Several current and former SELF Fellows are featured in the current University of Kansas Endowment Fundraising Campaign. See if you recognize any of these faces: KU Endowment Far Above Campaign
SELF Fellows hosted the 2012 High School Design Competition in Eaton Hall, continuing its tradition of supporting engineering through the high school design competition at the University of Kansas. Read more about the event covered by the Lawrence Journal World here.
Chris Hudson is a senior majoring in Computer Science from Red Cloud, Neb. He is involved with the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery. This past summer he interned at Google headquarters.
When asked what drives him to be successful, Chris said, "I don’t view success as having a good job or holding a certain position, but by being able to look back at who I was and say that I have come a long way." Read the rest of the Fall 2012 Newsletter here. On September 29, the sophomore and junior SELF Fellows departed Lawrence for their annual retreat at Rock Springs 4-H Center near Junction City, Kan.
For the sophomores, the retreat was a team-building experience. Prior to the retreat, each member took a StrengthsQuest assessment to find out his or her individual strengths. At the retreat, the members discussed their strengths, then proceeded with a team-building ropes course, where they used each other’s strengths to accomplish tasks, including a trust fall, an "A" frame walk, and a telephone game. The purpose of the course was to reinforce the importance of communication, teamwork, and trust. While the sophomores were on the ropes course, the juniors worked on preparing the High School Design Competition. HSDC is a day where high schools from Kansas and Missouri come to the School of Engineering and compete in face-to-face contests of devices they’ve designed and built. The retreat also served a relationship-building purpose. Being away from campus allowed relationship bonds to be strengthened. The retreat gave an opportunity for both classes to bond with each other, as well as introduce the new junior SELF Fellows. Read the rest of the Fall 2012 Newsletter here. Seniors in the SELF Program summarized their recent 10-day capstone experience to Germany and Switzerland during a presentation on Monday, October 22. The 17 seniors traveled to Stuttgart, Germany, visiting automobile museums for Mercedes and Porsche, a handful of engineering firms, and two research universities. From Stuttgart, the group traveled to Munich, Germany, for tours of the BMW museum, a Google office, and another technical university. The seniors then traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, for a tour of CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, as well as a tour of the United Nations.
Now that they are back in the United States, the seniors are focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) outreach. They are working with middle and high school students in the region to inspire them to enter STEM fields. Read the rest of the Fall 2012 Newsletter here. The Senior SELF Class of 2013 Debuted their project portfolio today, which can be viewed online on our alumni website at selfalumni.org. Read more about their project details and blog during their trip here. The portfolio covers the topics discussed and researched while in Europe, as well as the impact the experience has had on them both personally and professionally. Portfolio 01 of 02 | 02.
Samantha Forbes, from the SELF Class of 2012, has recently decided to work with a non-profit group in Uganda for six months following early graduation from the architectural engineering program at the University of Kansas. Her December graduation offered a rare opportunity to work with a non-profit overseas. She will be traveling to Kampala, Uganda for 6 months working with a non-profit group called Engineering Ministries International (EMI). She will be serving as a construction management intern during her time with EMI. Learn more about Samantha here.
Engineering Ministries International (EMI) is a non-profit Christian development organization made up of architects, engineers and design professionals who donate their skills to help children and families around the world step out of poverty and into a world of hope. More information about EMI can be found on their website at http://emiusa.org/. The Self Engineering Leadership Fellows Alumni are starting a “Connections” bulletin where alumni will share their experiences on a variety of topics. The Connections piece will feature a different alum author each month, and highlight various student and professional experiences. Starting Friday November 2nd, the alumni group will publish weekly posts covering all kinds of topics ranging from internship stories, to job advice, good and bad interviews, daily job experiences, and more. Details are to follow at the SELF Alumni Social this Friday.
Kathleen Armistead, from the SELF Class of 2011, was recently promoted to Refinery Technical Advisor at Champion Technologies in Houston, Texas. As a member of the technical support group, she works to troubleshoot various problems in refineries and is particularly focused on corrosion. She has worked on several innovative projects with Champion involving ionic modeling, crude compatibility, emulsion stability, H2S scavenging and acid speciation, and she is actively involved in implementing a knowledge sharing network for Champion’s Refinery Process Solutions business unit. Kathleen is a member of NACE International and recently gave a Principles & Practices presentation at the Fall 2012 AFPM Conference.
Read more about Kathleen in her bio here. See photos from the latest SELF Retreat in early October 2012. Join the SELF Facebook group while you're at it, all found here. SELF Fellows from all four classes participated in the retreat at the 4-H Center in Rock Springs.
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