We are proud to announce the winners of the 2015 Rube Goldberg Competition held by the University of Connecticut: a big congratulations to Ellis Tech from Danielson, CT!
Click here to read more about the competition and the winners!
Author: Orlando E
General Electric: Fast Track to YOUR Career!
General Electric, listed by Forbes Global 2000 as fourth largest company in the world, is one of the largest employers of American engineering talent. With over 305,000 employees worldwide, General Electric is a highly respected name in a variety of different markets, such as Aviation, Energy, and Healthcare. General Electric also boasts one of the nation’s highest employee retention rates, and is widely regarded as being one of the nation’s best employers.
On Thursday, April 17th, a diverse panel of engineers from General Electric will speak about making the right choices during college to preclude a successful engineering career. Do you have questions about graduate school? Internships? Career decisions and employers? Come take part in an informal discussion and networking opportunity with one of the most prominent engineering companies in the world.
Please RSVP to this event by sending a quick message via email to alexander.choi@uconn.edu.
3D Printing Is The Future
Check out this AMAZING article about a woman who now has a 3D printed plastic skull.
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/woman-has-been-given-new-3d-printed-skull
Discovery Academy
Join us and inspire some young minds!
If you weren’t aware, Engineering Ambassadors has been visiting Discovery Academy to help their 2nd graders work on science projects! We have been able to inspire and challenge them as they explore the scientific method in designing their projects. They have asked us to come and help them out again this Friday (3/7) from 12:15 to 3:30pm!! If you’re interested in volunteering email Ryan Carmellini! We also offer reimbursements to those who volunteer to drive their (or a friend’s) car. GET EXCITED!
Are you interested in becoming a member of Engineering Ambassadors Presentation Team?
Engineering Ambassadors Presentation Team is looking for new members for the 2014-2015 school year!
To apply, fill out our application HERE.
For more information, please visit our recruitment webpage!
Welcome to the brand new UConn Engineering Ambassadors blog!
This is a place where we plan to share our accomplishments, information about UConn, and highlight recent adventures in engineering, both locally and globally. UConn EA is a student run organization that aims to spread the word about the wonderful opportunities that engineering has to offer. We strive to inspire future generations by our outreach events. Check back every few days to see what we have been up to!
Ashford Middle School
SIGN UP!! (please)
Here’s your chance to be amazing.
This Friday, we will be hosting about 20 Ashford Middle School students (7th graders) and we need volunteers!!
You won’t have to do much except escort them from place to place and show them how amazing UConn is.
They will be visiting the Co-Gen plant and the Water Reclaim facility. Also, we need people to have lunch with them.
Attached is a google doc please sign up with what you can!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkqzucciodLzdENXby10cVRzTUhFZG0zZU95TDRNdHc&usp=sharing
If you have any questions, contact Patricia at patricia.santos@uconn.edu.
Thanks!! UConn EA
National Engineers Week
It’s National Engineers Week!
And we need your help!
Hey Ambassadors! This week is National Engineers Week. Kerry McCaffrey is leading the event and has coordinated activities and demos for our peers at UConn for each day this week. There are still time slots to volunteers for on Tuesday through Friday. Please fill out the google doc below to volunteer. We hope to see you all there!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArBYlZNwpaSOdDRROTBSdUVXOElNbHN3dHVqVWJvaVE&usp=sharing
Josh and Amy VPs Engineering Ambassadors – General Body
School of Engineering Career Fair
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow at the
UCONN School of Engineering Career Fair
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
South Rome Commons Ballroom
We have almost 70 companies attending.
Looking for a job after graduation? An Internship? A Co-op? Then this Engineering ONLY fair is the place for you.
Please use this on-line tool: http://www.engr.uconn.edu/careerfairform.php to find out which companies are looking for students like you.
Mall Madness- Girl Scout Volunteer Event
Howdy!
EA is looking for female members (will not turn down any guys though) for a huge career event hosted by the Girls Scouts of Connecticut. EA will be setting up a table about Women in Engineering at this “Mall Madness” event and we are going to do a few demos with the girl scouts.
It is March 8th, 2014 (Saturday) from 10 am – 4 pm at
Enfield Square Mall, Enfield CT (about 40 mins away).
Depending on how many people volunteer, we’ll either do two 3 hour shifts or one 6 hour shift. Only 2-3 people are needed per shift.
Please email Kimberly.Sayre@uconn.edu if you are interested or if you have any questions.