November 2020

Tale of Two Pandemics: Illuminating Structural Racism and COVID

Powered by Research Commons at University Libraries. Starting in 2015, the Interdisciplinary Dialogues have addressed such important issues as income inequality, immigration, social media and elections, and sex and gender in academia. Please note that all Fall 2020 events will be held virtually via Zoom. Registrants will receive an event link in their confirmation email. As […]

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Internship Opportunity – Seagate Technology

There is an exciting internship opportunity for the Spring of 2021 at Seagate Technology, a hard drive manufacturing company. In this internship, the intern will get a chance to work on real-world machinery data, and industry 4.0 related projects. Here are the preferred qualifications:  Current master or PhD students in mechanical engineering. Solid programming experience in Python, Keras,

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Virtual Technical Meeting: Exploring Data Requirements for Risk and Reliability Analysis in Hydrogen Systems

Presenters: Camila Correa Jullian & Katrina Groth Host: University of Maryland Date/Time: November 17, 2020. 11:00AM EDT Risk and reliability analysis are critical to the development of safesystems, designing maintenance strategies, and creating codes andstandards. We are exploring the suitability of modern tools for riskassessment, such as QRA (Quantitative Risk Assessment), and reliabilityanalysis, such as

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ORISE Research Opportunities

The ORISE Research Participation Program at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is an educational and training program designed to provide college students, recent graduates, and university faculty opportunities to connect with the unique resources of the FDA. With the support of an assigned mentor, participants have authentic research experiences using equipment not found on most college

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Faculty and Research Jobs at FacultyVacancies

FacultyVacancies.com supports advancement in higher education and research helping Universities, Academies, Colleges, Faculties, Schools, Academic Departments, Institutes and Research Centers to recruit domestic and international talents. Biological / Biomedical Engineering All Jobs PhD Fellowship in Deep Learning on Biomedical Data University of Stavanger Norway PhD Position in Protein Aggregation in Neurodegeneration Catholic University of Leuven Belgium Postdoctoral Scholar in

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Dissertation Defense – Guanjin Wang

Title: Physics-Based and Data-Driven Modeling of Hybrid Robot Movement on Soft Terrain Author: Guanjin Wang Advisory Committee: Professor Balakumar Balachandran, Chair & Advisor Associate Professor Amir Riaz (Co-Advisor) Professor Teng Li Professor Amr Baz Professor Peter Chung Professor Derek Richardson (Dean’s Representative) Date & Time: November 13, 2020 2pm-4pm Abstract: Navigating the unmapped environment is one

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Thesis Defense: Marcelo Arispe-Guzman

Title: Reduction of Mixture Property Variation Through Control on Initial Mixing Dynamics Author: Marcelo Arispe-Guzman Date/Time: November 20, 2020 9:00am-11:00am Examining Committee:Professor David Bigio, ChairProfessor Balakumar BalachandranProfessor Peter ChungProfessor Ryan Sochol Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5898885184 Abstract: Blend homogenization of a liquid-solid mixtures is achieved through mixer agitation which disperses the liquids and breaks up the agglomerates. Creating

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Imminent Events – Institute for System Research

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS WILL BE HOSTED VIRTUALLY, AND THAT MANY OF THEM REQUIRE ADVANCE REGISTRATION. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.  Startup Guide for Faculty/Researchers at UMD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020 8:30 A.M.-10:00 A.M.  Winning SBIR/STTR Proposal Strategies 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M.  The Future of Nuclear Energy 12:30 P.M.-1:30 P.M.  HCIL Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, Ben

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Mechanical Engineering Faculty Position Opening

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City has tenure-track faculty position vacancies. The department seeks exceptional candidates from all areas of mechanical engineering with the following qualities: A passion for teaching undergraduate students An ability to teach broadly across the mechanical engineering

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