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Calendar
VFP Program
Summer 2011

Please note that Brown Bag Sessions are mandatory.

Date   Time Events / Deliverables / Meetings
To be completed PRIOR to orientation Environment Health & Safety at the Lab (EHS-10)
      General Employee Radiation Training at Berkeley Lab (GERT)
      Job Hazards Analysis Communication (JHA)
      All JHA required web based courses, except EHS 0059 or EHS 0058
      Registered for all JHA required in-person courses
       
      Undergraduate Intern Orientation
6/6 Mon 8 AM - 8:45 AM CSEE Undergraduate Intern Registration / "Meet & Greet" (Bldg 50 Auditorium)
    8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome & Overview of Lab - Paul Alivisatos, Lab Director
    9:15 AM - Noon Program Overview, Safety & Badging
    Noon - 1 PM Intern lunch, Mentors welcome - Not CSEE sponsored (Cafeteria)
    1 PM - 1:30 PM Mentor's pick up interns (Bldg 50 Auditorium)
    1 PM - 4 PM Interns spend rest of day with Mentors at lab site
       
6/7 Tue 4 PM - 5 PM Life Sciences Division Seminar (Optional)
      Real-time Molecular Measurements of Cellular Chemistry During Stress Adaptive Response - Barbara Wold, PhD California Institute of Technology
(717 Potter St., Rm 141)
       
6/8 Wed Noon - 1 PM Perspectives on Diversity:  a series of conversations sponsored by the Berkeley Lab's Diversity Council (Optional)
      Scott Page, Author, The Difference (50 Auditorium)
       
6/9 Thu Noon - 2 PM Brown Bag - Intern Alumni Panel (Bldg 50 Auditorium)
      Housing Stipend
       
      Late Start Undergraduate Intern Orientation
6/13 Mon 8 AM - 9:45 AM Badging - Interns are to get badged prior to orientation (Bldg 65)
    10 AM - 11:30 AM Orientation - Program Overview & Safety (Bldg 7, Rm 211)
    11:30 AM - 1 PM Intern lunch, Mentors welcome - Not CSEE sponsored (Cafeteria)
    1 PM - 1:30 PM Mentor's pick up interns (Cafeteria)
    1 PM - 4 PM Interns spend rest of day with Mentors at lab site
       
6/15 Wed 11 AM - 1 PM FaST Faculty Lunch (Lab Guest House, Bay View Room)
      Non-NSF FaST Faculty Stipend Distribution
       
6/16 Thu Noon – 2 PM Brown Bag  (Bldg 50 Auditorium)
      Internship Work Plan Read-Around
      Internshp Work Plan Due at Brown Bag
      EHS MOU Due at Brown Bag
      Stipend Distribution
      Safety Checklist Due
       
6/17 Fri Noon Research Proposal Due - Email to Writing Coach, Internship Program Manager, and Mentor
       
       
      Late Start Undergraduate Intern Orientation
6/20 Mon 8 AM - 9:45 AM Badging (Bldg 65, Badging Office)
    10 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome and Lab Overview (Bldg 7, Rm 211)
    10:30 AM - 11 AM Safety
    11 AM - Noon Program Overview
    Noon - 4 PM Interns spend rest of day with Mentors at lab site
       
6/22 Wed Noon - 1 PM Summer Lecture Series - Sit down with Sabin
      David Schlegel: Hunting dark energy
      (Optional) (Bldg 50, Auditorium)
    6:00 - 8:00 PM FaST/IISME/STAR BBQ (TBD)
       
6/23 Thu Noon - 2 PM Brown Bag (Bldg 50, Auditorium)
      Research Proposal Read-Around - bring to Brown Bag
      Presentation to CCI Interns by Claudia Quezada
       
6/24 Fri Noon Introduction Draft Due - Email to Writing Coach, Internship Program Manager, and Mentor
      Pre-Survey on Edulink Due
       
6/29 Wed 11 AM - 1 PM FaST Faculty Lunch (Lab Guest House, Bay View Room)
    Noon - 1 PM Summer Lecture Series - Sit down with Sabin
      Venkat Srinivasan: The future of batteries
      (Optional) (Bldg 50, Auditorium)
      Non-NSF FaST Faculty Stipend Distribution
       
6/30 Thu Noon – 2 PM Brown Bag  (Bldg 50 Auditorium)
      JBEI Presentation by Paul Adams
      http://jbei.org/
Stipend Distribution
       
7/1 Fri Noon Materials & Methods Draft Due - Email to Writing Coach, Internship Program Manager, and Mentor
      LBNL Directory Listing Changed
      All JHA Required Courses Completed
      Intern Information Verification Form submitted to CSEE
      Official Transcripts submitted to CSEE
       
7/4 Mon Lab Holiday - Independence Day
       
7/6 Wed Noon – 1 PM Summer Lecture Series - Sit down with Sabin
      Margaret Torn: The carbon cycle like you’ve never seen it
      (Optional) (Bldg 50, Auditorium)
       
7/7 Thu Noon - 2 PM Brown Bag (Bldg 50, Auditorium)
      Graduate School Presentation by Colette Patt, PhD. Director, Science Diversity Programs UC Berkeley
       
7/11 Mon 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM INCREASE www.increaseonline.org (Optional) (SLAC)
7/12 Tue 8 AM - 5 PM INCREASE www.increaseonline.org (Optional) (SLAC)
7/13 Wed 8 AM - 5 PM INCREASE www.increaseonline.org (Optional) (LBNL)
      FaST Faculty Lunch (Lab Guest House, Bay View Room)
      Non-NSF FaST Faculty Stipend Distribution
       
7/14 Thu 8:30 AM - 11 AM Stipend Distribution (Bldg, 7 Rm 209)
      Please see Nikki Benjamin
    Noon - 2 PM Brown Bag - CANCELED
       
7/15 Fri Noon Results and Discussion & Conclusion Due - Email to Writing Coach, Internship Program Manager, and Mentor
       
7/20 Wed 2 PM Distinguished Lecture Series
Toward the Bionic Human: Medical Devices and How They Are Powered presented by Esther S. Takeuchi SUNY Distinguished Professor University of Buffalo (Optional) (Bldg 50 Auditorium)
       
7/21 Thu Noon – 2 PM Brown Bag - CANCELED
       
       
7/22 Fri 11:30 PM - 1:30 PM Outstanding Mentor Awards & Intern/Mentor BBQ (ALS Patio)
       
7/26 Tue 10 AM - 11:30 AM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    12:30 - 2 PM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    2:30 PM - 4 PM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar) 
       
7/27 Wed 10 AM - 11:30 AM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    11 AM - 1 PM FaST Faculty Lunch (Lab Guest House, Bay View Room)
      Non-NSF FaST Faculty Stipend Distribution
    Noon - 1 PM Summer Lecture Series - Sit down with Sabin
      Merrian Fuller: Efficiency for sale. Who’s buying?
      (Optional) (Bldg 50, Auditorium)
    12:30 PM- 2 PM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    2:30 PM - 4 PM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
       
7/28 Thu 10 AM - 11:30 AM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    12:30 - 2 PM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    2:30 PM - 4 PM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    9 AM - 12:30 PM
2 PM - 4:30 PM
Stipend Distribution - CSEE Office (Bldg 7, Rm 209)
       
7/29 Fri 10 AM - 11:30 AM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    12:30 - 2 PM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    2:30 PM - 4 PM Peer Poster Presentations (Colette Flood will schedule via Google Calendar)
    Noon Abstract, Poster & Paper Draft Due - Email to Writing Coach, Internship Program Manager, and Mentor
       
8/1 Mon 9 AM - 5 PM Poster Printing - Schedule via Google Calendar with Harry Lafferty
       
8/2 Tue 9 AM - 5 PM Poster Printing - Schedule via Google Calendar with Harry Lafferty
       
8/3 Wed 9 AM - 5 PM Poster Printing - Schedule via Google Calendar with Harry Lafferty
    11 AM - 1 PM FaST Faculty Lunch (Lab Guest House, Bay View Room)
    Noon - 1 PM Summer Lecture Series - Sit down with Sabin
      Henrik Scheller: Customizing plants for biofuels
      (Optional) (Bldg 50, Auditorium)
       
8/4 Thu 9 AM - 5 PM Poster Printing - Schedule via Google Calendar with Harry Lafferty
    2:30 PM Intern Poster Session Set-up
    3 PM Group Photo
    3:30 PM - 5 PM Poster Session - ACTS, BLIPS IISME (Optional) (Cafeteria & Perseverance Hall)
       
8/5 Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Poster Printing - Schedule via Google Calendar with Harry Lafferty
    Noon FINAL Abstract, Poster, Research Paper Due - Email to Writing Coach, Internship Program Manager, and Mentor
       
8/8 Mon 9 AM - 5 PM Poster Printing - Schedule via Google Calendar with Harry Lafferty
8/9 Tues 9 AM - 5 PM Poster Printing - Schedule via Google Calendar with Harry Lafferty
8/10 Wed 9 AM - 5 PM Poster Printing - Schedule via Google Calendar with Harry Lafferty
       
8/11 Thu Noon Distinguished Lecture Series
Energy Materials and Climate Change presented by Linda Nazar, Canada Research Chair Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo (Optional) (Bldg 50, Auditorium)
    2:30 PM Intern Poster Session Set-up
    3 PM Group Photo
    3:30 PM - 5 PM Poster Session - BLUR, CCI, FaST, PST, SULI (Cafeteria & Perseverance Hall)
      CSEE Program Evaluation Survey, CSEE Mentor Evaluation Survey & Post Survey on Edulink Due
       
8/12 Fri 9 AM - Noon
1 PM  - 4 PM
Checkout
      Bring Final Deliverables on flash drive
      Mentor Checkout Form – completed and signed Due
      Upload Final Deliverables to Edulink once approved by Writing Coach
      Turn in badge
      Stipend Distribution pending all program requirements are met

 

 

For more information, contact VFP@lbl.gov