  However, all students are welcome to attend and network with their colleagues from across the great state of Virginia.

Please contact nextexec@virginia.edu if you have any questions. Registration is available at https://sites.google.com/a/virginia.edu/next/

Sincerely,
The Nano and Emerging Technologies (NExT)
NextTech University of Virginia Chapter

Maria Fernanda Campa, NExT President
Ryan Donahue, NExT Vice President
Ankit Javia, NExT Treasurer
Peter Miller, NExT Secretary
Colin Shea, NExT Outreach Committee Chair
Lisa E. Friedersdorf, PhD  NExT Advisor and Founding Director NextTech


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Engineering Virtual Career Fair - Reserve Your Spot

UBM Electronics brings you the #1 Engineering Virtual Career Fair!

By now you know the drill when it comes to career fairs: dress up, print resumes, drive to the venue, pay to park and meet with recruiters in their booth – and for what? Are you getting interviewed or hired at the career fair? Better yet, are you even able to give the recruiters a resume?

The Engineering Virtual Career Fair brings employers right to your laptop.

This is unlike any other virtual career fair – it's a fully interactive environment where you'll have the opportunity to meet and interact with industry leading employers from all over the country, and all industries, in just one day. All from the comfort of your own computer.
  • Get access to some of the top companies in the field
  • Put yourself directly in front of organizations that need your skills
  • View jobs and research & meet with employers
  • Chat with recruiters and exchange resumes
  • Network with your peers
  • Be linked directly to employers' recruiting sites
  • There is no cost to register or attend -- and the first 100 registrants will be entered to win the newest tablet computer on the market!
  
If you are searching for an entry-level position or have been in your career for up to 5 years, this Career Fair is for you.

The Engineering Virtual Career Fair is a great way for you to learn what the employers have to offer, view and apply for jobs, and communicate with actual hiring mangers directly and in real time.

Good luck in your job search!  Register here!

UBM Electronics is the global leader in media, market and technical information for the electronics industry, bringing you EE Times, EDN, EDN China, EDN Asia, EDN Japan, Design News and Test & Measurement World, TechOnline, Designlines and Embedded.com.

The first 100 registrants will be entered to win the most recently released tablet computer. Click here for official rules & regulations.

Resume Submission Deadlines, Office Hours on East Campus and last Resume Roadshow of the semester

1.       Resume Submission Deadline this week for On Campus Interviewing:
Job Title: Recruiter / Account Manager
Employer: INSIGHT GLOBAL, INC.
Majors/Concentrations: All Majors
Applicants: 4
Resume Submission End: 4/2/2012

2.       Don’t forget about the Job Listings on Recruit-A-Duke!  On Campus Interviewing is winding down, but there are still hundreds of Job Postings on the Recruit-A-Duke System!
http://www.jmu.edu/cap/interviewing/students/Steps_to_Getting_Started.htm

3.       Need a Resume Review?  Come by the last Resume Roadshow of the semester.  This Thursday, March 29 from 10:30am-12:30pm in Transitions (Warren Hall).  Bring your resume and have someone from Career & Academic Planning help you with it!

4.       Don’t forget Laura Hickerson (Liaison from Career & Academic Planning for ISAT, GS, IA, Engr and CS majors) holds office hours on Tuesdays this semester from 3-5pm in ISAT/CS Room 318. Have a resume or job search question?  Come by and ask her!  No appointment needed if you come by during those times!  That time not work for you? Email Laura (hickerly@jmu.edu) for another meeting time that fits your schedule.

Thanks, Laura

Laura Yu Hickerson
Career & Academic Advisor
Liaison to Technology Majors
JMU|Career & Academic Planning
Wilson Hall, 301, MSC 1016
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540.568.6555
hickerly@jmu.edu
http://www.jmu.edu/cap

Check out the CAP blog:  http://realworldadvisor.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 26, 2012

Spring SOE T-Shirt/Hoodie Sale!!

Hello hello!

It's time again for the Engineering Club T-shirt, Long Sleeve, and Hoodie sale!

We will again be providing a vast assortment of color and sizing choices.

The logo will also be the same as from previous sales, stating: "JMU School of Engineering." A visual is below:











Pricing is as follows:
T-Shirts: $15.00
Long-Sleeve: $18.00
Hoodies: $25.00

Colors and Sizing:
T-Shirts: http://www.imprintablecatalog.com/catalog/search/?category=A&mill=42&style=2000
Long-Sleeve: http://www.imprintablecatalog.com/catalog/search/?category=A&mill=42&style=2400
Hoodies: http://www.imprintablecatalog.com/catalog/search/?category=B&mill=42&style=18500

*I will also have sizing and color charts on hand when taking orders.

I will be collecting orders for the next TWO weeks in one of the 2nd or 3rd floor HHS study rooms (contact me on my cell: 757-869-9259 to find me).

Availability:
Monday March 26th: 1:30pm-3:00pm
Tuesday March 27th: 3:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesday March 28th: 1:30pm-3:00pm
Thursday March 29th: 3:00pm-4:00pm

*If you cannot make any of the above times, contact me.
**Next weeks availability will follow in an email sent towards the end of this week.

Don't forget to include your friends and family when buying!

Also, if you are interested in joining JME, I will be treating this as a prolonged recruitment event as well. So just mention your interested and I'll fill you in on the happenings of the club! As an FYI, we will be holding elections for next semesters officers towards mid-April.

Be seeing everyone soon, and goodluck with the remainder of the semester!!

Corey Allison
JME President

--
James Madison Engineering Club
http://orgs.jmu.edu/jme

Friday, March 23, 2012

Successful Education, March 27, 2012 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ISAT 259

Tomasz Arciszewski
George Mason University
Dr. Tomasz Arciszewski is a professor of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University. He is an interdisciplinary scholar who specializes in inventive engineering, knowledge acquisition, visual thinking in inventive design, and in education. He has a formal background in the areas of structural engineering and mechanics with hands-on design experience in steel space structures and general structural engineering. Dr. Arciszewski has published more than 160 research and technical articles in various journals, books, and conference proceedings publications. In December 2009, he published his book, “Successful Education- How to Educate Creative Engineers,” which is a culmination of over thirty years of research in the field of civil engineering education. He is also an inventor, with patents in Canada, the United States and Poland in the areas of tall buildings and space structures. At GMU, Dr. Arciszewski teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in Structural Engineering and Design and Inventive Engineering.

The speaker is a global scholar interested in education in the context of creativity. His recent book “Successful Education. How to Educate Creative Engineers” has been published in the USA and will be published this year in China and Poland. Recently the speaker taught Inventive Engineering in Taiwan, Poland, and Italy, and gave talks on Successful Education in these countries as well as in Singapore, UK and in the USA at several universities and at the Department of Education.
We are living in a rapidly evolving world, which creates various challenges for all educated people. Unfortunately, traditional disciplinary, or even interdisciplinary, knowledge and traditional deductive thinking skills are grossly insufficient to address our emerging challenges. We need a new kind of a professional, a product of Successful Education, who will be educated to learn transdisciplinary knowledge and to practice successful intelligence.
The talk will provide an overview of Successful Education, a new educational paradigm based on the Theory of Successful Intelligence and utilizing the Da Vinci Principles. The speaker will also talk about implementation of Successful Education in a modern university; it will be done mostly in the context of engineering education but with obvious implications for the liberal arts or science education. In fact, integrative education will be proposed. Such education will be focused not only on the disciplinary knowledge but also on integrative teaching leading to integration of disciplinary knowledge into transdisciplinary knowledge, which is the key to creativity in science and engineering.

Paid Summer Internship at Shentel

Paid opportunities ($12 an hour) in the following areas for students looking for summer internships:
Operations Management
Engineering & Planning
Network Engineering
RF Engineering
Outside Plant Engineering
Network Operations
Field Operations
Cable Operations
IT Management

Visit https://www.shentel.com/Careers/Internships

After going to the site above, at the bottom of the screen, you will see “career opportunities”, click this to find internships.  By clicking on open positions, you can use the search page to narrow down locations and options.  Select “Edinburg, VA or 22824” to see local opportunities at the facility close to Harrisonburg.  Change # of listings per page so you see all internships. Below are one that align with STEM majors.   


Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
332
Shentel is looking for an intern that wants to learn the basic functions of a business analyst in support of IT projects for the various operational departments at Shentel.  The Intern will be assigned projects to work and will be expected to create requirements documents and project schedules for their assigned projects.    The Intern will also work with the BAs on the team, attending meetings for different projects and supporting the on larger projects.

Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
333
Intern position will work with the internal IT developers on existing and potentially new projects related to Shentel's websites and Sharepoint deployment. The interns will be assigned specific projects to work on or collaborate with other developers and their work will be reviewed in order to provide feedback. The specific skills that will be helpful here include knowledge of .NET programming, software unit testing and code documentation.

Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
314
This position will support the administrative and operational needs of the Central Office, Mobile Switching and Data Ops organization.  In this role, the intern must be familiar with all MS office applications including MS Access.  Additionally the applicant will be working in web applications that require strong general computer skills.  Applicant will be assisting in the research, organization, auditing and administrative filing of electronic documents and information.  Other duties as required to include working in installing, removing, moving, wiring and labeling equipment in the equipment offices.

Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
308
This position will be working in the Outside Plant Engineering department and will include working with current and existing drawing/mapping programs as well as reviewing completed work orders to consolidate what is required to be kept in the work package file.  There will some limited outside plant engineering work required that will include gathering field information to complete work order packages.

Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
311
Perform engineering work in support of projects and task in the PCS wireless network. The primary function involves providing assistance to RF Engineers performing RF Optimization and system performance engineering of the PCS/Cellular wireless network. This position requires drive testing and post-processing work of collected data using Shentel RF tools and equipment. Requirements to work on system parameter and database changes and updates will also be part of the job function.

Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
323
Assist the Engineering Department by performing network connection audits at our remote locations.  This would involve locating the outside plant fibers and tracing them through to the optical network equipment.  Compiling information into reports for each location.  Enter information into geographic information system. Update the equipment elevations at each remote location using a previous audit.



Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
324
Assist the Engineering Department by performing network connection audits at our remote locations.  This would involve locating the outside plant fibers and tracing them through to the optical network equipment.  Compiling information into reports for each location.  Enter information into geographic information system. Update the equipment elevations at each remote location using a previous audit.

Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
331
Assist ERP Core Implementation Team members with various tasks related to implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX. Assist Finance Core Team with data mapping, migration and validation. Provide support for Financial Planning and Analysis group.

Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
369
Assist Wireline with service orders and programming DSL modems. Performing PM’s on ADTRAN and AFC remotes. Also may be asked assist with installing equipment and pulling cables

0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
310
Perform related tasks that meet the demands of the department, while gaining relevant work experience which relates to the interns college major.

Intern
0 (Miles)
Edinburg
Virginia
309
The Intern assists Project Administrator ordering, assigning, and documenting facilities and entering service orders. Enters Service orders for all Fiber Sales and Special Circuits. Enters Facility Assignments for Special Circuits in CommSoft. Performs audits on assigned facilities.Responsible for following and supporting all departmental procedures.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Navy Power, Energy, and Energy Conversion Science and Technology

We are having Dr. Harold Scott Coombe from Office of Naval Research give a Physics seminar
on March 16th (tomorrow) on Navy Power, Energy, and Energy Conversion Science and Technology in PC 2212 at 3:30 pm

Dr. Coombe is a program officer for ONR in Energy Conversion and Power Management.
He will be talking about energy related science issues as well as other programs at ONR and possible internship opportunities for students.

Air Force R.O.T.C. Opportunities for Engineers, Foreign Languages, Nurses, and Diversity Students

The Air Force ROTC program offers scholarships to qualified applicants.  These scholarships are competitive, but if you qualify, you can earn a scholarship that can pay up to 100% of your tuition, lab fees, and $900/year for book expenses.  Additionally, scholarship students earn a monthly tax-free stipend that they can use for anything they choose.  Currently, the stipend ranges from $300/month for 1st year students to $500/month for 4th year students.

Detachment 890 Air Force ROTC is offered at the University of Virginia, as well as James Madison University, Liberty University, Old Dominion University – TeleTech net through Piedmont Virginia Community College, and Piedmont Virginia Community College,  through a cross-town agreement with the University of Virginia.  Through this cooperative agreement between our cross-town schools and UVA, JMU/LU/ODU-TeleTech net/PVCC students can enroll in AFROTC.  They sign up for Aerospace Science Courses just like any other courses, however they travel to UVA to actually take the class/labs.

We are also hosting an interest meeting for potentially interested students on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 7:30 pm in HHS 1203.  Any and all interested students should attend this non-committal, informational meeting to explore the many options the USAF has, scholarship opportunities provided by AFROTC, and answer any questions they might have.

The Air Force ROTC program at Detachment 890 is combination of elective academic courses and leadership training.  You take one ROTC class per semester.  1st and 2nd year students take one 1-credit course each semester.  During your 3rd and 4th year, you take one 3-credit course per semester.  Additionally, you would attend Leadership Lab once a week during each semester.

The focus of the academic program is as follows:  1st year students take introductory courses in what the Air Force is, how it works, etc.  2nd Year students take courses in Air Force history.  3rd year students take courses in leadership.  4th year students take courses in doctrine, geo-politics, and area studies.  Additionally, students who elect to stay in the program after their 2nd year attend 4 weeks of field training during the summer between their 2nd and 3rd year.

The goal of the program is to prepare students to be commissioned as lieutenants in the Air Force upon graduation from Detachment 890.  There are a variety of fields in which lieutenants can work in the Air Force - pilots, navigators, engineers, communications, intelligence, medicine, etc – the list is literally huge.  Students are selected for their career field during their 3rd year in school.

I can tell you that the Air Force is selective - we are looking for talented individuals who are dedicated, hard working, and willing to serve their country.  I highly encourage you to check out our website at www.afrotc.com – it is loaded with great information.  You can also check the Detachment 890 Air Force ROTC website at these locations:   http://www.airforce.virginia.edu and our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/det890

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, you may feel free to contact me directly or through AFROTC Detachment 890's recruiting email address:

davis4bj@dukes.jmu.edu
-or-
afrotc890.recruiting@gmail.com


Thank you very much for your time and consideration.


Very Respectfully,

Cadet Davis

--
Bradford J. Davis
James Madison University
Class of 2013
International Affairs Major
Air Force ROTC, Cadet 1st Lt.
Vice President, Theta Chi Fraternity 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

TETRE (Top Engineering Talent Recruiting Event) -US & US Educated Foreign Nationals

DESCRIPTION:
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is offering a unique opportunity for top Engineering students who are graduating between December 2012 and June 2013 to visit and encounter the excitement and challenge of Engineering at P&G. TETRE (Top Engineering Talent Recruiting Event) is a week long program that will take place in August 2012, during which you will experience firsthand how engineers are helping drive the company business.

At TETRE, you will experience the full spectrum of how P&G leverages engineering skills to:
o Drive Research & Development upstream Innovation;
o Convert ideas and concepts into reality in a fast-paced production world;
o Design and build P&Gs production systems, considered world-class in our industry;
o Design sustainable supply chain models that influence and drive the business model choices of our retail partners in the Consumer Products industry.

You will have the opportunity to meet with some of Procter & Gamble's top leadership, participate in cutting edge technology exercises, and experience real business problem solving, and you could leave this event with an offer to work full time at Procter & Gamble upon graduation!

This year the TETRE event will be focusing on Top Engineering Talent seeking or interested in Automation/Control Systems Engineering.

The TETRE event will take place the week of August 13, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. All expenses for this event are paid by P&G.

Full time positions will be located in Cincinnati and at various manufacturing sites across the United States.

Application deadline for this event is April 2, 2012. To be considered you must unrestricted work authorization in the United States.

Procter & Gamble generally seeks to hire individuals that are in good standing at their university and/or field of study, this typically means people with an overall G.P.A. of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale.

Please visit www.experiencepg.com and apply to requisition number: ENG00001403.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Students must be seeking a Bachelors or Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechatronics, have experience or interest in Automation/Control Systems Engineering, and graduate between December 2012 and June 2013.

Procter & Gamble is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No immigration sponsorship is available for this position. Procter & Gamble does not sponsor candidates for permanent residency except in some areas that in Procter & Gamble's sole discretion require highly specialized backgrounds.


Mock interviews and Job Postings on Recruit-A-Duke

Now that Spring Break is behind us, it's time to think ahead about summer and post-graduation plans!  Don't miss the chance to practice your interviewing skills this semester.  JMU's Mock Interview Program can help you gain valuable experience interviewing with actual company representatives without leaving campus!

Mock Interviews, sponsored by Career and Academic Planning, are an opportunity for you to practice interviewing with an employer. The employer will offer you professional feedback on your performance. All Mock Interviews are held in the Sonner Hall Interview Center, on the lower level. All Mock Interviews are open to ALL majors.

Remaining mock interviews for the Spring 2012 semester:

3/19: Teach for America - sign up by 3/17!
3/20: Target - sign up by 3/18!
3/21: Peace Corps - sign up by 3/19!
3/27: Wintergreen Resort - sign up by 3/25!
3/28: Arlington Public Schools - sign up by 3/26!
4/4: TEKsystems - sign up by 4/2!
4:5: BB&T - sign up by 4/3!

Sign up on Recruit-A-Duke by clicking on the name of the company above you wish to interview with! Once you click on the link, log into Recruit-A-Duke and click on "Apply and Interview."
Important Note:  You must have On-Campus Interviewing rights to participate in Mock Interviews.  If you have yet to obtain these, you can easily do so by completing the 15-minute online workshop at the web address below.  Please allow one business day for your completion of the workshop to be processed. Recruit-A-Duke Online Workshop: http://www.jmu.edu/cap/interviewing/students/
 
Resume Submission Deadline on Recruit-A-Duke:  
Management Development-1 (MD-1) Program
Kroger
All Majors
5
3/19/2012

On Campus Interviewing may be winding down, but there are still lots of job postings on Recruit-A-Duke. Don’t forget to check out these great opportunities!
http://www.jmu.edu/cap/interviewing/students/Steps_to_Getting_Started.htm

Matthew Gerber's invited talk: TODAY, WEDNESDAY, 3/14 @ 3:30

This is to let you know that Prof. Matthew Gerber (UVA) will be our guest speaker this coming Wednesday, March 14 at 4:00 p.m. at the Ntelos room (SAT/CS 259). Dr. Gerber will talk about Natural Language Processing, with Applications in Predictive Technology. During his talk Dr. Gerber will consider question such as How can we enable intelligent computer systems that help physicians create patient treatment plans? How can we predict tomorrow's crimes using today's Twitter feeds? This talk will present an NLP approach to answering these and some other relevant questions concerning the use NLP. 

Pizza and drinks will be served at 3:30 p.m. I hope you can come and encourage your students to attend.

Ramon A. Mata-Toledo
Professor of Computer Science