September 2003

Academic Positions

Tenure-Track Materials Theorist Position at Dalhousie University. The department is strong in materials science, biophysics, and atmospheric science and has hired 8 new faculty in the last three years, many of whom are part of the new Dalhousie Institute for Research in Materials. Dalhousie is a research university with an active graduate school, and most of our faculty have significant grant funding. The university also has an innovative spousal hiring programme, to help address the "two-body problem" as it arises. Halifax is a wonderful small city (300k) next to the ocean and many faculty can walk both to work and to downtown. Any candidate who complements or extends the department's existing strengths will be seriously considered . Canadian citizenship is not a requirement. Deadline is Oct 1 2003. Received Aug. 26, 2003.

Industry Positions

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is proud to be a technology and market leader in its server, processor, and flash memory product lines.  That is why in this difficult economy, AMD is actively hiring.  Available positions are in the areas of product design, process engineering, field applications engineering, reliability/test, and technical marketing.  The positions are located in CA, TX, NY, and MA. Please visit the corporate website for career opportunity listings. Recent graduates of DMSE and students near graduation are encouraged to submit resumes and cover letters online and to forward them to as well as forward them to Kevin M. Chen (MIT DMSE PhD 01, MS 98), Portfolio Marketing Manager, who will then send them along to the designated recruiters. Received June 24, 2003.

Internships

GO TO INDIA ON A PAID INTERNSHIP / RESEARCH STUDY IN YOUR AREA OF INTEREST!! The MIT-India Program seeks applicants for internships beginning in Summer 2004.

• ALL EXPENSES PAID—airfare, room, and board, STIPEND provided
• Open to all MIT students for SUMMER 2004
• Collaboration with top companies, institutions, and laboratories

An information session will be held Monday, September 29th, 5:00pm–7:00pm in E38 - 714, Center for International Studies, 7th Floor Conference Room (7th floor of the MIT Press Bookstore building next to Kendall T- station at 292 Main Street). Indian Refreshments will be served. Participating companies have included National Center of Biological Science, GE Welch, Infosys, Godrej Chemicals, Indian Institute of Science, Satyam, ICICI Bank, Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai).

For more information, please contact Aditi Mitra, MIT-India Program Coordinator. Received Sept. 23, 2003.

Other internships are available in CHINA, FRANCE, GERMANY, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN and SINGAPORE. Open to all students (undergraduates, graduates, graduating students) and postdocs in any field. Visit the MISTI website for more information. Received Sept. 8, 2003.

Awards

Louis G. Siegel Fellowship. Nominations are now being accepted for this $3000 stipend grant. The award will be made to a graduate student pursuing entrepreneurial activities, or one who has proposed such activities; must be a Texas citizen. First priority will be given to citizens of the Houston area with a second priority to other Texans. One nomination will be accepted per department (please coordinate with Kathy Farrell, DMSE graduate administrator, by Oct. 15). Received Sept. 18, 2003.

Talente 2004. Each year, the Munich chamber for crafts and trades (Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern) puts up large special exhibitions for the international trades fair in Munich, Germany. One of these special exhibition is called Talente.

Talente shows projects by about 80 individuals or teams from 25 countries. At the same time, all projects are being presented in a high quality catalogue, and they enter the contest for the annual award. Award winners will again be published in the following year’s catalogue.

Projects from the domains of applied arts (glass, wood, ceramics, furniture, utensils, paper, textiles, jewellery, etc.) as well as artefacts and prototypes from the field of technology, namely technological constructions or inventions related to scientific research are accepted.

In the domain of technology, technologies from all kinds of engineering, high tech and production technology are exhibited along with sports and leisure time inventions, medical technology, and environmental technology. Talente is open to any new field, and as the name suggests, it is not the place for orthodoxy. The crucial criterion is that the candidate has produced the piece by his or her own hand.

The aim of Talente is to present the works of young people who are particularly gifted in making things and who by their work show their masterly skills. The works should be the outcome of intensive experiments reflecting either formal or technical considerations. In this respect they should represent something new, stunning and exceptional. The exhibition is there to draw the attention of the experts’ community to the young talents and to make them known within a wide audience.

Candidates must be under 30 years of age in the domains of applied arts, and under 35 years of age in the domain of technology (before the 1st of March, 2004).

This year, deadline for the arrival of international applications (outside Germany) will be 31 October 2003. Candidates who are interested should contact Titus Kockel, Abteilung Messen, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, Max-Joseph-Str. 4, 80333 München, Germany, T: +49/ 89/ 5119 - 293
F : +49/ 89/ 5119 -245. Received Aug. 11, 2003.

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