Weldon Graduate Program Announcements

September 6^th, 2023

• Career and Internship Opportunities
• 2023 Purdue Mock Career Fair & Industrial Roundtable
• Data 4 Good Case Competition
• Graduate Professional Development Newsletter (September 1)
• Brain-PRIME (Postdoctoral Research Initiative for Multidisciplinary Exploration)- University of Alab
• University of Michigan Virtual Postdoc Preview
• Workshops and Deadlines
• News from You

Career and Internship Opportunities

Internship Positions

• Internship, Axogen
• Co-op, DePuy Synthes, Johnson & Johnson
• Grad Intern, Commercial Leadership and Insights Program, Summer 2024, Amgen
• R&D Co-op, Mentor Worldwide, Johnson & Johnson
• R&D Co-op, Depuy Synthes, Johnson & Johnson
• R&D Product Development Co-op, Spring 2024, MilliporeSigma
• Engineering Co-op Program, Spring-Summer 2024, Edwards Lifesciences
• Leadership Development Internship Program, Medtronic
• Intern, Product Engineering, Stryker
• Digital Innovation Intern, Regular Affairs, Johnson & Johnson
• Engineering Internship Program Summer 2024, Phillips-Medisize
• Biomedical Engineer, Medical Device, Akkodis (this position says it can also be internship/co-op)
• 2024 BD Summer Internship Program, BD
• Manufacturing Engineering Intern, Intuitive
• 2024 Co-op, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Majors, Regeneron
• Refurbishment Intern, Summer 2024, GE HealthCare

Postdoctoral Positions

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest Baptist Health
• Postdoctoral Scientist, Bioengineering, Crosslife Technologies
• NPA Website: https://careers.nationalpostdoc.org/jobs/

Full Time Positions

• Medical Device Product Development Engineer, Medlance
• Biomedical Engineer/Clinical Engineer, Blue Water Thinking
• Sr. Fermentation Engineer, Valten BioSciences
• Biomedical Engineer II, Medtronic
• Bioengineer, SBX Instrumentation, Roche Diagnostics
• Engineer II, Process Development, Moderna
• Biomedical Engineering, Image Project Coordinator
• 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

2023 Purdue Mock Career Fair & Industrial Roundtable

2023 Purdue Mock Career Fair & Industrial Roundtable

Data 4 Good Case Competition

Welcome to the Data 4 Good Case Competition, jointly sponsored by the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business master’s programs – MSBAIM, MSGSCM, MSM, Krenicki Center, Microsoft, INFORMS, Prediction Guard, and Certiport.

At the crossroads of critical thinking, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and communication, this elite case competition is designed to challenge undergraduate and graduate students across the country to compete for $45,000 in prize money.

Registered teams will receive free practice exams and vouchers to complete the Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - Certification^*, $99 value/exam available to you at the $40/team case competition registration fee cost!

This holistic experience not only provides an opportunity to use data, technology, process, and research-based methods to make good decisions for good problems, but also connects participants to leading data analytics organizations through credentialling and networking.

Registering and paying the $40/team registration fee guarantees the following:

· Free expert training for Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - Certification^* and Exam AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals - Certification^*

· Free AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals and AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals practice exams

· Free Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - Certification (for the first 1,500 registered team participants registrants)

o $99 value/exam available to each registered team participant at the $40 team case competition registration fee!

· Expert INFORMS Job Task Analysis (JTA) Training^* - the “blueprint” for the content of the INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) exam.

Graduate Professional Development Newsletter (September 1)

Graduate Professional Development Newsletter (September 1)

Brain-PRIME (Postdoctoral Research Initiative for Multidisciplinary Exploration)- University of Alab

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) is recruiting postdoctoral fellows as part of a new cohort-based Postdoctoral Fellowship program titled Brain-PRIME (Postdoctoral Research Initiative for Multidisciplinary Exploration). This initiative is part of a major school-wide strategic investment in the neurosciences, and builds upon recent  recruitment efforts at the faculty level. Recruitment is for PhD or PhD/MD scientists to pursue basic or translational research in existing research laboratories in one or more of 27 academic departments across the HSOM. Program benefits include:

· Supplemented stipends, starting at $70,000/year

· Professional development funds ($5,000/year)

· Advanced career mentoring and career development training

· Preferred access to UAB HSOM lab of choice

· Streamlined cohort-based application process

University of Michigan Virtual Postdoc Preview

The University of Michigan Medical School will be hosting a virtual Postdoc Preview recruiting event this fall, October 16, 2023! During this event, candidates will have the opportunity to learn about University of Michigan research resources, funding opportunities, life in Ann Arbor, and network with current postdocs. Registration is free and open to all prospective postdocs in the life sciences and biomedical fields. 

We would greatly appreciate your support in sharing this opportunity with your current PhD students and broader networks in the biomedical sciences realm. We would love the chance to introduce them to all that the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor has to offer.

Registration is now open until October 12, 2023. For more information and to apply: https://michmed.org/bmMJB
View Event Agenda

Please reach out to Kaylee Steen, steenk@umich.edu or Carolyn Schaub, ckwalsh@umich.edu with any questions.

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.

Aug. 30^th                  Eli Lilly Day at Purdue

Aug. 30^th                  Sleeping for Success (Grad School)

Aug. 30^th                  The Cover Letter: Workshop (Grad School)

Aug. 30^th                  Workforce Recruitment Program Info Session (CCO)

Aug. 31^st                   Comparing Job Offers Workshop (Grad School)

Aug. 31^st                   Deadline to register for Incyte Medical Affairs Fellowship Program Info Session (Register Here)

Sept. 1^st                    Planning to Graduate On-Time Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 5^th                   Boiler Up & Intervene Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 5^th                   NSF Fellowship – Person Statement (Grantsmanship) Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 5^th                   Deadline to apply for Intro to Grad Writing Workshop (Purdue OWL)

Sept. 6^th                   Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms

Sept. 6^th                   RCR: Overview of RCR (Grad School)

Sept. 6^th                   Staying Happy and Productive in Grad School (Grad School)

Sept. 7^th                   RCR: Discipline-Specific Training Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 7^th                   Purdue Grad WiE Pop-In

Sept. 11^th                 Setting Yourself Up to Win in Grad School (Grad School)

Sept. 11^th                 Deadline to Apply for Chicagoland Postdoc Recruitment Initiative (Apply Here)

Sept. 11^th                 Deadline to apply for Online course in Biomedical Entrepreneurship (Apply Here)

Sept. 12^th                 Combating Bias and Hate on College Campuses (Grad School)

Sept. 12^th                 Mentoring Graduate Writers (Grad School)

Sept. 12^th                 NSF Fellowship – Research Statement (Grantsmanship) Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 12^th                 Personal Branding (Workshop) (Grad School)

Sept. 13^th                 Budgeting and Saving Money (Grad School)

Sept. 13^th                 How to Avoid Common Fellowship Application Mistakes (Grad School)

Sept. 13^th                 Introduction to Python (Grad School)

Sept. 13^th                 Publishing a Scientific Paper (Grad School)

Sept. 13^th                 Time Management Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 14^th                 Enhance Your Study Skills (Grad School)

Sept. 14^th                 NDSEG (Defense Research) Fellowship Info Session (Grad School)

Sept. 15^th                 Mentoring and the Dissertation Process (Grad School)

Sept. 15^th                 Workforce Recruitment Program (CCO)

Sept. 17^th                 Deadline to register for Data 4 Good Case Competition (Register Here)

Sept. 18^th                 Elevator Pitch Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 18^th                 Preparing to Buy a House (Grad School)

Sept. 18^th                 Deadline to apply for PASSPoRT to WashU (Apply Here)

Sept. 19^th                 NDSEG (Defense Research) Fellowship Info Session (Grad School)

Sept. 19^th                 Negotiating the Job Offer (Grad School)

Sept. 20^th                 Conducting a Literature Review (Grad School)

Sept. 20^th                 How to Condense a Fellowship Draft to Meet Page Requirements (Grad School)

Sept. 20^th                 Impostor Syndrome (Grad School)

Sept. 20^th                 Preparing to Buy a Car (Grad School)

Sept. 20^th                 Recommender Systems Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 20^th                 Sleeping for Success (Grad School)

Sept. 21^st                 An Overview of ResearchRabbit (Grad School)

Sept. 21^st                 Interviewing for Industry Positions (Grad School)

Sept. 21^st                 Workforce Recruitment Program Info Session (CCO)

Sept. 22^nd                 LinkedIn Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 25^th                 Debt Management (Grad School)

Sept. 25^th                 Improv Techniques for the Researcher (Grad School)

Sept. 25^th                 RCR: Authorship and Publishing (Grad School)

Sept. 26^th                 Diet, Stress, & Emotional Eating (Grad School)

Sept. 26^th                 OPT Overview (Grad School)

Sept. 26^th                 Power & Control Workshop (Grad School)

Sept. 27^th                 Data Visualization Using Python (Grad School)

Sept. 27^th                 GRIP Workshop: Citation Management with Zotero (Grad School)

Sept. 27^th                 Letters of Recommendation for Fellowships (Grad School)

Sept. 27^th                 Using Data to Tell a Story (Grad School)

Sept. 28^th                 NIH F32 and K99/R00 Info Session (Grad School)

Sept. 28^th                 Success Over Stress (Grad School)

Sept. 29^th                 Business Meal Etiquette (Grad School)

Sept. 29^th                 Let’s Talk Taxes Workshop (Grad School)

Oct. 3^rd                     RCR: Discipline-Specific Training (Grad School)

Oct. 3^rd                     Call for Abstracts Opens, 2024 Grad WiE Network Symposium (GWEN)

Oct. 4^th                     How to Deliver a Winning Presentation (Grad School)

Oct. 4^th                     Time Series Analysis and Forecasting (Grad School)

Oct. 5^th                     Preparing an Effective Lecture (Teaching) (Grad School)

Oct. 5^th                     RCR: Overview of RCR (Grad School)

Oct. 10^th                   Fall Blitz: “From PhD to Life” Career Workshops (Grad School)

Oct. 11^th                   CVs and Cover Letters for Academic Jobs (Grad School)

Oct. 11^th                   Introduction to PyTorch 1 (Grad School)

Oct. 12^th                   Diet, Stress, & Emotional Eating (Grad School)

Oct. 12^th                   RCR: Authorship and Publishing (Grad School)

Oct. 12^th                   Deadline to register for University of Michigan Virtual Postdoc Preview (Register Here)

Oct. 13^th                   Credit Cards and Credit Scores (Grad School)

Oct. 16^th                   Comparing Job Offers (Grad School)

Oct. 16^th                   F-1 Student Career Planning Grad Edition (Grad School)

Oct. 16^th                   Deadline to apply for 2024 Mirzayan Fellowship (Apply Here)

Oct. 17^th                   Purdue Pharma & Life Sciences Career Fair (CCO)

Oct. 17^th                   Deadline to apply for NSF Activate Fellowship (Apply Here)

Oct. 17^th                   Success Over Stress (Grad School)

Oct. 18^th                   Purdue Grad WiE Pop-In

Oct. 18^th                   Budgeting and Saving Money (Grad School)

Oct. 18^th                   Clustering Techniques in Machine Learning (Grad School)

Oct. 18^th                   Conducting a Literature Review (Grad School)

Oct. 18^th                   Entrepreneurship as a Career Path (Grad School)

Oct. 18^th                   Healthy Eating on the Run (Grad School)

Oct. 19^th                   Preparing for Academic Interviews (Grad School)

Oct. 20^th                   Conference Paper Writing and Presenting: Strategies for Success (Grad School)

Oct. 20^th                   Mentoring Dialogs (Grad School)

Oct. 23^rd                   Preparing to Buy a House (Grad School)

Oct. 25^th                   How to Write a Teaching Philosophy (Grad School)

Oct. 25^th                   Introduction to PyTorch 2 (Grad School)

Oct. 26^th                   3MT Prep Session: Identifying the Problem/Solution Structure (Grad School)

Oct. 26^th                   Copyrights: An Overview for Scholars (Grad School)

Oct. 26^th                   Impostor Syndrome (Grad School)

Oct. 26^th                   Life Science Workforce Symposium (Register Here)

Oct. 27^th                   Business Meal Etiquette (Grad School)

Oct. 30^th                   Preparing to Buy a Car (Grad School)

Oct. 31^st                   Improv Techniques for the Researcher (Grad School)

Oct. 31^st                   Preparing a Teaching Demonstration (Grad School)

Nov. 1^st                     Introduction to Deep Learning (Grad School)

Nov. 1^st                     Mentoring Dialogs (Grad School)

Nov. 6^th                    Debt Management (Grad School)

Nov. 7^th                    3MT Prep Session: Identifying the Problem/Solution Structure (Grad School)

Nov. 8^th                    Introduction to Transformer Neural Network (Grad School)

Nov. 8^th                    Let’s Talk Taxes (Grad School)

Nov. 9^th                    3MT Prep Session: Successful Visual Aids (Grad School)

Nov. 9^th                    Copyrights: An Overview for Scholars (Grad School)

Nov. 10^th                  Purdue Grad WiE Pop-In

Nov. 10^th                  RCR: Discipline-Specific Training (Grad School)

Nov. 13^th                  Abstract Submission Deadline, 2024 Grad WiE Network Symposium (GWEN)

Nov. 13^th                  Breakout from Burnout (Grad School)

Nov. 14^th                  3MT Prep Session: Successful Visual Aids (Grad School)

Dec 6^th                      Purdue Grad WiE Pop-In (GWEN)

Feb. 13^th                   2024 Grad WiE Network Symposium (GWEN)

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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