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SMART Scholarship Program

Get SMART on your college finances and career! If you are looking for an amazing scholarship opportunity that also offers a rewarding career, check out the SMART Scholarship-for-Service program! The Department of Defense (DoD) SMART program provides STEM students full tuition, internships, a generous cash allowance, health insurance, and a rewarding job after graduation working as a civilian (non-military) in a DoD lab or facility. SMART is open to undergraduates, graduate, and doctoral students pursuing one of 21 STEM disciplines outlined by the DoD. The application window is open August… Read more SMART Scholarship Program

EAPS 129: Earth Systems Dynamics Online Fall 2018 (Free Elective)

Need a geoscience course? Need to fulfill the Science (SCI) AND/OR Science, Technology, & Society (STS) curricula learning outcomes? How about taking it online? You can get all of these by signing up to EAPS 12900 Earth System Dynamics, CRN 22177. Formerly listed as EAPS10900Y (Online) in Fall 2016-17, the course provides the foundational knowledge and thinking skills to engage concerned citizens in the pursuits of answers to the Earth’s changing climate and its impacts. It begins with an introduction to what science is and the scientific methods. Then, it… Read more EAPS 129: Earth Systems Dynamics Online Fall 2018 (Free Elective)

Research Opportunities in Micromachining

Research Opportunities for Undergraduates Title:  Laser micromachining of glasses and polymers The research is to investigate the effects of various process parameters on forming microchannels on polymers and glasses.  To this end the student will carry out the following tasks: Literature review of related field Design experiments and carry out systematic parametric study on the relationship between process parameters and microchannel quality. Characterize the resultant microchannel quality using various optical measurement techniques. Optimize the process parameters to achieve the best quality and throughput. Generate a technical report summarizing all the… Read more Research Opportunities in Micromachining

Research Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing

Research Opportunity for Undergraduates Title: Characterization of mechanical properties of additive manufactured metal parts This study is to investigate the tensile strength and failure characteristics of metal alloy parts built by additive manufacturing.   Additive manufacturing is gaining global popularity due to its unprecedented capabilities that it can provide.   One of the challenges remaining for wide spread industrial use of AM is to predict/control the resultant mechanical properties.   Additive manufacturing due to its nature of localized heating and solidification layer by layer inherently produces non-homogeneous microstructure.  This study is to establish… Read more Research Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing

Emerson Sales Engineer Position

Sales Engineer Primary Location Mansfield, Ohio – United States Description: Provides sales support to new and existing customers. Coordinates, analyzes and communicates information internally and externally to meet customers’ needs. Responsibilities: Responds to customer inquiries regarding products, capabilities, quality issues, delivery information and other related issues. Keeps key company personnel advised of any customer issues. Initiates action as required. Tracks activity to ensure timely resolution and response to customer. Provides technical support to customers regarding use of Therm-O-Disc’s products in customer specific applications. Ensures product meets customer’s needs. Acts as… Read more Emerson Sales Engineer Position

EDPS 177 (Free Elective)

Study Skills Seminar (GS 177) is now Learning and Regulation Strategies for College Success (EDPS 177) The long-standing three-credit study skills course at Purdue has a new course number and home.  Still taught by Impact fellow Brenda Downing, it is offered twice this Fall: 10:30-11:45     TR     CRN 15381 12:00 – 1:15     TR     CRN 15380 Both sections are in Wilmeth Active Learning Center B091 This course, designed to help students improve their college academic success by learning more efficiently and effectively, examines and… Read more EDPS 177 (Free Elective)

Undergraduate Intern Opportunity

Prof. Sutherland, Head of Environmental and Ecological Engineering  is hiring an undergraduate intern at his group in June (about four weeks). The intern is expected to work 40 hours per week. The payment is about $15 per hour. The background of the project is digital manufacturing. The tasks of the student are finding relevant research in the area of tolerance allocation in manufacturing processes, and completing a report. The position will be open until the first qualified student is identified. The contact of point is Yue Wang whose email is wang3312@purdue.edu.