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Do you always ask for a debrief? Even if you win the contract? Do you know when you should file a protest and when you shouldn’t? Debriefings and protests can be powerful tools to a government contractor but many small businesses don’t understand these processes or don’t take advantage of them when they should. This workshop will help you to better understand best practices for incorporate these tools into your ongoing procurement process.
]]>After working in the defense industry and medical industry, Doug and his father started the company Guard Dog Valves, with a mission to reduce the significant amount of water that is lost to leaking toilets with innovative, cost-efficient products. A number of his company's products are designed with the help of UCF engineering senior design teams.
**This event will be held one-hour prior to the College of Engineering and Computer Science's Senior Design Showcase** Open to all but RSVP appreciated to Francesca.Botteri@ucf.edu.
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]]>UCF's College of Engineering and Computer Science will host the inaugural Florida-Wide Student Engineering Design Invitational during its Senior Design Showcase, where 130 projects made by nearly 600 graduating seniors will be displayed. Free and open to all. See Event Flyer for details.
The partner engineering colleges are from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona); Florida A&M - Florida State University (Tallahassee); Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton); Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne); Florida International University (Miami); University of Central Florida (Orlando); University of Florida (Gainesville); University of Miami (Miami); University of North Florida (Jacksonville); and University of South Florida (Tampa).
]]>All are welcome to attend one of UCF's biggest, most visual and interactive events of the year: the Senior Design Showcase featuring 120+ brilliant innovations created by 580 graduating seniors of the UCF College of Engineering & Computer Science.
NEW: The showcase will feature an additional 25 projects made by graduating seniors of nine visiting engineering colleges. The inaugural Florida-Wide Student Engineering Design Invitational is a first-of-its-kind partnership of 10 engineering deans who seek to collaboratively demonstrate the scope and strength of the state's engineering and computer science talent pipeline. Participating institutions: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Florida A&M-Florida State University; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Institute of Technology; Florida International University; University of Central Florida; University of Florida; University of Miami; University of North Florida and University of South Florida.
The event is free and open to all, and is perfect for anyone who loves seeing unique, innovative, creative inventions that solve real-world problems. Click here for event flyer.
April 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., inside and outside Engineering I & II buildings; and Harris Engineering Center, on UCF's main campus.
For parking and directions, please visit http://map.ucf.edu/.
Check www.cecs.ucf.edu after April 17 for the event program including descriptions and locations of all projects.
]]>Students must register for all workshops through their myUCF Student Center under Graduate Students then Pathways to Success.
]]>Structural Engineering of Functional Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Conversions
Shaowei Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Cruz
Abstract: Development of effective technologies for clean and sustainable hydrogen energy has been attracting great attention. Toward this end, a promising approach is based on the electrolysis of water for hydrogen production. To date, the most effective electrocatalysts towards hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are based on Pt-group metals. However, the high costs and natural scarcity have severely limited their broad utilization. Transition metal compounds have been prepared as effective, alternative HER catalysts in a series of recent studies. However, thus far, it has remained a great challenge to develop highly active HER catalysts with a low overpotential based on earth-abundant and cost-effective materials. Recently, carbon-based electrocatalysts have attracted a great deal of interest because of their low overpotentials toward HER. Notably, the active sites of carbon for HER can be modulated by the incorporation of transition metal nanoparticles and (non)metal doping. In this presentation, we will summarize recent progress in the development of carbon-based electrocatalysts toward HER. In particular, we will report recent development in the design and engineering of single-atom catalysts for HER, which is exemplified with graphitic-like carbon nitride (C3N4) nanosheets embedded with ruthenium ions. This takes advantage of the strong affinity of ruthenium ions to pyridinic nitrogen of the tri-s-triazine units of C3N4. Significantly, the hybrid materials exhibit apparent electrocatalytic activity towards HER in acid and the activity increases with the loading of ruthenium metal centers in the C3N4 matrix. Control experiments suggest minimal contributions from the C3N4 nanosheets to the HER activity, and the activity is mostly due to the formation of Ru-N moieties where the synergistic interactions between the carbon nitride and ruthenium metal centers facilitate the adsorption of hydrogen. This is strongly supported by results from density functional theory calculations.
Biography: Dr. Shaowei Chen finished his undergraduate studies in China in 1991 with a BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China, and then went to Cornell University receiving his MS and Ph.D. degrees in 1993 and 1996, respectively. Following a postdoctoral appointment in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he started his independent career at Southern Illinois University in 1998. In summer 2004, he moved to the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is currently a Professor of Chemistry and the Faculty Director of the UCSC COSMOS program.
]]>Attend an information session with the Director of the Office of Prestigious Awards.
Lunch is provided.
Sign up here.
]]>Workshops are held at the tower gardens on the 1st floor of the Student Union (near the stairs) and the Arboretum Green House. Be sure to check today's location.
]]>Named after UCF’s Chuck Dziuban, the award recognizes one outstanding UCF faculty member who has taught at least one fully online course within the previous academic year. Dziuban is an internationally acclaimed leader in online learning and, among many other recognitions, was named UCF’s first Pegasus Professor and is currently a Professor Emeritus.
This seminar can be viewed online or face-to-face at the Center for Distributed Learning.
For presentations resources and to learn more about the presenters, go to: https://cdl.ucf.edu/daw-learning-gains/
Reserve your seat or receive notification when the recording is available for preview, by registering at: https://daw-learning-gains.eventbrite.com
]]>Students must register for all workshops through their myUCF Student Center under Graduate Students then Pathways to Success.
]]>Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
The Safe Zone Advocates training is the second in the series and was created to further individual knowledge and understanding of LGBTQ+ issues. The training is geared toward helping attendees explore, identify, and expose cultural biases and acquire skills necessary for advocating for marginalized populations.
Participants who complete both trainings (LGBTQ+ 101 and Safe Zone Advocates) are designated as Safe Zone Advocates and can be identified by a Safe Zone placard.
Training Objectives:
The Career Services team has put together the first "STEM without STRESS" program series! This includes two workshops and a panel event which will be held April 19th from 3-5pm in Room 121 at the Career Services building.
This panel event will feature two allied-health professionals (a psychiatric nurse and a family physician), a computer scientist, an engineer from the Nassal Company and a chemist from Lockheed Martin. The moderator will be asking questions regarding their undergraduate journey and how they managed to maintain personal wellness despite academic challenges. While this event is open to all majors, STEM majors are encouraged to attend.
The goal of this program is to provide students with the opportunity to meet with professionals in their fields of interest to learn more about self-care strategies while pursuing their STEM degrees. These events are designed to better prepare students for success while at UCF by fostering academic success and personal wellness.
Like all panel events--Student attendees will have an opportunity to ask their own questions! At the end of the event, students will also have the chance to network with the employers.
We look forward to seeing you! Please preregister for the event (https://ucf.joinhandshake.com/events/144322) and make sure to arrive on time to preserve your RSVP. The event will also be streamed through Facebook Live for those unable to attend. You can view the event by following UCF Career Services on Facebook.
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CAPS workshops are free, require no sign-up, and seats are provided on a first-come first-serve basis.
]]>April 19, 2018
3:30 p.m.
HPA 1, Room 126
Reception to follow presentation
What do we mean by resilience in the context of European cities? We will discuss:
Alberto Terenzi leads sustainability efforts in Europe in his role as Senior Project Officer for Sustainable Resources, Climate and Resilience in the European Secretariat of Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI). He is an expert on climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience. He consults on sustainable strategic development. He holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Bologna University, Italy.
For more information, contact: politics@ucf.edu