An opportunity to learn from professionals in the field. Hands on experience working with skilled engineers. You’ll be a part of designing, and manufacturing our products.

Job Requirements

• Opportunity to utilize class room training and experience in real world situations.
• Participate in the process and development of existing products and programs.
• Participation in department meetings and may present facts/ findings to group.
• Will work closely with ILC Dover Sponsor and department head in assigned tasks.
• Will work in a team environment as well as work independently.
• May require active participation in the manufacture of products.

Necessary Skills

• Must be able to work on government projects (U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident of the U.S.)
• Must have completed Sophomore Year in college by May/ June of 2012
• Must be an Engineering major
• Must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher in core curriculum
• Must have experience with AutoCad and/or Solidworks or similar programs
• Must wear company provided safety glasses
• Occasional use of respirators required (Certification to wear respirator may be required-ILC Dover will arrange with local medical professionals)
• Drug Screening and Background Check Required

EEO Employer

Company Benefits

Potential Start Date

June 4, 2012 (flexible)

Application Deadline: April 13, 2011

For eligibility requirements, application and general information, visit our website or contact:

Joey Grinkley
Chairperson
Email: info@leadscholarshipfoundation.com
Phone: 908.423.6166

The purpose of the scholarship is to assist graduating high school seniors in obtaining a college education and promote Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc’s principles of sisterhood, scholarship and service to all humankind.

Requirements:

• Minimum GPA of 2.50 on a 4.0 scale
• Be accepted in a four-year college or university degree. The recipient must provide proof of acceptance and enrollment before funds will be dispensed.

Please mail the scholarship application no later than March 27, 2012 to the following address:

AKA Sorority, Inc
Zeta Omega Chapter
P.O. Box 9504
Wilmington, DE 19809

JPMorgan Chase is a leader in financial services, working in collaboration across the globe to deliver the best solutions and advice to meet our clients’ needs, anywhere in the world.  We operate in 100 countries and hold leadership positions across our businesses.  We have an exceptional team of employees who work hard to do the right thing for our clients and the firm, every day.  This is why we are the most respected financial institution in the world – and why we can offer you an outstanding career.

Business Area

Our Technology team identifies and implements technological solutions that anticipate client needs, while providing employees with the tools that make the firm a premier place to work. The overall mission of our IT specialists is to turn our applications, systems and infrastructure into a competitive advantage for the firm by coupling technological expertise with an understanding of our different strategic business visions.

Program Overview

The Technology Summer Internship Development Program introduces and prepares highly-motivated participants for the firm’s information technology organization over a 10-week period. The internship program is structured similarly to the full-time program. The variety of roles offered is vast and constantly evolving, with numerous opportunities to gain technology experience across all business areas. Interns are offered the opportunity to work as an integral member of a technology team in one of our major business lines – Asset Management, Card Services, the Investment Bank, Retail Financial Services, Commercial Bank, and Treasury & Securities Services – or our Corporate Group.

Our concentrated program requires that you actively contribute to upgrading and improving the efficiency of our infrastructure that allows us to deliver products and services to our clients around the world.  Over the program, you will gain hands-on knowledge by working alongside experienced professionals who oversee and manage the deployment of business-aligned technologies and infrastructure.

Program placement occurs in the following locations:

• New York Metro area
• Columbus, OH
• Newark/Wilmington, DE
• Chicago, IL
• Tampa, FL
• Dallas, TX
• Houston, TX

Roles and Responsibilities

These are the different opportunities that are available within the Technology Summer Internship Development Program:

• Application Developer: Translate business and technical requirements into applications or solutions; design and develop solutions for clients, working directly with traders and marketers; drive best practices with the possible move to Continuous Integration Testing (CIT); deliver new business products or enhance existing applications; learn the realities of real-time coding in an electronic trading environment and the development of a pricing system which requires up to 80 inputs to value a complex financial product

• Business Systems Analyst: Identify, assess, and record near-term business needs; analyze requirements; identify, recommend and articulate business needs priorities; advise on options, risks and costs versus benefits; assist with feasibility studies, design specifications, test analysis, and user training – right through final implementation; partner closely with other teams

• Infrastructure Engineer: Identify the latest technology solutions; select and implement products; provide production support; work hand in hand with project managers in delivering critical business-aligned technology projects; work on diverse array of technologies including Wintel, Unix Server and Database Systems Administration, Server and Desktop Operating Systems Support, Data and Voice Networking, Large Mid-Range and Mainframe Administration and Support, Batch Scheduling, Real-Time Fault Monitoring and Performing Tuning Technologies, Problem and Incident Mgmt

• Systems Support Engineer: Manage and monitor the applications and systems that are critical to our day-to-day operations and clients’ businesses; work with systems across the Front, Middle, or Back office on trading applications, investment or accounting platforms or other applications; proactively seek quality and efficiency improvements via configuration changes and management of the production environment; assist with quality assurance, test scripts and document defects; run maintenance procedures and take action based on analysis; respond to support calls

Training and Development

You will be exposed to different technology areas through varied training and presentations.  Technology interns join our teams who are responsible for designing, developing and supporting the applications or projects that give our businesses their competitive edge.

Qualifications

Only those candidates who are highly motivated and eager to begin their career in technology within our financial services organization will be considered. Business & Technical knowledge is required to succeed in the program.  Other specific qualifications include:

• Rising seniors with limited opportunities for rising sophomores and juniors
• Working towards a BA/BS degree, in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and/or MIS is preferred
• Preferred GPA of 3.2+
• Previous related internship experience and/or other relevant experience is preferred
• Strong written/verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of C, C++, Java, C#, Visual Basic, SQL, networking and infrastructure and/or server administration

All candidates must have the eligibility to work permanently in the U.S.

For more information on how to apply, visit jpmorgan.com/careers

The event is open to the public but space is limited so guests are asked to RSVP in advance.   Guests are asked to RSVP here or via telephone 302.777.3254.

FIRST Robotics Teams interested in registering for the “block party” should contact Jordan Hines, FAME robotics coordinator, for display space.  Robotics and Science related companies interested in displaying a robot and information should request to speak with Don Baker.

Build the Station Simulation: Educator Guide — Grades K-8

Just as five space agencies cooperated to build the International Space Station, students can work together to build a paper model of the world’s largest orbiting laboratory. Teams take on the roles of international partners as they learn about and assemble portions of the model. During a mock summit, each team briefs the group about their section of the model. The teams then assemble the entire model to complete the space station. The guide includes student sheets, parts of the model, instructions for holding a summit, and facts about the station.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Build_the_Station_Simulation.html

Play and Learn: Window to Earth — Grades K-4

Astronauts have a spectacular view of Earth from space. Move through the pages of Window to Earth and see images taken from space of these geographical features: peninsula, glacier, lake, desert, cape, island, upheaval dome, strait, waterfall, reef and volcano.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Window_to_Earth.html

Spaced Out Sports Educator Guide — Grades 5-8

Students learn the science of sports with the activities in this educator guide. The activities are applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion.

Among the guide’s six activities students will do the following:
– Construct a CD hovercraft and apply Newton’s Laws of Motion to make hovercraft work.
– Use gravity to locate the center of mass of irregular-shaped objects.
– Investigate the principle of conserving angular momentum.
– Create and play simulated microgravity sports with a balloon.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Spaced_Out_Sports.html

“Food for Thought: Eating in Space” Educator Guide — Grades 5-8

Among the thousands of questions that need to be answered before astronauts travel to distant planets and asteroids is the question: How much food will they need and what foods can they take? Food for Thought includes five lesson plans that relate to food and nutrition and that are aligned to national education standards.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Food_For_Thought.html

Mass Versus Weight Educator Guide — Grades 5-8

Students often confuse the terms “mass” and “weight.” Each activity in this series demonstrates the difference between mass and weight by comparing students’ results with the results of astronauts aboard the space station. Students perform the activities and analyze their data. Then they watch video of astronauts performing similar demonstrations on the station. The activities focus on Newton’s second law of motion.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Mass_vs_Weight.html

The Texas School for the Deaf Downlink Videos — Grades K-12

While aboard the International Space Station in 2010, astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson used American Sign Language, or ASL, to answer a variety of video inquiries submitted by students from the Texas School for the Deaf, or TSD. She recorded almost an hour of video footage showing an inside view of the station in response to the students’ questions about life in space. NASA sent the video footage to TSD, and students in Bobbie Guerra’s video technology class (Zealous Studio) used this footage to create a series of video clips.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/TSD_Introduction_Video.html

Space fans know Pettit well from his previous stays in space when he performed science demonstrations like the “Zero G Coffee Cup.” Pettit, currently on the orbiting outpost as a member of the Expedition 30 crew, is continuing these demonstrations. This time he has added a physics challenge for the viewers.

APS, the professional society for physicists, will share the “Science off the Sphere” videos with students, educators and science fans by making them available on its outreach website, Physics Central. The website also will feature educational content on the physics topics demonstrated in space by Pettit and facilitate the challenge. APS will host the physics-oriented challenges to ignite interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Segments of “Science off the Sphere” will end with a question for the viewers. APS will review the responses and identify a winner. Pettit will recognize the winner in a future installment.

For more information and to view the science demonstrations, visit http://www.physicscentral.com/sots.

All workshops take place in State College, Pa. Grants are awarded to all participants to cover lodging, parking, some meals and partial tuition.

Applications for all workshops are due March 18, 2012.

Astrobiology: The Interdisciplinary Search for Life in the Cosmos (Grades 5-9) — July 23-27, 2012
Learn about current research in the field of astrobiology and how this exciting topic can be used to engage students in scientific inquiry. Participants will receive NASA educational materials related to the topics and activities presented.
http://teachscience.psu.edu/workshops/astrobiology.html

Hands-On Particle Astrophysics (Grades 9-12) — July 30 – Aug. 3, 2012
Participants will get a brief overview of modern particle physics and explore various astrophysics topics. Instructors will help participants build and use devices made from household materials to detect air showers generated by cosmic-ray protons.
http://teachscience.psu.edu/workshops/particle_astrophysics.html

Black Holes: Gravity’s Fatal Attraction (Grades 6-12) — July 30 – Aug. 3, 2012
Delve into the predicted properties of black holes, the astronomical evidence for their existence and their importance in the cosmos. Modern ideas about gravity, space and time will also be explored.
http://teachscience.psu.edu/workshops/black_holes.html

Questions about the Pennsylvania Space Grant workshops should be directed to Heather Nelson at teachscience@psu.edu.

This call for abstracts is a precursor to a subsequent submission of a final paper, which may be presented at the 63rd IAC. Student authors are invited to submit an abstract regarding an original, unpublished paper that has not been submitted in any other forum. A NASA technical review panel of scientists and/or officials will select abstracts. Many students and professors are involved in NASA-related research. Persons submitting abstracts are strongly encouraged to seek advice from professors who are conducting NASA research and/or from NASA scientists and engineers.

Abstract Preparation
– Abstracts must be 400 words or less.
– Abstracts must be written in English.
– Abstracts cannot include formulas, tables or drawings.
– Select the symposium and session in which you wish to post your abstract. Please view the IAC brochure at http://www.iafastro.org/docs/2012/iac/IAC2012_CallForPapers.pdf for list of sessions and more details.

Abstracts must be related to NASA’s ongoing vision for space exploration and fit into one of the following categories:
– Science and Exploration — Systems sustaining missions including life, microgravity, space exploration, space debris and search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI.
– Applications and Operations — Ongoing and future operational applications, including Earth observation, communication, navigation, human space endeavors and small satellites.
– Technology — Common technologies to space systems including astrodynamics, structures, power and propulsion.
– Infrastructures — Systems sustaining space missions including space systems, transportation, future systems and safety.
– Space and Society — Interaction of space with society including education, policy and economics, history and law.

Abstracts must be submitted to the IAC’s website http://www.iac2012.org by Feb. 29, 2012 and to http://iac.nasaprs.com no later than 11:59:59 p.m. EST on March 4, 2012.

Questions about this opportunity should be emailed to abstract@nasaprs.com

The GLOBE at Night project encourages citizen-scientists worldwide to record the brightness of the night sky. During four select sets of dates, children and adults match the appearance of a constellation (Orion or Leo in the northern hemisphere, and Orion and Crux in the southern hemisphere) with seven star charts of progressively fainter stars.

The map is located at http://www.globeatnight.org . Participants then submit their choice of star chart online with their date, time and location to help create a light-pollution map worldwide.

The GLOBE at Night 2012 campaign dates are Feb. 12-21, March 13-22 and April 11-20, 2012. Over 68,000 measurements have been contributed from more than 115 countries over the last six years of two-week campaigns.

Children and adults can submit their measurements in real time if they have a smart phone or tablet. To do this, use the Web application at http://www.globeatnight.org/webapp/. With smart phones and tablets, the location, date and time are put in automatically. And if you do not have a smart phone or tablet, there are user-friendly tools on the GLOBE at Night report page to find latitude and longitude.

Through GLOBE at Night, students, teachers, parents and community members are amassing a data set from which they can explore the nature of light pollution locally and across the globe. Make a difference and join the GLOBE at Night efforts in 2012. Activity packets, one-page flyers and postcards advertising the campaign are available at http://www.globeatnight.org.

Please email any questions about GLOBE at Night to globeatnight@noao.edu