PEER and WISE

Accenture – A Conversation on Innovation Fjord Trends 2021

Stay informed and get involved! You are invited to join Accenture on Wednesday, April 14th, 2021, from 6-7PM. Join us and hear about the 7 trends that are driving the future! Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about this year’s Fjord Trends, followed by a Q&A session and opportunity to network with Accenture employees. Please use this link to register for the event. We look forward to seeing you there! At the end of the session, the participants will have the opportunity to win cool prizes!

What is Fjord? Each year, Accenture Interactive crowdsources trends in business, technology and design for the coming year from its global design network of 2,000+ creatives in more than 40 locations. Fjord Trends 2021 focuses on how people, organizations and brands are meeting human needs.

Who: Clemson University Students

What: A Conversation on Innovation – Fjord Trends

Where: Microsoft Teams

When: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 from 6-7PM

Student Spotlight: Illana Jamison

Illana Jamison
PEER Mentor

Major: BioEngineering

Graduation: May 2022

Future Career Plans: “To attend Medical school and start a non-profit.”

Biggest Impact of PEER & WISE: “Building Life long relationships and building community here at Clemson.”

Words of Wisdom: “Let your journey be YOUR Journey! Take the wisdom of those around you, BUT let your journey happen authentically as well!”

Meet the Staff: Joshua Umo

Josh is a graduate Student assistant for PEER & WISE, joining the team in 2020. He is currently pursuing my PhD in Bio Engineering with a BSc. And Msc. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and Carnegie Mellon university, respectively.

“Joining the PEER & WISE family has been an amazing part of my academic journey here at Clemson, where I have been able to witness students mature and become the best versions of themselves ready to be integrated into the society. It has been a pleasurable experience thus far and I have learnt a lot from PEER &WISE.”

What his co-workers have to say about him:

“Josh is a jack of all trades!  He is a very important part of the team.” – Serita Acker

“Josh is a wealth of knowledge and a joyful team member. He always has an interesting perspective or insight to share.” – Beth Anne Johnson

 

Student Accolades and Achievements

Markvan Bellamy Brooks Endowed Scholarship

Endowed in memory of Robert H. Brooks’ late son, Mark Brooks ’91, this fund provides scholarships to undergraduate scholarships to students who major in one of the legacy programs.

Department of Mechanical Engineering has conducted the search and selected the winner of Bellamy Brooks Scholarship based on GPA, career goal and class/intern/volunteer activities.

Congratulations to one of our very own, Hope Wilson, on receiving this scholarship!

Here are a few things she had to say about it:

“I heard about the scholarship through an email my advisor sent out. I figured it would be a great opportunity to showcase my love for the automotive industry being a woman in STEM. It also was a possibility of get a little funding to help out with covering some of the cost of attendance at Clemson since I am responsible for covering the majority of the costs through my college career.”
“It will be providing $2,000 in funding for the next academic year to help out with covering the costs of tuition, books, etc.”
“In order to qualify, I had to have an interest in pursuing a career in the Motorsports industry. I only recently added this career choice into my list of possible paths after taking a vehicle dynamics course for the automotive certificate program. I had to discuss what I would want to do within the motorsports industry and what led me to include it in my career options.”
If you are interested in learning more visit their website.

NSF REU Research Assistantships in summer 2021 at Houston

NSF REU Research Assistantships

Two undergraduate summer research assistantships are available at $1,600/month for three months in summer 2021 at University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204. This is funded by Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program of National Science Foundation (NSF). The application is open to students nationwide. Potential projects include:

  1. 3D printer design. Background needed: Python, computational geometry, tool path planning.
  2. Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality application. Background needed: Unity3D programming.
  3. PLC automation and IoT. Background needed: mechatronics, Allen Bradley PLC.

Interested students please contact Dr. Weihang Zhu via email and send: a) your resume listing your relevant experience and past projects in design and manufacturing; and b) a reference letter.

 

NSF-UH RET site:  https://uh.edu/technology/ret

On-Campus Internship Opportunity in the Life Sciences

The Clemson Light Imaging Facility, the advanced light microscopy core at Clemson University, is seeking an undergraduate intern for Fall 2021 semester. The facility houses 14 advanced light microscopes, including three laser scanning confocal microscopes, a multiphoton microscope, and two dark field microscope systems, one of which has spectral capabilities. More than 100 Clemson researchers and local companies use the facility to conduct research.

We are seeking an intern to assist in an ongoing effort to effectively and professionally market the Clemson Light Imaging Facility. For this position, we prefer applicants who are interested in working more than one semester. The successful applicant would be creative, innovative, and detail-oriented, with entry-level skills in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. He or she would continue to develop the facility’s marketing and branding strategy, creating graphics and other visuals to be distributed via multiple media. The intern would also use editing skills to ethically prepare images for academic and corporate users.

As part of the internship experience, the student would learn how to conduct various types of light imaging, including fluorescence, confocal, multiphoton, dark field, phase contrast, DIC, and polarized light microscopy. In addition to hands on experience with advanced light imaging techniques, the intern would be exposed to a number of ongoing research projects within the Clemson community. Current research projects in the core range from advanced materials, entomology, campus wildlife studies, cancer cell biology, nanoparticle studies, parasitology, biofilm formation, plant sciences and environmental toxicology.

Eligibility requirements: UPIC interns must be enrolled, matriculating, full-time (12+ credit hours for part time interns) Clemson University undergraduate students in good academic standing and non-academic alert status (minimum cumulative Clemson GPA of 2.0) and in good status with the UPIC program.

Once selected, in order to participate in the UPIC Program, student interns must enroll in the required INT course ($200 course fee) and complete hiring paperwork with the UPIC office. Interns cannot begin working until the hiring process is complete.

Location: Clemson, South Carolina United States

Desired Major(s): College of Science, College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences

Compensation Type: Paid

Salary Level: Part-time @ $10

 

Further Details can be found by within the CLIF Intern (Fall 2021) post on Clemson Job Link, or by visiting the website.