The Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering workshop supports women graduate students and postdocs who are considering careers in academia. The purpose of the workshop is to gain career skills, connect with a cohort of peers, and engage with mentors. The second Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering workshop will take place at Stanford University on Oct. 17-18, 2019. The inaugural Rising Stars in ME workshop was hosted by MIT in 2018, and next year’s workshop will be hosted by University of California, Berkeley.
How to be nominated:
Participants must be women graduate students within 1 to 3 years of graduating with a Ph.D. at the time of the workshop, or they must have obtained a Ph.D. no earlier than 2016 and not currently hold a faculty position. Applicants must be nominated by a faculty member in her current department. Approximately 30 candidates will be selected for inclusion in the program.
The faculty nominator should email the following materials to kchu22@stanford.edu:
1) In the text of the email, please list:
- Nominee Name (Lastname, Firstname)
- Email address of nominee
- Institution/place of employment of nominee
- Current status of nominee (e.g. 3rd yr grad student, Postdoc)
- Expected or actual conferral date of nominee's Ph.D. (e.g. May 2020)
- Nominator name
- Nominator email address
- Academic institution of Nominator
- Title of Nominator (e.g. Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering)
2) Attach the applicant's personal statement describing her professional goals and motivation for pursuing them (maximum 1 page, pdf, called "LastnameFirstnamePS.pdf"; for all pdf files, "LastnameFirstname" is the name of the nominee)
3) Attach the applicant's CV (no page limit, pdf, called "LastnameFirstnameCV.pdf")
4) Attach a nomination letter from the faculty nominator (no more than 1 page, pdf, called "LastnameFirstnameNL.pdf")
All materials should be included in a single email sent from the nominator's university email address.
Accommodations and Travel:
Stanford Mechanical Engineering will cover meals and shared accommodations for up to three nights, and reimburse reasonable travel expenses (coach airfare) up to $600.
Nomination Deadline: July 31, 2019 (11:59pm Pacific Time)
Questions? Email kchu22@stanford.edu
2019 Workshop Chairs
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Wendy Gu
Workshop Co-Chair
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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Allison Okamura
Workshop Co-Chair
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering 2019
Stanford University
Thursday, October 17
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8:30am – 9:00am
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Breakfast
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Bldg 520, lobby
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9:00am – 9:30am
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Welcome (Allison Okamura, Wendy Gu)
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Bldg 520-131
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9:30am – 10:00am
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Conversation with Persis Drell, Provost
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Bldg 520-131
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10:00am – 10:50am
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Landing the Faculty Position Panel
(Monroe Kennedy, Wendy Gu, Dorsa Sadigh, Debbie Senesky)
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Bldg 520-131
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11:00am – 12:00pm
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Acting with Power (Kay Koustopolous)
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Bldg 520-131
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12:15pm - 1:15pm
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Lunch
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Faculty club
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1:30pm-2:30 pm
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How to Talk about your Research (Chris Gerdes)
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Bldg 550, studio 3
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2:30pm - 3:00pm
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Practice Lightning Talks
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Bldg 550, studio 3
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3:15pm - 4:00pm
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Lightning Talks #1
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Bldg 550, studio 3
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4:00pm – 4:50 pm
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Perspective from the Faculty Search Committee Panel
(Ken Goodson, Scott Delp, Xiaolin Zheng, Ellen Kuhl)
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Bldg 550, studio 3
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5:00pm – 5:30 pm
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Lightning Talks #2
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Bldg 550, studio 3
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5:30pm-6:00pm
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Shuttle to hotel, meet at lobby at 6 pm to walk to dinner
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6:00pm-9:00pm
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Dinner with faculty at Joya ( 339 University Ave, Palo Alto)
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Friday, October 18
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8:30am – 9:00am
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Breakfast
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Bldg 520, lobby
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9:00am – 9:50am
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Life as a Professor Panel (Sindy Tang, Dave Camarillo [tentative], Sean Follmer, Sheri Sheppard)
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Bldg 520-131
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10:00am - 10:50am
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The Job Application Process (Wendy Gu)
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Bldg 520-131
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11:00am - 11:50am
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Pathway through academia (Allison Okamura)
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Bldg 520-131
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12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Lunch with faculty and closing remarks
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Faculty club
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1:30pm-2:30 pm
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Lab tours
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