NSF Awards CREST Center Phase II Grant to UPRM

English Version: On March 17th, 2014 the Research & Development Center (RDC) unit of the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez (UPRM) received notification of a grant award from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to support Phase II of the UPRM CREST: Nanotechnology Center for Biomedical, Environmental and Sustainability Applications. The grant award was made…

P&G Doctoral Recruiting FIRST Conference 2014

FIRST stands for Focusing on Industrial Recruitment of Scientific Talent.  For the last 23 years, the conference has exposed, recruited, and employed top PhD talent from the African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American communities. The conference provides participants with a clear picture of the career opportunities, expectations, and challenges that exist in industrial research.   Participants will travel…

Concept Papers for NASA ISS Post-Graduate Innovation Awards

Soliciting Concept Papers for ISS Post-Graduate Innovation Awards in Space Life and Physical Science Research (NRA NNJ14ZBG001N) Concept Paper Due: July 10th, 2014 This solicitation is targeted at Graduate Ph.D. students and Post-Doctoral Fellows who have never participated in any variations of space flight research and have no experience in designing ISS spaceflight scientific investigations. Student…

Internship Job at MedImmune

Internship Job at MedImmune   Job Opening: 6 Month Internship – Computational Fluid Dynamics in Formulation Sciences Dept., MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD Project Description: We seek a highly-motivated and talented intern for a six month internship to apply Computational Fluid Dynamics to model the fluid mechanics underlying biologic drug filling using time-pressure pumps and piston…

COINAR 2014

El Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico (CIAPR) estará celebrando, como todos los años, su Congreso de Ingeniería y Agrimensura (COINAR).  Este año, COINAR 2014 se llevará a cabo los días 31 de marzo, 1 y 2 de abril de 6:00pm a 10:00pm en el Teatro de nuestra Institución.  El enfoque del Congreso…

2014 AIChE SRC Graduate Poster Competition

Submit your Abstract! When: Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 9am to 12pm Where: Condado Plaza by Hilton San Juan, P.R.   Don’t miss the opportunity to boost your networking skills, meet graduate school representatives and more!   Contact us at: src-2014@aiche-iiqpr.org or visit our website: http://src.aiche-iiqpr.com   Deadline Date Extended: Send your abstract by March 7, 2014 to alexa.gonzalez@upr.edu

NYU-MRSEC Summer REU 2014

The Materials Research and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at NYU is offering a 10 week REU program from May 27th to August 5th 2014. We encourage rising sophomore and juniors to apply.  To learn more about NYU MRSEC program please visit http://mrsec.as.nyu.edu and for the REU program please visit http://mrsec.as.nyu.edu/object/mrsec.outreach.reuprogram. Thank you, Wesley Francillon, PhD Department of Chemistry Program Administrator…

Torneo de Bolos IIQ–CIAPR

Como parte de nuestro compromiso con los Capítulos Estudiantiles de Ingeniería Química de la Universidad de Puerto Rico-RUM y de la Universidad Politécnica de PR, estaremos realizando un torneo de bolos el 1 de febrero de 2014 a la 1:30pm para trabajar en la recaudación de fondos para la Conferencia Regional de la AIChE en PR. Agradeceré circulen la promoción…