Welcome to the Engineering & Environmental Services Industries Connections Community!

Leverage the power of the Villanova community on Nova Network: check out the Villanova Engineers group or the Villanovans for Sustainability group! Preparing for a job search in environmental services? Explore these Sustainability Job Resources. Plus, check out the Sustainability 101 resources to gain more information on the industry, recruiting timelines, employer partners at Villanova, and more.

Engineering & Environmental Events:

Mark your calendar for various employer events throughout the year, including Coffee Chats, Information Sessions, and the following signature events:

  • Fall Semester: Fall Career Fair, Society of Engineers’ Annual Networking Dinner
  • Spring Semester: STEM Career Fair, the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Professional Development & Networking Meetup

Employer Spotlight: UTRS

Published March 12, 2026

Wednesday, March 18 from 11 AM–2 PM in the Jones Family Student Learning Commons (Drosdick Hall) Register Here

Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. (UTRS) provides a wide range of leading-edge engineering, manufacturing, information technology, and specialized services to …

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Employer Spotlight 3M

3M Spotlight: Aerospace Applications

Wednesday February 18, 2026

5:30 – 6:30 PM

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https://villanova.zoom.us/j/96063350660

Join engineers from 3M to learn about the company’s portfolio of aerospace technologies and solutions. This session is designed to give students insights into 3M’s …

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Employer Spotlight: MDI

Apply to Internship and Full-Time Opportunities by February 8th for an On-Campus Interview on February 10th.

Meet MDI at the 2026 STEM Career Fair! February 4 | 3-6 PM | Villanova Room, Connelly

MDI is a one stop shop for all of …

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Industry Resources and 101 Guides

To increase your chances of landing a job, it is important for you to use all of your available resources. …

Careers in aerospace and defense can span many job functions. Whether you are interested in working in military, space, commercial …

Villanova University has many resources and programs specific to aerospace and defense. Be sure to review our career readiness resources …

Career Readiness Resources



Skill Building Courses

Creative Inspirations: Ed Emberley, Children’s Book Illustrator

Taught by Ed Emberley
Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Ed Emberley is truly a national treasure, having drawn nearly 100 books. The warmth…

Ideation for Marketers (2018)

Taught by Brad Batesole
How do you keep your marketing fresh—generating new ideas and approaches to keep your audience engaged? In this course, marketing…

A Day In The Life of a Data Scientist (2020)

Taught by Madecraft
The best way to understand what it’s actually like to work as a data scientist is to spend the day…

After Effects Apprentice: 02 Basic Animation

Taught by Trish Meyer
Trish Meyer leads beginners through a gentle introduction to Adobe After Effects: from creating a new project and importing sources,…

After Effects Apprentice: 07 Parenting

Taught by Trish Meyer
Parenting is a way to group multiple layers within the same composition inside After Effects. In this course, Chris Meyer…

After Effects Apprentice: 10 Time Games

Taught by Trish Meyer
Discover how to manipulate time in After Effects. Author Chris Meyer shows how to stop, slow, and speed up footage,…

Portfolio Management for Retail Clients

Taught by Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)
Dive into portfolio management for retail clients—individuals and families that have wealth to invest, not corporations with funds to earn…

After Effects Apprentice: 06 Type and Music

Taught by Trish Meyer
One of the cornerstones of motion graphics is creating and animating type. In this course, Trish Meyer shows how to…

After Effects Apprentice: 12 Tracking and Keying

Taught by Trish Meyer
Explore how to use the motion tracker and stabilizer built into After Effects and shows how to handle a variety…

After Effects Apprentice: 11 3D Space

Taught by Trish Meyer
This installment of the After Effects Apprentice series introduces 3D space in Adobe After Effects. Authors Chris and Trish Meyer…

After Effects Apprentice: 13 Paint Roto and Puppet

Taught by Trish Meyer
In this course, Trish and Chris Meyer introduce a series of creative tools inside Adobe After Effects. The centerpiece is…

After Effects Apprentice: 14 Shape Layers

Taught by Trish Meyer
In this course, author Chris Meyer shows how to create and animate vector-based artwork directly inside Adobe After Effects. The…

Creative Inspirations: Renegade Animation, Animation Studio

Taught by Renegade Animation
Renegade Animation has pioneered digital 2D paperless animation with a unique all-Flash workflow—and a bunch of really great cartoons! This…

After Effects Apprentice: 03 Advanced Animation

Taught by Trish Meyer
In this course, Chris Meyer helps beginning After Effects artists take their animations to the next level. Chris shows how…

After Effects Apprentice: 01 Pre-Roll

Taught by Trish Meyer
This short course is designed for those who have never used Adobe After Effects, or those who might need a…

HTML5: Geolocation

Taught by Bill Weinman
This course shows how to add location tracking to a web application with a combination of JavaScript, CSS and HTML5.…

HTML5: Document Editing

Taught by Bill Weinman
This course describes how to create editable content on the web using the document-editing application programming interface (API) in HTML5.…

Creative Inspirations: Mexopolis, Animation Studio

Taught by Sandra Equihua
Mexopolis is the husband and wife team whose animated television series El Tigre has defied all the rules and won…

CSS Positioning Best Practices

Taught by Bill Weinman
Web designers and coders will be introduced to techniques to improve their results in CSS Positioning Best Practices. Beginning with…

After Effects Apprentice: 08 Nesting and Precomposing

Taught by Trish Meyer
Let Chris and Trish Meyer share with you two of the core secrets required to become an efficient After Effects…

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