School of Engineering Weekly E-Newsletter

Week of October 24, 2016 Vol. 7– Issue 4

Announcements

Advising Time Switch and More! More inform ation on Page 2.

Engineering Service Learning. More inform ation on Page 8.

CITRIS events. More inform ation on Page 10.

Important Dates:

** Priority Registration:

October 31

** Course Withdrawal (W):

November 2

** Open Registration:

November 7

If you need assistance, please

contact your advisor

Internships, Jobs, Fellowships,

& Graduate School

New: American Councel of Engineering Companies

Scholarship Rentec Direct's Tech Mastery Scholarship Nourish Technology Inc. CSE Intern

Nourish Technology Inc. ME Intern

CRM Administrator & Applications Programmer (Contract)

Biosense Webster

The Air Force Research Laboratory

GEICO Achievement Award

Entry Level Jobs and Internships at Pfizer

Santa Cruz Biotechnology-Entry Level Computer Science position

GoEngineer webinars

AccessComputing

Pathways to Science

NASA internships, fellowships and scholarships

California Energy Commission energy analyst

Find more opportunities at: http://engr-

advising.ucmerced.edu/resources/internships

Visit our website at http://engr-advising.ucmerced.edu/

Academic Advising

Advising WALK-IN Monday: 10:00am - 11:45am Tuesday: 10:00am - 11:45am

Wednesday: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Thursday: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

**See advising website for your advisors specific

availability**

Last Names A-E (all students) – Nadia Margison (nmargison@ucmerced.edu)

Last Names F-L (all students) – Christina Mayo

(cmayo@ucmerced.edu)

Last Names M-Q (all students) – Phung Colvin

(pcolvin@ucmerced.edu)

Last Names R-Z (all students) – Karla Gonzalez (kgonzalez34@ucmerced.edu)

Resources

Stem Resource Center– Free tutoring, STEM courses

Location: AOA 114

Website: http://stemresourcecenter.ucmerced.edu/

Tutoring Schedule:

http://stemresourcecenter.ucmerced.edu/tutoring

Bright Success Center– Peer Assisted Learning Support

available start February 2nd.

Location: KL 222

Website:

http://learning.ucmerced.edu/programs/tutoring

Note: Please check the website as the schedule will continue to

develop. All sessions are free of charge, no sign-ups needed.

Center for Career & Professional Advancement (Career Services)

Center for Career & Professional Advancement has open walk-in hours

every day from 10 am to 2pm to assist you with career related

questions.

If you would like to talk to the STEM Career Specialist, Robert

Goodman, please email him at rgoodman@ucmerced.edu.

Advising/Student Services Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook!

Need to contact your academic advisor? Check here for more information.

Registration Information! It’s that time of the semester where Spring 2017 Registration is right around the corner!

Don’t forget to check your student portal (my.ucmerced.edu) for your specific registration time window

(look under “MyRegistrationTime”).

Please feel free to email your advisor

with override requests and any further

questions/concerns. We are all happy to

help!

Important Dates

Please check the Students First Center website for important information regarding deadlines, such as: - Course Withdrawal (W) - Priority Registration/Open Registration http://studentsfirst.ucmerced.edu/

Important Dates

Fall 2016 Semester

Post Mid-Semester Season is here!

The School of Engineering hopes the semester is going well

for everyone. Please come visit us at SE2 Rm 315 with any

questions!

Don’t forget about tutoring at the STEM Resource

Center and PALS Program!

Fall 2016 Semester

STEM TUTORING

STEM tutoring for Fall 2016

semester has been

posted! Click the

link below for the

most current

tutoring schedule:

http://

stemresource-

center.ucmerced.edu/tutoring

Fall 2016 Semester

Mandatory First Year Advising Meetings

Calling all First Year Engineering Students!

In efforts to help your transition into UCM, we ask that you please

check your emails regarding your Mandatory First Year Advising Meeting

and schedule an appointment to meet with us.

Appointment times for these meetings will be extended to ensure we can meet with all of you!

Extended Appointment Hours for September 26 - October 28:

Monday 1:00pm—4:00pm

Tuesday: 1:00pm—4:00pm

Wednesday: 9:00am—12:00pm

Thursday: 9:00am—12:00pm

Friday: 9:00am—12:00pm

For more information checkout the Engineering Website:

http://engr-advising.ucmerced.edu/registration/firstyear

Workshops, Events & Sessions

Introduction to Circuits

Description:

This workshop will provide participants an oppor-

tunity to practice circuit techniques with no prior

experience required.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

5:00 PM—6:00 PM

Location: S&E 160

http://

engineeringservicelearning.ucmerced.edu/

events/intro-circuits

Introduction to Soldering

Description:

Participants will learn soldering hands-on and ac-

tually be able to practice soldering.

Tuesday, October 27, 2016

12:00 PM—1:30PM

Location: S&E 160

http://

engineeringservicelearning.ucmerced.edu/

events/basics-soldering-5

Engineering Service Learning Workshops

Sign-up for any of the following events at:

http://engineeringservicelearning.ucmerced.edu/events

Workshops, Events & Sessions

Using Arduinos to

Build a Weather Station Continued

Description:

Adding onto the previous workshop, participants

will create a weather station that measures, temper-

ature and humidity. All this information will be

displayed on a monitor. Learn a little about robot-

ics, circuitry and minor code.

If you have any questions please email

esl@ucmerced.edu.

Friday, October 28, 2016

4:00 PM—6:00 PM

Location: S&E 160

http://engineeringservicelearning.ucmerced.edu/events/using-arduinos-build-weather-station-continued

Building a Robot Using Aruinos!

Description:

Participants will build a robot that can uses a laser

to see in order to freely move on its own without

the need of a remote control. Cool, right? Add that

to your list of skills.

IMPORTANT! If you did not attend any of the

other workshops your registration may be denied.

If you require any special consideration please

email esl@ucmerced.edu.

Friday, November 4, 2016

4:00 PM—6:00 PM

Location: S&E 160

http://engineeringservicelearning.ucmerced.edu/events/building-robot-using-arduinos

Engineering Service Learning Workshops

Sign-up for any of the following events at:

http://engineeringservicelearning.ucmerced.edu/events

Workshops, Events & Sessions

Please check calendar for any updates:

http://citris.ucmerced.edu/calendar

CITRIS @ UC Merced

Workshops, Events & Sessions

Argosy University Graduate School Information Session

Date: October 25, 2016

Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: SSB 250

Sophomore Optimum Series (SOS)

Date: October 27, 2016, November 3, 2016

Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: SSB 250

Resume and Cover Letter Workshop

Date: November 1, 2016

Time: 10:00am—11:00am

Location: SSB 250

Workshops, Events & Sessions

The Dream Career Academy has been designed to develop, enhance, and empower undocumented students through a six-week, small group, interactive career seminar managed by the Center for Career and Professional Advancement. A key component in the Dream Career Academy is the career development seminars. These semi-nars are co-facilitated by career specialists and guest speakers. The seminars focus on career assessments and ex-ploration, job skills, and graduate school preparation. Skills all students will need in order to thrive in their ca-reers. Participants will have the opportunity to earn a certificate of achievement and rewards for completion.

The deadline to apply is Wednesday, September 7, 2016. Apply at: https://goo.gl/AlQhwk

Dates: Oct. 27

Dream Career Academy

Scholarship Opportunities

For the application and more information, please visit:

http://engr-advising.ucmerced.edu/resources/career-resources/internships-research-opportunities

Internship/Research Opportunities

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

Tues, Nov 8 (all in KL 397)

Info Session for Paid STEM Summer Internships in Germany, 10:30 am (flyer)

Germany Info Session for Undergraduate & Graduate Students (study, internship, research opportunities

and scholarships), 12:30 pm (flyer)

Faculty & Researcher Opportunities in Germany Info Session, 1:30 pm

Engineering Humor