Transcript TAMU-ANS Professional Development Workshop

TAMU-ANS Professional
Development Workshop
8/4/10
William Sames – Director of PD
Pete Maginot – Vice President
Overview
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Scholarships
Undergraduate Research
Honors
Certificates
Professional Societies (ANS) and Conferences
Graduate School
Internships
Scholarships/Fellowships
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DOE-NEUP >> late spring
ANS >> Early spring
Continuing Student Application >> January-ish
NANT (must be an intern in industry, but
practically guaranteed)
• Craig Brown Outstanding Senior
• National Scholarships (Honors office)
Undergraduate Research
• Undergraduate Summer
Research Grant (USRG)
• Honors Undergraduate
Research Fellows
(UGRF)
• Undergraduate
Research Scholars
(UGRS)
• Work with a professor,
the NSC, etc.
Honors
• Engineering Scholars Program (some
restructuring may occur, new head of
program. Also, this is technically a certificate.)
• Graduation with honors (Latin, University,
Foundation)
Certificates
• Business Management Certificate Program
(BMCP) – 3 weeks in the summer right before the
fall semester starts, program does have a fee
• International Engineering Certificate (6 hours of a
language, required international experience)
• Safety Engineering (one extra course for RHEN, 2
extra for NUEN)
• http://essap.tamu.edu/cert-programs.htm
Professional Societies and Conferences
• ANS
• Technical talks
• National vs. Student
Conferences
• Networking
• How to apply/attend a
conference (associated
costs)
Grad School
• Why go?
– Research career, possibly employer required…
• Why not?
– Loss of work for experience, loss of workforce pay,
extra costs….
• How to decide?
– Personal decision, no universally right answer,
takes time to discern
– Don’t worry about it
Application Process
• Varies by school and by program
• Applying to ONLY one program, not a whole
university
– TAMU NUEN PhD. vs TAMU
• Apply early!
– Rolling admissions (aka 1st come 1st served)
– Allows time for quality application
– Check specific program for absolute deadline
Application Materials
• GRE
– Like the SAT
– Math, Verbal, Writing
– High school math, extreme vocabulary (IMO),
reasonable writing
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Rec. letters
Essay(s), statements of purpose, goals
Application form
University and Departmental Requirements
– Check with the program you are applying for!!!
• Outside fellowships
Funding
– NSF, DOE CSGF, DHS, DOE OS, Hertz, Rickover …
– Generic fellowships vs. area specific
– Possible:
• Post graduation commitments
• Eligibility requirements (e.g. US citizenship)
• Research/practicum requirements while in school
– Greater flexibility in research topics, extra time, can pay
better
• GAR, GANT, GAT (Research monkeys, bums, graders)
– Tuition, fees, stipend, varying combinations thereof
– May be extra work, or the same, depends
• Pay your own way!
– Expensive, but you can essentially do what you want
Internships
• Apply early, apply often
• When/how to follow up
• List of websites/companies on TAMU-ANS
website
Internships: Industry
• Duke
• South Texas Project (STP)
• Comanche Peak
(Luminant/EFH)
• Entergy
• General Electric / Global
Nuclear Fuel
• Westinghouse
• URENCO USA (formerly the
National Enrichment
Facility)
• Dominion
• Exelon
• Florida Power and Light
(FPL)
• Southern Co.
• Cal Edison
Internships: Government
• US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
• DOE – National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA)
• Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
(DNFSB)
• Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Internships: Research
National Labs
• LANL
• ORNL
• INL
• SNL
• ANL
• SRNL
• LBNL
• PNNL
• BNL
Academia
• The Undergraduate
Summer Research Grant
(USRG) provides a generous
stipend and housing
allowance to work with a
TAMU professor over the
summer
• Many professors look to
hire students during the
summer
TAMU-ANS Professional
Development Workshop
8/4/10
William Sames – Director of PD
Pete Maginot – Vice President