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                  The University of Maryland at College Park
                             IEEE Student Branch
                             is proud to present

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                  *      IEEE STUDENT CONFERENCE '95     *
                  *   BEACON TO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD   *
                  *            April 8-9, 1995           *
                  *            College Park, MD          *        
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The goal of this conference, which is made possible with assistance
from IEEE-UMCP, and corporate assistance from Booz-Allen & Hamilton,
is to inform and prepare you for the workplace. Speakersfrom research
as well as industry are featured, as are facility tours.This is a great
opportunity for students to gain valuable information about the
professional engineering world.



TENTATIVE AGENDA
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Saturday, April 8, 1995

Session I
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* Registration
* Tour of the CALCE (Computer Aided Life Cycle Engineering) facility
  - Infrared microscope for device and circuit thermal analysis
  - State of the art design and simulation
  - Thermal and vibration analysis
  - Board, assembly, and system modeling

* Speaker: Dr. DeClaris - "What you Wanted to Know About Engineering Knowledge
  Based Systems But Were Afraid to Ask"

* Speaker: Dr. Levine - "Using Optimal Control Theory to Understand How to
  Jump as High as Possible"

 
Session 2
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* Tour of the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineering Lab)
  - Observe award winning cars in the SAE lab (solar car, hybrid electric
    vehicle, natural gas vehicle
  - Learn how working on one of the projects can count for credit towards
    degree
  - find out about opportunities for interesting projects

* Speaker: Dr. Dayawansa - "Control Systems in Action"

* Speaker: Dr. Davis - "The Ultimate Optical Microscope"

* Speaker: R. Paul Zeineddin (MITRE Corp.) - "Networking in the Professional
  World"

Student Paper Competition **
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Sunday, April 9, 1995

Student - Professional Awareness Conference (S-PAC)
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Topics to be discussed:

* Orin E. Laney - "Tales of an Experienced Engineer"
  - Life in the working world
  - Tales of maniac bosses and incredible projects
  - The human element in engineering

* Joseph M. DeSalvo - "University to Real World: Professionalism is
  the Key Link"
  - Ethics and corporate loyalty
  - Job considerations, realities of sexual harassment, stress, and burnout
    in the workplace
  - Continuing education
  - Involvement in technical and professional societies
  - Professionalism

* Valdemar Bodin, P.E. - "Job Hunting Strategies"
  - How to market yourself as the "product"
  - What companies are looking for
  - Questions to expect; questions to answer/not answer
  - Questions to ask recruiters

Banquet/Awards Dinner
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Registration: $10 for IEEE members, $20 for non-members.

To register for the conference, please send your U.S. Mail address to

                        ieee@eng.umd.edu

You will receive a registration form, which must be
returned by March 17, 1995. HURRY!!


Contact for Registration questions:      Kanisha Patel
                                         kanisha@wam.umd.edu
                                         (301) 982-3083

** If you are interested in entering the Student Paper Competition,
please indicate this in your mail and we will include the official
instructions with your registration form. The prizes are $250 for 1st
place, $150 for 2nd place, and $75 for 3rd place.

DON'T MISS THIS IMPORTANT EVENT!!!!