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NREL Internship Opportunity and Solar Decathlon Mentor Program

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We are reaching out to share an exciting internship opportunity as a Student Design Competition Intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. This will be a full-time, one-year, paid position, and the successful candidate will support various NREL efforts and projects, including support to student competitions in building science; domestic technical […]

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Thesis Defense: Sriram Jayanthi

Student Defenses /

Title: Underfill Selection to Improve Solder Joint Reliability For Down Hole Drilling Applications Author: Sriram Jayanthi Date/Time: November 19, 2020 10:00am-12:00pm Examining Committee: Professor Patrick McCluskey, Chair Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Dr. Michael Azarian Abstract: Underfill materials were originally developed to improve the solder joint reliability of the BGA packages under the thermal cycling when they are experiencing stresses

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Tale of Two Pandemics: Illuminating Structural Racism and COVID

Workshops, Seminars, & Events /

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

Fellowships & Scholarships, Jobs/Internships /

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

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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

Student Defenses /

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

Student Defenses /

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

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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

Student Defenses /

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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