SEAS Weekly 12-16-24

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Announcements for the week

Engineers for Exploration (E4E) Summer Research Program at UC San Diego

UC San Diego’s Engineers for Exploration Summer Research Program is an NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) Site centered around multidisciplinary and collaborative student research with the broad goals of protecting the environment, uncovering mysteries related to cultural heritage, and providing experiential learning experiences. Our program is a full-time paid research experience from June 23rd to August 29th in which students will work in multidisciplinary research teams to aid scientists from the San Diego Zoo, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and UC San Diego in tackling problems in fields such as ecology, physical oceanography, and archeology.

During this program, students will create and apply technologies in novel ways to aid scientists in their work, and may have opportunities to accompany these technologies on field deployments around the world. Through these projects, students can expect to learn about embedded systems and software, machine learning, electronics integration, mechanical design, system building, as well as project management and team leadership. For more information, please visit our website at https://e4e.ucsd.edu.

Applications are currently being accepted at https://e4e.ucsd.edu/apply through February 15. Applications will continue to be accepted through March 30 if positions are not yet filled.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact nthui@eng.ucsd.edu.

Summer Internships in India,2025
The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) offers fully funded summer internship opportunities to Penn students eager to explore modern India. The deadline to apply is 01/21/25 at 11:59 pm. Click here for more information and to apply.

Events (Engineering)

Dual Major with A.I

Penn Engineering students can now pursue a dual major with the Raj and Neera Singh B.S.E in Artificial Intelligence.

For more information or questions, please email the A.I. Advisor Kat Buchanan: buchkat@seas.upenn.edu

*Note: Students are not permitted to dual major between A.I. and CSCI, NETS, or SSE. 

Events (Penn)

Scholarships & Grants Opportunities

Projects for Progress 2025

As an institution dedicated to addressing the world’s most intractable problems, Penn has established a fund intended to encourage students, staff, and faculty to design and implement pilot projects based on innovative research that will advance our aim of a more inclusive society. We seek to seed impactful projects, grounded in outstanding Penn research, that will offer new ideas to enhance the quality of life for members of our Philadelphia community now and in the future. Project proposals from diverse teams—broadly conceived—will receive priority consideration.

Each winning team will receive up to $100,000 to implement their proposed initiative. Project proposals should be focused on making progress toward one or more of the following goals:

• Eradicating systemic racism
• Achieving educational equity
• Advancing environmental justice & sustainability
• Eliminating health disparities based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and/or social determinants of health

Application period: January 15 – 26, 2025
Click here for more information

Career & Networking Opportunities

Spring Career & Internship Fair

Join us in person on Friday, January 31st for the 2025 Spring Career + Internship Fair! This university-wide career fair covers a range of industries. Enhance your search for full-time postgraduate positions and/or summer internships by taking the opportunity to connect with a variety of employers.

Friday, Jan 31st, 2025
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Houston Hall

Clubs & Organizations

There are many Engineering Student Clubs and Organizations Besides ESAC, EDAB, and Penn Engineering Council. Check here to find more groups for specific interests and disciplines.

Penn Spark presents Penn Place

This semester, Penn Spark is excited to present Penn Place: a collaborative digital art experiment that invites Penn students to create 3D art in a shared voxel grid. Inspired by Reddit’s r/place, our platform allows users to place colored voxels (blocks) in a 3D space, building and shaping a dynamic digital canvas in real-time. The concept merges interactive 3D art with Penn’s campus culture, offering students a unique opportunity to collectively shape a one-of-a-kind visual experience.

Penn Place will be online for a limited time from December 1st to December 7th at noon. We invite students, faculty, clubs, or anyone on campus to make creative contributions on the platform, celebrating the end of the semester in a fun, creative 3D digital experience.

Best experienced on a laptop or desktop device.

Engineering Entrepreneurship

More information about Engineering Entrepreneurship

• Follow them on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, & X/Twitter.
• Tag on these platforms @PennEngEntrep with your own posts.
• Join their subscription-based semi-monthly email to notify you of entrepreneurship-related events, competitions, opportunities and more. If you wish to receive this type of information, please visit https://groups.google.com/a/seas.upenn.edu/g/pennengentrep/ and then click on “ask to join the group” (Image). You have the option to unsubscribe at any time as well and this is completely optional. Emails will be sent on the second and last Wednesday of every month.