Jonas heard about this event from a friend at FSU and shared it at the meeting on Thursday. Rather than include it with the internship info, I think it deserves more attention than that.
Here is the link (183 kB pdf)
The big opportunity is Wednesday, September 25.
Sir Harold Kroto, winner of the Nobel Prize as a co-discoverer of C60 (better known as the Buckyball) while at Rice University, will be speaking about that discovery as an example of how a scientific discovery happens. It is VERY rare to hear someone talk about how they came up with the idea behind such an important experiment, let alone one that is revolutionizing everything from chemistry and physics to materials science (nanotubes) and medicine. I should also mention that he is a good speaker.
All programs start at 5:30 pm in the Askew Student Life Center, which you can read about here . It is east of the Leach Center and west of Parking Garage No. 2, just west of the part of Woodward Avenue that is closed to traffic. The easiest access to parking is from the south, heading up Woodward from Gaines. The entrance to the theater is on the west side of the building that faces Learning Way.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
New solar power researchers join FSU
FSU recently announced hiring three new professors in three different departments (Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Chemical and Biomedical Engineering) who will be part of a new initiative in Energy and Materials.
Click here to read the details
One of these new professors is across the hall from the professor that David is doing his internship with at FSU.
Click here to read the details
One of these new professors is across the hall from the professor that David is doing his internship with at FSU.
Link info from Internship Presentation
Here are some of the links used in the presentation:
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NSF REU programs
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Dept of Energy Internships
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TCC Internship Office
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The "create your own" cover letter example
Upcoming Schedule for Fall 2013
Today, Thursday, September 19
SM-260 at 5:30 pm
Engineering Club Program about internships: Why to get one and how to get one.
Wednesday, September 25
10 am to 12 noon and from 1 pm to 3 pm
FSU Advising Day: Several FSU engineering advisors will be at TCC in the Student Union Ballroom to answer questions about what you need to know about transferring. Please bring a copy of your unofficial TCC transcript.
Thursday, October3
SM-260 at 5:30 pm
Engineering Club Program about the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Ms. Danae Jarman will talk about the difference between various Engineering careers, what it takes to get into the College of Engineering, and what it takes to succeed once you are there. Ms. Jarman is the main FSU undergrad Engineering Advisor, and advises freshman and sophomore pre-engineering students at FSU. She is also available in SU-228 at TCC from 1:30 to 5:00 pm on every other Tuesday (10/1, 10/15, 10/29, etc). You can also get advice from Troy Mahler, who was an advisor at FSU before becoming an advisor at TCC.
Later in October:
Meeting at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering so we can tour various labs and meet with both faculty and students. The plan is to have lots of FSU students who transferred from TCC so they can tell you what they think you need to know before transferring to the university. This will probably be on a Friday afternoon.
Advising session by Dr. Carr to help you plan for Spring registration and/or transfer in the summer. I expect that Troy Mahler will be there to answer any questions I can't answer. We may have more than one session so they can focus on transfer for almost-graduating students and getting off to a good start at TCC for students who have not yet taken calculus and physics. At least one of these will probably be in the afternoon at 2:30 for those who can't make the 5:30 meeting on October 3.
SM-260 at 5:30 pm
Engineering Club Program about internships: Why to get one and how to get one.
Wednesday, September 25
10 am to 12 noon and from 1 pm to 3 pm
FSU Advising Day: Several FSU engineering advisors will be at TCC in the Student Union Ballroom to answer questions about what you need to know about transferring. Please bring a copy of your unofficial TCC transcript.
Thursday, October3
SM-260 at 5:30 pm
Engineering Club Program about the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Ms. Danae Jarman will talk about the difference between various Engineering careers, what it takes to get into the College of Engineering, and what it takes to succeed once you are there. Ms. Jarman is the main FSU undergrad Engineering Advisor, and advises freshman and sophomore pre-engineering students at FSU. She is also available in SU-228 at TCC from 1:30 to 5:00 pm on every other Tuesday (10/1, 10/15, 10/29, etc). You can also get advice from Troy Mahler, who was an advisor at FSU before becoming an advisor at TCC.
Later in October:
Meeting at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering so we can tour various labs and meet with both faculty and students. The plan is to have lots of FSU students who transferred from TCC so they can tell you what they think you need to know before transferring to the university. This will probably be on a Friday afternoon.
Advising session by Dr. Carr to help you plan for Spring registration and/or transfer in the summer. I expect that Troy Mahler will be there to answer any questions I can't answer. We may have more than one session so they can focus on transfer for almost-graduating students and getting off to a good start at TCC for students who have not yet taken calculus and physics. At least one of these will probably be in the afternoon at 2:30 for those who can't make the 5:30 meeting on October 3.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Tallahassee Scientific Society program
"Horizons 2012"
All presentations will be given at 7 pm (doors open at 6) in the IMAX Theater at the Challenger Learning Center on Kleman Plaza in downtown Tallahassee. There is an admission charge to cover the cost of renting the facility. The price of a single program is $12 ($6 for TSS members), while the price for the entire series is $40 ($20 for TSS members). Details are on the TSS web site. There is a $10 cost for a student membership in TSS.
Feb 23:
"The state of the Space Industry in Florida"
by Frank DiBello, President of Space Florida
March 22:
"Run Silent, Run Deep: New life on WWII shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico", by Thomas Shirley, marine biologist at Texas A&M
April 25:
"My Life as a Turkey: One man's study of nature and nurture in the wilds of Sopchoppy, FL" by Joe Hutto.
I have heard Joe talk about his experiences as the parent of a brood of wild turkeys that he raised from eggs and taught to forage and roost in the wild. (This was featured in a PBS/BBC Nature program last fall.) It is an amazing story.
May 24:
"The ecology of a southern nature writer"
by Janisse Ray, author of The Ecology of a Cracker Childhood,
who grew up and still lives in Baxter, GA.
All presentations will be given at 7 pm (doors open at 6) in the IMAX Theater at the Challenger Learning Center on Kleman Plaza in downtown Tallahassee. There is an admission charge to cover the cost of renting the facility. The price of a single program is $12 ($6 for TSS members), while the price for the entire series is $40 ($20 for TSS members). Details are on the TSS web site. There is a $10 cost for a student membership in TSS.
Feb 23:
"The state of the Space Industry in Florida"
by Frank DiBello, President of Space Florida
March 22:
"Run Silent, Run Deep: New life on WWII shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico", by Thomas Shirley, marine biologist at Texas A&M
April 25:
"My Life as a Turkey: One man's study of nature and nurture in the wilds of Sopchoppy, FL" by Joe Hutto.
I have heard Joe talk about his experiences as the parent of a brood of wild turkeys that he raised from eggs and taught to forage and roost in the wild. (This was featured in a PBS/BBC Nature program last fall.) It is an amazing story.
May 24:
"The ecology of a southern nature writer"
by Janisse Ray, author of The Ecology of a Cracker Childhood,
who grew up and still lives in Baxter, GA.
Update about Mag Lab "tour"
Folks at the mag lab have confirmed that they will be doing the triple-point of water demo this year, so that (in the low temperature lab) will be my first stop, followed by the tesla coil across the hall, in case anyone gets there late and wants to catch up with us.
From there I plan to go to the "shrinking quarter" demo, which will be done every half hour. The best deal is to get there right around when he fires the capacitor so we can get up front when the crowd leaves and spend the wait looking at all of the pieces needed to get a 60 Tesla magnetic field for a few micro seconds.
Lots and lots of details about this LRC pulse are in an old 2008 blog article linked HERE.
My route after that is unpredictable, but will include the magnet winding lab and the machine shop, and probably the big NMR magnet and the electron microscope, before heading over to the CAPS facility on Levy.
TAEVA, the Tallahassee Area Electric Vehicle Association, will have home-built and commercial electric vehicles on display in front of the CAPS building.
From there I plan to go to the "shrinking quarter" demo, which will be done every half hour. The best deal is to get there right around when he fires the capacitor so we can get up front when the crowd leaves and spend the wait looking at all of the pieces needed to get a 60 Tesla magnetic field for a few micro seconds.
Lots and lots of details about this LRC pulse are in an old 2008 blog article linked HERE.
My route after that is unpredictable, but will include the magnet winding lab and the machine shop, and probably the big NMR magnet and the electron microscope, before heading over to the CAPS facility on Levy.
TAEVA, the Tallahassee Area Electric Vehicle Association, will have home-built and commercial electric vehicles on display in front of the CAPS building.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Plan for the Mag Lab Open House
Saturday, February 18
As in the past, I plan to be at the Mag Lab Open House (link to announcement) to lead an informal tour of specific parts of the lab. I will go to areas of particular interest to students taking PHY2049, but others are welcome.
My usual plan is to start at the Mag Lab itself at 10:00 sharp and finish in the CAPS engineering labs in the afternoon, so I recommend parking in the large lot behind CAPS (off Levy, to the east of the Mag Lab) so you won't have far to walk at the end of the day.
A map and details from past years are in a blog entry from 2009. They did not do "crush a coin" or demo the triple point of water in 2011, so I hope those are back this year. If so, they will be our first stops.
As in the past, I plan to be at the Mag Lab Open House (link to announcement) to lead an informal tour of specific parts of the lab. I will go to areas of particular interest to students taking PHY2049, but others are welcome.
My usual plan is to start at the Mag Lab itself at 10:00 sharp and finish in the CAPS engineering labs in the afternoon, so I recommend parking in the large lot behind CAPS (off Levy, to the east of the Mag Lab) so you won't have far to walk at the end of the day.
A map and details from past years are in a blog entry from 2009. They did not do "crush a coin" or demo the triple point of water in 2011, so I hope those are back this year. If so, they will be our first stops.
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