Weldon Graduate Program Announcements

October 8^th, 2025

• Career and Internship Opportunities
• Last Call- Future Faculty Boot Camp Registration
• Workshops and Deadlines
• News from You

Career and Internship Opportunities

Internship Positions

• Medtronic Internships Launched
• Summer 2026 R&D Engineering Co-op, Cook Medical
• Laboratory Services Operations Intern, Thermo Fisher Scientific
• R&D, Product & Process Development Engineering Intern, AbbVie
• 2026 Clinical Trial Operations Intern, AbbVie
• 2026 Internship, Engineer/Scientist, Health Systems and Human Machine Systems, APL
• Research Intern, Orthopedics, Akron Children’s
• Machine Learning Research Intern, Autopoiesis Sciences
• Regulatory Affairs Co-op/Intern, Nova Biomedical
• 2026 R&D Internship, Johnson & Johnson MedTech
• Research & Development Co-op, Boehringer Ingelheim
• Biomedical Engineering Intern, Zoll Medical
• Medical Affairs Intern, Exact Sciences

Postdoctoral Positions

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Post Doctoral Scientist, Vascular Biology & Biomedical Imaging, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Biomedical Engineer, University of Colorado Boulder
• Associate in Research, We Lab, Washington State University
• NPA Website: https://careers.nationalpostdoc.org/jobs/

Full Time Positions

• ARPA -H Senior Scientist/Engineer, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering/Biomedical Engineering, ECS
• Staff Scientist, Arkansas Children’s
• Engineer, Manufacturing, Sciences and Technology, Catalent
• Intern, Manufacturing, Science and Technology, Bristol Myers Squibb
• BME Faculty Jobs List
• Purdue Start-up Job Board—Foundry Start Up Companies Looking to Hire
• ACTS Career Center—Association for Clinical and Translational Science
• Academic Careers

• Doc Jobs—Jobs beyond traditional clinical and academic roles

Last Call- Future Faculty Boot Camp Registration

The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development is pleased to host Future Faculty Boot Camp (FFBC) during fall break. This two-day event will feature 10 professional development workshops designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars prepare for the academic job market.

Future Faculty Boot Camp: Professional Development Event - This event is almost full- register now!

October 13–14 | Fall Break | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | WALC Hiler Theater

FFBC Workshops *Breakfast and lunch provided

· The Application Process for Academic Jobs – Dr. David Rollock, Associate Vice Provost, OGSPS 

· Career Paths in Academia – OGSPS – Dr. Haley Oliver, Vice Provost OGSPS 

· Letters of Application and CV’s – Purdue Owl – Senior Director for Graduate and Multilingual education, Vicki Kennell and Brent Cameron, OWL Writing Coach 

· Interviews: In-person and online – Mary Andrade - Director, Center for Career Opportunities

· Job Talk – Dr. Linda Renzulli – Department Head, Department of Sociology 

· AI Tools in the Job Search – Dr. Lin Qiu, Associate Professor, Daniels School of Business 

· Research Statements - Dr. Gabby Bolen, Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives, College of Engineering 

· Negotiation - Dr. James Dworkin, Chansellor Emeritus & Professor, Daniels School of Business

· Statements: Teaching, Philosophies, and Mentoring, Dr. Dan Guberman, Assistant director, Center for Instructional Excellence 

· Visa Status in The Job Market - International Students and Scholars, Chris Collins, Amanda Thompson, J.D. 

Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars interested in attending FFBC must register here.

For questions or concerns, please contact loy2@purdue.edu.

Workshops and Deadlines

Here are some upcoming workshops and deadlines more detailed information about the workshops will be sent out separately closer to the event.

Oct. 8^th                     Protecting Your Mental Health During Graduate School (GSPD)

Oct. 8^th                     2025 Virtual Grad Student Career Fair (Register)

Oct. 9^th                     Attention and Self-Attention (GSPD)

Oct. 9^th                     Research with Scite.ai (GSPD)

Oct. 10^th                   Finding Balance with Self-Care (GSPD)

Oct. 10^th                   Postdoc Power Session (GSPD)

Oct. 13^th-14^th           Future Faculty Boot Camp (GSPD)

Oct. 15^th                   Protecting Your Mental Health During Graduate School (GSPD)

Oct. 15^th                   Deadline to apply for Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship (Apply)

Oct. 16^th                   NDSEG Fellowship Help Session (GSPD)

Oct. 16^th                   The A-Z of the Job Search (GSPD)

Oct. 16^th                   Visual Analytics for Research Projects using Tableau (GSPD)

Oct. 17^th                   Budgeting and Saving Money (GSPD)

Oct. 17^th                   Understanding U.S. Government Tariff Resources (GSPD)

Oct. 20^th                   Budgeting and Saving Money (GSPD)

Oct. 20^th                   NIH OITE Webinar Unit 2. Exploring our Self-Talk: Cognitive Distortions and Imposter Fears (Register)

Oct. 20^th                   Healthy Relationships (GSPD)

Oct. 21^st                   Comparing Job Offers (GSPD)

Oct. 21^st                   Fellowship Coaching Hour (GSPD)

Oct. 21^st                   Introduction to Student-Centered Teaching (GSPD)

Oct. 21^st                   NDSEG Fellowship Help Session (GSPD)

Oct. 21^st                   Steps to Resolve and Character (GSPD)

Oct. 21^st                   BIG10 Academia Postdoc Hiring Fair (Register)

Oct. 22^nd                   Business Databases: Ace Your Job Interview, Find Investors for Your Research or Idea (GSPD)

Oct. 22^nd                   Time Management (GSPD)

Oct. 22^nd                   BIG10 Academia Faculty Hiring Fair (Register)

Oct. 23^rd                   Business Databases: Ace Your Job Interview, Find Investors for Your Research or Idea (GSPD)

Oct. 23^rd                   Coffee & Conversation with Vice Provost Oliver! (GSPD)

Oct. 23^rd                   CVs and Cover Letters for Academic Jobs (GSPD)

Oct. 23^rd                   Interviewing for Industry Positions (GSPD)

Oct. 23^rd                   Self-Supervised Learning (GSPD)

Oct. 23^rd                   BIG10 Graduate Student & Postdoc Industry Recruitment Event (GSPIRE - Register)

Oct. 24^th                   For Postdocs ONLY: Get to Know your Postdoc Office! (GSPD)

Oct. 24^th                   Sleeping for Success (GSPD)

Oct. 29^th                   Conference Paper Writing and Presenting: Strategies for Success (GSPD)

Oct. 29^th                   Indiana CTSI AI Workshop Series: AI in Qualitative Research (Register)

Oct. 29^th                   Deadline to apply for Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship (Apply)

Oct. 29^th                   Mentoring Dialogs (GSPD)

Oct. 30^th                   Exploring Google Earth Engine for Spatial Analysis (GSPD)

Oct. 30^th                   Mindfulness (GSPD)

Oct. 31^st                   Application Deadline for Hertz Foundation Fellowship (Apply)

Nov. 1^st                     Deadline to apply for Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (Apply)

Nov. 3^rd                    Budgeting and Saving Money (GSPD)

Nov. 3^rd                    How to Find and Prepare Fellowship Applications (GSPD)

Nov. 3^rd                    NIH OITE Webinar Unit 3. Self-Advocacy and Assertiveness for Scientists (Register)

Nov. 3^rd                    Setting Yourself Up to Win in Grad School (GSPD)

Nov. 3^rd                    First Day of NCFDD Winter 14-Day Writing Challenge (Register)

Nov. 4^th                    Redwire Space Industry Information Session & Lunch (Attendance may be limited! Email tsiemers@purdue.edu)

Nov. 4^th                    Durham, NC Biotech Innovation Summit: Big Data and AI in Drug Development (Register)

Nov. 5^th                    Postdoc Orientation: Employment Focus (GSPD)

Nov. 5^th                    Postdoc Orientation: Success Focus (GSPD)

Nov. 5^th                    Publishing for Impact (GSPD)

Nov. 5^th                    Setting Yourself Up to Win in Grad School (GSPD)

Nov. 6^th                    Generative AI, Diffusion/LLM (GSPD)

Nov. 6^th                    Retirement Planning (GSPD)

Nov. 7^th                    RCR: Discipline-Specific Training (GSPD)

Nov. 10^th                  NIH OITE Webinar Unit 4. Developing Feedback Resilience (Register)

Nov. 11^th                  Best Practices in Research Data Management (GSPD)

Nov. 11^th                  Comparing Job Offers (GSPD)

Nov. 12^th                  Successes, Surprises, and Pitfalls Workshop (1:30 – 2:30pm; WALC 1018)

Nov. 12^th                  Fellowship Coaching Hour (GSPD)

Nov. 13^th                  Web Mapping for Beginners: Creating Interactive Maps with Leaflet and Mapbox (GSPD)

Nov. 14^th                  Postdoc Power Session (GSPD)

Nov. 18^th                  Indiana CTSI AI Workshop Series: Participant Messaging Using AI for Study Marketing (Register)

Nov. 19^th                  Navigating the IRB Process and Submitting Your Study (GSPD)

Nov. 20^th                  NIH Fellowship Opportunities for PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars (GSPD)

Nov. 20^th                  Staying Happy and Productive in Grad School (GSPD)

Nov. 24^th                  NIH OITE Webinar Unit 5. Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships (Register)

Dec. 2^nd                    How to be a Good Reviewer (GSPD)

Dec. 3^rd                     How to Find and Prepare Fellowship Applications (GSPD)

Dec. 3^rd                     Postdoc Orientation: Employment Focus (GSPD)

Dec. 3^rd                     Postdoc Orientation: Success Focus (GSPD)

Dec. 4^th                     Healthy Financial Habits (GSPD)

Dec. 5^th                     For Postdocs ONLY: Get to Know your Postdoc Office! (GSPD)

Dec. 5^th                     RCR: Discipline-Specific Training (GSPD)

Dec. 5^th                     SMART DoD Scholarship Program Application Deadline (Apply)

Dec. 9^th                     Fellowship Coaching Hour (GSPD)

Dec. 12^th                   Postdoc Power Session (GSPD)

News from You

Please inform Tammy of honors, awards, or other accolades (to include having a paper published) you receive so that the Weldon School may recognize your accomplishments. Send the complete information – specific title and nature of the award, name of conference or event at which award was given, date of said event, photograph if available, etc. – to tsiemers@purdue.edu.

Tammy Siemers

She/Her
Associate Director, Graduate Education

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