oLink for Alums – FEBRUARY 2024

FEBRUARY 2024

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Alum Completes Sabbatical at Olin | Leah Mendelson '11

Leah Mendelson ’11, a fluid mechanics researcher and associate professor in the Department of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA was one of two visiting faculty completing sabbaticals at Olin last semester.

SEEN ON SOCIAL

Celebrating Engineers Week | February 18 - 24

EWeek, founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, is a week dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.

What better way to highlight this year’s theme than to share stories of Oliners who are diving into the challenges of today and using their creativity, expertise and dedication to find solutions and shape the future of our world.

Olin Faculty Leads Science on Screen Event in New York | Deb Chachra

On February 5, Deb Chachra lead a discussion on John Carpenter's visionary dystopian nightmare “Escape from New York" before the film was screened.

President Barabino featured as a trailblazer in Boston’s Black History Month Celebration

As part of Boston 25 News's Black History Month coverage, President Gilda A. Barabino was interviewed for a special feature about breaking barriers and how she is working to get more young people of color excited about STEM-related fields.

Watch the interview here.

New Sustainability Course | Building Design for Climate Change Adaptation

Co-taught by Claire Rodgers, adjunct instructor and associate director for sustainability and campus engineering, and Olin instructor Gordana Herning, the course has students explore design solutions for improving the environmental performance of buildings and infrastructure in the context of climate resilience and adaptation.

2024 Commencement Speaker | Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III

Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President Emeritus of The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will be Olin’s 2024 featured Commencement Speaker.

NEWS FROM PGP

Featured Career Networking Events

Cross University Mixer (CUSI), Spring 2024

Friday, March 1, 5:30-7:30pm, Harvard i-lab, 125 Western Ave, Allston

All welcome, free event for entrepreneurial and technical students/alumni from Boston-area colleges. CUSI hosts these events about 2 – 3 times a year, and it’s a great place to meet others and share ideas, find partners and resources, and just get off campus and connect with other Boston-area students and alumni! RSVP: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/event/cross-university-student-innovators-mixer/

Environmental, Energy, and Engineering Career Fair

March 4, Hynes Convention Center | Register here

The Environmental, Energy, and Engineering Career Fair is an opportunity to explore careers in the environmental, energy, engineering, and natural resources fields. The Fair features employers from the private, government, and nonprofit sectors with career-level positions and paid internships.

Robotics in Manufacturing

March 6 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, 12 Channel St Boston, MA | Register here

Agenda will include manufacturers showcasing their challenges and current use of robotics, robotic solutions currently in industry and automation as well as startups who are providing new technologies and solutions.

Featuring: New Balance and Unilever

Startups: Southie Autonomy, Apparel Robotics, Realbotics, Ubiros, Scalable Robotics, Thinking Robots

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) 50th Annual Convention

March 20-24, Atlanta, GA | Register here

NSBE50: where Black students and professionals are inspired to take their engineering or engineering-related careers to the next level.

Robotics in AgTech

March 26 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, 12 Channel St Boston, MA | Register here

This is an opportunity for academia and startups to learn about agriculture challenges first hand and for the agriculture industry to learn about robotics and technology startups with potential solutions for their challenges.

Are you seeking work, or is your org hiring? Interested in job leads from Olin alums?

Check out the Olin Jobs Facebook page.
Follow the Olin College group on LinkedIn
Let us know! Share with PGP
Ask Suzanne Alcot t to add you to the weekly PGP newsletter distribution list.

DO SOMETHING

April Virtual Learning Lab | AI & Society, A Collective Inquiry

Join Annie Zeng '15 every Wednesday in April – 3/10/17/24 7-8:30 ET

Annie will conduct this 4-part series which will look at how algorithms and digital technology are impacting our world. How should AI be governed? Do you and I have a voice? Are we building the right skills to deal with all that these emerging technologies bring? This will be a mix of reading group and hands-on workshop. Join other alumni in examining what skills we have - or need - in our toolkit to make the right decisions in society, corporations and government today.

Annie holds an MS in Cultures of Art, Science, and Technology from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She is a researcher/practitioner based in Los Angeles.

Read more and Register here .

Interested in Sustainable Agriculture? | Join this new Olin eList!

Join The Olin Sustainable Agriculture eList - A space for Olin faculty, staff, students, and alumni to convene and share information, opportunities and events around sustainable agriculture, ag-tech, and more. The eList will share info on guest speakers, articles and current events, courses, meet-ups, career resources, and job leads. Join to stay up to date on all things sustainable agriculture! You can subscribe by clicking here.

Paid Speaking Opportunity | Envision by WorldStrides

Envision by WorldStrides—a COGNIA-certified educational travel organization—is seeking professional engineers to speak at the 2024 National Youth Leadership Forum on Engineering, an engineering camp for high schoolers. During the one-hour speaking event, a speaker will dedicate 20-30 minutes to sharing with the scholars (~100 total) about their career journey, details about their engineering specialty, and advice for aspiring engineers. The remainder of the time will be spent answering questions from the scholar audience. Envision by WorldStrides offers a $500.00 honorarium per speaker in appreciation of their time. The program will take place on campus at the following locations:

Olin College of Engineering
Session 1: July 6, 2024 – July 13, 2024
University of California, Berkeley
Session 1: July 6, 2024 – July 13, 2024
Session 2: July 15, 2024 – July 22, 2024
Georgia Institute of Technology
Session 1: July 6, 2024 – July 13, 2024
Session 2: July 15, 2024 – July 22, 2024

Each speaking event takes place at 7:00-8:00pm, and there are numerous speaker time slots available at each location. Those interested in learning more information about the speaking opportunity should email Skylar Tucker, Operations Coordinator for Event Experience, at Skylar.Tucker@WorldStrides.com.

SUPPORT OLIN

Thank you for your continued support for Olin.

Online gifts are easy to make at www.olin.edu/donate. If you have questions about supporting the Olin Fund please contact ecavalier@olin.edu.

Thank you for your participation!

SAVE THE DATE

Please join us on Friday-Saturday, October 18-19, 2024, for a combined Alumni and Family Weekend! Learn more.

OLIN MERCH STORE

Show your Olin pride!

Our new online Olin Merch Store is now live and includes NEW Olin Merch designs and products.

Treat yourself to some Olin merch here.