ME Seminar - MER 010
Discussion of special topics in Mechanical Engineering, important to professional development such as; current engineering practices, engineering ethics, codes and standards, and intellectual property. Required for all ME seniors during Fall and Winter terms, as well as Spring term for ME juniors.
Other students are welcome to attend if interested.
These seminars will be held every Friday during common hour (1:00-1:45 pm) in OLIN 115.
Spring 2024
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Week 1 - April 5 - MER 498 Winter Students & Competition Teams
Senior Project and Competition Teams-
Poster Session -
Week 2 - April 12- Becker Career Center at Union College
NEXT STEPS FOR INTERNSHIP & JOB SEARCH SUCCESS
Pete Fowler, Senior Associate Director, Career Center at Union College
Julie Brannon, Assistant Director of Career Education
Students will learn the UReady Success Steps for internship and job search success. The Career Center will share internship and job search resources and networking strategies including how to maximize your use of Handshake, GarnetGrove, UCAN, LinkedIn and other tools.
Bring your questions!
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Week 3 - April 19- Faculty Advisors & Rising Seniors and Prof. Andrew Rapoff.
Prof. Andrew Rapoff- Will speak about your Senior Experience
Faculty Advisors & Rising Seniors- Will speak about Project/Research Descriptions
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Week 4 - April 26- OPEN
Subject and Speaker TBD
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Week 5 - May 3- Fellowships and Scholarships for Rising Senior Engineers
Dr. Lynn Evans will speak about Fellowships and Doctoral Pathways at Union
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Week 6 - May 10- No Seminar due to Steinmetz Symposium
No Seminar due to Steinmetz Symposium
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Week 7 - May 17- OPEN
Subject and Speaker TBD
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Week 8 - May 24- Union Alumni- Jiaer Xu '20
Jiaer Xu graduated from Union College in 2020 with a major in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Chemistry. After Union, she moved to Boston to pursue a Master's degree in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at Boston University. Before her current role, she worked for two warehouse robotics companies as a hardware engineer. She now works as an Imaging Application Engineer at LifeCanvas Technologies, developing hardware for light sheet microscopy as well as supporting customers at research institutes.
Her talk will include how she navigated after Union during a world pandemic and an introduction to her current work in light sheet microscopy.
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Week 9 - May 31- OPEN
Subject and Speaker TBD
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Week 10 - June 7- MER 498 Elevator Pitches, Internship & MER 497 Talks
Prof. Anderson & Prof. Stehle's MER 498 students will present their elevator pitches.
We will also welcome Justin Prete to speak on his internship, and Kurt Mahlke to highlight on his senior project.