Link Lab Professional Development

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

November

26

THANKSGIVING BREAK

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

The Link Lab will be hosting the following academic and industry career seminars:

"Demysitfying the Academic Job Search" with Professor Brad Campbell:

October 

28

Overview (3pm - 4pm) Conference Room 211

November

3

Applying (3pm - 4pm) Conference Room 211

November 

11

Interviewing (3pm - 4pm) Conference Room 211

 

A Job Search Talk with Julian Lapan, Director for Engineering Career Development:

December 

10

Skills Needed for Employment (1pm - 2pm) LL Arena 

 

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