2008 Schedule

8:00 - 9:00 AM, Registration
Duderstadt Center Gallery

Check in, onsite registration, information, refreshments, etc.

9:00 - 9:30 AM, Welcome Speakers
Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center

Jack Hu, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Engineering
Dave Munson, Dean, College of Engineering

9:30 - 10:30 AM, Admissions and Funding Workshops
Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center

This session will focus on the admissions and funding processes for Masters and Doctoral degrees.  Find out the answers to the most frequently asked questions about applying to graduate school and get helpful tips on preparing your application. Learn what questions to ask programs before applying and how to get your application process organized.   Information will also be presented on ways graduate students can pay for their educational costs, including University and federal funding.

Monique Washington, Director of Admissions, Rackham Graduate School
Felicia Becker, Program Coordinator, Graduate Professional Programs, College of Engineering
Doug Keasal, Senior Fellowships Officer, Rackham Graduate School 

10:30 - 11:00 AM, Tauber Institute Presentation
Topic: Combining Your Engineering Education with Business Insight
Room 1180, Duderstadt Center

Join us to learn how this joint program between the College of Engineering and the Ross School of Business prepares students for engineering/management and consulting positions as well as increases your chances to become a leader in global operations, supply chain, and manufacturing.  Through classes, workshops, seminars (and other activities) the Institute trains outstanding students to become future leaders, establishes well-designed, substantive summer team projects which result in significant savings at major companies, and emphasizes both business and engineering collaboration.  In addition, an innovative leadership program ensures students are sought after by industry.

Roman Kapuscinski, Co-Director, Tauber Institute

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Poster Sessions
Duderstadt Center Atrium & Connector, Pierpont Commons

Take some time to view the many graduate student posters.  This is a great opportunity to ask questions with our Michigan engineering students on their current research projects.  View a complete schedule of presentations.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Lunch
Duderstadt Center Gallery

12:00 - 1:00 PM, Graduate Student Panel
Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center

Tim Holman, AERO, PhD
Michael Friedman, BME, PhD
Sherri Cook, CEE, PhD
Nate Derbinsky, CSE, PhD
Joy Oguntebi, IOE, PhD
Carol Girata, ME, PhD
Jesse Holston, NAME, MS

1:00 - 2:00 PM, Featured Speaker: Prof. Joyce Penner
Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center

Ralph J. Cicerone Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric Science Joyce Penner has taught at the University of Michigan for the past 12 years.  Her research in cloud microphysics and atmospheric chemistry has resulted in over 140 publications in refereed journals.  Having taught and researched for over 30 years, Professor Penner has worked tirelessly to improve our understanding of atmospheric conditions through refined modeling, work that has attracted acute attention as the manmade effects of climate change have made their way into the consciousness of popular and political circles.  She has been a member of the National Academies' Climate Research Committee and Co-Chair of the Scientific Coordination Committee of Modelling and Assessment of Climate Change, among many other professional affiliations.  Most prominently, she was a contributor to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a team awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Topic will be announced shortly.  You may find more information on Professor Penner at http://aoss.engin.umich.edu/people/penner.

2:00 - 2:15 PM, Meet Department Representatives
Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center

All prospective students should convene to meet your department representative.  You will then be led to the department for the next portion of your visit.

2:15 - 5:00 PM, Engineering Departmental Visits

• Aerospace Engineering, McDivitt Room FXB
• Applied Physics, 267 West Hall (Central Campus)
• Biomedical Engineering, 2203 LBME
• Chemical Engineering, 3158 HH Dow
• Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2355 GG Brown
• Computer Science Engineering, 1670 CSE
• Electrical Engineering & Electrical: Systems Engineering, 1005 EECS
• Industrial and Operations Engineering, 1602 IOE
• Interdisciplinary Professional Programs, 3725 CSE
       (Automotive, Design Science, Financial, Global Automotive and Manufacturing, 
       Integrated Microsystems, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical)
• Macromolecular Sciences and Engineering, 2050 HH Dow
• Materials Science and Engineering, 3062A HH Dow
• Mechanical Engineering, Blue Lounge, GG Brown Lower Level
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 221 NAME
• Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, 1916 Cooley

2:00 - 5:00 PM, Oral Presentations
Various College Locations

Students present on various research topics.  View a complete schedule of presentations.

6:00 - 8:00 PM, Awards Dinner
Tishman Hall, Computer Science Engineering Building

Winners of the graduate student poster and oral presentations will be announced.