Announcements

Lockheed Martin is Hiring! Full-Time Industrial Engineer Position

Lockheed Martin is currently looking for a new industrial engineer for their Rotary and Mission Systems business segment. The hiree will be responsible for improving efficiencies in the plant, as well as monitoring and controlling inventory, production costs, and business information systems.

Candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or in a related field such as management information systems or management and engineering for manufacturing. In addition, skills in data mining, Microsoft Office, and SQL are preferred.

To apply for this position, please click here.

Girls For Tech Stops By The Innovate Lab

On Saturday, April 27th, Girls for Technology, an after-school program based in Hartford, CT that offers girls in minority and underprivileged communities access to emerging technologies, stopped by the Innovate Lab with students in their augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) program. There, these young girls were able to utilize virtual reality headsets, drones, augmented reality tools, and wearable technologies to spur their interest in STEM fields. With the insights of Innovate lab specialists, students were even given advice and information on how VR/AR can be used in a commercial setting.

The Girls for Technology AR/VR program ended its most recent cycle with their trip to the Innovate Lab. After the three-hour program set up by Innovate director Jon Moore and participating student lab specialists, many student workers left with a feeling of fulfillment. “I had a very fun time walking students through how to use the technologies we provide at Innovate,” said Joanne Cheong (MIS ’20), “I also felt like a made a difference by giving these young girls career advice and encouraging them to explore how to use these technologies in positive and profitable ways.”  Alexander Zevin (Computer Science & Finance ’21) followed by saying, “I thought it was very important to show these young girls not to be intimidated by the learning curve associated with certain technologies.”

We thank Girls for Technology for visiting Innovate and hope we helped inspire your young students!

 

Innovate is Hiring! Student Lab Specialist Positions Available

OPIM Innovate is currently seeking to fill three new student lab specialist positions for the fall of 2019. While two of these lab specialist positions will commence in the fall, one student worker will be needed over the summer.

As a student lab specialist, student workers must test and give presentations on the emerging technologies OPIM Innovate has to offer. In addition, lab specialists must assist students with various lab projects.  As such, great communication and customer service skills are a must. Experience with virtual/augmented reality, 3D printing/modeling, IoT/data analytics, drones/wearable tech, A.I./Blockchain is also preferred, but not required.

The student lab specialist position is a Class III job and offers great internship experience for students interested in learning about up-and-coming technologies. For more information on the student lab specialist position, please click here to be directed to the job listing on UConn JobX. For any additional questions contact MIS Program Director Jonathan Moore at jonathan.a.moore@uconn.edu.

Pearson is Hiring! UConn Campus Ambassador

Pearson is currently searching for a diligent and enthusiastic individual to become its UConn campus ambassador. As a Pearson campus ambassador, students partner with their local Pearson sales team to promote Pearson’s MyLab and other educational products through presentations, technology registration events, and blog and social media posts.

Pearson campus ambassadors get to test new products; gain access to travel, internship, leadership, and future employment opportunities; and are provided with Pearson course material for free! This 5-10 hour a week position is a great resume builder and helps ambassadors with their public speaking and overall communication skills.

In order to apply to this position, please click here to be redirected to the official job posting.

 

Attention! Scholarships Available!

Werth Innovator Scholarship Program (for 2019-2020 Sophomores):

The Werth Innovator Scholarship Program helps young entrepreneurs propel their ideas forward with financial assistance, mentorship, and transformative experiences. Currently, they are accepting applications from freshmen who have already begun transforming their innovative ideas into reality.

The Werth Innovator Scholarship Program provides students with a $3,000 scholarship and the honor of becoming an ambassador for various entrepreneurship activities during their sophomore year. As there will be more than one recipient, each Werth Innovator will be part of a supportive peer group; thus, all members will be able to collaborate with each other to make their individual ideas stronger.

To apply to become a Werth Innovator, please click here. Please note that applications close on Friday, April 12th and that an interview process may occur.

Werth Institute: Get Seeded Event

On Monday, April 15th from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Werth Institute Idea Lab, the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation will hold its first ever Get Seeded event in collaboration with the Werth Institute and other UConn sponsors. Focused on helping students receive small amounts of funding to help move their entrepreneurial ideas forward, the Get Seeded initiative attempts to cultivate student ideas enough to be able to achieve even greater funding through programs such as the IDEA Grant and Innovation Quest.

At the Get Seeded event, selected teams will pitch their ideas for potential funding (up to $1000). Teams that do not get selected will be able to receive feedback from a panel of peer judges on how to make their applications better for future attempts.

If you are interested in pitching during the Get Seeded event on April 15th, please submit an application here. Please note that the application deadline is April 10th and that applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

 

 

Werth Institute: Robotics at UConn Lecture

On Friday, April 5th from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, the UConn Werth Institute will be holding a Robotics at UConn lecture in the Idea Lab, Werth Tower. The lecture will be led by Hui Xiao, Ph.D., a student from the Machine, Automation and Control Systems Laboratory at UConn.

Xiao has done extensive research in robotics and control systems and was rewarded with the ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Division Best Student Paper on Mechatronics Award in 2018. At the lecture, to give attendees an inside look at robotics at UConn, he will discuss the robotics projects he has worked on during his time at the University. All majors are welcome!

To register for this lecture, please click here.

We hope to see you there!

Legrand is Hiring! Application Development/Data Systems Internship

Legrand Wiremold is currently looking for an application development/data systems intern to help with optimizing current data collection processes, internal databases, and planning automation. While Legrand has many different projects interns can pursue, such as database creation and information logging, their ideal intern will be able to assist them with mobile application development for a production portal. As Legrand is currently rolling out iPads and computers for their manufacturing staff, they want to give employees a way to seamlessly communicate their needs and record hourly production through an application.

In order to qualify for this internship, the applicant must:

  • be in pursuit of a degree in computer science, information technology, or management information systems
  • have exposure to Javascript, HTML, and/or CSS
  • have knowledge of well-known query languages, such as SQL
  • be able to work effectively in a team environment
  • be a self-starter

Top applicants will have experience with iPad application development, data collection and report generation, and be working towards an advanced degree.

The location of the application development/data systems internship will be in Hartford, CT. There, interns will be exposed to Legrand’s North American headquarters and four different factory environments centered around cable management products. This internship will be a ten-to-twelve-week, forty-hours-a-week position with flexibility for school, other projects, and vacations. The intern will have the opportunity to continue working part-time in the fall based on their schedule.

For more information about this internship, including how to apply, please click here.

 

 

Travel Insured is Hiring! Full-Time Data Analyst Role

Travel Insured International is looking for a full-time data analyst to help them with generating business insights and strengthening client relationships by utilizing company data. Responsibilities of the role include data cleansing, data analysis, data visualization, and consistent documentation of known errors and data-driven conclusions. In addition, as data analysts will be working with project managers, the ability to effectively communicate findings through managerial reports and meetings is a must.

To qualify for this position, candidates are to have a bachelor’s degree in management information systems, data science, computer science, mathematics, economics, statistics, and/or other fields of study related to business data analytics. In addition, candidates should have SQL proficiency, experience with common analytics toolkits, the capacity for analytical reasoning, and creative problem-solving skills.

For more information about this position, please click here.

Mark Your Calendars: Travelers Autonomous Vehicle Symposium

On Monday, April 1st, The Travelers Institute will be sponsoring a UConn symposium: Putting Humans in the AV Driver’s Seat: Autonomous Vehicles People, Policy & Law. At this event, Travelers’ Associate General Counsel Pete Sexton will be accompanied by professionals from RAND, a research organization centered around public policy, and the on-demand ride service Lyft to discuss how insurance and public policy will have to evolve in order to adequately face the impending rise of autonomous vehicles.

The symposium will be held in the Rome Ballroom from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and admission is absolutely free. Registration closes on March 22nd.

For more information on the attending panelists and the event, please click on the applicable hyperlinks.