WEEKLY E-BULLETIN FOR OSU MIME STUDENTS/FACULTY/STAFF

February 23, 2009

 

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THANKS TO ALL INDUSTRY RECEPTION ATTENDEES

 

Last Wednesday the Schools of MIME & EECS hosted another successful Industry Reception, with over 200 MIME and EECS students in attendance. The pre-reception faculty–industry meet-and-greet was also very well attended, and participating industry reps expressed their appreciation for this opportunity to connect with MIME faculty and learn more about our engineering curriculum and research programs.  Our sincere thanks to all MIME attendees—faculty and students alike—for supporting this annual industry-funded networking and recruiting event.

 

ATTENTION MIME PRO-SCHOOL STUDENTS:

LAST CALL FOR MIME WINTER BANQUET SIGN-UPS

 

If you are an MIME pro-school student, please join us at the 2^nd Annual MIME Winter Banquet on Tuesday, March 10, 6:00–8:00 pm, in the MU ballroom. Take a break during dead week and enjoy a FREE catered dinner, socialize with friends, bid adieu to folks who are heading off campus, and congratulate this year’s winners of the IME and ME Outstanding Senior and Professor awards. IMPORTANT: We need to know how much food to order, so if you plan to attend, please sign up in Rogers 204 (office hours: Mon–Fri, 8 am–12 pm & 1–5 pm). Banquet registration closes at 5 pm on Monday, March 2.

 

IT’S THE FINAL WEEK TO SUPPORT THE 2009 OSU FOOD DRIVE!

 

The annual OSU Food Drive is coming to a close. The School of MIME has already helped to raise $300 and a box full of canned goods, but we still have one week left to help the non-profit agencies served by the Linn-Benton Food Share. There are food collection locations in the two MIME offices (Rogers 204 and Dearborn 102). For a 2009 OSU Food Drive calendar of events and list of acceptable food items, click here. Below are the ongoing MIME-specific fund/food-raising endeavors:

·         FREE JAMBA JUICE! (While supplies last). Students who bring 5 or more approved food items (and faculty & staff who bring 10 or more food items) to Dearborn 102 or Rogers 204 will receive a coupon for a FREE Jamba Juice.

·         POPCORN SALE! Small bags of fresh, hot popcorn are available for students, faculty, and staff to buy for $0.50 in the Dearborn 102 office. All proceeds go to the food drive.

·         RAFFLE TICKETS FOR SALE! Students, faculty, and staff are invited to stop by Dearborn 102 and purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Shogun Bowl, Dutch Brothers, or Café Yumm. Tickets are $0.50 each and all proceeds go to the food drive. (Faculty/Staff can also purchase $1 raffle tickets for a chance to win one of Gary Borntrager’s delicious cakes). Drawing takes place this Friday, February 27^th, and winners will be notified via e-mail.

Special announcement: If you purchase a Jamba Juice at the Monroe Ave. location during the month of February, don’t forget to mention the OSU Food Drive, and 20% of your purchase will be donated to the Linn Benton Food Share.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS [back to top]

 

Visit the MIME event calendar online

 

This Week...

 

Mon Feb 23: 10^th Annual Willamette Valley Engineers Week Banquet. 6 pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Keynote speaker: Dr. Don Pettit, NASA Astronaut, OSU alumnus, and Oregonian. Click here for more details. Note: The deadline to register has passed for this event.

 

Mon Feb 23: Formula SAE Meeting. 6–7 pm, Rogers 132 (SAE Shop). All MIME students are welcome to attend.

 

Mon Feb 23: EWB El Salvador Project Meeting. 7 pm, Gilmore 234. Agenda: Work on the renaissance and P3 grants, go over hydrological calculations for lower Las Mercedes, and discuss the current project planned for this Spring. All OSU students are welcome to attend.

 

Mon Feb 23: “Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV is Bad for Women (…and men, people of color, the economy, love, sex, and sheer damn common sense.” 7–8:30 pm, Austin Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center. Co-sponsored by the OSU Women’s Center, the Office of Women’s Advancement and Gender Equity, and the President’s Commission on the Status of Women. Speaker Jennifer Ponzer, journalist and media critic, addresses how “reality” TV reinforces regressive stereotypes about women & men, race & class, and sex, love & marriage in America.

 

Tues Feb 24: “Green Means Going Nuke: A Journey from Skepticism to Understanding.” 3:30–5 pm, LaSells Stewart Center. This free event features author Gweneth Cravens and environmentalist activist D.R. Anderson, speaking about the benefits of nuclear power.

 

Tues Feb 24: Baja SAE Meeting. 5 pm, Rogers 230. Review previous week’s meeting and work that needs to be done. All MIME students are welcome to attend.

 

Tues Feb 24: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Meeting. 6 pm, Rogers 230. Agenda: Discuss Professional Development Conference (SPDC) which takes place April 17–18 (Boys and Girls Club Project), and have a “Mechanical Fling” design contest. Free pizza! All OSU students are welcome.

 

Wed Feb 25: Controls Seminar: “Challenges in Simulating the Tire Fabrication Process.” Presenter: Dr. Yue Zhang, Michelin Americas Research Company. 10 am, Rogers 226. This seminar is open to all MIME faculty and graduate students.

 

Wed Feb 25: Human Powered Vehicle Team (HPVT) Meeting. 4 pm, Dearborn 5b. Agenda: More testing this week. All CoE students are welcome to attend. Questions? Contact Ryan Carpenter (carpryan@onid.orst.edu).

 

Wed Feb 25: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) Club Meeting. 6–7 pm, Rogers 230. All OSU students are welcome to attend. Questions? Contact Kevin Lewis (kevin.t.lewis.11@gmail.com).

 

Wed Feb 25: Engineers Without Borders (EWB) General Meeting. 7 pm, KEC 1001. All OSU students are welcome to attend.

 

Thurs Feb 26: Materials Science Seminar: “Materials Development for Future Energy Conversion Systems.” Presenter: Ömer Dogan, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy, Albany, OR. 3 pm, Dearborn 303. This seminar is open to all MIME faculty and graduate students.

 

Thurs Feb 26: Microgravity Flight Team (MGFT) Meeting. 4 pm, Dearborn 209. Agenda: Work on proposal to Spacex. All OSU students are welcome to attend.

 

Thurs Feb 26: IIE/SME Ultimate Frisbee Event. 6 pm, Mac Alexander Field House. Free food. Anyone interested in Industrial Engineering is welcome to join.

 

Fri Feb 27: MIME Raffle Drawing. See Features.

 

Plan Ahead... [back to top]

 

Mon March 2: MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar: “An Integrative Approach to Product Development: Engineering Design in a Societal Context.” Presenter: Bart Frischknecht, Candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan. 3 pm, Rogers 226.

 

Tues March 3: MECOP Recruiting Event (for freshmen and sophomores). 7 pm, Dearborn 118. Food and drinks provided. Learn more about the MECOP internship program and get your questions answered by previous MECOP interns. For more info, click here. 

 

Thurs March 5: Materials Science Seminar: “Title TBA.” Presenter: Ram Ravichandran, OSU Electrical Engineering/Materials Science. 3 pm, Dearborn 303. This seminar is open to all MIME faculty and graduate students.

 

Tues March 10: MIME Winter Banquet for Pro-School Students. MU Ballroom. See Features.

 

Tues March 17: Voices Project Brown Bag Lunch Series: “Multiracial Identities, Part 1.” Noon–1 pm, MU Journey room. Hosted by the Office of Community and Diversity. OSU students, faculty and staff talk about diversity-related topics. Bring your lunch and join the screening and conversation. For more info, email diane.davis@oregonstate.edu or click here.

 

Fri March 20: OSU Campus Coalition Builders “Lunch & Learn” Forum: “Sugar and Spice, and Everything Nice”… on Becoming a Woman. 11:30 am–1 pm, MU 206. What happens on woman’s journey through life? How is her sense of self impacted by society and how does this affect her physical and emotional well being? Learn about female gender identity development and the complicated interplay of societal forces on this process. Presenters: Drs. Michele Ribeiro and Ayesha Nagra, Psychologists, OSU CAPS. All OSU students, faculty and staff are welcome. No pre-registration required. Bring your lunch. For more info, click here.

 

Wed April 22: Voices Project Brown Bag Lunch Series: “I Am A…, Part 1.” Noon–1 pm, MU Journey room. Hosted by the Office of Community and Diversity. OSU students, faculty and staff talk about diversity-related topics. Bring your lunch and join the screening and conversation. For more info, email diane.davis@oregonstate.edu or click here.

 

Wed April 22–Thurs April 23: 2009 NWPPA E&O Conference and Tradeshow. For more info about Northwest Public Power Association Engineering & Operations (NWPPA E&O), click here. Questions or would like to request an application packet? Contact Scott Lowry (slowry@nwppa.org) or Tony Schacher (Schacher@salemelectric.com). DEADLINE to sign up is Friday, February 27^th.

 

UPCOMING MIME SEMINARS [back to top]

 

Visit the upcoming and archived MIME seminars and presentations online

 

Wed Feb 25: Controls Seminar: “Challenges in Simulating the Tire Fabrication Process.” Presenter: Dr. Yue Zhang, Michelin Americas Research Company. 10 am, Rogers 226.

 

Thurs Feb 26: Materials Science Seminar: “Materials Development for Future Energy Conversion Systems.” Presenter: Ömer Dogan, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy, Albany, OR. 3 pm, Dearborn 303.

 

Note: The list of MIME Seminars now includes seminars from the specialty groups within the School of MIME. These seminars are open to all MIME faculty and graduate students.

 

MISCELLANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS [back to top]

 

Undergrad/School-wide…

 

SPRING ALS COURSE OFFERS INCREASED AWARENESS OF YOUR CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY. ALS 199: “Understanding Community through Service & Coalition Building” is designed to lead you through exercises, large and small group work, and personal reflection to help you begin to identify your connection to community, how oppression functions in society, social structures that keep oppressive conditions in place and how each of us participates in the oppression and liberation of others. This is a 1-day and 1-credit course, and it includes an off-site community service project with a free lunch. For more info, click here. Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs of OSU Campus Coalition Builders, and open to all OSU students. Meeting time and place: Saturday, April 18, 8 am–5 pm, MU 109B. CRN: 54951. For the course catalog listing, click here. Questions? Contact Jodi Nelson (Jodi.nelson@oregonstate.edu) [posted 2/23]

 

HAVE AN IDEA FOR A NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE? Pitch your idea to successful entrepreneurs, senior executives, and venture investors at the 2009 Enterprise Challenge, hosted by Austin Entrepreneurship Program. All OSU students are welcome. The winning team will receive $10,000 toward realizing their plan with the second and third place teams receiving $5,000 and $2,500. Deadline for business plans: Monday, March 16. Attend a skill building session “Business Plans” on Tuesday, February 24, 6–7:30 pm, in Weatherford Hall Trysting Tree Conference Room (D107). For more info, click here or contact Mary McKillop (mary.mckillop@bus.oregonstate.edu). [posted 2/16, updated 2/23]

 

HOW DOES YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE SHAPE YOUR CAREER DECISIONS? This 3-week series of group workshops is directed toward OSU students, and co-facilitated by Drs. Anne Lapour and Beth Wasylow from CAPS. The group will address career and personality assessments, exploration of your “career” roots and values, the importance of balance, and the importance of diversity in knowing yourself and your career. Workshops are scheduled for Tuesdays, Feb 24, March 3, & March 10, 2–3:30 pm, Career Services (B008 Kerr Admin). Students will take the MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory as a part of the group ($14 for each assessment). To register, email anne.lapour@oregonstate.edu or beth.wasylow@oregonstate.edu. [posted 2/16]

                                                                                                                     

Grad Students/Faculty/Staff [back to top]

 

CALL FOR PAPERS:

·         VRAP 2009 in Portugal. The 4^th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping (VRAP) will be held October 6–10. Interested in attending? Submit a 500-word (max) abstract addressing the conference themes to pbartolo@estg.ipleiria.pt or vrap2009@ipleiria.pt by Monday, February 23, 2009. For more details, click here.

·         CWIEME 2009 in Berlin. The Coil Winding, Insulation, & Electrical Manufacturing Conference will be held May 5–7. Interested in attending? Submit a 200-word abstract to gareth.monkman@e-technik.fh-regensburg.de by Saturday, February 28, 2009. For more info, click here, or e-mail callforpapers@coilwindingexpo.com.

[posted 2/23]

 

RESEARCH OFFICE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR:

·         Faculty Release Time (FRT). For more info on FRT for Spring 2009 (for 2009–10 AY release), click here. Application deadline: Monday, February 23.

·         Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC).  For more info on URISC for Summer 2009, click here. Application deadline: Monday, March 2.

Questions? contact Debbie Delmore (737-8390 or Debbie.Delmore@oregonstate.edu). [posted 2/23]

 

NOMINATE CO-WORKERS FOR THE EXEMPLARY EMPLOYEE AWARD PROGRAM. Do you know a professional faculty or classified employee who goes above and beyond the call of duty? If you would like to recognize someone in your unit or elsewhere on campus who exemplifies great service to OSU, click here. Submit nominations to the OSU Office of Human Resources. The employee recognition committee will select two recipients to be honored at the University Day ceremonies with the presentation of plaques and a cash award of $500. Nomination deadline: Tuesday, March 31. [posted 2/23]

 

WELLNESS, FINANCIAL & RETIREMENT WORKSHOPS. To celebrate Campus Wellness Week, the Office of Human Resources is sponsoring a series of workshops for OSU employees. Workshops include: Balancing Work & Family; How Much to Save for Retirement; Finding the Right Investment Strategy; PERS-OPSRP Early Career; and PERS 1-year to Retirement. For more info and to register, click here. (Registration recommended, but not required for all workshops). Drop-ins will be accommodated based on space availability. Questions? Contact Employee Benefits (541-737-2805 or employee.benefits@oregonstate.edu). [posted 2/16]

 

OREGON BEST FACULTY MEMBERSHIP HELPFUL LINKS: Member Faculty List, Proposal Matching Program, Member Faculty Benefits. And don’t forget to add your Oregon BEST Member Faculty status to your CV, the signature line in your e-mail, and your conference speaker biographical content. And if appropriate, acknowledge Oregon BEST in your published writings and lectures. [posted 2/16]

 

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS [back to top]

(UG = Undergraduate Students; G = Graduate Students; UG/G = Both Undergrad and Grad)

 

UG OSURA SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY (2/27). OSU Retirement Association (OSURA) is offering $1,000 scholarships to two students majoring in a subject that leads to a career promoting healthy aging. You must show a connection as to how your chosen career will benefit healthy aging. For more info and the application, click here. Application deadline: Friday, February 27. [posted 2/23]

 

UG  OSU MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU). The Virtual Organization for the Innovation in Conceptual Engineering Design (VOICED) project team, funded by NSF, has an open position for an undergraduate research assistant who would report to Dr. Irem Tumer and graduate student Michael Koch. The position’s purpose is to study the usability of online engineering design tools and social networking applications to understand how engineers can use them to enhance the design process and collaborate on engineering projects. The assistant will gain research experience by working closely with a team of professors and graduate students (from 5 universities) who have extensive careers in engineering design. Applicants should be proficient or have the ability to quickly learn basic engineering software, specifically software that deals with the design process, as well as be familiar with online applications similar to Facebook or LinkedIn. Additionally, the employee should be familiar with the engineering design process, and the basic procedure that is followed when creating new and innovative designs. Skills in basic web development is a plus, but not required for the position. Interested? Contact Dr. Irem Tumer in Rogers 408 (Irem.tumer@oregonstate.edu). [posted 2/16]

 

G  2009–10 GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD PROGRAM ON PUBLIC SECTOR AVIATION ISSUES. This program, sponsored by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of The National Academies, offers full-time graduate students the opportunity to earn a one-year stipend of $10,000 by preparing a research paper on an aviation subject of your choosing. For more info, eligibility, and submission guidelines, click here. Application deadline: May 15, 2009. Questions? E-mail Larry Goldstein (lgoldstein@nas.edu). [posted 2/16]

 

UG/G  2009 THINKSWISS RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP. ThinkSwiss offers 15 scholarships for a research stay in Switzerland. This scholarship program supports highly motivated and qualified US undergraduate and graduate students to do research at a public Swiss university or research institute for 2–3 months. The scholarship is open to students of all fields. For more info, click here. Application deadline: Tuesday, March 31, 2009. [posted 2/16]

 

UG/G  AFTERCOLLEGE ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPS. AfterCollege is funding four $500 scholarships, exclusively for students seeking a bachelors, masters, or doctorate in the field of engineering. This scholarship will be given four times annually. The first scholarship deadline is Tuesday, March 31st. For more details and the application, click here. [posted 2/16]

 

UG/G  2009 FELLOWSHIPS IN WASHINGTON DC (2 Postings). Note: For more Emerging Leaders Programs, click here.

·         G  Capital City Fellows Program (CCFP). The CCFP is meant to attract recent graduates of master's degree programs in public administration, public policy, urban planning, law, engineering, business and related fields. This two-year fellowship appointment consists of four six-month rotations in different city agencies, including: the Office of the City Administrator, Department of Human Resources, Department of Human Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Corrections, the Metropolitan Police Department, and more. Start date: October 2009. For more info and to apply, click here. Application deadline: April 1, 2009.

·         UG/G  Centralized College Internship Program (CCIP). CCIP is a six-week program that offers summer positions (30–40 hrs/week). This mayoral initiative was designed to bring the best and brightest to the District’s workforce by attracting, recruiting, and retaining undergraduate and graduate students. The program promotes leadership in candidates who want hands-on public policy municipal government experience. Summer interns will also participate in professional development and roundtable seminars with senior government officials. Start date: June 8, 2009. For more info about CCIP, eligibility, and the application process, click here. Application deadline: April 1, 2009. Candidates are evaluated on their academic records, work experience, and interview (interviews April 20–30^th). Preference will be given to students that are interested in a future career with the District government.

 [posted 2/16]

 

JOB AND INTERNSHIP POSTINGS FOR MIME STUDENTS [back to top]

 

The following listings were generated from the MIME Jobs and Internships Web site. For additional job and internship listings, click here. And don't forget to check out these helpful resources as well:

 

·   CampusPoint– Includes MIME-related job and internship opportunities.

·   AfterCollege MIME Job Resource Center– Job listings site, tailored especially for MIME students.

·   Beaver JobNet– Upload your resume on-line so employers can contact you about internship and employment opportunities. Note: When uploading your resume to your account, be sure to “publish” to make your resume available for employers to view.

 

Jobs

 

TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, US EPA - Terracosm Operations Assistant. The Terracosm Operations Assistant will assist the Facilities Operations Specialist in chamber maintenance, modification, and sensor calibrations at the US EPA Western Ecology Division’s Terrestrial Ecophysiology research site, which consists of a large greenhouse to shelter data acquisition and process control computers, and a field of 12 sunlit plant growth chambers. Ambient and elevated temperature, dew point, and CO2 concentration are carefully controlled in each chamber by programmable microprocessors and associated hardware. See http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/facilities/corvallisfacilities.htm. The position will be funded by Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates, a nonprofit organization that is leasing the terracosm facility to perform a five-year, asymmetric warming, grassland experiment (project information at http://per.ornl.gov/Gregg.html). Note: Work is available ASAP More ...

 

VIEWPLUS TECHNOLOGIES - FPGA / Board Design Engineer. Research and design state-of-the-art computer technology products for use by people with print disabilities. Work with the engineering team in the creation and testing of new and existing products. More ...

 

Internships [back to top]

 

CORPS OF ENGINEERS - Mechanical Engineer Summer Intern (SCEP). The Portland District Corps of Engineers is recruiting for a Mechanical Engineering student for summer work in a construction management in the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP). Applicants must be at sophomore or junior status by summer of 2009; senior status students with one or two terms left are also eligible. The nature of the work involves office and field duties related to construction management and oversight of construction and dredging projects located in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Construction offices are located in Eugene, Troutdale, and Portland, OR and Kalama, WA, but assigned construction projects may be located elsewhere. Applicants for this position should have an interest in a long term career in construction management with the Corps of Engineers. At the end of the summer assignment, students will be considered for tuition assistance and for conversion to permanent employment upon graduation. More ...

 

 

FACULTY AND POST-DOC POSITIONS [back to top]

 

Note: Check for additional mechanical, industrial, and manufacturing engineering positions on two ASEE web sites:

·   Prism classified section

·   Women in Engineering Division job site

 

No current postings.

 

Note: Faculty and post-doc positions are posted for 2 weeks. For previous postings, visit e-bulletin archives

 

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