August 21, 2012
Freshman Welcome Pizza Party
Engineering Freshman Orientation begins at 10:00 in Memorial Hall. After orientation we welcome our new students with a pizza party in the Joseph G. and Suzzane W. Teague Courtyard. This event is sponsored by the Dean’s Office and uses the time to engage and encourage students and the College of Engineering.
May 6, 2012
Commencement Reception
May Commencement — SAVE THE DATE
MARK YOUR CALENDAR ! ! !
May Commencement
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Rupp Arena
9:00 AM – Graduate School – MS & PhD Ceremony (line-up 8:00 AM)
1:00 PM – Engineering – BS Ceremony (line-up 12:00 noon)
Watch your email for more information as it becomes available.
March 22, 2012
Trash to Treasure: Fly Ash Reutilization
UK Energy Club* would like to invite you to join us for our next seminar “*Trash to Treasure: Fly Ash Reutilization*.” We’re bringing in Danny Gray, the Executive Vice President of CHARAH Inc., to discuss one of the innovative solutions their company offers for coal combustion by-products.
The seminar will be this *Thursday, March 22nd* *@ 7pm in Student Center 231 *, and is open to anyone that would like to come. We will have free pizza and refreshments.
Charah, Inc. Is a based out of Louisville and is committed to coal combustion product management and power plant support services. As VP, Danny is responsible for Charah’s product sales development, environmental compliance for products, and legislative and regulatory communications. He currently serves on the board of directors of the American Coal Council
(ACC) and on the Energy and Environment Committee of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
To learn more about the company, you can go to their website via this link:
Hope to see you at the seminar!
March 9, 2012
William and Patricia Stacy Engineering Ethics Education Lecture
Friday, March 9, Dr. Loui will be presenting a lunchtime seminar to all of electrical and computer engineering graduate students at 12 Noon in 323 CRMS. His presentation will be on research ethics, including plagiarism.
Dr. Loui’s research interests include computational complexity theory, ethics in engineering and computing, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He serves as executive editor of College Teaching, and as a member of the editorial board of Accountability in Research. He is a Carnegie Scholar and an IEEE Fellow. Dr. Loui has produced two half-hour movies that dramatize case studies in engineering ethics. He mentors students for the Leadership Certificate Program and conducts short programs across the campus of UIUC on engineering ethics, research ethics, and college teaching.
March 8, 2012
William and Patricia Stacy Engineering Ethics Education Lecture
Thursday, March 8, Dr. Michael Loui, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be presenting the William and Patricia Stacy Engineering Ethics Education Lecture to the ECE Capstone Senior Design Class (3:30-5:00) in Room 357 FPAT. This is a required class for all seniors in electrical and computer engineering and will be on workplace ethics.
March 1, 2012
Lexmark Full-Time Employment Opportunities
Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity?
Join us at our information session!
Thursday, March 1st at 6PM
Room 257 Anderson Tower
FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!!
Lexmark offers co-ops, internships, and part-time employment for students in computer science, electrical, computer, mechanical, chemical, and materials engineering. There are also opportunities available in accounting, marketing, finance, and sales. See you there!!
February 20, 2012 – February 24, 2012
E-Week Events
E-Olympics
E-Olympics is open only to Organizations registered with ESC. Although everyone is welcome to watch and enjoy the ridiculousness!
Monday:
(ESC will be providing Pizza)
5pm Cake Decorating Contest
Rules: Organizations competing must have a homemade cake decorated to reflect their type of engineering or something specific to their organization. Cake must be home baked and decorated but boxed cake mixes and premade frosting are allowed – although not as tasty as from scratch! Minimum Size: 9” round, No maximum. Organizations are responsible for transporting the cakes to judging. Judging will be based equally on taste and appearance. Our hope is to have members of the faculty judge this portion of the night.
5:30pm GEEK-OFF
Each organization is allowed to submit one to three members to be judged on appearance to see who is the “geekiest”. Outrageous clothing is appreciated as long as contestants are fully clothed and no inappropriate language or images are shown – Remember teachers will be present! Each person present will receive one vote to decide who are our winners.
Tuesday:
Undecided Time: SWE Bowl first round. (Worth twice as many points as a normal competition!)
Wednesday:
6pm Tug O’ War
Will be held in the grassy area in front of the main building. Two teams will be playing against each other each have the end of one rope, whose center is marked with a flag. A twenty-foot space will be marked off and the game will begin with the flag in the middle of the space; the first team to get the flag past their marking of the space wins. THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF TUG O’ WAR IS THE PARTICPANTS SAFETY!! The rope must be gripped in the participants’ hands – NO WRAPPING OF THE ROPE AROUND HANDS OR ANY OTHER BODY PART IS ALLOWED! No spiked or studded shoes will be allowed. Each team will consist of a maximum of five members.
After: MOVIE NIGHT: Star Trek
ESC will provide popcorn. Participation Points for each organization in attendance – not for each member from the organization in attendance.
Thursday:
Undecided Time: SWE Finals
Afterwards: Obstacle Course
A combination of fun, adventure and team building! Expect Hula Hoops, String and blindfolds. 4 people per team participating and as many as wanted on the sidelines offering support and suggestions.
Friday:
11:30am-12:30pm: Speaker
Organizations may sign in for up to one set of participation points!
4:30pm (which is right after E-Day Set up): Mario Kart Competition and
Final Results!
ESC will provide snacks. Mario Kart Competition will involve four players going up each other at once in a single elimination tournament. Each group can have up to two participation spots in the tournament. Members from the same organization can switch out for the same participation spot but one person may not do two participation slots by themselves! Tournament rounds will be conducted by participation in different cups from Mario Kart (3 races in each cup).
Point System:
10 points: for getting first place in a competition
8 points: for getting second place in a competition
5 points: for participation in a competition
Notes: For SWE Bowl points will be doubled, for Movie Night and Speaker only participation points will be awarded. For Mario kart and the Geek-Off only one set of points will be awarded even though each organization is allowed two entries.
Deadline for entry will be due February 16th, 2012 at 5pm!
February 14, 2012 – February 15, 2012
Spring 2012 Employer Showcase
Attend the Spring 2012 Employer Showcase February 14th and 15th!
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the Student Center Ballrooms Meet employers to learn about internship and job opportunities. There are now 119 employers registered to attend! Find more information and tips to prepare visit our Career Fairs page. Don’t forget to have your resume critiqued at our Quick Career Consults, M-Th 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. We will have extra staff available on Monday Feb. 13th from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. to assist students with their resumes and preparation for the Employer Showcase. See below for other Employer Showcase preparation events.
Career Networking Receptions
Build your professional contacts and receive information about career opportunities through networking. Speak to various employer representatives in regards to internship and employment opportunities. Sponsored in partnership with Agribusiness Club, Black Student Union, Delta Epsilon Iota, Interfraternity Council, MANRRS, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Panhellenic Council, RailCats and the UK Honors Program. Professional dress is required and light refreshments will be served. Sign up via Wildcat CareerLink.
* Thursday Feb. 2, 5PM-7PM, Rasdall Gallery (Student Center)
* Wednesday March 7, 5PM-7PM, Rasdall Gallery (Student Center)
Resume and Interview Prep
Get an employer’s perspective on ways to improve your resume and interviewing skills. You can choose a 10-15 minute resume critique, mock interview, or both! Sign-up on site.
* Feb. 7, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., RGAN Commons (engineering majors)
* Feb. 8, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., BE Atrium (all majors)
Preparing for the Employer Showcase
Feb. 9 , 3:30 p.m., CB 102
February 11, 2012
UK vs. Vanderbilt Viewing Party
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) would like to invite you to a Watch Party for the UK v. Vanderbilt men’s basketball game this weekend. The game is on Staurday, Feb 11, 2012 at 9pm. The party will be in the CATS Den at the Student Center.
Free food and games (billiards, x-box, …) will be provided. The party will start at 8pm and the food will be served at 8:30pm.
Please see the flyer for more information.