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Important Dates:

Date Event
January 15th Spring term classes begin
January 20th Martin Luther King Day (No Class)
January 28th Course Selection Period Ends
February 24th Last Day to drop a course
March 8th- 16th Spring Break (No Class)

 


Spring 2025 Semester Advising Hours

Day of the week Time Location
Mondays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (EST) Virtual
Tuesdays 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EST) Virtual
Wednesdays 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EST) In-Person, Towne 109
Thursdays 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EST) Virtual
Fridays No Advising

* If you are unable to attend office hours, additional advising may be available by appointment only. Please email to request an appointment.


Announcements for the month

 


Grants, Scholarships & Fellowships

Penn Engineering is pleased to offer funding opportunities for high-tech projects and venture development. We are soliciting proposals for projects and venture concepts that might develop into companies, and these funds are available to help.

Berkman Opportunity Fund ($500 or $1,000 per project) The Berkman Opportunity Fund provides support for students (or teams of students) with innovative ideas that might turn into products and companies.
Miller Innovation Fellowship ($15,000 per venture) Miller Innovation Fellowships are designed to allow students (or teams of students) that have made use of Penn’s innovation & entrepreneurship resources to further develop ventures based on high-tech products & services and to have focused capital and advising resources to explore a venture.

Please see the Penn Engineering Entrepreneurship Funding site for more information.

 

Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD Fellowship Program

The Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD Fellowship Program is accepting applications. This program recognizes the contributions of emerging leaders in computer science and engineering at the graduate and post-graduate level. Institutions may submit up to three nominations, including students who identify as a member of a traditionally underrepresented group in the technology industry. Students must be enrolled for the 2025-2026 academic year and should be entering their last two-three years of study in fall 2024.

To be considered, a student should submit an internal application by July 12, 2024: https://forms.gle/MvtGiTcYxPa87wyb9

  1. One page research statement summarizing past work and proposed direction for the next two years
  2. A letter of support from faculty advisor/PI
  3. Current NSF/NIH Biosketch or CV

An interdisciplinary Penn faculty panel will review the applications and finalists will be notified to submit full application materials to an internal nominating team. The full application, for those selected includes:

  1. Student CV and Publication List
  2. Research Abstract (200 word maximum)
  3. Five page research statement summarizing past work and proposed direction for the next two years
  4. Two letters of recommendation, one from current advisor/PI (one page maximum per letter)
  5. Link to most recent published work (optional)

The nominating team will submit up to three Penn nominees’ application materials on their behalf by the final deadline, September 10, 2024. For more information about the program and past cohorts, please visit: https://machinelearning.apple.com/updates/apple-scholars-aiml-2024


Events

F-1 Curricular Practical Training (CPT) Webinar

Curricular Practical Training (CPT) is intended to provide work experience in the U.S. where the work is an integral part of your academic program, prior to completion of that program.
This webinar will open with an overview of the CPT application process, eligibility, and timeline, followed by a Q&A with members of the ISSS advising team.
October 11, 2024
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Zoom Webinar
Click here to register

Optional Practical Training (OPT) + Q&A

Register for an upcoming webinar on the Optional Practical Training (OPT) application process! OPT is F-1 work permission that can be used before or after graduation. This webinar will introduce you to the basics of OPT, including application timelines, eligibility, types of employment on OPT, and more. Members of the ISSS team will respond to your questions live.

An understanding of OPT is expected before attending the workshop online. Please visit our website for more information about OPT: https://global.upenn.edu/isss/opt

Thursday, October 24th
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Zoom Webinar
Click here to register


Career & Networking

Career Services is available to discuss concerns regarding career planning, job hunting, resume review, and hosting mock interviews. Get to know your Engineering Master’s Career Advising Team and the Doctoral Career Advising Team.

By attending the University of Pennsylvania‘s STEM CAREER FAIR, you will enjoy the opportunity to recruit highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and recent alumni for internship and full-time employment – while also building and expanding your brand on campus and seeding your talent pipeline. This event typically draws candidates of all academic levels from our interdisciplinary and practice-oriented School of Engineering & Applied Science as well as from our many other NSF-classified STEM disciplines across Penn’s twelve schools. This includes undergrad students from the First Ivy League Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence.

Thursday, February 13th,2025
11:00 am -3:00 pm
Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Click here to register


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