New MAE Grad Student Seminar

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New MAE Grad Student Seminar
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MAE GSA

• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate
  Student Association
• A registered student organization (cf.
  Constitution)
• Interface to the University Graduate Student
  Association (UGSA)
• Be a voice for MAE Graduate Students

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MAE GSA
David Padgett Vice President
James Pearson President
Mitesh Ghelani Representative
Chris Basciano Secretary
Antonio Gonzalez Representative (Alt)
Nancy Moore Treasurer
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UGSA

• A Student Organization to Represent Graduate
  Students
• Represents Grad Students on University Level
• Paid by your student fees
• Why students rather than the Graduate School or
  Faculty?
• Participation in University Government Decision
  Making
• Selection of Chancellor, New Grad School Dean
• Grad School and Dean have been very pro-active
  for us
• Orientation and Orientation Booklet
• Thesis and Travel Fund
• Teaching Awards

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UGSA

• The MAE GSAs Obligation to the UGSA
• Attend Meetings (Last Monday of the Month in
  Faculty Senate Chambers)
• Serve on the UGSA or University Committee
  (Health, COE Computer, etc.)
• What we get Representation and Money

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NAGPS

• National Association of Graduate and
  Professional Students
• UGSA Pays Membership Dues
• Lobby Legislative Bodies for Graduate Student
  Concerns
• Information Exchange Among Grad Student Bodies
• Pertinent Web Sites
• UGSA
• www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/ugsa
• NAGPS
• www.nagps.org
• MAE GSA
• www.mae.ncsu.edu/org/mae_gsa/

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Past Events

• Poster Competition (Spring Semester)
• Cash Prizes!!!
• Cook out and Softball Social
• Faculty, Staff and Students
• Free Food
• Softball Game

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Future Events

• Football game (end of Sept.)
• Students only
• Tailgate (Some free food and drinks)
• Block seating (Group seating)
• Volleyball game
• Faculty, staff, and students
• Free food
• Volleyball tournament
• Please email us your ideas!!!!

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International Students

• OIS Office of International Services
• Your best resource!!!
• www.ncsu.edu/oisss
• Work Visa (H1-B) petitioned by your employer
• Internships and Co-ops are a GREAT idea for the
  summer!!!
• Be sure to ALWAYS stay in good status

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General MAE Grad Student Info - I

• You have access to a mailbox
• Your Name
• NCSU Campus Box 7910, Broughton Hall
• North Carolina State University
• Raleigh, NC 27695
• GSSP will not cover student fees
• (729 each semester)
• A Travel fund is available once per degree of
  500 for conference travel
• A Thesis fund is available once per degree of 50
  for printing costs of thesis
• Find veteran grad students and ask questions

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General MAE Grad Student Info - II

• A POW should be submitted sometime after you
  select an advisor and before you defend
• Changing advisors will require a new POW
• You can take any course you want, BUT your
  advisor must approve every course that is listed
  on the POW
• In the summer, US Citizens will have additional
  taxes taken out of their paycheck
• GSSP health insurance still covers you, but trips
  to NCSU healthcare requires a one-time fee of 40
• Most MS minors require only 3 courses in that
  department

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Your Advisor
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Your Advisor

• Make sure your advisor has some level of funding
  before committing to work with them (TA, RA,
  etc.)
• Each advisor require different amounts of work
• CLEARLY define your thesis/dissertation project
  with your advisor
• Have a written document that details the
  agreement
• Any degree-related items will require their
  signature

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Important Deadlines fall 2007

• EARLY REVIEW DEADLINE
• Tuesday, August 21, 2007
• Option B Wednesday, October 3, 2007
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED ETD REVIEW DEADLINE
• Friday, November 9, 2007
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED FINAL ETD DEADLINE
• Friday, December 7, 2007

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Important Deadlines spring 2008

• EARLY REVIEW DEADLINE
• Tuesday, January 8, 2008
• Option B Wednesday, February 20, 2008
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED ETD REVIEW DEADLINE
• Friday, March 28, 2008
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED FINAL ETD DEADLINE
• Friday, April 25, 2008

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Important Deadlines summer 2008

• EARLY REVIEW DEADLINE
• Friday, May 16, 2008
• Option B Monday, June 30, 2008
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED THESIS REVIEW DEADLINE
• Friday, July 11, 2008
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED FINAL ETD DEADLINE
• Friday, August 8, 2008

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Thesis vs. Non-Thesis

• Non-Thesis MS degrees take more coursework and do
  an independent project for a specific advisor
• A report is required, but it is not an official
  thesis
• Thesis MS students take less coursework and write
  an in-depth thesis that must be submitted to the
  university

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Graduate Committee

• Selected by you
• and your advisor
• They decide whether you get your degree or not
• Advisor will normally have recommendations
• Choose carefully

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GSA Officer Course Experience

• MAE 501 - Engineering Thermodynamics - Lyons
• MAE 504 - Fluid Dynamics of Combustion I -
  Roberts
• MAE 503 - Advanced Power Plants - Corson
• MAE 513 - Principles of Structural Vibrations -
  Tu
• MAE 518 - Acoustic Radiation - Nagel
• MAE 524 - Control of Mechatronic Systems -
  Silverberg
• MAE 533 - Finite Element Analysis I - Zikry
• MAE 534 - Mechatronics Design - Ram
• MAE 535 - Design of Electromechanical Systems -
  Buckner
• MAE 537 - Composites - Peters
• MAE 541 - Advanced Strength of Materials -
  Eischen
• MAE 543 - Fracture Mechanics - Eischen
• MAE 550 - Fluid Mechanics - Hassan
• MAE 551 - Airfoil Theory - Gopalarathnam
• MAE 561 - Wing Theory - Gopalarathnam
• MAE 589O - Optical Sensors - Peters
• MAE 589Q - Design for Strength and Endurance -
  Zorowski
• MAE 589T - Nano,Micro,Macro Modeling -
  Zikry,Brenner,Scattergood,Marco
• MAE 589U - Advanced Dynamics - Mazzoleni

• MA 405 - Linear Algebra
• MA 501 - Advanced Math for Engineersand
  Scientist I
• MA 502 - Advanced Math for Engineers and
  Scientist II
• MA 532 - Ordinary Differential Equations - Zenkov
• MA 534 - Introduction to Partial Differential
  Equations - Shearer
• MA 537 - Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos - Selgrade
• MA 587 - Finite Element Methods for Partial
  Differential Equations Haider, Li
• MA 591I - Introduction to Continuum Mechanics -
  Haider
• MA 785 - Numerical Solutions to Ordinary
  Differential Equations - Gremaud
• MSE 705 - Mechanical Behavior of Engineering
  Materials - Scattergood
• MSE 712 - Scanning Electron Microscopy - Russell
• CE 714 - Stress Waves - Guddati
• TE 565 - Textile Composites - Gorga

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Electronic Thesis Dissertation

• NCSU requires electronic thesis and dissertation
  submission
• Specific format must be followed
• The graduate school is very strict
• HIGHLY recommend going to ETD seminar
• the following link has all the needed info
• http//etd.ncsu.edu

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THANK YOU
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? Questions ?