From DMATTHE at exchange.clemson.edu Thu Aug 16 12:02:14 2007 From: DMATTHE at exchange.clemson.edu (David Matthews) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:02:14 -0400 Subject: [Chem undergrad] Career Success in Science and Engineering Course Message-ID: <55DBFCA8ACF6EA4581E3030BE2FEEB24453113@CUMAIL1.CAMPUS.CU.CLEMSON.EDU> Dear Chemistry Major, Our Career Success in Science and Engineering course will be offered again this year as a 1 credit elective from 6:15 to 7:05 on Tuesday nights in Hunter 158. This enjoyable and practical introduction to your industrial engineering or science career is open to all college of engineering and science junior and senior undergraduate and graduate students interested in a career in industry. Not only will this course enhance your resume, but it will also provide a clear understanding of your future research and development working environment which will help you avoid the land mines many students encounter early on. We are in our 4th year of teaching this course and it has been very successful. The course started here at Clemson as a NSF Discovery Corps grant and is now being taught at Auburn and Virginia Tech, with elements also being offered at Tennessee, Southern University, and Marquette. The course topics involve both the linear and non-linear aspects of career development including research project execution and prioritization, salary and benefits, intellectual property, how to react to performance reviews, career path options, insider's advice and more. Assignments will provide stimulating interactive discussion on how to succeed both personally and professionally in an industrial research environment. >From the second class, you will be part of a 5 member team and will choose a technology to evaluate. Past technologies have included artificial skin, cancer agent targeted delivery systems, hydrogen storage systems, more efficient combustion catalysts, ceramic engines, quantum dots, anti-aging products, fuel cell and gas separation membranes, piezo materials, and even improved asphalt roads. The students really get a running start on their career since they will have had some hands on experience with these tools. The course is a lot of fun. I will teach all 14 sessions for continuity, although we do have visiting lecturers for some topics. I also conduct career counseling sessions, (which have been much more popular than I had imagined) and can help students with their interviewing and job decision processes. We are limiting the course to 25 students this year. Course enrollment will be limited to 25 total. PLEASE JOIN US! Questions?? Wagener at CLEMSON.EDU Or 864-653-4339 and 864-650-0430 cell Dave Matthews (864) 656-3089 Student Services Coordinator Chemistry Department - Clemson University 223 Hunter Hall - Clemson, SC 29634 Go Tigers!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.clemson.edu/pipermail/chemundergrad/attachments/20070816/2e68a436/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 7483 bytes Desc: image001.gif Url : https://mail.clemson.edu/pipermail/chemundergrad/attachments/20070816/2e68a436/attachment.gif -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Discovery Course- CES 403-603 FALL2007 FLYER-4.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 2265122 bytes Desc: Discovery Course- CES 403-603 FALL2007 FLYER-4.pdf Url : https://mail.clemson.edu/pipermail/chemundergrad/attachments/20070816/2e68a436/attachment.pdf