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JUNE 2014            
 
Engineer Your Future
Welcome to The Accelerator, a monthly e-newsletter and blog that keeps engineering students informed and helps them connect and succeed. Here you will find the latest news affecting student life, engineering, and higher education; information on contests, grants, fellowships, scholarships, and internships; tips on career planning; and interesting examples of student research. Each of the categories below links to a website-blog that features a large and growing collection of useful sources. Sign up here.    

Special notice: The Accelerator's July and August issues will be combined into one issue for both months, and will be sent in late July.

 
Be in the know, even if you won't be in Indianapolis to attend the conference this week. Read about sessions, speakers, papers, contests, and more!  
 
From the Student Division 
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The ASEE Student Division will be hosting many sessions at this year's annual conference in Indianapolis, June 15-18, 2014! See the division's schedule for that week and read about one member's research on MOOCs in engineering education.

 

Read more about the Student Division.     

Resources
Kick-start your career with great internships, fellowships, and scholarships that can help you get ahead in engineering.

 

Useful Links
From ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) to WEPAN (Women in Engineering ProActive Network), some 30 professional societies, nonprofits, activist groups, and service organizations offer a variety of programs and information for engineering students. Click here for a complete alphabetical listing. 
Have an awesome student project or startup company? Or a great story about how you got your first engineering job? Tell us here.
About This Newsletter
The Accelerator is published by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), a non-profit organization committed to improving education in engineering and engineering technology. It is a collaboration between ASEE Editorial staff and the ASEE Student Division. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr for more updates.

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