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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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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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Dissertation Defense: Jerald Armen

Title: INTERFACE OF IN-SITU ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND PHASE CHANGE LIQUID METALS TO OPTIMIZE HIGH THERMAL DENSITY PROBLEM IN SPACECRAFT AVIONICS STRUCTURES Author: Jerald Armen Date/Time: November 6, 2020 – 1:00pm-3:00pm Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/6589422509?pwd=em1PbXRVRTNvaldSVkNHejl0NFRFUT09 Examining Committee: Professor Hugh Bruck, Chair Professor Abhijit Dasgupta  Professor David Bigio Professor Ryan Sochol Professor Kyu Yong Choi (Dean’s Representative)    Abstract:

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Doctoral Thesis Research in Marine Energy, Hydrokinetics with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is currently accepting applications for the 2021-2022 Marine and Hydrokinetics (MHK) Graduate Student Research Program. What will I be doing? You will get to advance your doctoral thesis utilizing the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at DOE laboratories, industry or other approved facility to accomplish your research goals, all while

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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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Scholarships for Graduate Studies at the Institute for Shock Physics

Understanding Materials at Extreme Conditions Graduate students from a range of disciplines (Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Geo/Planetary Science) have a unique opportunity to study the response of materials at extreme conditions with the internationally renowned scientists at Washington State University (WSU). Working within their respective academic departments, graduate students conduct their PhD

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