Academic Networking Workshop (NEW project! December 5th 2006)

Duke Laboratory Tours (NEW project!)

Resume Contest (February- March 2006)

Nano- and Biotechnolgy Symposium (March 30th- April 5th 2006)

The four day Nano- and Biotechnology symposium will focus on manipulating and building materials and devices on the ultra small scale, one-millionth the size of a pinhead, and the use of living organisms and their products for commercial purposes. Leading industry and academic experts will address issues such as how to establish a nano or biotechnology company, how to solve environmental & medical problems using nanoscale materials and how to evaluate the impact of nano and biotechnology on society. Finally, the symposium panelists will engage in an open debate and dialogue regarding where nano- and biotechnology stands today and how it will impact future scientific innovations and business opportunities.
  The symposium, organized by CIERD, aims to meet the interests of students in business and law, basic and social sciences, engineering, public policy and the environment by providing an opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue to advance understanding of the rapidly growing nano- and biotechnologies.

Nano- and Biotechnolgy Symposium (March 30th- April 5th 2006)

The four day Nano- and Biotechnology symposium will focus on manipulating and building materials and devices on the ultra small scale, one-millionth the size of a pinhead, and the use of living organisms and their products for commercial purposes. Leading industry and academic experts will address issues such as how to establish a nano or biotechnology company, how to solve environmental & medical problems using nanoscale materials and how to evaluate the impact of nano and biotechnology on society. Finally, the symposium panelists will engage in an open debate and dialogue regarding where nano- and biotechnology stands today and how it will impact future scientific innovations and business opportunities.
  The symposium, organized by CIERD, aims to meet the interests of students in business and law, basic and social sciences, engineering, public policy and the environment by providing an opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue to advance understanding of the rapidly growing nano- and biotechnologies.

Resume Writing Workshop: On Wednesday,  February 1st, the Duke Career Center will sponsor a workshop
to teach you to develop a persuasive resume and learn how to use the  BlueDevilTrak system to enter the resume contest.  

WHEN  : Wednesday,  Feb 1st (Wed), 3:00-5:00 pm
WHERE : CIEMAS A Auditorium (New Engineering Building) Please RSVP Here

Write a Winning Resume for a $50 cash  prize!
On February 1, 2006 the Duke Career Center and CIERD will jointly launch a
resume contest for graduate students in Electrical &  Computer Engineering (ECE), Computer Science (CS) and the Engineering Management and Entrepreneurship Program. Read More

WHEN: Wednesday,  Feb 1 to Wednesday, Feb 15  at midnight--  Resume submission, through the Career Center's  BlueDevilTrak system

PAST EVENTS

WHEN  : When: December 5th (Monday), 4:00-5:00 pm
WHERE : C234 of the LSRC building: the second floor in the C-wing
        of the LSRC (Levine Science Research Center). 
WHY   : Do you have too many things that are going at the same time?  Overwhelmed and sometimes exhausted? Nearly 70% of Americans told that they are stressed several times during the week. Job stress is estimated to cost US industry 300 billion dollars annually.  How much control do you have over your stress and time? Do you set priorities and balance your professional and social life? The aim of the discussion is to highlight the principles of stress and time management and to make participants aware of tips and techniques they can use to manage stress more efficiently.  Learn about stress and time
management strategies from experts in the department of Psychology and Academic Skills Office.  Free food and refreshments provided.  Please RSVP here

Post Your Question to the workshop speaker

We hope to see you at the event! Please see the directions to the LSRC location here

Interdisciplinary research and career planning

WHEN  : Tuesday, November 22, 12-1pm
WHERE : conference room: 1399 CIEMAS (New Engineering building)

CIERD organizes an informal lunch time discussion about establishing  career goals and career planning. If you are raduating soon or just came to Duke this  year, you may find useful to learn what others have to say about their career goals, and xperiences. Also we will specifically talk about how to take a full  advantage of interdisciplinary education and research        when developing a career  plan. Emil Chuck, PhD., will be a moderator for this discussion.  For us to order enough food, lease RSVP if you would like to join the discussion.

Cover letter and Resume Contest

Interdisciplinary research and education discussion sessions

Developing grant writing skills- Grant Writing Workshops

Compete with others to win the prize from the corporate sponsor

The CIERD plans to start projects ranging from the intredisciplinary topics discussion series, to developing grant writing skills and conducting competitions that promote using students experience to solve real problems facing the community

CIERD events in 2005 will include interdisciplinary discussion sessions and grant writing workshops. Series of grant writing workshops are organized to develop proposal writing skills among Duke graduate students. The first objective of these grant writing workshops is to provide a basic foundation for grant writing. The second objective is to guide students through writing their own grants. Students will work individually or in teams developing their research ideas into grant proposals throughout the workshops series.

The focus of CIERD discussion sessions will be on current research topics that effectively combine different fields of science. Examples of such interdisciplinary research topics can be, for instance, found in engineering, science policy, computer sciences, humanities, and environment. The first objective of discussion sessions is to foster interaction and intellectual exchange between students from various departments who have an interest in a discussion topic. The second objective is to find faculty support to help develop students' ideas into a valuable research.

In CIERD we also would like to maintain and expand the database of links related with interdisciplinary education and research both inside and outside Duke University

Join the idea exchanged. The event was started by several students in Fuqua EVCC in the fall of 2004. Check out the flyer for the next Idea Exchange

Please help our Center's activity and let us know what you think Center should do to be helpful for your proffessional development.You can either submit the feedback form with your ideas and suggestions