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WOMEN IN ENGINEERING & COMPUTING CAREER DAY LINCOLN CAMPUS CENTER AUDITORIUM, UMASS AMHERST

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2017 AGENDA

8:30 – 8:50 AM LOBBY - AUDITORIUM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:50 – 9:00 AM AUDITORIUM

Welcome to Career Day Dr. Paula Rees, Assistant Dean of Diversity, College of Engineering

9:00 – 9:30 AM AUDITORIUM

Industry Panel Moderator: Dr. Paula Rees Industry Representatives: TBD

9:30 – 10:15 AM AUDITORIUM

Keynote Introduction: Tim Anderson, Dean, College of Engineering Speaker: Gillian Gregory, GEI Consulting Engineers

10:15 – 11:15 AM VARIOUS

Activity I (Refer to your name badge and the room guide on the back of this program.)

11:15 AM - NOON LOBBY - AUDITORIUM

Lunch buffet open (Buffet set out in lobby; Please take plates to auditorium to eat and visit exhibit tables.) Industry and College Tables

NOON – 1:00 PM VARIOUS

Activity II / Counselor & Teacher Session (Refer to your name badge and the room guide on back of this program.)

1:00 – 1:30 PM AUDITORIUM

Student and Alumni Round Table Moderator: TBD Panelists: TBD

1:30 PM End of Official Career Day

1:30 PM BASE OF ESCALATOR

“After Hours” Lab Tours Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Engineering

Event Sponsors

Raytheon Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Society of Women Engineers UMass Amherst College of Engineering

UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences Verizon Foundation

Diversity Programs Sponsors

Dr. Robert M. Gorman ’63 Ms. Barbara C. Howard ’78 Dr. Elizabeth S. Ivey ’76 PhD & Mr. Robert L.

Klein ’58 Mr. Charles J. Peters & Mrs. Karen M. Peters ‘87

Mr. Norman G. Phillibert ’85 MS Raytheon Company Mrs. Janice R. Rossbach ’49

Verizon Foundation

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LOCATION AUDITORIUM 163C 174-76 165 - 69

162 - 75

168C BASE OF ESCALATORS

ACTIVITY 10:15 – 11:15 Q&A Session – What is … Engineering? 11:15 – Noon Displays & Demonstrations; Lunch Noon – 1:00 pm Q&A Session – What is … Engineering? Tentative: Introduction to Nanoparticles – Thirsty for gold 10:15 – 11:15 The Lotus Effect & Capillary Origami: Engineering of Liquid – Solid Interactions. Professor Jonathan Rothstein, Mechanical Engineering and students. Noon – 1:00 PM TBD Chef Simon and CHE. Introduction to viscosity and the chemical engineering of foods via gluten. Play It/Code It – Programming with Games and Scratch. Professor Ben Marlin, College of Information and Computer Science and students. Counselor/Teacher Session. An opportunity to hear from Engineering and CS faculty members about the types of students that would do well in these careers. While UMass admissions criteria will be shared as a handout, the focus of the discussion will on the characteristics to look for in your students in order to help guide them to successfully pursue these degrees. Professor Shelly Peyton, Chemical Engineering; Professor Barna Saha, College of Information and Computer Science; Professor Ryan Hayward, Polymer Science and Engineering; Renee Fall, Program Manager CAITE/CITI, College of Information & Computer Sciences Pre-Arranged Tours TBD