"Grace Hopper was a totally exceptional experience.  I had the opportunity for three on-site interviews, which offered great practice with technical interviews." -- Emily Scheerer, Computer Science

"It was great meeting a bunch of new people from all around the country at the conference as well as networking with many of the biggest names in technology, like Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and Microsoft.  I know getting to meet these recruiters in person was a huge opportunity and I am very optimistic in my chances of getting an internship on the west coast, which is one of my dreams." -- Alec Pulianas, Computer Engineering

UMBC is running a summer day camp for rising 9th grade girls
at UMBC this summer. The goal is to increase their interest
in computing by sharing some of the exciting aspects of the
field and teaching them to use technology like Alice,
Python, and Dreamweaver. The camp is run by a group of
student coordinators who are excited and passionate about
sharing their interest in computing with younger students.

The camp runs for five weeks, from June 24 - July 26. The camp organizers  are especially interested in recruiting students from under-served communities and from less affluent backgrounds, and there are many full and partial scholarships available.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the
program fills. Financial aid applications are due by June 8
(but we will consider late requests, subject to the availability
of funds.) The application is available on the website.

Questions can be directed to  the project coordinators at artemis-project@cs.umbc.edu. or Dr. Marie desJardins, mariedj@cs.umbc.edu.


CWIT Scholars and Affiliates are also encouraged to share information below and attached flyer about the camp with former high school and middle school teachers and with any rising 9th grade girls that they know who might be interested in learning more about computing!

Check out the latest issue of "Women of Color" magazine. It contains great articles that apply to all engineering and computing majors.

Four Mechanical Engineering students presented their research in the 2013 URCAD on April 24. 

"Characterization of Carbon Nano-Structure Infused Fiber Reinforcements on Glass Substrates" - Matthew Buchanan, Dr. Marc Zupan

Dr. Soobum Lee joined UMBC in November 2012. He is one of the leading young scientists on energy harvesting technology and obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2007. He worked at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), at the University of Maryland as a post doctorate researcher, and as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame.

His main research interests include energy harvester design, topology optimization, robust design, and reliability based design optimization. He is the author of more than 40 peer-reviewed publications. He was awarded the 2009 highlight of collections by Smart Materials and Structures (IOP publishing) and the best paper award by the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME) in 2007. His development on energy harvesting was acknowledged by several science news websites:

• http://phys.org/news/2011-04-energy-harvesting-skin-power-air.html
• http://powerelectronics.com/energy-harvesting/dont-let-those-ac-vibrations-go-waste

His recent research activities include robust design of (non)linear vibration energy harvester, multifunctional energy harvesting skin with structural health monitoring capability, and multiple practical applications (e.g., battery-less tire pressure monitoring sensor (TPMS), energy harvesting human implant).

Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/sbomy100/, http://me.umbc.edu/dr-soobum-lee/

CV: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~sblee/CV_SLee_Update_Jan2013.pdf

Graduate Research Assistant opportunity: 

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~sblee/ad_student_Slee.pdf

Check out this opportunity:  Scholarships are available to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC), the world's largest gathering of technical women in computing. This year, the GHC will be held in Minneapolis, MN, October 2-5, 2013.

Scholarship applications are due by May 15, 2013, and will take some time to prepare, so please visit the website below as soon as possible to learn the details.

http://gracehopper.org/2013/participate/ghc-scholarships/

Questions?  Contact Cindy Greenwood in CWIT at cindyg@umbc.edu or 410-455-3881.