If yes, you’re in luck – We’re hiring a Hardware Engineering Intern and Industrial Design Intern for Spring 2021! See job descriptions attached, and apply here: https://get-pedicure.com/join-the-team

CHEME 6662, Solar Energy

Classes held for 6 weeks, February 10 – March 29, 2021

MWF 10:10-11:00 am — online meeting

Lead instructor: Tobias Hanrath (th358@cornell.edu)

This module provides a comprehensive overview of solar energy conversion technologies. Major themes range from fundamental (nuts and bolts) solid-state concepts and operating principles of photovoltaics to manufacturing of cells and modules, balance of system aspects, life-cycle assessment and perspectives on second- and third-generation photovoltaic technologies. Beyond technoeconomic aspects, we also discuss societal and legal aspects of solar energy deployment. The module also summarizes solar thermal power technologies including passive and active solar heating, concentrated solar power plants. (1 credit)

CHEME 6663, Geothermal Energy

Classes held for 6 weeks, March 31 – May 14, 2021

MWF 10:10-11:00 am — online meeting

Lead instructor: Jeff Tester (jwt54@cornell.edu)

The vision behind geothermal energy’s potential role in meeting national and regional decarbonization and renewable energy deployment goals is described. Topics include: (1) regional and local geothermal resource assessment using temperature gradients and heat flow to estimate the stored thermal energy in the crust, (2) subsurface science and engineering including reservoir structure and design and thermal-hydraulic performance modeling, drilling, and stimulation methods, (3) engineering design and infrastructure technology involved with using geothermal energy for generating electricity, direct use in district heating systems and heating and cooling using geothermal heat pumps are treated, (4) economic requirements, and (5) environmental issues. The final topic is a case study addressing how Earth Source Heat (ESH) technology would be used for district heating at Cornell and beyond. (1 credit)

Researcher’s Toolkit:

A Program in Maximizing Research Success for Graduate Students in the Physical and Life Sciences

Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m., February 9 – May 11, 2021

Cornell University Library is excited to again offer Cornell science grad students an opportunity to participate in the Researcher’s Toolkit (also known as the Engineering, Physical & Life Sciences Graduate Immersion Program).  This popular annual program is now in its fifth year and will be held online during the Spring 2021 semester on Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m. from February 9 through May 11.  Each session will focus on a different topic—from doing comprehensive literature reviews and managing your data to protecting your copyright as an author and measuring your research impact—and will include plenty of opportunity for discussion and Q & A with both specialized experts and other grad students.

Register online at http://tinyurl.com/culimmersion2021  

Applications are due January 29, and enrollment is limited, so please apply as soon as you can.  

For more information on past programs & presenters, please see the online guide at https://guides.library.cornell.edu/ScienceImmersionProgram.  If you have any questions, please send a message to cul-sci-immersion-L@cornell.edu.

While circumstances have certainly been difficult this year, it is still imperative that we continue to plan for the future, especially the future of students preparing to enter the workforce following this epidemic. At ACEC New York, we believe that supporting the next generation of engineers is important not only for these young adults but also for our world as a whole.

As the premier association of the business of engineering, the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York knows the importance of preparing the next generation for rewarding careers in the field of engineering. Our organization offers a number of scholarship opportunities for third-year students in a four-year program/fourth-year students in a five-year program.

Last year, ACEC New York awarded $80,000 to students from schools across New York State. Since the program’s inception in 2002, $915,500 has been awarded to 325 students. Two students will be honored with ACEC New York Merit Scholarship in the amount of $10,000 at the ACEC New York Annual Gala, held on June 5, 2021 at the Midtown Hilton in New York City.

Scholarships apply to students in the following fields of study:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Engineering Technology
• Surveying

Greetings from Purdue! Would you be willing to share this message with your undergraduate students and/or with faculty colleagues to distribute to students?
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I am excited to send information about three different upcoming opportunities for undergraduate students to learn more about summer research and Graduate School!

1. Grad School 101: Why Consider Graduate School?
Sponsored by: Georgia Tech, University of Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Purdue University
When: Wednesday December 9th, 4:30-5:30pm Eastern Time
For Who: Undergraduate Freshman, Sophomore, and Juniors
Where: Zoom
Register using this Link After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Questions about accessing the webinar? Contact Nina Parshall at parshall.8@osu.edu. Note: There will be breakout sessions with each school for 45mins following the presentation (5:30pm – 6:15pm Eastern). Registration is open until the start of the event – Join us for some exclusive networking!

Total Positions: 6-8

Hours Per Week:  10 hours

Winter Session Schedule: Jan 18 – Feb 7*

Spring Schedule: Feb 8 – May 14

Pay Rate:  $12/hour

(*We have an approved plan for students to return early for this winter fabrication session. All students will need to complete the re-entry form and comply with quarantine and testing requirements.)

Job Description

ELL Assistants will check-in in-person with each Project Team pod working in the ELL and virtually with Project Team pods working in other locations on campus.  They will verify that the approved teams are in approved areas, that all students present have completed check-in,  that someone on the pod has taken attendance, and that all students are following the ELL safety and social distancing guidelines. “Closing shift” ELL Assistants will need to remind pod members to leave and then to do a final walk-through to make sure that the ELL is empty and doors are locked.  ELL Assistants will also help manage scheduling of pod shifts in the ELL and for the machine shop.  ELL Assistants will need to complete the full suite of Project Team training as well as specific training with the Project Teams Director or staff.

ELL pod work shifts:

• Pods will be scheduled in three four-hour shifts per day: 8am-12pm, 1-5pm, 6-10pm
• The start time of the ELL Assistant shifts will have some flexibility. The requirement is to work through the end of each pod shift:
  • Mid-morning through 12:15/12:30pm
  • Mid-afternoon through 5:15/5:30pm
  • Evening through 10:15/10:30pm

Qualifications

Junior, senior or MENG student.  Attention to detail, ability to adhere to a schedule and to work as part of a team, compliance with University COVID rules and recommendations.

To Apply

Email your most recent resume to ls948@cornell.edu and gae27@cornell.edu, subject: ELL Assistant Application. Please indicate which session (winter session, spring semester, or both) that you are available to work.

We’ve gotten several questions about MAE 3280 from juniors because that course appears in the F18 Engineering Handbook as a required course for the MechE major.  The MechE curriculum has changed, and MAE 3280 is no longer required, and is in fact not offered this spring!  Instead, you will need to take THREE major-approved electives rather than the TWO major-approved electives listed in the F18 Engineering Handbook.   You can see a detailed list of major requirements, including a list of major-approved electives, here:

https://www.mae.cornell.edu/mae/programs/undergraduate-programs/mechanical-engineering-major

MAE is offering new courses as major-approved electives or senior design for Spring 2021!

The new courses are expected to appear in the roster in time for preregistration next week.

MAE 4220/4221: Introduction to Internet of Things — Technology and Engagement

K.M. Zhang, 12:25-1:15 MWF, online lecture + in-person lab. 

Prerequisite: MAE 3780 or ECE 3400.

This interdisciplinary design course aims to provide a holistic introduction to Internet of Things (IoT) and train students on the core technological and communication skills through community engagement and working on real-world applications. IoT has become an enabler for new economic activities and provides potentially cost-effective solutions to a wide range of societal challenges. Students team up with community partners throughout a semester to tackle a real-world problem using IoT technology. The project topics include, but are not limited to, energy, environmental, civic infrastructure monitoring. The project teams will apply engineering design principles and critically examine sensor selection, sensor deployment, wireless communication, data quality, security, and privacy as well as value proposition for IoT-based solutions. The key learning outcome of this course is that students will grasp how to develop IoT-based technological solutions and become competent in communicating how to use the IoT technology responsibly to create positive societal impact.

MAE 4630/4631/5630: Advanced Product Design

R. Shepherd, 2:40-3:30 PM MWF, in-person lecture + online lab

Prerequisite: Limited to M. Eng, M.S., Ph.D., or senior standing in MAE

In this class, we will use a combination of first-principles and bioinspired-design approaches to achieve unique, useful, and non-obvious technology. We will approach product design from both a “push” and “pull” customer demand focus. Individual and small team mentoring, in-class presentations, crowd-assisted development, and hardware prototyping and testing where possible will aid in refining the key innovations. This course presumes the enrolled students either: (i) have an existing application space in which they are developing a technological solution, or (ii) have enough training (i.e., B.S. degree) in a core engineering discipline to formulate a technical solution to an as-yet-unidentified engineering contradiction (per the TRIZ paradigm).

MAE 4670/4671: Polymer Mechanics

M. Silberstein, 11:25 AM-12:40 PM TR, in-person lecture

Prerequisite: ENGRD 2020, MAE 3270 or MSE 2610 or permission of instructor.

This course will provide foundations of polymer mechanics building from the basics of mechanics of materials. The focus will be split between experimental methods/data interpretation and modeling approaches. Topics will include hyper-elasticity, viscoelasticity, glass transition temperature, and plasticity with applications to both synthetic and biological materials. There will also be a scientific literature reading component through which students will be able to pick their own focus areas in the latter part of the semester.

The Virginia Tech Engineering Mechanics program (https://beam.vt.edu/graduate/mechanics.html) is offering an opportunity for students considering graduate school to learn about our program, interact (virtually) with students and faculty, and explore if the VT EM program might be the right fit for them.  I invite you to share this information with graduating seniors or MS students in your program.

They are currently accepting applications to participate in our Prospective Student Week during December 7-11, 2020.  More details are available in the application form at https://bit.ly/VTMechanicsWeek2020 and in the PDF document attached below; I have also attached a general brochure for the EM program.  Applications to participate in the Prospective Student Week that are received by November 27 will receive full consideration.

Opportunities to join the Engineering Mechanics program include expected openings to work with the following faculty advisors:

• Batra, Romesh (https://beam.vt.edu/people/faculty/batra.html): Response of sandwich structures/composites to extreme environments

• DeVita, Raffaella (https://beam.vt.edu/people/faculty/devita.html): Computational/experimental/theoretical solid mechanics

• Dillard, David (https://beam.vt.edu/people/faculty/dillard.html): Fracture and durability of adhesive bonds

• Doerzaph, Zachary (https://beam.vt.edu/people/faculty/doerzaph.html): Advanced vehicle R&D, including crash causation, connected vehicle systems, automated vehicle systems, and advanced driver assistance systems.

• Socha, Jake (https://beam.vt.edu/people/faculty/socha.html): Organismal biomechanics and bio-inspired engineering

• Staples, Anne (https://beam.vt.edu/people/faculty/staples.html): Fluid dynamics of insect respiration

• Stremler, Mark (https://beam.vt.edu/people/faculty/stremler.html}: Lab-on-a-chip microfluidics; fluid-structure interaction and wakes

• Untaroiu, Alexandrina (https://me.vt.edu/people/faculty/untaroiu-alexandrina.html): Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction

• Untaroiu, Costin (https://beam.vt.edu/people/faculty/untaroiu-c.html): Computational Biomechanics – Human Protection to Impacts, Invitation to explore the Virginia Tech Engineering Mechanics graduate program

Applicants to the award-winning ORIE MEng program should plan to join our upcoming Q&ASession:

• Q&A Session for ORIE MEng: 10:00 – 11:30 AM ET, Friday, November 20^th, register HERE

This Q&A is intended for those applying for Fall 2021.  Our focus will be on answering your questions — this is not a general information session.

The application deadline for Fall 2021 is Dec 1, 2020, so start your application now!

ORIE MEng – get the advantage. 

The UT Austin Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking highly qualified applicants from your department to apply to our Masters’ and Doctoral programs in mechanical engineering. Our reputation for excellence, multidisciplinary research and world-renowned faculty leaders make us one of the world’s best mechanical engineering departments. Our distinguished faculty comprises members of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, and National Academy of Science with awards including the Nobel Prize, Copley Medal, Japan Prize, Draper Prize, and National Medal of Science. We’re inventors of life-changing technologies such as the lithium-ion battery and selective laser sintering who are dedicated to teaching the next generation of visionary engineers. In addition, our student community, including Graduate Society of Women Engineers, Graduate Women in Mechanical Engineering and Graduates for Underrepresented Minorities student organizations, fosters a strong support network and helps advance leadership and other essential skills.

The Flyer embedded in this email provides information about our department, our student community, and about the city of Austin, a leading technology and cultural hub in the US. The application deadline for Fall 2021 is *December 15^th, 2020*. We will be holding two information sessions on November 18^th and 19^th as listed below. Please forward this email to qualified and diverse applicants and encourage them to attend our information sessions.

Interested students can register for the session on Nov 18th at 2 pm or the session on Nov 19th at 11am and learn about our department graduate programs from our faculty and current graduate students.

TTMTech (Syracuse) is looking for Spring MechE Co-op Students

Apply at https://tinyurl.com/TTMTech-Coop (Job ID 8148)

Scope: Utilize and enhance analysis tools. Conduct testing as defined by Mechanical Engineers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use LabVIEW & Matlab to control a test system and the collection and analysis of data.
• Enhance testing using LabView and Matlab programming and by implementing new design elements.
• Create software routines used for quality control.
• Enhance image analysis techniques
• Assist with other laboratory duties.
• Perform thermal finite element analyses (FEA).

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Enrolled in Mechanical Engineering program
• Must have completed the following courses:
  1. All core Mech Eng Courses
  2. Experimental Analysis
  3. LabVIEW programing
  4. Matlab programming
• Desired to have completed the following courses:
  1. Heat Transfer
  2. Thermodynamics
  3. Fluid Mechanics
  4. Machine Design
  5. Numerical Analysis / Finite Element Analysis
  6. Statics
• Good interpersonal skills
• Computer skills needed: LabVIEW, Matlab, Programming (C#, Java, SQL, C++, or other), MS Office, 3D CAD (Solidworks or Inventor), FEA (ANSYS, Solidworks, etc)
• Have the ability to work independently

Education and Experience:

• Enrolled in Mechanical Engineering program

The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (www.mhefi.org) is an independent charitable organization that was established in 1976 with a mission to engage and attract students to the material handling, logistics and supply chain industry by providing financial support. Since 1976, our programs have supported over 1,000 students and educators seeking pathways to quality educational programs and fulfilling careers. The Foundation offers scholarship award opportunities to undergraduates who are pursuing a material handling, logistics or supply chain career. The student should clearly demonstrate dedication to achieving excellence, strong leadership skills, potential for future growth as a leader and persistence in the pursuit of education.

Scholarship awards range from $1,500 to $6,000 and must be used for costs relating to tuition, fees and books associated with attending school full-time. One application allows students to compete for one of the multiple scholarships offered by the Foundation. Scholarships are one-year awards, and former recipients may re-apply each year if they continue to meet the eligibility requirements.

Target Programs:

Undergraduate students from programs listed below that have a focus on material handling, logistics and/or supply chain management are encouraged to apply:

• Industrial Engineering
• Industrial Distribution
• Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science related to Material Handling
• Business & Management related to Material Handling or Supply Chain Management

Student Eligibility:

For the 2021/2022 academic term, the following students are eligible to apply:

• Undergraduate students pursuing a material handling, logistics or supply chain career enrolled full time at a qualified college or university in a target program (see list above). Undergraduate students can be classified as freshman, sophomore, junior or senior for the Fall 2021 term to be eligible.
• Enrolled at any non-profit college or university in the United States accredited by the Council for Higher Education.
• All applicants must be full-time students with a “B” grade point average in their major.
• Applicants must be enrolled in school for the entire academic year (Fall 2021 and Spring 2022) without interruption barring illness, emergency or military service.
• Scholarship awards cannot be used for study abroad programs/semesters.

Instructions to apply for scholarships:

Applicants must first be nominated by a professor, faculty member or employer (direct supervisor/manager or senior company official). Students will visit the website here https://MHEFI.smapply.org to register and request a nomination by entering the name and e-mail address of their nominator. An e-mail will be sent to the nominator and once the nomination form is complete, an e-mail will be sent to the student notifying them to return to the site to mark the nomination complete and begin the scholarship application process. Please note that students must first be nominated before they can complete and submit their scholarship application. One application allows students to compete for one of the many available scholarships including scholarships from the Howard Bernstein Fund.

Letters of recommendation are no longer required with the nomination process.

An official transcript of the student’s current school and the program is also required with the application. The school should submit official transcripts via e-mail with a secure download link with printing allowed to dvarner@mhi.org or via regular postal mail directly from the school or transcript organization to Donna Varner, MHEFI, 8720 Red Oak Blvd., Suite 201, Charlotte, NC 28217. Incoming Freshman students should request a transcript from their former high school. Please note that we will not accept transcripts directly from the student since the documents cannot be authenticated.

Students may also upload other supporting documentation to demonstrate their commitment and understanding of the material handling, logistics and supply chain industry such as:

• Resume
• Research Paper
• Project Summary
• White Paper
• Case Study
• Video
• Other

The deadline for completing the scholarship application process is January 15, 2021. Steps include completed nomination, completed application and transcripts received. Scholarship awards for the 2021/2022 academic term will be announced by April 30, 2021. Questions may be sent to Donna Varner, MHEFI Executive Director, at dvarner@mhi.org. Please forward this information to all eligible students in your program and encourage them to apply for scholarships and complete the process before January 15, 2021. Good luck to all your students.

Diversity Programs in Engineering (DPE) is offering tutoring services for some of the upper-level courses in engineering.  Please see their website for more information:  https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/engdiversity/current-students/undergraduates/academic-support/cues-tutoring .

Students can contact us directly at ndp5@cornell.edu or email cuestutoring@cornell.edu if any questions or if they need a tutor for a course not listed.