Attention: New Site for Jobs, Internships and Scholarships!

Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation is moving all the typical information found here to a new location.  Please feel free to visit our new site at: http://aviation.wmich.edu/jobs-scholarships-and-internship-postings/ VISIT NOW.   All updates from this point forward will be located at the site mentioned above.  This new site will allow you to subscribe by e-mail, allowing you to stay up to date on all the new posts without having to check the specific page.

 

Questions?  Contact Scott Warner at scott.w.warner@wmich.edu or 269-964-6614.

 

Thanks!

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WMU Recent Alumni Stats! WMU Post-Graduation Activity Report 2011-12

Page 22, 23 – College of Aviation Information:

WMU Post-Graduation Activity Report 2011-12

General Information:

The most frequent method of finding full-time employment was networking (49%), followed by a WMU career fair (20%), and employer websites (19%).

WMU graduates reported employment in 41 U.S. states. The most common state of employment was Michigan (74%), followed by Illinois (7%), Indiana (2.4%), Florida (1.4%), California (1.13%), Ohio (1%), New York (1%), and North Carolina (0.80%). Almost 2% of respondents reported employment outside the United States.
Overall, the most commonly reported salary range was $40,000-$45,000 (13%; N=150), followed by $35,000-$40,000 (12.5%, N=147), and $50,000-$55,000 (10%; N=122).

Internship Completion: Overall, 43% (N=1,188) of respondents completed an internship while at WMU. Of those reporting full-time employment, 60% had an internship prior to graduation.

Continuing Education: 14.25% of respondents are continuing education.

 68% (N=264) are pursuing master’s degrees, 22% (N=86) doctoral degrees, 4% (N=16) bachelor’s degrees, 4% (N=16) certificate programs, and 2% (N=7) specialist programs.
 46% (N=178) of respondents are continuing education at WMU, while the remaining 54% are pursuing additional education at 84 institutions.

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Internship: Commercial Airlines Research Intern

Commercial Airlines Research Intern

Resumes and cover letters must be received by November 2, 2012 to be considered for the

Spring internship.

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FAA’s Design Competition for Universities 12-13

The FAA’s Design Competition for Universities will again be offered for the 2012 – 2013 academic year! The Competition has been significantly expanded.  New topics have been added to the 2012 Design Challenge areas. In addition, two new Design Challenge areas have been added: Innovative Application of FAA Data and Electric/Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Technology. 

 

The new Innovative Application of FAA Data design challenge challenges students to use FAA, industry, travel and airport-relevant data to develop a mobile application for use for by smart phones and tables that is innovative and commercially viable.

 

The new Electric/Hybrid Electric Aircraft Technology design challenge asks students to design a regional transport aircraft that will use electric or hybrid electric propulsion and to consider the impact on airports.  This is the first aircraft design challenge for the FAA design competition.

 

Other brand new topics by Design Challenge area are:

 

Airport Operation and Maintenance:  Improved methods for ground traffic flow scheduling.

 

Airport Environmental Interactions:  System level methodologies for strategic assessment of environmental interactions beginning at the airport planning phase.

 

Runway Safety:  Safety Assessment Tools:

• Mobile tools to support assessment conducted by runway safety action teams that aid in compliance evaluation as well as hazard identification and correction.

 

• Systems analysis to determine areas of greatest risk for runway incursion and excursion in the National Airspace and proposing corrective action plans.

 

Airport Management and Planning:  Methods for aircraft/runway interface that address issues caused by new energy efficient lighting not being visible to heat sensing, enhance flight vision systems.

 

All 2012 design topics are also included in the new 2013 Competition guidelines.  The Competition guidelines and many resources will be posted at the Competition
website no later than August 13th:

http://FAADesignCompetition.odu.edu
The Competition’s broad challenge categories embrace many engineering, science, information technology, psychology, and management disciplines.  The newInnovative Application of Aviation Data challenge particularly encourages designs from interdisciplinary teams.

 

The Competition is again open to individual and student teams at U.S. colleges and universities (both undergraduate and graduate) working under the mentorship of a faculty advisor.  Winners can earn cash awards and first
place winners have the opportunity and travel funds to present their design at FAA Headquarters summer 2013.  A notice of intent is strongly encouraged. Design submissions are due April 19, 2013.

We hope you will participate in the Competition and make colleagues and students aware of this as well.
Please feel free to contact me or Debbie Ross (dross@odu.edu) if you have
any questions.

Mary

Mary Sandy
Director
Virginia Space Grant Consortium
600 Butler Farm Road, Suite 2200
Hampton, Virginia 23666
757 766-5210

 

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Summary Report for: 2012 Commercial Pilots

Summary Report for: Commercial Pilots 2012

Sample of reported job titles: Pilot, Captain, First Officer, Line Pilot, Charter Pilot, Check Airman, Flight Operations Director, Helicopter Pilot, Commercial Helicopter Pilot, EMS Helicopter Pilot (Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Pilot)

National (United States of America)

Median wages (2011)	$70,000 annual
Employment (2010)	33,000 employees
Projected growth (2010-2020)	Faster than average (20% to 28%)
Projected job openings (2010-2020)	19,300

 As seen here:

http://www.onetonline.org/link/details/53-2012.00#AdditionalInformation

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Research Link

If you are interested in some of the topics that the researching faculty and staff in the College of Aviation are working on, check out the research link! And get in touch with the person working in the area you are interested in learning more about!

Research at The College of Aviation 

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