Undergraduate Departmental Seminar

MEMS 1085: Departmental Seminar
Fall Term (2101)
Tuesdays
11:00 - 11:50am
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Mandatory attendance at ALL seminars (exception: April and August graduating seniors are not required to attend the fall registration seminar).
Only one absence will be tolerated if and only if make-up work is completed.
Make-up work consists of:
1. Attendance at a graduate seminar in the Swanson School of Engineering and submission of a one-paragraph summary of that seminar (which does not duplicate the abstract) including the date, speaker, title, department, and topic(s) covered. MEMS graduate seminars can be found on the department's website under 'Upcoming Events"; AND
2. Selection of an article concerning a mechanical engineering, materials science, or engineering physics topic from the popular press and submission of a one-paragraph summary of that article.
All make-up work is due within 4 weeks of the missed seminar. Failure to complete make-up work for one missed seminar will result in a grade of "U".
Missing two or more seminars will result in a grade of "U".
If you have a conflict with the seminar, please see Shannon Kelley, 648 Benedum Hall, to complete a seminar attendance excuse request by September 25.

TBA

Seating chart is used to take attendance.
**Please note your assigned seat**

**Tentative schedule subject to change**

Date	Topic	Speaker (s)
9/22	Introduction	Dr. Patrick Smolinski, MEMS Professor
	Cooperation Education Program	Jackie Jones, Co-Op Consultant
	Career Development	Mike Jackson, Employment Specialist
9/28	Ferrous Physical Metallurgy Concentration	Dr. Anthony DeArdo, MEMS Professor
	NUCOR	Ron O'Malley, NUCOR Plant Metallurgist
	Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory	Angela Noll, Associate Engineer (412-476-7684)
10/20	Spring Term (2104) Registration	Dr. William Slaughter, MEMS Professor Dr. Partick Smolinski, MEMS Professor