Month: April 2022

Scholarship Deadline Approach 5 May, 2022, IPD Summer Programs 2022, Basel, Switzerland

Summer Programs 2022

On behalf of Institute for Peace & Dialogue, we would like to inform you about the next Summer Programs in Basel, Switzerland.

Applicants can choose between the 13th Summer Academy and the 3-Month Research Program which may be combined with the 13th Summer Academy participation depending on the applicants` desire and filled application.

Participants will have access to expert knowledge and hands-on experience as all our facilitators are specialists with years of experience academically and professionally in their respective fields. This is truly a great opportunity not to be missed to get or refresh the knowledge, skills and create new worldwide friendship and networks.

We would appreciate if you could forward Summer Program call to your interested colleagues and friends.

The summer programs call is also available online at https://www.ipdinstitute.ch/Trainings-Events/Summer-Programs-2022-Training-3-Month-Research-Program/

 

EM Structural Summer Internship Position

EM Structural is looking for intern who wants to be part of a growing team of engineers, works well on a team, and is self-motivated.  As an intern of EM Structural, you will be exposed to all phases of the building process from design development through construction administration.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform hand calculations based on engineering principles and building code requirements.
  • Perform shop drawing review.
  • Utilize a variety of engineering software packages in computer aided design.
  • Assist in the production of project documents for client submissions.

Qualifications:

  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, structural emphasis, working on an M.S.
  • E.I.T. (or E.I.) certification is preferred.
  • Relevant internships and experience with building materials including: structural steel, mild concrete, post-tensioned concrete, wood, and masonry.
  • Familiar with computer analysis packages including: Bentley Suite (RAM), Computers & Structures Suite (ETABS).
  • Proficient in AutoCAD and Revit.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, detail oriented, organized, and able to multi-task.

To Apply:

  • Please send resume and cover letter to careers@emstructural.com
  • Please be prepared to provide references of former employers or professors.

https://www.emstructural.com/

CEE Grad Appreciation Week!

Happy Grad Appreciation Week!
Working with CEE graduate students is the reason I love coming to work every day!  I know I speak for all staff and faculty in CEE when I tell you how much we appreciate the work you’re doing, the time and energy you give back to CEE and all the good that you will bring to the world. Enough of the schmaltz, let’s get down to the free stuff!
Monday through Friday
GT Photo Scavenger Hunt: Take photos, win prizes! Send in a photo of you and at least one fellow CEE grad in the following categories to earn points. Each photo is +1 point. First submitted photo of each category is +1 point. Only one person in the group/pair needs to submit each photo. Submit photos through the online form by April 10th at 4PM. https://forms.office.com/r/v9KvWzHPj2 Winners will be revealed at CEE Grad 2nd Friday Social on April 8th

 
Photo Categories: 
  • Riding in a Tech Trolley
  • At the Clough Rooftop Garden
  • Sitting with Einstein
  • With Tech Tower in the Background
  • Pointing at the tip of the Pencil Building
  • With the Koan sculpture lit up at night
  • Sitting on the Social Steps in Clough
  • In a building that you have never previously entered
  • Enjoying the Grad floor in the library
  • In a lab outside of your discipline
  • Find the Ramblin’ Rec
  • Both wearing GT gear
  • Lounging in a hammock
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Tuesday:
Come down to Mason 1220 to grab a breakfast sandwich and a cup of OJ  (for the first 70 students) from 8:30am -11:30 am.
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Wednesday: Walk the Pi Mile with JT!  Meet JT in the Mason Lobby at 12:30pm.  Here’s a link to the map: https://www.crc.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/images/pimile_campus_map2.pdf
Followed by actual pie in Mason 1220.  Pi Mile participants get first dibs.
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Thursday:
Come to Mason 1220 to grad a boxed lunch from 11am-2pm (for the first 100 students).
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Friday:
Grad Student Social and Pizza Party!
Enjoy some drinks and pizza while we announce the Scavenger Hunt winners and give out prizes.
Play some board/card games with your friends and join us in Mason 1133 to support CEE finalist Zeou Dou!!!
See all finalists here:

Science.Art.Wonder: April 8, 4 pm “Mind Melody” Dance and Brain Art Performance

Mind Melody”

A brain art performance of dance, painting, and geometry

 “Mind Melody” fuses art and technology to explore brainwaves as inspiration for visual art, music, and movement.

 

mind melody

Show Details

The “Mind Melody” performance will take place at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022 in the Hodges Room of the Centergy Building on Georgia Tech’s Campus.

75 5th St NW

Atlanta, GA 30308

The Science.Art.Wonder showcase will run from 11:30am-5:30pm and the “Mind Melody” performance will take place at 4 p.m.

 

Description

Audiences experience the connection of science, mathematics, and art during “Mind Melody”. This dance, music, visual art, and science performance utilizes EEG brainwave music technology to expose the rhythms of the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind.

 Wearing an EEG headset, Francesco Fedele, Ph.D., will solve geometric and physics equations before the audience, using conscious thought. The sound of his mathematical reasoning will convey his Alpha, Beta and Gamma brainwaves which deliver conscious thinking. Visual artist Rachel Grant will start with primed blank canvas, reacting to the music of Dr. Fedele’s brainwaves to create large scale abstract paintings, tapping into the unconscious mind. Her EEG headset will translate the sounds of her Delta and Theta brainwaves, active during the brain’s dream state. Through the use of music technology coding, the two sets of differing brainwaves will create a melody that dancer Bella Dorado will react and respond to through movement. The performance will conclude with a solo dance performance with Bella wearing an EEG headset, in return creating music with her conscious and unconscious brainwaves. The finale represents the subconscious mind that connects consciousness with unconsciousness.

 The pattern of the brainwaves will be visible to the audience during the performance via a live projection of the EEG headset transmissions. In the beginning the space will feel blank, empty and quiet. During the performance, the space will be alive with brainwave music, abstract painted color, the marks of large-scale mathematical equations, and dance movement.

 

This performance is held in conjunction with Science.Art.Wonder, which matches artists and researchers to create art based on and inspired by scientific research. Each year, Science.Art.Wonder exhibits the art at various locations, including at the Atlanta Science Festival. 

 

Artistic Team

Bella Dorado is a writer and performer based in Atlanta, GA. Her work has been funded by grants from The Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and IDEA Capitol, and she was awarded Atlanta’s Emerging Artist of the Year in 2018. During this time, she worked primarily in the mediums of dance and performance art with a particular interest in durational performance installations in public spaces driven by narrative, mythmaking, and world-building. In 2018 she produced, directed and performed in Ni Aquí Ni Allá, a multimedia exhibition exploring the works of Atlanta’s Latinx identifying artists. In 2017, commissioned by the High Museum, she created FAEST, a dance work inspired by traditional faery tales of danger and disappearance. Out of this live performance, a dance film by the same name was born later that year. Bella has had the pleasure of several artistic collaborations with artist Anicka Austin including The Nylon Tights are Pink (2018) and Biophilia in Blue Tights (2019). 

 

Originally from Southern Italy, Francesco Fedele, Ph.D., has been an Atlanta resident for 10 years. He started practicing art in 2016 during a two-year recovery from an injury as a form of self- learned art therapy. This experience transformed Francesco and gave him a new outlet of self- expression that he has pursued ever since. In 2020 Francesco collaborated with DanceCanvas choreographer Thulani Vereen to create “GLITCH: Escaping Plato’s cave”, a dance performance and film which explores the universality of human vulnerability and strength inspired by Plato’s allegory. The film was screened in 2021 at ‘SOAR’ Presented with BronzeLens Film Festival, Synchronicity Theatre. Francesco is a practicing fine artist and member of the Atlanta Artist Center. He is committed to exposing Atlanta’s community to innovative ideas combining art, science and technology.

Musician Dennis Frank is a computer science student at Georgia Tech. He has many years of coding experience in MATLAB, Java, and Python, and now in SuperCollider, which he used for this project. In the past, he has done research with EEG’s exploring innovative ways to improve cybersecurity by seeing if one’s brainwaves could serve as a mental “password”. Considering himself primarily a string bass player, he is a musician who also plays guitar, piano, drums, and brass and has been a member of multiple musical groups including the Georgia Tech Marching Band, Symphonic Band, and Orchestra as well as several rock bands.He has written, recorded, and produced 4 albums of his own original music that can be found in many places on the web including Spotify (linktr.ee/dennisfrankmusic). He explores existential and meta themes in his music and approaches music in novel but familiar ways, and he has enjoyed collaborating with the artists and scientists in this project to create a one-of-kind musical experience.

An Atlanta native, Rachel Grant has a commitment to serve her community as a fine artist, art educator, and occasional curator. She was recently had a 2021 solo exhibition “Natural Engagement: Where Earth Meets Sky” at the University of Georgia. Rachel is known for her sweeping oil paintings that depict the natural environment and explore the ephemerality of clouds. She received a bachelor’s degree in Art with a Psychology minor from Auburn University and is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design [SCAD] earning an M.F.A. in Painting and M.A. in Arts Administration. Rachel has exhibited throughout the United States, in France and completed a residency at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York City. A former resident of the Goat Farm Arts Center, Rachel often brings her painting practice out of the studio and into public spaces where she engages with community members and shares her passion for plein air artmaking. She has performed live painting as an “Art on the Atlanta Beltline” artist, for the Metro Atlanta Chamber, and for Atlanta Streets Alive’s “Streets Alive Westside” event.

 

Mike Winters, Ph.D., is a designer, teacher and researcher specializing in audio and music technologies. He conducts research and develop technologies that support auditory experiences and interactions with information (“instruments”). His goal is to promote core human abilities like learning, performance and social connection through sound. he has experience conducting research in behavioral psychology and neurophysiology at the frontiers of audio interaction design (AUX) for mobile brain/body interfaces (MoBI), artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR).