SEAS Weekly 4-22-24
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Academic Integrity Reminder
Please remember that all students are obligated to follow the Code of Academic Integrity. As noted, “If a student is unsure whether his action(s) constitute a violation of the Code of Academic Integrity, then it is that student’s responsibility to consult with the instructor to clarify any ambiguities.
Words to think about this week:
“What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.” — bell hooks
Sources of Support
Wellness at Penn: Student Health and Counseling
- Call 215-746-WELL (9355) to speak with a medical or mental health provider 24/7.
- Visit a mental health professional at one of our Let’s Talk locations across campus
Jed Foundation
- How to Cope With Safety Threats in Your Community or the World(link is external): If you’re coping with threats of violence due to social or political upheaval, conflict, or war, use these tips to manage stress and anxiety.
SAMHSA
- Coping Tips for Traumatic Events and Disasters(link is external): Coping strategies include preparation, self-care, and identifying support systems.
Get Immediate Help in Crisis
Visit our Get Help Now page for Penn-specific resources.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Call 1-800-273-8255 (24/7) or online chat from 2 PM-2 AM: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org(link is external)
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741 (24/7): https://www.crisistextline.org(link is external)
Trevor Project
Call 1-866-488-7386 (24/7), online chat, or text START to 678678: https://www.thetrevorproject.org
Highlights for the Week
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This week is the last full week of classes! You’re almost there! Finish strong!
E-Formal: Night at the Arcade
Drop 2 is live! Grab your tickets now: $30 individually and $25 in a group of 8 or more. Experience an exciting night at the arcade with $15 of game credits, party in our exclusive dance area, and enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar (21+ only). Buy your tickets here!
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Summer Job with GEMS 2024
GEMS is looking for more undergraduate student counselors for our one week long summer camp from June 24 – June 28, 2024. Counselors are needed from 8:30am – 4:30pm each day and will be paid for their time and provided lunch. Apply here: 2024 GEMS Counselor Application (google.com)
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Student Support Resources
- Office of Academic Services: Towne 109 Walk in advising hours (M-Th 2-4pm) or email oasadvi@seas.upenn.edu.
- Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion : Towne 2nd floor.
- Weingarten Center: 215-573-9235 https://weingartencenter.universitylife.upenn.edu/
- Counseling Services: 215-898-7021 https://wellness.upenn.edu/student-health-and-counseling
- University Chaplain’s Office: 215-898-8456 https://chaplain.upenn.edu/
- Student Financial Services: 215-898-1988 https://srfs.upenn.edu/
- Student Health Service: 215-746-3535 https://wellness.upenn.edu/student-health-and-counseling
- University Life: 215-898-6081 https://universitylife.upenn.edu/
- HELP Line: 215-898-HELP (215-898-4357)
- Penn Libraries: https://www.library.upenn.edu/
- Medical Care: https://wellness.upenn.edu/student-health-and-counseling/student-health-and-counseling-medical-care
- Student Health and Counseling Services Are Available for Students Remember to call first!
- Website: https://wellness.upenn.edu/
- Medical Services
3535 Market Street, Suite 100, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Monday through Friday: 8 am – 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
215-746-3535 (24/7) - Counseling Services
3624 Market Street, First Floor West, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Monday through Wednesday: 9 am – 7 pm
Thursday and Friday: 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Students can drop-in and meet with a clinician during regular business hours.
215-898-7021 (24/7)
Important Dates:
| Date | Event |
| May 1 | Last day of classes |
| May 2 – 5 | Reading Days |
| May 6 – 14 | Final Examinations |
| May 14 | Spring Term ends |
Engineering Activities
OAS Academic Advising Walk-in Advising at the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion ODEI is offering walk-in advising in the Cora Ingrum Conference Room (enter at 211 Towne) from 11am-1pm every Wednesday. Emily Delany (eedelany@seas.upenn.edu), the Special Programs and Advising Coordinator from Research and Academic Services, would be delighted to meet with you! ESAC Club Calendar Want to see the full list of club activities? Check out the events and application deadlines for engineering clubs on the ESAC Club Calendar! ODEI's Freshman Coaching Program - For New and Seasoned Students Ongoing opportunity Summer Job with GEMS 2024 (6/24 - 6/28) Join us for GEMS 2024. Penn GEMS is happening this summer: June 24 – June 28, and we need undergraduate student counselors. GEMS is an engineering, one week long summer camp, for middle school students. Counselors are needed from 8:30am-4:30pm each day and will be paid for their time and provided lunch. Please send in your resume and complete the form below as soon as possible. A resume is required. Please upload to the Google form. Once the form is received, I will be in touch with you to set up a meeting to discuss GEMS. This opportunity is open for ALL engineering undergrad students. Please circulate within your community. For more information on GEMS, visit: https://gems.seas.upenn.edu/ The Penn Forum on Quantum Systems (FoQuS) Hosted by thePenn Center for Quantum Information, Engineering, Science, and Technology (QUIEST) Event Dates: May 2-3, 2024 Event Location: Singh Center for Nanotechnology, University of Pennsylvania Penn FoQuS – the inaugural kickoff symposium for Penn’s new and evolving QUIEST Center – will bring together quantum experts from academia, industry, and government to speak at this event. Through this symposium, the Center hopes to build connections between researchers, to raise awareness about regional, national, and international efforts in QUIEST, and to help guide research and education priorities for the QUIEST Center moving forward. The symposium will be broadly organized around the QUIEST research domains: How to Participate Mark your calendar for May 2-3, 2024, and register here to secure your spot! Registration is free and open to all levels within the quantum community. If you are interested in sharing your research as part of the FoQuS Poster Session during this conference, please submit your poster abstract here. If you are a current Penn Student and would like to volunteer some of your time during the conference to support the background operations, please fill out this volunteer interest form. Marian Bechtel (QUIEST Program Coordinator, bmarian@seas.upenn.edu) will reach out to student volunteers who have submitted this form to confirm details and assign responsibilities. Advanced Registration Coffee Chats | Penn Engineering Council Join the Penn Engineering Council for personalized class scheduling guidance during Advanced Registration! Sign up for a personalized coffee chat with an experienced student of your choice by clicking the sign-up link below. Reach out to your selected upperclassman advisor to schedule a one-on-one meeting and get expert advice tailored just for you, ensuring your ideal semester plan. Our team consists of juniors, seniors, and some sophomores from various SEAS majors, all here to assist you. Plus, if you and your mentor decide to meet at Top Hat Coffee Lounge and are one of the first two sign-ups for that mentor, PEC will cover a combined $15 worth of purchases for you and your mentor! Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity! https://docs.google.com/ E-Formal: Night at the Arcade (5/1) The eighth annual Engineering Formal will take place Wednesday, May 1st from 9:30pm – 12:30am. Join us for an unforgettable night of games, food, and fun at Dave and Buster’s! The first ticket drop will open on Wednesday, April 10th. Follow @penn_esac on Instagram for updates! OPA Applications Apply to be an OPA! Would you like to mentor first year students and help them transition to Penn Engineering? Apply to be an OPA! Application link here: https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_87VljgduVKtIqUu Deadline is April 20, 2024. Mentor Meals: Make your Reservation Today! NSOAI’s meal-hosting initiative, the Penn Mentor Meals Program is open for booking reservations! This program encourages mentors and students to engage in conversation outside of the classroom and provide them with a meal free of charge! Members of the Penn Community can initiate a meal with a mentor or mentee including current or past students, professors, teaching assistants, advisors, RAs, PHINS, Peer Advisors, members of Penn’s professional staff, etc. Lunch is served at the University Club at the Inn at Penn on Mondays through Thursdays from 11:30am-2pm. Join the Penn Alumni Ambassador Program! Are you a graduating senior looking for meaningful ways to support the Penn community after graduation? Become an alumni ambassador to stay connected to Penn, give back to the University with your time, and make an impact on prospective SEAS applicants. Visit our website to learn more. Communications Strategy for the Higher Education Sexual Misconduct and Awareness (HESMA) Survey Penn is one of 10 institutions participating in the Higher Education Sexual Misconduct and Awareness survey this spring. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students received a unique survey link via email to participate, and can also access the survey, which should take about 20 minutes to complete, with a single link. This is the third time since 2015 that Penn has participated in confidential data-gathering on the topic and the results are meant to inform policies, services, and interventions at the University and other institutions. Respondents will receive a $10 gift card and the survey is available for four weeks. The survey is being administered by Westat and is anonymous and voluntary. The survey opened on 3/19/24 and will close on 4/16/24. UPGRADE and Penn Esports Game Night Fundraiser (4/26) UPGRADE and Penn Esports are hosting a Game Night Fundraiser! It will be on Friday, April 26, from 7 PM – 11 PM in McNeil Building, room 309. We will provide a variety of party games, including Jackbox, Gartic, a Minecraft server, and more! Food and drink are also provided. There is a 5$ entry fee, and all proceedings will go to AbleGamers foundation, a charity dedicated to helping gamers with disabilities enjoy the same games as everyone. We hope to see you there! I am pleased to announce the MIT Solve 2024 Global Challenges are now open for applications! MIT Solve’s Global Challenges seek innovators who are using technology to solve today’s most pressing problems. The selected innovators will share over $1 million in available funding, take part in a nine-month support program, and join the Solve community of cross-sector social impact leaders to help scale their solutions. Solve’s 2024 Global Challenge areas are: Each year, our team reviews over 1,000 applications with solutions for how to make our planet a healthier, more equitable place to live. We then select the most promising as our annual Solver class. We invite you to become a part of this journey: Your support can multiply this reach, and help further social innovation around the world. Thank you for being part of this – we could not do this work without you! Industrial Metal Service Scholarship (App Due 7/15) We are offering a one-time scholarship reward of $1000 to one outstanding university student. The scholarship requires students to create and submit a 300-word essay describing one of the following topics: More details can be found here: https:// Summer 2024 REU in Molecular Engineering - University of Chicago We are currently recruiting students for our Summer 2024 REU in Molecular Engineering program, which focuses on quantum engineering, material systems for sustainability and health, and immune-engineering research. We would be grateful if you would share this opportunity with your students who may be interested in summer research experiences: Students can find program information here. Sign up for an information session here. Summer Internship Posts | Machina Labs Machina Labs is on a mission to build the factory of the future — a factory where designers and As a Summer Intern in Product Management, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and contribute This role is based out of the Machina Labs HQ in Los Angeles, which houses our offices, Who You Are 2024 ShanghaiTech Summer Lab Program (App Due 4/30) The 2024 ShanghaiTech Summer Lab Program is now open for application! This non-credit and tuition-free program is exclusively for international students from our partner institutions. Participants can choose a lab of research interest in our schools and institutes, with the chance to do experiments on world-class research facilities and national science platforms that are not easily accessible to students outside ShanghaiTech. To enrich students’ experience, the Office of International Affairs may also organize free cultural tours in the city or the nearby water town. The program duration is six weeks from July 7th to August 18th, 2024 and the application deadline is April 30th, 2024. For more details, please visit https://www.shanghaitech.edu.cn/eng/2018/0130/c5242a50095/page.htm International Summer Program (ISP) 2024 at TU Dortmund University The International Summer Program (ISP) 2024 in Dortmund consists of three tracks: engineering (Track A), German and European Studies (Track B), and entrepreneurship (Track C). Attached you will find our preliminary course catalog, which contains more information about the courses in all tracks. Students are free to choose courses from all three tracks. They also again have the option of taking a research project in addition to or instead of track-specific courses. Our registration page is already open and we are now ready to accept applications. The link to the application page is on our ISP website (www.summerprogram.tu- Summer Job with GEMS 2024 (6/24 - 6/28) Join us for GEMS 2024. Penn GEMS is happening this summer: June 24 – June 28, and we need undergraduate student counselors. GEMS is an engineering, one week long summer camp, for middle school students. Counselors are needed from 8:30am-4:30pm each day and will be paid for their time and provided lunch. Please send in your resume and complete the form below as soon as possible. A resume is required. Please upload to the Google form. Once the form is received, I will be in touch with you to set up a meeting to discuss GEMS. This opportunity is open for ALL engineering undergrad students. Please circulate within your community. For more information on GEMS, visit: https://gems.seas.upenn.edu/ 2024 O4U Fall Conference Applications Open! We are thrilled to announce that applications for the Fall 2024 Conferences are now open! Our Fall 2024 conferences are: O4U Engineering + Life Sciences (Pilot) Conference Sept. 26-28, 2024 (Tentative) | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN O4U Digital Conference Sept/Oct 2024 | New York, NY Our conferences are specifically dedicated to empowering LGBTQIA2+ undergraduate in Engineering, Tech, Marketing, and now Life Sciences industries. The Round 1 deadline of March 3rd, 2024 is coming up soon! Every year, O4U hosts a weekend-long professional development conference for high-achieving, high-potential LGBTQIA2+ undergraduate students who are studying or interested in any of the fields mentioned above. If you are not familiar with Out for Undergrad (O4U), you can learn more about it on the website: We have three total rounds for applications but applying early is highly encouraged as all rounds are of rolling admissions, with deadlines on: Round 1: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024, 11:59PM PST Round 2: Sunday, March 31st, 2024, 11:59PM PST Round 3: Sunday, April 28th, 2024, 11:59PM PST Here is a little more about the conference: If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us: The O4U Admissions Team Engineering Summer Academy at Penn (ESAP) hiring for Summer 2024 Engineering Summer Academy at Penn (ESAP) is a highly selective summer program where high school students explore Penn Engineering. ESAP’s intensive program combines sophisticated theory with hands-on practical experience while earning college credit, living on Penn’s historic campus, and connecting with new friends from around the world! We are currently hiring residential assistant directors, teaching assistants, lab assistant and more! Please use the following form to apply: https://forms.gle/8AU2Juf8ibgNgr8M9 Penn GSE Fall and Summer Courses 2024 Please visit Course Registration | One Penn GSE (upenn.edu) or view the flyer below for information on Penn GSE’s 2024 Fall and Summer Courses.
Are you interested in studying with peers regularly? Would you like access to ten engineering students who have aced classes you’re currently taking? If a study group appeals to you, please stop by ODEI on Mondays and Fridays from 12 PM to 2 PM to connect with Academic Coaches and peers. The Freshman Coaching Program provides a community of learners that help students establish a rhythm of study throughout their tenure at Penn. The program is not limited to first year students. Everyone is welcome to join us. Coaching covers chemistry, mathematics, CIS, physics, MATLAB, and more. If you would like to participate, please contact Dr. Yulanda Essoka at yult@seas.upenn.edu.
Penn Activities
Scholarships
1. Innovative Uses of Recycled Metals in Design and Construction
2. The Role of Metals in Sustainable Development
3. The Impact of Metal 3D Printing on Manufacturing
4. Metals in Renewable Energy Technologies
Paid/Unpaid Opportunities
engineers rapidly iterate on physical products and scale out production on demand. We began
our journey in 2019 and since then have been backed by major AI and Deep Tech investors
(like Innovation Endeavors and Lockheed Martin Ventures), and we count NASA, SpaceX,
Tesla, and the U.S. Air Force.
to the planning and release lifecycle of our sheet metal manufacturing system, called Roboform.
This role offers a unique blend of hardware and software experiences, exposing you to
advanced robotics technology. You’ll assist in defining, building, and releasing projects that
span from robot end effectors to control systems to factory management software. Your
internship will be a deep dive into the world of robotics, providing a hands-on experience in a
dynamic and innovative environment.
system assembly bays, and active Roboform cells.
What You’ll Do
● Support the management of key metrics related to manufacturing automation and
customer success.
● Collaborate with Engineering, Program Management, and end users to learn about
scoping and designing new features.
● Help manage project lifecycles, including documentation, timeline management, and
customer education under guidance from members of the Product team.
● Participate in technical planning and sprint management across Robotics, Software, and
Mechanical engineering teams.
● Engage in problem-solving activities related to hardware and software aspects of
robotics.
● Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by providing feedback and ideas from a
fresh perspective.
● Join customer conversations to understand their goals and how our tech advances their
mission.
● Your interests and abilities lie at the intersection of business problems, user experience,
and robotics technology.
● You are proactive and curious, eager to learn about complex robotics systems.
● You possess strong analytical skills and are capable of breaking down complex
problems into manageable components.
●You have a collaborative mindset and are enthusiastic about working in a team
environment.
● You are currently pursuing or have recently completed an undergrad or masters degree
in engineering or a related discipline; or you are currently pursuing an MBA and have an
engineering background (education or work experience).These conferences remain free of charge to all students thanks to the generous sponsoring companies!
digital.admissions@outforundergrad.org
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