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The Department of Engineering recently received word of this job opportunity for recent Messiah Engineering graduates:

Manufacturing Automation Systems is seeking to hire two engineers with expertise in the areas of PLC programming, controls, instrumentation, and mechanical design. SolidWorks experience is a big plus. Recent graduates from Messiah are encouraged to apply. Interested candidates should contact:

Matta Z. Rizkallah
Sr. Systems Engineer
Manufacturing Automation Systems
www.MfgAutoSys.com
p: 607.368.9097
f: 607.936.2829

Manufacturing Automation Systems, located in upstate New York, provides control system design and development for manufacturing, research, and development. Matta Rizkallah, a Messiah graduate, founded the company in 2003. Manufacturing Automation Systems uses its business model to raise funds for Kingdom projects, such as a recently begun construction project of a hospital in Ghana, West Africa.

Recently I received a very special opportunity from the Sustainable Energy Fund for two individuals from Messiah College to attend the 2008 Solar Scholars Conference:

“SEF is extending a special invitation for up to two individuals from your school [Messiah College] to attend the upcoming 2008 Solar Scholars Conference.  SEF will pay for 100% of the conference costs, including training, text book and materials, lodging and food.   Attendees only have to pay for their personal transportation to/from the conference.”

The 2008 Solar Scholars Conference is a week-long conference which will be held at Dickinson College in Carlisle from July 27 to August 1, 2008. That’s only 2 weeks away! Since we just received word of this special opportunity, we’re scrambling to find a couple people willing to go. If you are a Messiah student and you would like to attend, contact me right away at sfrank@messiah.edu or 717-796-1800 x7225. (Priority is going to engineering students and/or students already working on energy related projects, but if we don’t get two of those students then the opportunity opens up to any Messiah student.)

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To establish a crude palm oil–based biodiesel manufacturing process for use in the Congo, the project team modified an existing biodiesel processor to improve safety and efficiency, developed a long–term plan for project sustainability, and developed refinement processes for crude palm oil.

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