Tell your ABE Graduation Story!

Graduating Students,

The ABE department would like to highlight your time at the University of Florida. With commencement being rescheduled, we would like to feature as many of our graduating students as possible on our website, blog, and social medias.

Tell us your ABE story by sharing your memories, stories, and advice at the form link below. Along with these, please share a photo you’d like us to feature (E.g. a photo from club activities, class projects, internships, UF events, etc.).

Share your story with us at form.jotform.com/ABEForms/my-abe-story by April 10.

Also, if you completed an internship, we want to highlight that too! Share about your internship experience atform.jotform.com/ABEForms/Internship.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Raychel Rabon at rdrabon@ufl.edu.

Fall 2020 Engineering Course on Tractor Design-Limited seats available!

Interested students should register soon as the classroom is small and there are a limited number of seats. All BE and AgE students should be able to do well in the course with no special prerequisite knowledge needed. However, those who have NOT had EGM 3520 should contact Dr. John Schueller to discuss it.

Off-Highway Vehicle Design
Section 26663 (only) of EML 4930
MWF 8th (3:00-3:50) Weil 234

This course will use the example of agricultural tractor design to illustrate applied mechanical machine design. Prof. Karl Renius, a retired ME professor from the Technical University of Munich and unquestionably the world’s top expert on tractor design, has used his retirement to write the definitive book on tractor design and Springer has just published it. We will cover the book in this class.

Textbook: Students must buy a hardcopy (open book exams demand no e-book) of Karl Th.

Renius, 2020. Fundamentals of Tractor Design. Springer. ISBN:978-3-030-32803-0

Topics (Textbook Chapters):

1. Mission, history, trends, markets, and costs
2. Tractor mechanics
3. Chassis design
4. Diesel engines
5. Tractor transmissions
6. Tractor workplace
7. Tractor and implement
8. Tractor tests

Instructor: John K. Schueller (schuejk@ufl.edu)

Grading: Homework 10%
Exams 3 @ 30% each. Two in-semester, 1 at Registrar’s final exam time

Please note:

• This course has never been taught before and may be modified as the semester proceeds. But I anticipate closely following the textbook.
• The classroom has limited seating. If you are really interested, I suggest you enroll soon. If not really interested, don’t enroll so others can take it.
• EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials should be a prerequisite.

Switch to Online Zoom Format: UF C3 Career Advisement at the UF Graduate School

In light of the current shift towards online courses and programming, the UF Career Connections Center (C3) is offering virtual support and resources to continue to assist graduate students in their professional development and career readiness needs. Weekly C3 Office Hours in the Graduate School will be held virtually via Zoom beginning on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 from 1 to 2 p.m., and Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Graduate students interested in attending virtual office hours can make an appointment by emailing a C3 Graduate Assistant at HToombs@ufsa.ufl.edu.

Other helpful resources can be found online at the C3 website. The new online resource library features sample professional and job search documents such as industry resume and CV templates and formatting tips, diversity and teaching statements, and other academic job search documents.

The Grad Success Series event "Conference Crash Course" Workshop, scheduled for March 18 at 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. will also be postponed until further notice.

Please contact Talline Martins with any questions.

The Data Incubator's Summer 2020 Data Science Fellowship application is open!

Program: The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for Fellows and supported by sponsorships from hundreds of employers across multiple industries. In response to the overwhelming interest in our earlier sessions, we will be holding another fellowship.

Who Should Apply: Anyone who has already obtained a masters or PhD degree or who is within one year of graduating with a masters or PhD is welcome to apply. Applications from international students are welcome.

Locations: You can attend our program in:
New York City
San Francisco Bay Area
Washington, DC.
Online

Application Link: https://www.thedataincubator.com/fellowship/apply.html

Session Dates: 2020-06-29 - 2020-08-21
Early Deadline: 2020-04-03
Regular Deadline: 2020-05-02
We are assessing and interviewing candidates who apply for the Early Deadline first and then based on remaining availability, will take candidates who applied for the Regular Deadline on a first-come first-serve basis.

Data Science in 30 minutes: Learn how to build a data-science project in our upcoming free Data Science in 30-minutes webcast. Signup soon as space is limited.

Learn More: You can learn about our fellows at The New York Times, LinkedIn, Amazon, Capital One, or Palantir. To read about our latest fellow alumni, check out our blog. To learn more about The Data Incubator, check us out on Venture Beat, The Next Web, or Harvard Business Review.

GatorWell: UF Sleep Week 2020, March 9-13

Learn how to turn Z’s into A’s during GatorWell’s UF Sleep Week (March 9-13, 2020) by finding out how healthy sleep habits are part of positive self-care that boost academic performance and increase productivity:

Monday, March 9
8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
RecSports and GatorWell: Yin Yoga
Southwest Rec Center Activity Room 3
Click here to sign up: rsconnect.recsports.ufl.edu

Tuesday, March 10
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Arts & Crafts Center and GatorWell: Essential Oil Diffuser
Reitz Union Arts and Crafts Center

Thursday, March 12
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Nap-A-Thon
Spots available every 45 minutes
Reitz Union Room G330
Click here to reserve your spot: bit.ly/2Ot748v

Friday, March 13
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
World Sleep Day Celebration
Reitz Union North Lawn

Learn More Online…

Yin Yoga: https://www.facebook.com/events/477426113137540/

Essential Oil Diffuser Craft: https://www.facebook.com/events/810827632763280/

Nap-A-Thon: https://www.facebook.com/events/542009506456960/

Sleep Trivia: https://www.facebook.com/events/1495617443937510/

World Sleep Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/202853134126019/

Questions?

Questions? Click here to visit the GatorWell website or call them at 352 273 4450.