Link Lab Professional Development

Link Lab Professional Development

Spring 2024

  • January 26 - Research Resources (Erich Purpur)
  • February 2 - Interview Prep (Priya Date)
  • February 9 - Tips, Tricks, Tools (Link Lab Students)
  • February 16 - Faculty Flash Talks  (Link Lab Faculty)
  • March 15 – Student Flash Talks  (Link Lab Students)

Fall 2023

  • August 30 or 31 - Etiquette Reception & Dinner (RSVP required)
  • September 8 - "What I Wish I Knew Earlier About Research" - Ben Calhoun
  • September 12 - Industry-Link Lab Reception & Demo Night
  • September 15 - Student Headshots (inside)
  • September 15 - LinkedIn Best Practices - Priya Date
  • September 29 - Student Flash Talks
  • October 6 - Student Headshots (outside)
  • October 6 - Technical Figure Design - Dan Quinn
  • October 10 - Industry-Link Lab Reception & Demo Night
  • October 11 - Research Day
  • November 3 - Tips, Tricks, Tools
  • November 10 - Designing Your Online Portfolio/Personal Website

Link Lab Summer Series

  • June 7 Making the Most of Summer as a Graduate Student (Brad Campbell)
  • June 14 Leadership (Jack Stankovic)
  • June 21 Tips for Successful Life (Brian Park)
  • June 28 Publishing (Venkat Lakshmi)
  • July 5  No seminar due to the holiday
  • July 12 Managing Efficiency, Time, and Productivity (Laura Barnes)
  • July 19 Finding the ‘Why’ of Your Research (Madhur Behl)
  • July 26 The Impact of AI, ChatGPT, etc. on the Workplace (Madhur Behl)

Spring 2023

  • February 3 - Project Management (Sam Lake)
  • February 10 - Writing (Journals/Publications – Jack Stankovic & Grants – Ben Calhoun)
  • February 17 - Ethics in Engineering (Ros Berne)
  • March 31 - Tips, Tricks, Tools (Students)

Fall 2022

  • September 2 - Research Best Practices - "What I Wish I Knew Earlier About Research" (Professor Ben Calhoun)
  • September 9 - Collaboration / Collaborative Research (Faculty Panel: Dan Quinn, Sara Riggs, Lu Feng, Jack Stankovic) Details of the Link Lab Collaborative Research Initiative will be shared!
  • September 16 - Presentation Best Practices (Professor Arsalan Heydarian)
  • September 23 - Technical Figure Design (Professor Dan Quinn)
  • October 21 - Research Tools and Hacks (Professor Matthew Bolton)
  • October 28 - Teaching (Lynn Mandeltort)
  • November 4 - Link Lab Research Incentive Proposal Pitches (Industry/Faculty Panel)
  • November 11 - Ethics Panel (Geoffrey Schaefer (Booz Allen Hamilton), Rider Foley (UVA Engineering - Science, Technology, and Society), Steve Johnson (UVA McIntire School of Commerce))

Spring 2022:

  • February 4th (12pm - 1pm) Creating a Personal Brand and Leveraging Tools to Marketing Yourself for Success
  • February 15th (4pm - 5pm) – Resume/CV Workshop
  • February 16th (12pm - 1pm) Preparation for Student Flash Talks – Tips, Tricks, Practice, and Real-Time Feedback
  • February 17th (3:30pm – 4:30pm) – Student Flash Talks
  • February 18th (12pm - 1pm) LinkedIn Workshop
  • March 1st (4pm - 5pm) – How to Design and Review Research Posters 
  • March 15th (4pm - 5pm) – How to Network In-Person at Conferences 
  • March 24th (4:30pm - 5:30pm) – Link Lab Student Seminar
  • March 31st (12:30pm – 1:30pm) – Student Wellness Break
  • April 12th (4pm - 5pm) – Cultivating a Long-Term Network 
  • April 15th (3pm - 4pm + dessert reception to follow) - Industry Technical/Career Panel

Fall 2021:

  • September 3 - Overview of the fall research seminar programming, Q & A, social/networking time, and snacks!
  • September – 10 Professor Ben Calhoun: "What I wish I knew earlier about research"
  • September 17- Professor Arsalan Heydarian: “Strategies for Effective Flash Talks”
  • September 24 - Faculty Flash Talks
  • October 1 - Student Flash Talks & Poster Session
  • October 8 - Professor Jack Stankovic: "Invention - You Can Do It"
  • October 15 - Professor Homa Alemzadeh: "Dissecting a Research Paper"
  • October 22 - Guest Speaker - Kelly Cunningham (Graduate Writing Lab Director): "Planning for Productive Writing"
  • October 29 - Professor Dan Quinn: "Technical Figure Design"
  • November 5 - Guest Speaker - Professor Cady Garey (UVA Drama Dept): Public Speaking / Presentation Skills
  • November 12 - Professor Jon Goodall: Funding
  • November 19 - Guest Speaker - Marc Oettinger (UVA Licensing & Ventures Group): Intellectual Property Primer (IP) for UVA Link Lab
  • December 3 - Faculty Panel: The Peer Review Process
  • December 10 - Guest Speaker - Julia Lapan (SEAS ECD): Career Competencies Employers Want and How to Plan Now 

Career Seminars

"Demysitfying the Academic Job Search" with Professor Brad Campbell (3pm - 4pm in Conference Room 211)

  • October 28 Overview (3pm - 4pm) Conference Room 211
  • November 3 - Applying (3pm - 4pm) Conference Room 211
  • November 11 - Interviewing (3pm - 4pm) Conference Room 211

Other offerings to support your professional development and technical skills training can be found here: