Microsoft Internships in Optics

Hello All,

I wanted to reach out and introduce myself as the Microsoft recruiter partnering with the UCF campus.  Over the last few years I’ve hired excellent software engineers from your university, and Microsoft is looking to expand its recruiting footprint at UCF to include Optical Engineers.  We have some exciting things happening at our company that we were finally able to announce this week including Windows Holographic, and the HoloLense headset.

We are currently hiring for Full-time and Intern positions in Optics, and will be hosting interviews beginning in early February.  I’ve attached the Internship job posting to this mail for your review- the full time posting would be very similar.  Should you have any students that you feel would be a great candidate for either of these opportunities, I would appreciate an introduction or a referral.

If there is a way to circulate this opportunity to a student Email list, I would greatly appreciate it.  I ask that interested students be able to send me their resume no later than Friday, January 30^th.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thanks in advance for any assistance in connecting me with your talented students!

2015-16 President's Leadership Council

It is time to select members of the President's Leadership Council for 2015-16. In addition to recognizing exemplary students who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in leadership, scholarship, and service, the PLC was established to serve the University of Central Florida while educating and developing each PLC member. The council members serve as official student ambassadors at special events both on and off campus. Through specially designed programs, meetings, presentations, and interaction with campus and community leaders, PLC members receive training in leadership and public relations. In addition, PLC members receive a stipend for each semester of service.

Applicants should have completed 60 credit hours or more by the end of the spring semester in which they apply, should have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above, and should be full-time students during the fall and spring semesters following selection. In addition, candidates should have demonstrated leadership ability through involvement in university and community organizations and activities. A completed application and two letters of recommendation are required.

Applications are now available in the Office of Constituent Relations, Millican Hall, Suite 396. Applications are due no later than TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, AT 5:00 P.M.

To find out more about the President's Leadership Council, please visit its website at www.ucfplc.com and the Office of the President website at president.ucf.edu/plc/plc.asp.

An informational session will take place on Tuesday, February 3, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. at the Student Union, Garden Key Room, 221. This is an excellent opportunity to speak with current council members. Please contact Dr. Nancy Marshall at (407) 823-5259 or Ana Petkov at (407) 823-6648 for any additional questions.​

Texas Instruments Technical Sales Engineering Program

Texas Instruments is holding two virtual information sessions for students to learn more about the Technical Sales Engineer Program.  Please see attachments.   

Hear what life is like in a customer-facing engineering role and how you can combine your technical expertise with selling skills to develop and deliver innovative solutions for key customers.

To Register: 

Visit careers.ti.com/tse 

Register for one of the following virtual info sessions:

• Thursday, January 29 @ 7:30ET/6:30CT/4:30PT
• Thursday, February 10 @ 9:00ET/8:00CT/6:00PT​

*STEM Day Presentation

Here is the presentation for STEM Day

*Light Lesson Plans

These are the lesson plans that are given out at our workshop in January for elementary teachers.  Lessons included are:

How Fast Do Waves Travel?

Does Light Travel In A Straight Line?

Energy:  What Energy Does A Light Bulb Emit?

How Are Lenses Used to See Big and Small Things?

What Light Is In A Laser?

What’s In A Color?

How Do Colors Reflect?

How Can Light Be a Fingerprint?

How Do You Make Colors?

Internship at Lockheed Martin

We are looking for a couple of students that qualify to the LM-UCF CWEP program to work at our LM MFC facility in our Applied Research group -throughout this year-, on some really interesting and exciting R&D projects. We are looking for self-motivated hard-working students, willing to learn/research new topics.  Some of the technical qualifications we are looking for include:  background in optics, physics, optical materials or related fields, any lab experience (to include a course related lab on laser alignment, material characterization, etc.), experience with Matlab and/or Labview.

If you can think of a couple of good candidates, please send me their resumes. To apply, they will have to qualify for the CWEP program and complete the CWEP application online.

Feel free to call me or e-mail me if you have any questions.​

Apply at:  http://career.ucf.edu/lockheed-martin​ 

Internship at KSC

This from Ron Phillips:  

We are recruiting an undergraduate EE/EO student in their final semester who would like to study for the MS degree in EE/EO.  Have some classes on communications, electronics, 

Requirements:

1 U.S. citizen

2. Be able  to qualify for a Department of Defense Secret Clearance

3. Be able to qualify for a NASA security badge

4. Have transportation to drive to Kennedy Space Center

5. Be able to work 20 hrs/week during the academic year (some at night)

6. Be able to work 30 hrs/week during the summer term (some at night)

7. Be able to deploy for field testing and experimentation at national test ranges

All travel expenses will be covered along with a stipend and University fees and tuition and medical insurance.  The stipend will include an increment for travel to and from the UCF campus to Kennedy Space Center. 

Contact him at Ronald.Phillips@ucf.edu​