O4U Engineering Conference for LGBTQ+ Undergrads - Extended CALL for Applications

Black lives matter beyond their relationship with the police and police brutality. Black lives matter in all disciplines and all walks of life. For too long, engineering has employed only white, heterosexual and cisgender men, closed to the diversity of people in our world. As a result, we see that the only innovations brought forth to society are those drawn from their experiences; from seatbelts that fail to protect non-men to racist algorithms which punish and ignore people for the color of their skin, the engineering world must change before it can best serve all people.

In every way, Out for Undergrad exists to drive this change. While we cannot improve the world by ourselves, we can uplift the people who can. O4U has a strong history of bringing underrepresented and underserved students together. Today, our commitment to supporting our students, especially Black LGBTQ+ students disproportionately affected by our white supremacist police state, remains as strong as ever.

Out for Undergrad (O4U) recognizes that students, faculty, and staff have been juggling a lot this year. Many students reached out to us after our final application round to express that they were interested in our conference, but missed the application deadline. To better reach and support the LGBTQ+ students in your community, O4U wants to give them one last chance to apply to attend our Fall 2020 Engineering conference.

Our engineering conference team has been hard at work developing a world-class digital event this fall. Although we may not be able to gather in person, we are excited to virtually convene a group of bright LGBTQ+ students and mentors for professional and personal development, and we would love to see your students included in that group! This conference is a fantastic opportunity to meet and network with employers from a variety of different companies such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Clorox, Medtronic, Toyota, and many more.

Our application round will open on July 27th, at 12 PM PST, and will continue through August 9th, until 11:59 PST. The application will be available here: https://www.outforundergrad.org/apply

Internships - Moss and Associates - Solar Projects

Students...interested in the Solar Industry? A former AOM graduate interned for Moss & Associates constructing a solar power plant in North Florida. With no formal experience/education in the construction industry outside of related topics from LEED Lab, this was a great foot-in-the-door experience and led to full-time employment as a Project Engineer (entry level project management position). The company's solar division is rapidly growing with many new projects starting up in Florida and across the United States ranging up to 300MW. 

Moss is looking for interns interested in both the operations side (project management route) and the field side (superintendent route) of solar projects for this fall (still a few spots left to fill), and both Spring and Summer of 2021. If are you are interested in developing a career in construction management/utility-scale solar, please connect them with Dylan. He will be happy to answer any questions and pass on resumes. 

Dylan Siegel
Project Engineer
MOSS
Cell: 770-490-9277
mosscm.com

L3Harris Technologies Mentorship Program

This mentorship program with SWE pairs up mentors and mentees each semester who are able to meet at least once every month to talk about career readiness related topics. This 1:1 relationship and insightful sharing from professionals who shared similar education background or interests are very valuable to our students’ learning of industry and questions regarding how to better prepare for next step.

This coming fall, we are expanding the offer to all interested HWCOE students. The enrollment is open now.

On Aug 6th, from 5 PM to 6 PM, we will host an info session to provide more details of this program. Please share with your students as appropriate. The registration is available from here.

Fall Course - FRC3802 Viticulture for Table Grapes and Wine

FRC3802 Viticulture for Table Grapes and Wine will be offered this Fall. Please see following link to the syllabus: https://hos.ifas.ufl.edu/media/hosifasufledu/documents/pdf/syllabi/undergrad/HOS3802---Viticulture-for-Table-Grapes-and-Wine.pdf

For assistance in registering for this course contact Curtis Smyder at curtisr@ufl.edu.

Intro to Java class for Fall 2020

Newly offered Java programming class for Fall 2020:

COP 2800 - Computer Programming Using Java (12830)
Synchronous online: T7 R7-8
Prereq: MAC 1147 or equivalent/higher

Excellent introductory programming class for anyone who wants initial exposure to computing.
Offered by the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering

Career Services for Engineering Students

The Career Connections Center liaison for the HWCOE has developed a website tailored to engineering students.

There are 4 pages on this website that is informative to engineering students:

• Career Services -Engineering: Provide overview of Career services and resources links such as Outreach request, CHOMP and What can I do with this major.
• Events and workshops: This include the events and workshops hosted by employers, third parties and also some very good virtual fairs targeted for STEM or engineering students.
• Find a meaningful experience: This is where student can find the programs/openings/job boards that will lead them to a mentorship program, internship, externship, research opportunities and more.
• Alum support: Career Services available to Alum and how they can access, including programs designed for our alum.

https://www.eng.ufl.edu/students/students/career-services/

BS/MS Combination Degree in Bioprocess Engineering