Seas Weekly 02-03-25

Seas Weekly 02-03-25

Seas Weekly 02-03-25

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Important Dates:

Date	Event
February 24th	Drop Period ends
March 8th – 16th	Spring Term Break
March 17th	Classes resume
March 21st	Grade Type Change Deadline
March 24th – April 7th	Advance Registration for Fall Term
March 24th	Registration for Summer Session Begins
March 31st	Last Day to withdraw from a course
April 30th	Last day of classes
May 1st – 4th	Reading Days
May 5th – 13th	Final Examinations
May 13th	Spring Term ends
May 17th	Alumni Day
May 19th	Commencement

Announcements for the week

Community Co-Working Sessions

Looking for a supportive environment to gain more focus, structure, and accountability in getting your work done? Join us for weekly co-working sessions (two 60-minute independent study sessions with snacks, goal sharing, and short breaks) at the Weingarten Center in Stouffer Commons.
Tuesdays and Fridays starting on February 4th
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Weingarten Center in Stouffer Commons
Click here to register

Super Bowl 2025 Watch Party

Sunday, February 9th
6:00 pm -9:00 pm
Houston Hall

Energy Week Lightning Talk

Energy Week Lightning Talk Finalists present amazing work in the energy sector! Cheer on this year’s Lightning Talk finalists as they present energy-related research in engaging TED-style talks for a live audience and panel of judges. You’ll get a lightning-fast look at energy through science, engineering, and policy displines. A Judge’s Choice Award and Audience Choice Award will be granted at this event. Come cheer on the finalists! This collaborative event is hosted by the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research, Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. Boxed lunches will be available.

Monday, February 10th
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Kleinman Center Energy Policy
Finalists present amazing work in the energy sector!

Events (Engineering)

Orientation Peer Advisor (OPA) Applications now OPEN!

The 2025 OPA Applications will open for students to apply beginning on Monday, February 3rd, 2025 will be open through Sunday, March 9th, 2025. OPAs are essential to new student orientation and help our new students feel welcome. OPAs are Engineering upperclassmen who are trained to mentor incoming students and assist with course selection and general questions. This is a great opportunity to get involved!

Click here to apply

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)

Penn I-Corp Application Virtual Information Session

Penn I-Corps can help you turn your vision into reality. Penn I-Corps is a program that teaches entrepreneurs how to validate their startup ideas by conducting customer interviews. The program is open to Penn-affiliated students, researchers, or faculty with ideas and technologies originating in academic research. We are currently accepting applications (For priority applications, apply by February 20th).

February 5th to February 24th
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Click here to register

2025 Penn Tango Spring Boot Camp

Interested in Tango? Want to improve your dance skills? Then join the Penn Tango Boot Camp. We have professional instructors, and it’s a way to meet people from departments you wouldn’t otherwise run into. Learn more about the Boot Camp on our official website:https://sites.google.com/view/penntango/home?

We are open to all Penn affiliates – students, postdocs, faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting scholars.

Monday, January 27th and February 3rd
7:00 pm – 9: 30pm

Bodek Lounge

Energy Week @Penn Poster Session

You are invited to participate in the 2025 Energy Week @Penn Poster Session. This is a great opportunity to meet like-minded peers and faculty, showcase and get feedback on your work, learn about the breadth of energy research happening at Penn, and get a free Energy Week t-shirt! If you would like to present a poster, register by Monday, January 27, 2025. All students and postdocs who have research related to energy are encouraged to participate. Poster presenters will be assigned an hour-long block where they are expected to be at their poster but are otherwise encouraged to visit other posters, network with the attendees, or enjoy some refreshments.

Wednesday, February 12th
4:30 pm – 6: 30pm
Vagelos Laboratories for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST Building)
Click here to register

Virtual Survivor Support Space for Spring

Penn Violence Prevention and the Penn Women’s Center are collaborating to create a virtual space for survivors and allies to receive support and community. We are starting the Virtual Support Space back up for the Spring semester! I’m reaching out to ask for your support in sharing the attached flyer about our Virtual Survivor Support Space with your communities via your newsletters, social media, and physical spaces.

Tuesdays 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Starting on January 28th
Zoom Sessions
Click here to register

Spring 2025 Tutoring Services

The Weingarten Center offers tutoring services to Penn students at no additional cost for various courses. For more information, please check the flyer below.

Scholarships & Grants Opportunities

Identifying Funding Opportunities – Pivot Information Session

The OVPR is now providing a powerful new resource to help researchers identify funding opportunities. PIVOT-RP is a funding opportunity database that easily allows researchers to customize their search for funding based on discipline, career stage, interest, location, and other categories. This information session will walk the Penn research community through how to access and search the database and leverage additional tools like customizing automatic notifications for relevant funding opportunities.
Thursday, March 6th
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Virtual)
Click here to register

Funded Research Opportunities for Faculty and Students

Interested in getting to know more funded Research opportunities? The Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships connects faculty and students in support of these transformative experiences through three signature funding opportunities for undergraduates:

Jumpstart for Juniors Program
Provides funding to both a student and a faculty mentor for a research project in the summer between a student’s third and fourth years
Applications due Monday, March 17, 2025

While these programs require the involvement of a standing faculty member, we welcome proposals from collaborative teams that include non-standing faculty.

Questions about any of these programs can be addressed to Ann Vernon-Grey in the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

University Research Foundation Award

The University Research Foundation (URF) is an intramural funding program that provides up to $75,000 for research projects and up to $5,000 for conference support. The URF provides seed funding for up to one year for research activities that are expected to lead to external sponsorship and/or peer-reviewed research publications. Conference support grants are faculty-developed events that take place on Penn’s campus.

During Fall 2024, the OVPR reviewed 83 applications (over $4.2 million in requests) from across campus. Four review panels consisting of 33 faculty reviewers assessed proposals in four categories: Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Natural Sciences and Engineering, and Biomedical Sciences. A total of 56 new projects were recommended for funding, totaling $2,595,003.

The next cycle for the Fall 2025 URF program will open in late August, with a proposal deadline of October 9, 2025.

2025 Call for proposals-PPA Research Support

As part of its commitment to a carbon-neutral campus by 2042, the University of Pennsylvania entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy company AES to develop solar arrays that would generate enough energy to fulfill 70% of the campus and health system electricity needs. Under the PPA, AES is generously supporting related educational efforts at Penn through the PPA Renewable Energy Research Program run by the Environmental Innovations Initiative.

Now through March 15, 2025, we are accepting proposals for grant support for education and/or training associated with the technical, operational, and economic aspects of renewable energy and energy storage. Funded projects may include research directly related to the AES solar energy project or projects and activities focused more broadly on education and training related to renewable energy in all its aspects.

For more information and to submit a proposal, visit here

PARCC Announces Partnerships with AHEAD, NVIDIA and more

Penn Advanced Research Computing Center (PARCC) has reached a major milestone toward opening its high-performance computing cluster. PARCC is pleased to announce contracts with AHEAD to build an NVIDIA SuperPod backed by VAST Data Storage and powered by NVIDIA Blackwell. The cluster will be hosted by Flexential, offering an integrated on-campus research computing experience. Further updates on PARCC can be viewed on the OVPR website.

Career & Networking Opportunities

Penn Engineering Heath Tech Industry Days – February 26th & 27

Join us for this spring’s Penn Engineering Industry Days, featuring Health Tech! Health Tech Industry Days will highlight various sub-industries, including medical devices, digital health, pharmaceuticals, and biotech. Stay tuned for more information on events, participating employers, and student registration. Event information will be published in Handshake in February.

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.

Alumni Fireside Chat of Spring 2025

EDAB is very excited to host our first Alumni Fireside Chat of Spring 2025. Our kickoff speaker is Mr. Deepak Prabhakar, Director of Solutions Engineering at DexCare, a data-driven intelligence company focused on making access to healthcare. Mr. Prabhakar graduated Penn Engineering in 2011 with a BSE Bioengineering and MS Biotechnology. He was recently awarded the 2024 Penn Engineering Young Alumni Award. We hope this dinner offers students a chance to learn from our very own Penn Engineering Alumni. It will be limited to 15 students at a round table, a format we hope will facilitate easy conversation and an overall more personal experience. DISCLOSURE: we will take the first 15 RSVPs and everyone else will be put on a waitlist. Greek Lady will be provided!

Wednesday, February 5th
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Greenburg Lounge (Skirkanich)
Click here to register

Engineering Entrepreneurship

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