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Congratulations Beth!!

Make a Difference Award Winners Announced
Receiving the Unsung Hero was Department Coordinator Beth Ruohonen (MSE).

Two Departments, Enterprises Join Forces to Educate Automotive Engineers
The mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics department and the electrical and computer engineering department have merged two ongoing student projects: the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Enterprise, focused on mechanical engineering, and the Automotive Computing Enterprise, comprised largely of electrical and computer engineering students. The advisors are Jeff Burl (ECE), Stephen Hackney (MSE), Ali Ebnenasir (Computer Science), John Beard and Bob Page (ME-EM).

NanoJapan IREU
International Research Experience for Undergraduates
Deadline January 27, 2012

NASA Paid Undergraduate and Graduate Summer Internships
NASA offers paid undergraduate and graduate level internships in a wide variety of disciplines. Over 200 internships are available. The deadline is March 1 st , but offers may begin going out as early as Feb. 2.
Deadline March 1, 2012

NSF Paid Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Pathways to Science: STEM
Search the national database of Summer Research opportunities.
Pathways to Engineering

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer REU
Nanomaterials and Nanoscience
Deadline February 15, 2012

MSE Seminar
Friday, February 3, 11 am
Dr. Delwin C. Mecham

In Print
Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) coauthored an article, "Analytical Model for the Optical Functions of Indium Gallium Nitride with Application to Thin Film Solar Photovoltaic Cells," in Materials Science and Engineering: B, 177, 239-244 (2012).

US Steel
Applications Research Engineer
Master's degree or Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering or material science