Workshop 10: Career Development

ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) 
and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE)
August 26-29, 2018, Quebec City, Canada
Type: Workshop
Duration: Half Day
Location: To be decided
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2018
Time: 1:00pm - 6:30pm
Cost: Workshops are complimentary. However only those registered for IDETC/CIE are eligible to attend a workshop.
Presenter(s): Josh Henkin

Note: Registration for this workshop is being handled separately from the main conference registration. At this moment, the workshop is at maximum capacity. Thank you all for your applications!
ABSTRACT
The goal of the workshop on Career Development is to provide a professional development experience and opportunity for community and networking within the Design Engineering Division (DED) of ASME that supports and mentors underrepresented groups. The workshop is designed to provide graduate students and faculty members from underrepresented groups with professional development activities and to give them the opportunity to make connections with an international network of supportive researchers in their field. In addition to skill development, this workshop will support the development of a network of people within the community from underrepresented groups. This workshop will be the tenth annual workshop event of the Broadening Participation Committee of the ASME DED. 

 Choosing a new career can be a daunting task for anyone, but is especially difficult for recent and prospective Ph.D. graduates. This workshop, led by Josh Henkin of STEM Career services, offers career development experience in order to help current students, as well as academics, understand what choices to make to get the most out of their career path. The workshop will include topics such as: interpreting job posting and tailoring job applications accordingly, building and acquiring necessary skills during academic training for jobs, and networking skills. Equipped with a sense of direction and a method to make the most out of job hunting, we hope participants will leave feeling more competent and self-confident in their respective careers. 
PRESENTER
Josh Henkin, PhD.
STEM Career Coach

After years of successfully mentoring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) job seekers, Josh founded STEM Career Services, a career coaching company aimed at helping STEM graduates launch and sustain careers outside of academia. Josh conducts workshops at conferences, universities and institutes across the country and provides career coaching to STEM graduates at all career levels. These efforts have earned Josh a position on the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Board of Directors, where he sits on the executive committee and serves as the nonprofit’s treasurer. In addition, Josh is an American Association for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Career Development Center subject matter expert. 

Concurrent with his work at STEM Career Services, Josh is a program manager at The Tauri Group, a science and technology consulting company. At the Tauri Group, Josh builds and leads teams that provide a full range of technical and programmatic support to Department of Defense (DoD) vaccine and therapeutic development programs. He contributes a blend of management support, subject matter expertise, strategic planning, risk management and knowledge of the FDA regulatory landscape. 

Prior to these roles, Josh worked at Medtronic as a principal field scientist in its cardiac rhythm disease management division, where he managed a portfolio of investigator-initiated clinical trials to promote innovative research with implantable cardiac devices. As a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Josh worked closely with the DoD as a scientific advisor for the Undersecretary of Defense for Laboratories and Basic Sciences, creating policies and managing basic science programs.

A lifelong athlete, Josh played rugby for 20 years at the collegiate, national and international levels. He has authored research articles on muscle biology, exercise physiology and fitness, is a certified strength and conditioning expert and has started several companies in the exercise/fitness space. He holds a BS in business administration, a MS in nutritional sciences and a PhD in cell and molecular biology, all from the University of Vermont. 
PANELISTS 

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Janet Allen, PhD, Professor, John and Mary Moore Chair at The University of Oklahoma
Janet Allen, PhD
Professor, John and Mary Moore Chair
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
The University of Oklahoma 

I have spent most of my career in academia and look forward to sharing my experience. I was a member of the research faculty at Georgia Tech for 13 years and then obtained a tenure track position and was both an associate professor and a professor. At the University of Oklahoma where I now hold the John and Mary Chair.
David Ullman, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University
David Ullman, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Oregon State University
Life Fellow, ASME

Ullman has worked in industry as a design engineer; he has done research in government labs; he started two companies with one producing products he designed and growing to 30 employees and $6M in revenue per year, the other supported by government grants; he works as a consultant; he is a technical author; and an academic.
Patrick Little, Sc.D, J. Stanley and Mary Wig Johnson Professor of Engineering and Chair of the Faculty at Harvey Mudd College
Patrick Little, Sc.D
J. Stanley and Mary Wig Johnson Professor of Engineering, Chair of the Faculty
Harvey Mudd College

Professor Little joined the faculty at Harvey Mudd in 1996 after a career that included several years as a terminal superintendent for a Class I railroad, co-founding a transportation consulting and software firm, and teaching in a Massachusetts state prison. His more recent interests are focused on engineering design and ways to increase creative capacity of STEM students.
Mike Yukish, PhD, Head, Manufacturing Systems Division at Applied Research Lab/Penn State University
Mike Yukish, PhD
Head, Manufacturing Systems Division
Applied Research Lab/Penn State University
Asst. Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Michael Yukish is the Head of the Manufacturing Systems Division at Applied Research Laboratory of The Pennsylvania State University, where the focus of his research is on design and decision making. B.S. in Physics, Old Dominion University in 1983; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997; and Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2004. He is also a retired officer and aviator in the US Navy Reserve, with over 1800 flight hours operating various high performance aircraft. His path to a PhD and a research career was non-traditional, returning to academia following 10 years out of college working in industry and as a pilot in the military. He earned his PhD while working two jobs, raising three kids, and conducting his own research and leading a team of twelve scientists and engineers.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
The workshop will consist of both presentation and active participation. The first three hours will be led by our workshop speaker, followed by both formal and informal networking activities.

1:00 – 4:00 STEM Career Services Workshop

Contents will include how to interpret job postings and tailor applications accordingly, how to build the skills required to help your career during grad school, and networking skills. 

4:00 – 5:00 Panel of Experts from DED Community related to diverse career choices 

5:00 – 6:00 Introduction to ASME Design Division & social 

5:00 – 5:05 Introduction Describe Broadening Participation Committee mission / objective Introduce each ASME DED technical & other committee chairs & chair of Design Division. 

5:05– 6:00 Social / Interact with Technical Committees and Design Division Executive Committee (with refreshments) 

6:00 – 6:30 Social / continue discussions for those that can stay