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Some Other Options

Engr 120. Some Other Options. Industry opportunities. Solve industry/society problems using psychology Be part of a larger team Which color button sells camping gear the best Analyze data and help teams work better What are the best HR training/screening tools Improve the workplace

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Some Other Options

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  1. Engr 120 Some Other Options

  2. Industry opportunities • Solve industry/society problems using psychology • Be part of a larger team • Which color button sells camping gear the best • Analyze data and help teams work better • What are the best HR training/screening tools • Improve the workplace • Social media generating a large data set • Analyze and find meaning and opportunity in the data

  3. Industry The internship program will entail working on multiple aspects of our ongoing research projects, including recruitment, interviews and data collection, maintenance of research data and administrative support. Lab assistant to help analyze OCT and AO imaging of patients with glaucoma and other diseases of the eye The qualified applicant will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Talent Management and Development organization, you will work with a team of dedicated HR professionals to apply principles of Industrial-Organizational Psychology to solve problems related to selection processes, leadership development, career development, training quality and employee engagement. You will focus primarily on data generated by surveys you will design and administer to a variety of audience throughout the enterprise. Develop, share, and document innovative programming techniques for data review, data reconciliation & cleaning and data visualization. Create a macro inventory and identify areas for parameter standardization.

  4. Graduate School • Research generates large data sets • Manage, analyze, and present results • When excel isn't enough • Better tools

  5. Graduate School Lab: Human Neuroscience Laboratory Requirements: Experience of R and/or Python is required. Students who wish to work on statistical diagnosis or treatment selection should have a good statistical grounding (e.g. regression, dimension reduction, clustering) and familiarity with R. For those looking to get involved in developing clinical tools and distributing them at scale, experience of Ruby, JavaScript or Python is required. Lab: Holmes Lab (http://holmeslab.yale.edu) Description of position: The Holmes Lab seeks motivated undergraduates who are looking to gain experience in clinical and cognitive neuroscience. Our research is focused on discovering the fundamental organization of large-scale human brain networks and the establishment of biological markers of psychiatric illness risk. Current projects are examining the psychological, environmental, and biological mechanisms that link phenotypic characteristics within a population and the behavioral and neural basis of reward based goal attainment. Duties: …. Requirements: Students must be seeking significant participation in the research process. Although experience with a programming language (e.g. R, Matlab, Python, C++) is not required, a desire to learn is a must. Applicants should be comfortable with scheduling and running research participants. Preference will be given to students with long-term interests in clinical and cognitive neuroscience research. 

  6. Traditional Psych Internships • They are out there Search Results 2016 Psychology Internships in San Francisco, CA - InternMatch https://www.looksharp.com/s/psychology-internships/san-francisco-caFind a 2016 psychology Internship in San Francisco, CA. Are you interested in a 2016 psychology internship? Search our national internship listings to find the ... 2016 Psychology Internships in San Francisco, CA | Internships.com www.internships.com/psychology/san-francisco-caAre you looking for a Psychology internship in San Francisco, CA? Psychology internships are the best way to bridge the gap between going to school and ... Counseling Intern Jobs, Employment in San Francisco Bay Area, CA ... www.indeed.com/q-Counseling-Intern-l-San-Francisco-Bay-...Indeed.comJobs 1 - 10 of 198 - 198 Counseling Intern Jobs available in San Francisco Bay Area, CA on ... Working toward a BA or Master's degree in psychology, school ... Internship Programs - San Francisco Suicide Prevention www.sfsuicide.org/volunteers-and-interns/clinical-internship/At San Francisco Suicide Prevention, we welcome interns of the behavioral health ... you with the most sought after social service resources in the bay area. ... psychology, marriage and family therapy or social work; Intern with us in this clinical ... First 3 require BBS

  7. Consider a related field • User Experience (UX) • Brings together programming, design, and psychology • Often a team effort

  8. UX

  9. Another UX internship General Dynamics Mission Systems has a challenging and rewarding position in our User Experience (UX) organization. We are seeking a User Experience Research Intern (Paid) for the 2016 spring/summer season. As a User Experience Research Intern (Paid) in the UX department, you will collaborate on various design projects from concept to completion, leveraging expertise in user research, concept development, wireframing,  rapid prototyping, and breathtaking visual design.  Must be currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in a design research-related field such as Interaction Design, Psychology, Human Factors or a related field with at least 2 years completed in program major. Graduate students pursuing an advanced degree in one of these fields are encouraged to apply.  Must be able to travel up to 20% of the time A minimum of 1year of experience providing research support in an academic or commercial setting.  Possess excellent research skills and have experience in all phases of research; execution and planning to report writing Minimum of 1 year of experience designing, executing, and reporting Qualitative and/or quantitative research

  10. There's many The Experience Design (XD) team focuses on ensuring the consistency and quality of the user experience of our technology, consumer experience of our brand, and customer experience of our service. Accountable to Sprinklr’s Marketing and Product Development organizations, the XD team exists to help craft a unified experience all customers can love. You should be working towards a degree in marketing, psychology, economics, or similar – maintaining a GPA of 3.0+ Undergraduate or postgraduate work experience with a research-related focus Passionate about identifying customer experience needs and insights

  11. A lot of hits

  12. What is Engineering up to? • See the industry need • We are tied to the local industry • I'm retired from the semiconductor industry • Students need data management skills • Beyond excel and SPSS or other packages • Some easy programming • Mostly using subroutines created by others • Provide these in classes for non-engineering students

  13. Why avoid CS/CMPE • Mountains of Math • Mountains of Theory • More Math, strange classmates • Yes, Engineers love math • Or do a lot of it and suffer • We may be 6 standard deviations from normal • Not your thing

  14. Most Computer classes • Teach programming using math examples • Students are taking several years of math at the same time • It helps make them better engineers • Doesn't focus on things you care about • Yes, you can print 'hello world' • Find prime numbers • Sort a list of numbers

  15. Doesn't really work for others • Don't have the math • Don't want to learn it • Can't understand how to solve your problems

  16. Our goal • Teach you to solve problems without the math • Well, maybe undergraduate statistics • Use existing packages/libraries that have all the math • Focus on what you need in your career • Not change you to an engineer • Languages and systems used in research • Python and R

  17. Engr 120 • A class without engineers • Just students from your areas • Psychology, social sciences, poly sci • Not competing with math majors, or programmers • Examples and problems relating to you • Projects relating to you • Memory, vision, reaction time, association • Design experiment, automate experiment, produce results

  18. Instructors who understand • Guest lectures/team teaching from your area • Industry presentations • Graduate students discussing their experiences

  19. Our goal • Better prepared for your career path • Tools for graduate school • Broaden employment options • Be better equipped to deal with data

  20. Big picture • 4 courses • 120 • Python • 121 • Data organization • 122 • Analysis and visualization with R • Project course • Use everything you have learned • Likely a culminating project in major

  21. Next step • Engr 120 offered Fall 2016 • Looking for a first group • Engr 121,122 in approval pipeline • Plan to offer in Spring 2017 and fall 2017 • Talk to advisers if interested, or just sign up

  22. Some fun with software • A quick introduction and demonstration

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