When:

Fri May 16, 2014 6AM to 9AM

Where:

Santa's House (@ Catonsville Fire Station)754 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, 
MD 21228

What: 

Participants in Bike to Work Day who stop by the event location will receive a free t-shirt, commuting guide, and a chance to win prizes. Coffee & refreshments provided. Simply bike to work, and stop by 754 Frederick Rd. Register here.

Why: 

Bike to Work Day is a national event to encourage and celebrate bicycling to work and promote public awareness of bicycling and bicycle safety. Locally, it's a part of Maryland's Clean Commute Month in May. Register here.

Late Spring is the start of the ground-level ozone season, when we hear about Code Red and Orange Ozone Action Days. On these warm smoggy days, the air is dangerous to breathe – especially for the young and for the elderly. Emissions from single occupancy vehicles(driving alone) contribute approximately 20% of our region's dangerous ozone levels. Driving alone also results in increasingly congested roadways and parking issues. We can save money, protect the environment, stay in shape and have fun while biking.

Transportation accounts for 38% of UMBC's carbon footprint. In 2007, President Hrabowski committed to campus carbon neutrality.

How: 

Resources on UMBC's sustainable transportation alternatives are listed at:http://sustainability.umbc.edu/transportation/

• Ride Transit
• Carpool Together
• Bike to Campus    
• Borrow a Free Bicycle
• Charge an Electric Vehicle
• Borrow a Zip Car

Who: 

These sustainable transportation options have been developed and promoted by the following groups. If this topic is of interest to you, consider getting involved:

• UMBC Transportation Work Group (part of the Climate Change Task Force)
• UMBC Cycling Community
• UMBC Off Campus Student Services, Sustainable Transportation Outreach Intern
• UMBC Sustainability

Career Services is currently accepting applications for Career Peer Advisors.

Career Peer Advisors assist the Career Services Center in extending career services and information to the UMBC student body.  Students must be able to commit at least one academic year to the following duties and responsibilities: take walk-in appointments, review resumes and cover letters; facilitate workshops/seminars; help market CSC services and programs to UMBC student body; design and present group information meetings upon request to student organizations, residence halls, and other groups; provide general office reception duties; conduct outreach to student organizations and one of three colleges (Engineering and Information Technology, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural and Mathematical Sciences); work closely with  CSC staff on special projects as needed.  Training will be provided.

Hours:  10-12 per week.

Note: All majors encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Continuing undergraduate or graduate student with at least a 2.75 GPA;
• strong interest in helping others and working with students, staff, employers, and faculty;
• in good academic standing;
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• experience with public speaking helpful;
• ability to use tact and diplomacy in working with others both face to face and on the phone;
• previous or current involvement in campus organizations or activities helpful;
• computer literacy and comfort with PowerPoint presentation technology;
• detail oriented, dependable and reliable;
• initiative and enthusiasm.
• All majors invited to apply.

Excellent opportunity for undergraduate Social Work, Sociology and Psychology majors considering application to graduate school in the counseling and health professions.

To Apply:  Log into your UMBCworks account (http://careers.umbc.edu/students/umbcworks.pdf) and enter job# 9265552 in the keyword box.

 Open until filled.  For best consideration, please apply by: Tuesday, May 13, 2014.

UMBC Mechanical Engineering researchers Sal Nimer and Prof. Marc Zupan, in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division scientist Dr. Jennifer Wolk, are studying the effects of friction stir welding on the local mechanical properties of a Ti alloy. The research is characterizing and developing the next generation structural materials for Naval vehicle systems. Their recent work was has been featured on the cover of the journal Advanced Engineering Materials.

Micro-tensile samples were utilized as shown in the figure extracted from a friction stir welded (FSW) plate of Ti-5111 and mechanically tested to failure in order to measure local material properties. The experimentally determined mechanical properties are linked down to the micro-structural regions that develop during the FSW process as described by Marc Zupan and co-workers

The abstract from the manuscript is below:

Location and Orientation Specific Material Property

Evaluation of Friction Stir Welded Ti-5111:

A Microsample Approach**

By Salahudin Nimer, Jennifer Wolk* and Marc Zupan*

This work presents microsample measured mechanical properties of a friction stir welded (FSW) plate of Ti-5111. Property measurements and fractographic deformation observations were made as a function of discrete locations within the weld [stir zone (SZ), boundaries, base metal (BM)]. Properties in the longitudinal direction are compared to transverse measurements made at the same locations. Compared to the BM the longitudinal direction shows strength and ductility increases throughout the weld. The outer SZ showed mechanical properties in the longitudinal direction to be similar to the SZ properties in the transverse direction. These observations and measured properties serve to link the local material properties to the complex flow, heat, and deformation imparted to the material during the FSW process.

UMBC Information Systems Security Association Seminar

Framework for Improving Critical
Infrastructure in Cybersecurity

Dr. Ron Ross, NIST

6:00-8:00pm Wednesday, 30 April 20014
Meyerhoff 030 Building Lecture Hall 2

RSVP
Schedule:
6:00-6:30pm Introductions to UMBC ISSA, Networking & Pizza
6:30-7:30pm Cyber Security Lecture From Dr. Ron Ross
7:30-8:00pm Networking

Host: Monique Jeffrey, UMBC ISSA President, Sorry, you need javascript to view this email address.

Ron Ross is a Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His current areas of specialization include information security and risk management. Dr. Ross leads the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Implementation Project, which includes the development of security standards and guidelines for the federal government, contractors, and the United States critical information infrastructure.

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Dr. Ross served in a variety of leadership and technical positions during his over twenty-year career in the United States Army. While assigned to the National Security Agency, he received the Scientific Achievement Award for his work on an inter-agency national security project and was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal upon his departure from the agency. Dr. Ross is a three-time recipient of the Federal 100 award for his leadership and technical contributions to critical information security projects affecting the federal government and is a recipient of the Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medal Awards.

Dr. Ross has been inducted into the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Hall of Fame and given its highest honor of ISSA Distinguished Fellow. Dr. Ross has also received several private sector cyber security awards and recognition including the Vanguard ChairmanÕs Award, the Symantec Cyber 7 Award, InformationWeek’s Government CIO 50 Award, Best of GTRA Award, and the ISACA National Capital Area Conyers Award. During his military career, Dr. Ross served as a White House aide and as a senior technical advisor to the Department of the Army. Dr. Ross is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College and holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School specializing in artificial intelligence and robotics.