Events

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 11:00 a.m.

DoR Workshop: "Responding to NIH Reviewers"

Panelists: Jonathan Simon, Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah, Alisa Morss Clyne (University of Maryland, College Park) Title: "NIH Strategy for Response to Reviewers Info Session and Panel...

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 11:00 a.m.

Job Offers & Salary Negotiation

What should you do (or not do) when you get the call offering you a position as an intern or entry level engineer? What questions should you ask before you say yes (or no) to a job...

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.

DoD SMART Program Lobby Table and Info Session

Find out more about the Department of Defense Scholarship-for-Service Program, presented by Nate Ferlic (ECE Ph.D. '22) Stop by the A.V. Williams Lobby between 12:00 and 4:00...

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 10:30 a.m.

Proposal Exam: Yidi Shen

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam Name: Yidi Shen Committee: Professor Alireza Khaligh (Chair) Professor Sahil Shah Professor Xin Zan Date/time: Wednesday, Oct...

Audience: Faculty 

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 11:30 a.m.

MOCB Seminar: "Electronic and molecular approaches for neural recording..."

Speaker: Dingchang Lin (Johns Hopkins University) Title: "Electronic and molecular approaches for neural recording: mapping the brain in space and time" Abstract: Resolving neuronal...

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 3:30 p.m.

MSE Seminar: Mary Dorman & Miriam Sharp, UMD

Laboratory Safety Leadership Abstract: This talk will cover responsibilities current and future principal investigators and how to support a strong safety culture as a laboratory...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Thursday, October 5, 2023 2:30 p.m.

Networking & Job Search Strategies

Need help with your job search? Learn about the most effective job strategies and tools beyond Careers4Engineers. Practice building your professional network at events and...

Friday, October 6, 2023 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) Education and Outreach

International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) Education and Outreach Event Calling all students, postdocs, faculty, and more!Join delegates from the...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Post-Docs 

Friday, October 6, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Younan Xia, Georgia Tech.

Putting Chemistry to Work for Nano, Energy, and Medicine Abstract: Nanomaterials have found widespread use in many applications, including photonics, electronics, catalysis, energy...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 6, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: From Neural Certificates to Certificate-based RL in Large-Scale Autonomy Design

From Neural Certificates to Certificate-based RL in Large-Scale Autonomy Design Streaming Link Chuchu FanAssistant Professor Massachusetts Institute of...

Friday, October 6, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Saikat Guha

Speaker: Saikat Guha, Professor, University of Arizona Abstract: Many organized efforts across the world are racing to realize the "Quantum Internet" -- the internet of the future...

Monday, October 9, 2023 1:00 p.m.

Optimizing Your LinkedIn

Have your resume and laptop handy and get started with LinkedIn. Draft a headline and summary that will catch a recruiter's attention. Learn how to message Terps alums for...

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 11:00 a.m.

Career Fair Preparation

We will cover how to navigate an in-person and virtual career fair including how to prepare, what employers expect, what to wear, and what research to do in advance. Learn and...

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

Energy Seed Grant Information Session

Join Dr. Ellen Williams, Chair of the MEI2 Investment Committee, to learn more about the Energy Seed Grant submission process. The Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2) is...

Audience: Public  Campus  Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10:00 a.m.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Ti Xie

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Name: Ti Xie Committee: Professor Cheng Gong, Chair/Advisor Professor Thomas E. Murphy Professor Shenqiang Ren Professor Carlos...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 2:00 p.m.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Dushyanthi Karunathilake

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Name: Dushyanthi Karunathilake Committee: Professor Jonathan Z. Simon, Chair/Advisor Professor Behtash Babadi Professor Carol...

Audience: Faculty  Employers 

Thursday, October 12, 2023 11:30 a.m.

Interview Tips Workshop

Are you ready to impress at your next interview for an internship or full time job? What qualities/skills might recruiters test in your interview? How can you prepare what to...

Thursday, October 12, 2023 5:00 p.m.

Turning Crazy Ideas Into Reality: A Whiting-Turner Lecture

Dr. Chance M. Glenn ’91Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of Houston, VictoriaFounder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Morningbird FoundationFounder,...

Audience: Public  Clark School  All Students  Graduate  Undergraduate  Prospective Students  K-12  Faculty  Alumni 

Friday, October 13, 2023 9:00 a.m.

PhD. Defense: Yashish M. Siriwardena

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Defense Name: Yashish M. Siriwardena Committee: Professor Carol Espy-Wilson, Chair/Co-AdvisorProfessor Shihab Shamma, Co-AdvisorProfessor Behtash...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 13, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Eleonora Tubaldi, University of Maryland

From Snapping to Buckling: a Path for New Multifunctional Materials Abstract: Mechanical instabilities, like buckling and snap-through instabilities, have been traditionally...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 13, 2023 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Fall Career Fair

Internships and full-time positions available.Dress nicely and bring several copies of your resume.Talk to companies you may not have heard of.Career Fair Prep Handout or Workshops...

Monday, October 16, 2023 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

2023 Climate Tech Exchange

The 2023 Climate Tech Exchange will highlight industry engagement opportunities and climate technology in Maryland. Hosted by the Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator (MEIA) and the...

Audience: Public 

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 1:00 p.m.

Resume Writing Workshop

Your resume is an important tool in your job or internship search. Written well, it can be your ticket to an interview. In this workshop, you will learn how to write a resume that...

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 4:00 p.m.

IREAP Paint Branch Lecture - John Mather

Speaker: John Mather, College Park Professor of Physics and NASA Senior Scientist The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on December 25, 2021, with commissioning complete in...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 3:00 p.m.

Cover Letter Workshop

How can you show potential employers that you have excellent written communication skills? How do you convey your enthusiasm for the job and organization? In this workshop, we'll...

Thursday, October 19, 2023 10:30 a.m.

Find an Internship or Co-op Job

Learn how the Engineering Career Services Office can help you with your job/internship search. We will review the difference between a co-op and an internship, how to use our jobs...

Friday, October 20, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Anna C. Alba-Rubio, Clemson University

Orchestrating different catalytic sites to close the carbon cycle Abstract: Catalysts can be good at multitasking when possessing the right tools (sites). This talk will present...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 20, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: Soft Material Robotics and Next-Generation Surgical Robots

Soft Material Robotics and Next-Generation Surgical Robots Streaming Link Sheila RussoAssistant ProfessorBoston University Abstract Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures...

Friday, October 20, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Cynthia Chestek

Speaker: Cynthia Chestek, Professor, University of Michigan Abstract: Brain machine interfaces or neural prosthetics have the potential to restore movement to people with paralysis or...

Monday, October 23, 2023 2:00 p.m.

Interview Tips Workshop

Are you ready to impress at your next interview for an internship or full time job? What qualities/skills might recruiters test in your interview? How can you prepare what to...

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 11:00 a.m.

BSOS-VPR Joint Seminar: "NIMH Priorities for Reducing Mental Health Disparities"

Speaker: Christina Borba (NIMH) Overview: Dr. Borba will share an overview of her office's priorities to reduce mental health disparities, promote equity, and to further efforts to...

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 1:15 p.m.

Ph.D. Defense: Charles Josiah Turner

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Defense Name: Charles Josiah Turner Committee: Dr. Thomas E. Murphy (Chair) Dr. Yanne K. Chembo Dr. Thomas M. Antonsen, Jr. Dr. Mark A. Stephen Dr....

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 3:00 p.m.

Job Offers & Salary Negotiation

What should you do (or not do) when you get the call offering you a position as an intern or entry level engineer? What questions should you ask before you say yes (or no) to a job...

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 3:30 p.m.

MSE Seminar: Dr. Gottlieb Oehrlein, UMD

Low temperature plasma-materials interactions: Foundations of nanofabrication and emerging applications at atmospheric pressure Abstract: Our ability to understand and control the...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Thursday, October 26, 2023 11:00 a.m.

Presidential Distinguished Forum: "Engineering better medicines and advancing health informatics"

Engineering better medicines and advancing health informatics: two of the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges. At a special Presidential Distinguished Forum, President...

Friday, October 27, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Pinar Akcora, Stevens Inst. of Technology

Chain Dynamics and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites with Complex Interphases Abstract: Miscible polymer blends with different glass transition temperatures (Tg) are...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Tuesday, October 31, 2023 1:30 p.m.

Career Fair Preparation

We will cover how to navigate an in-person and virtual career fair including how to prepare, what employers expect, what to wear, and what research to do in advance. Learn and...

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 3:30 p.m.

MSE Seminar: Dr. Ray Phaneuf, UMD

Hierarchically structured materials via directed self-assembly* *Work supported by NSF #DMR0705447 Abstract: The next frontier beyond nanotechnology is arguably assembly at the...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Thursday, November 2, 2023 2:30 p.m.

Optimizing Your LinkedIn

Have your resume and laptop handy and get started with LinkedIn. Draft a headline and summary that will catch a recruiter's attention. Learn how to message Terps alums for...

Friday, November 3, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Paul Rueger, NASA

Title: Cryogenics and Fluids at NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract: Spacecraft thermal design presents unique thermal and fluid challenges caused by a variety of harsh...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, November 3, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Matthew Wycoff

Speaker: Matthew Wycoff, Director of DarkLabs, Booz Allen Hamilton...

Monday, November 6, 2023 11:00 a.m.

Find an Internship or Co-op Job

Learn how the Engineering Career Services Office can help you with your job/internship search. We will review the difference between a co-op and an internship, how to use our jobs...

Thursday, November 9, 2023 10:30 a.m.

Cover Letter Workshop

How can you show potential employers that you have excellent written communication skills? How do you convey your enthusiasm for the job and organization? In this workshop, we'll...

Friday, November 10, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Michael Clifford

Speaker: Michael Clifford, Principal Researcher, Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA...

Monday, November 13, 2023 2:00 p.m.

Career Fair Preparation

We will cover how to navigate an in-person and virtual career fair including how to prepare, what employers expect, what to wear, and what research to do in advance. Learn and...

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 1:00 p.m.

Job Offers & Salary Negotiation

What should you do (or not do) when you get the call offering you a position as an intern or entry level engineer? What questions should you ask before you say yes (or no) to a job...

Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:30 p.m.

Resume Writing Workshop

Your resume is an important tool in your job or internship search. Written well, it can be your ticket to an interview. In this workshop, you will learn how to write a resume that...

Friday, November 17, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Whitney Blocher McTigue, Lehigh University

Polyelectrolyte Complexes: The Intersection of Vaccine Stability and Depolymerization Abstract: Polymer physics plays an important role in a variety of aspects in the realms of...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, November 17, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Darnell Moore

Speakre: Darnell Moore, Principal Technical Program Manager, Amazon Consumer Robotics Lab...

Monday, November 20, 2023 2:30 p.m.

Networking & Job Search Strategies

Need help with your job search? Learn about the most effective job strategies and tools beyond Careers4Engineers. Practice building your professional network at events and...

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 1:00 p.m.

Interview Tips Workshop

Are you ready to impress at your next interview for an internship or full time job? What qualities/skills might recruiters test in your interview? How can you prepare what to...

Thursday, November 30, 2023 1:00 p.m.

Optimizing Your LinkedIn

Have your resume and laptop handy and get started with LinkedIn. Draft a headline and summary that will catch a recruiter's attention. Learn how to message Terps alums for...

Friday, December 1, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Ben Shapiro Senior Manager – Digital Product Development United States Pharmacopeia

How to get hired and develop your career - Advice from a hiring manager Description: As chemical engineering students, you all have valuable technical and problem-solving skills which...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 11:30 a.m.

Make the Most of Your Winter Break

This workshop offers tips on job search strategies and how you can increase your employability. Use the winter break for your professional development. RSVP for this and other...

Friday, December 8, 2023 3:30 p.m.-11:00 a.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Pavithra Prabhakar

Speaker: Pavithra Prabhakar, Professor, Kansas State University...