Senior Design Competition at Northeast Bioengineering Conference

The 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference will have a senior design competition. The conference will be held on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on April 1 – 3, 2011. The senior design competition will be held during the afternoon on Friday April 1, 2011. The judging will be done by industry representatives and there will be cash awards to the winners.
The competition will consist of a poster presentation by the students. There will not be a platform presentation for this event.

For those senior design courses that are ongoing in the spring, 2011 semester, it is reasonable that the projects will not be completed by April 1, 2011 and especially not by the paper submission deadline. Students are encouraged to participate in the competition even though the projects will not have been fully completed. This will be taken into account be the judges. Also if a paper is to be submitted but not ready by the submission deadline of February 1, 2011, papers will be accepted in this category until February 28, 2011.

Please let Stan Reisman, Program Chair, know by January 28, 2011 if you plan to participate and about how many posters they can expect.

For more information, please go to http://www.nebec.org/

SCUREF Announces Two Fellowship Opportunities

The South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation (SCUREF) has announced the Rickover Fellowship Program in Nuclear Engineering and the Nuclear Forensics Graduate Fellowship Program. The application deadline for the Rickover Fellowship is January 15, 2011, and the application deadline for the Nuclear Forensics Graduate Fellowship is March 1, 2011.

For more information on the SCUREF, please go to:
http://www.scuref.org/

For more information on the Rickover Fellowship, please go to:
http://www.musc.edu/RFP/

For a list of the Nuclear Forensics Graduate Fellowship participating universities, please go to:
http://www.scuref.org/docs/11-12_NFGF/NFGF_Participating_Universities.pdf

For a list of the Nuclear Forensics Graduate Fellowship participating labs, please go to:
http://www.scuref.org/docs/11-12_NFGF/NFGF_Participating_Labs.pdf

Society of Women Engineers Scholarships

The upperclass application opened December 1st.  Sophomores and above for the 2011-2012 academic year can apply through February 15th.  Freshmen can create a profile now, but their application will not be available until March.

About SWE Scholarships
The SWE Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to women admitted to accredited baccalaureate or graduate programs, in preparation for careers in engineering, engineering technology and computer science. In fiscal year 2010, SWE disbursed more than 170 new and renewed scholarships valued at almost $500,000.

Grants are announced in the summer (sophomore, junior, senior and graduate students) and late summer/early fall (freshmen and re-entry students) for use during the following academic year. Grant payments are made in the fall for corporate-sponsored scholarships and in both the fall and spring for endowed scholarships, upon proof of registration.

Accredited programs are based on ABET accreditation for universities in the U.S. The list of SWE-approved colleges and universities is the same list as the ABET-accredited engineering programs.

Did you know?

• Annually, SWE awards individual scholarships to freshmen through graduate students

• Scholarships and fellowships range from $1,000 to $10,000 each

• In 2010, SWE Society scholarship distributions were approximately $490,000

• Many professional SWE sections offer additional scholarships
  

For more information, please visit:
http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=222&Itemid=229

FAA Design Competition for Universities

The FAA is continuing to offer a Design Competition for Universities for the 2010 – 2011 academic year. The Competition has added new design categories.


The Competition guidelines and many resources are posted at the Competition website: http://FAADesignCompetition.odu.edu


The broad challenge categories of Airport Operations and Maintenance, Runway Safety/Runway Incursions, Airport Environmental Interactions and Airport Management and Planning embrace many engineering, science, information technology, psychology and management disciplines.

The competition is again open to individual and student teams at U.S. colleges and universities (both undergraduate and graduate) working under the mentorship of a faculty advisor. Winners can earn cash awards and first place winners have the opportunity and travel funds to present their design at a national aviation event during the summer of 2011. A notice of intent is strongly encouraged. This competition opens on August 30, 2010 and closes on April 15, 2011.

For more information, please contact, Debbie Ross (dross@odu.edu).

National Engineers Week Boston Career Night

Boston-Based Jobs for Graduating Seniors and Internships for Freshmen through Juniors
2011 Career Night, Thursday, February 17, 2011 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Radisson Hotel Boston 
200 Stuart Street,  
Boston, MA

A career fair for engineering firms interested in hiring engineering school students from dozens of colleges around New England.

Participating firms present tabletop displays to provide information to students on their firms’ capabilities; the technical disciplines practiced there; and internship and employment opportunities. This is a great way for students to meet engineers and learn about the local engineering job market.

3:00 - 4:00 Career Fair Success Strategies Session
4:00 - 7:00 Career Fair in Exhibit Hall

FREE FOR STUDENTS

No Sign-Up Required
Just Bring Your Resume

For more information, please contact John Conrad at John.Conrad@ieee.org, or (978) 657-3499

For Students: There will be a free one-hour workshop offered twice (3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.) - Registration is required.

Register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/36W27V2

For more information, please visit:
http://www.engineers.org/index.cfm?pid=10609