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MECHANICAL, INDUSTRIAL, & MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN ME–IME Faculty/Graduate
Seminars Job and
Internship Postings—ME & IME Students Faculty and
Post-Doc Positions 2007 OSU ENGINEERING EXPO MAKES HISTORY Many thanks to everyone in ME and IME who helped make last
Friday’s Engineering Expo the best ever: student volunteers who helped set up
and run the event, faculty and staff who provided logistical assistance, our Industry
Affiliate Board members who served as the ME/IME project judges, and of course
the ME and IME senior project exhibitors whose outstanding work is the Expo’s
raison d’etre. AND THE WINNERS ARE… Congratulations to the following
four top-placing senior project entries in Friday’s competition. Way to go
teams! 1st place: 3-D Printer: "The Rototyper" (joint ME /
EE / CS project). ME team members: Andrew Leach, Stephen Lutz, and Christopher Shelton. 2nd place: 300-mm Probing Station Manual Stage (joint ME /
IME project). Team members: Michael
Morris (IME); Trevor
Howard and Richard Reese (ME). 3rd place tie: •
Thermal Weed
Seed Killer (ME /
Horticulture project). ME team members: Amanda
Comer, Kristina Gustin, Michelle Mullett, and Kyle Zirschky. •
Time-Dependent
Void Fraction Measurement of Two-Phase Flow in a Microchannel (ME
project). Team members: Ruander
Cardenas, Douglas Heymann, and Jordan Young HELP MAKE AIR TRAVEL NOT ONLY ACCESSIBLE,
BUT ALSO SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. OSU Mechanical
Engineers are designing a device to transfer a traveler with disabilities
between a wheelchair and an airplane seat. To help us determine the most
comfortable squeezing force required to secure individuals and transfer them
between the wheelchair and airplane seat, we are seeking healthy women and men, aged 18-40 years, with no history
of heart or respiratory problems, high blood pressure, chest
injuries, or osteoporosis, as
testing subjects. If you participate, all you will do is sit in a chair
and allow us to lift you up using our new device. Risk of injury is
insignificant. The test session will last about 45 minutes. Participating in
this study gives you a chance to experience the latest technology in aircraft
accessibility and to contribute to the work of making air travel safe and
comfortable for people with disabilities. For more information, contact John
Mast (mastjo@onid.orst.edu) or
Sushim Koshti (koshti@engr.orst.edu). If you know someone else who
might be interested, please tell them about this study too. OSU FORMULA and BAJA SAE TEAMS: GOOD LUCK THIS WEEK AND
NEXT! This week (May 16–20th), the OSU FormulaSAE team is participating in the national Formula competition
at the Ford Michigan
Proving Grounds in Romeo, And best of luck
also to our OSU BajaSAE team, who head next week (May
23–26th) to UPCOMING EVENTS
[back to top] This Week… Mon May 14: "Human Performance Modeling: Mon May 14: Student Sustainability Grants Info Session. 6 pm, MU 208. The Student Sustainability Initiative (http://recycle.oregonstate.edu/sustainability/) is awarding grants of up to $5000 for student-initiated projects. See announcements section. Tues May 15: BUDGETS.GOV:
Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Compliance Workshop. 2:30–4 pm,
MU 213. This workshop will introduce using Grants.gov for proposal
submission. Grants.gov allows organization to electronically find and
apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making
agencies. Grants.gov is the single access point for over 900 grant
programs offered by Federal grant-making agencies. Pre-registration is NOT
required for this workshop. Just show up! For more information,
visit http://oregonstate.edu/research/osprc/index.htm. Tues May 15: Engineers Without Borders Meeting. 5:30 pm, Kelley 1005. What do see in
the future of EWB-OSU? Come share your thoughts on the vision and future
of the club, including, but not limited to, areas for improvement and change,
project and fundraising goals, meeting format, and positions within the club. Wed May 16:
Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop: Discover
Your Teaching Philosophy. 2–4 pm, Milam 215. All OSU faculty and GTAs
welcome. Pre-registration
required. Fri May 18: MECOP/CECOP Spring Selection interviews at OSU. Fri May 18 and Fri
May 25: Center for Teaching and
Learning Workshop: How Grading Rubrics
Can Make Your Teaching Life Easier. 2 – 4 pm on May 18 and 3 – 5 pm on May 25th, Milam 215. All
OSU faculty and GTAs welcome. Pre-registration
required. Attendees must
attend both sessions. Fri May 18:
MIME Seminar: “Nanoparticulates in Microsystems: Some Powder Processing
Challenges.” Presenter: Sundar V.
Atre, Oregon State University Department of Industrial & Manufacturing
Engineering. 2:30–4 pm, Sat May 19: C.A.U.S.E.
(Community and University Service Effort) Cleanup Day in Plan Ahead... Mon May 21: Engineers
Without Borders (EWB-OSU) General Meeting. 5-6 PM KEC
1007. Pizza and soda provided. Professor Mary Pettenger
(Western Oregon University Dept. of Political Science )
will speak on "The UN: Introduction and Opportunities for
Involvement." We
all know that the UN's headquarters re
in Wed May 30: SUBAWARDS:
Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Compliance Workshop. 10–11 am,
MU 213. This workshop will discuss subawards
– how they are used, how to budget for them, and how they are handled at OSU.
Pre-registration is NOT required for this workshop. Just show
up! For more information, visit http://oregonstate.edu/research/osprc/index.htm Thurs May 31: ME–IME Annual Awards Ceremony and Picnic. 5 pm–whenever, Avery Park. All faculty, staff, grad students, seniors, and current and incoming pro school students are invited. SAVE THE DATE! Details to come. Thurs June 7: MIME Seminar: “A Cohort
Study of Freshman Engineering Students: The Impact of Collaborative Learning
and a Common First-term Schedule on Student Success.” Presenter: Toni
Doolen, Oregon State University Department of Industrial & Manufacturing
Engineering. 12 noon, Covell 139. (Rescheduled from May 11.) Sat June 16:. Mechanical,
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Commencement. 4– 6
pm, La Tuesday, June
19: Diversity Book Club Discussion of Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee 12:00-1:30 pm, Valley Library
Willamette Room. Facilitated by Liz Clark, Associate Director
of Federal Relations. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to
participate. Copies of the books are available at the Valley Library and at the
OSU Bookstore. For more information, contact Terryl Ross at (541)
737-4381 or Terryl.Ross@oregonstate.edu. UPCOMING ME–IME FACULTY/GRADUATE SEMINARS
[back
to top] Fri May 18: “Nanoparticulates in Microsystems: Some Powder Processing
Challenges.” Presenter: Sundar V.
Atre, Oregon State University Department of Industrial & Manufacturing
Engineering. 2:30–4 pm, MISCELLANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
[back to top] Departments-wide… ME STUDENT IN THE NEWS! For a great profile of ME Senior Douglas Van Bossuyt, titled “Student Blends Engineering, Writing, and International Business,” visit http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/story/2069. MIME PRO-SCHOOL
STUDENTS: VOTE NOW FOR THE 2006–07COE OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTOR! Annually since
1949, juniors and seniors in the TWO PART-TIME STUDENT
JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIME STUDENTS—AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY: • An Information System Development/Maintenance Assistant position is currently available for qualified graduate or undergraduate student, start date ASAP. This job requires skills in PHP and MySQL. Familiarity with OSU Central Web Services and/or OSU Engineering Web Services is a plus. Hours: 10-20 hrs/week. Hourly wage DOE. If you are interested in this position, please contact Prof. Shiwoo Lee at Shiwoo.Lee@oregonstate.edu. •
Image
Processing Assistant. The Coastal Imaging Lab (CIL) in the FALL TERM
ADVISING IS HAPPENING NOW. Scheduled Advising for all ME, IME, & GenE undergraduates runs through Friday, June 1. If you haven’t already done so,
schedule a 15-minute appointment with your advisor NOW. You can sign up in STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE GRANTS: CALL FOR PROPOSALS. The Student Sustainability Initiative (SSI) is offering grants of up to $5,000 for projects that promote sustainability (renewables, efficiency, technology, agriculture, awareness, direct action, etc.) at OSU. All proposals are welcome and encouraged. If you’re interested in applying for an SSI grant, you’ll need to: (1) attend the informational meeting on Monday, May 14, 6 pm in MU 208. (2) Develop a Statement of Interest for your project, include outcomes and intended methodology. (3) Identify a professor or other campus official to mentor the project. (4) Submit your Statement of Interest to SSI by Friday, June 15. Successful applicants will have the summer to complete a full grant proposal; projects must be completed by June 2008. A grant flier is available at http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/SSIgrant07.pdf. For more information, contact SSI at student.sustainability@oregonstate.edu. The 2007 OSU
LICENSED VENDORS INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENTS AND STUDENT GROUPS. The office of University Marketing often
receives inquiries from departments and student groups who are looking for a
vendor to produce OSU items for giveaways or for the department's or student group's
use. A list of local vendors who are licensed to use the OSU name and
logos and who produce novelty items (pens, pencils, decals),
t-shirts, polo shirts, pennants and car magnets that could be used by your unit
as giveaways or for department/student wearables is
available at http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/Oregon-State-Licensees-by-Product-Category.pdf.
The full list of over 300 OSU licensed vendors is available at http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/OSULicensedVendors.doc.
NOTE:
The university does require that all individuals, organizations, departments
and companies, both internal and external, obtain prior approval before
producing any product(s) that will display OSU indicia; regardless of the
method of distribution. Our licensed vendors are aware that artwork does need
to be submitted to University Marketing for approval prior to production and
they will take care of the permission process for you. If you have a
vendor that you would like to use for a product, that is not on this list,
please contact Melody Oldfield, Director of University Marketing, at
541-737-8956 or melody.oldfield@oregonstate.edu, to discuss how to get them
licensed. Grad Students/Faculty/Staff THE GRADUATE TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSOCIATION (GRAD TLA) is a new OSU club dedicated to establishing a supportive home for graduate students across the campus who are interested in teaching and learning. Join us for events, both intellectual and social, that connect graduate students across disciplines in order to share ideas about teaching and learning. Benefits of club participation include: opportunity to participate in intellectual and social events that connect graduate students across disciplines in order to share ideas about teaching and learning; access to a literature database generated by graduate students that share your research interests; opportunity to participate in a regional graduate student research conference on teaching and learning with other students from across the Pacific Northwest. Grad TLA officers include Gulden Karakok, president; Sue Ellen DeChenne, president-elect; Celeste Barthel, treasurer; Molly Phipps, event coordinator; Rachel Harrington, webmaster. Dr. Nam Hwa Kang is the faculty advisor. For more information about the Grad TLA, email gtla@oregonstate.edu. INNOVATIONS IN
ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE EDUCATION CONFERENCE: REGISTER BY MAY 14. OSU
faculty, instructors, staff, and graduate students are invited to attend this
one-day conference focused on classroom innovations to improve student learning
and retention. The conference will be held on June 1, 2007, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm at the CH2M SUMMER 2007 DPD FACULTY SEMINAR: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS. The Summer 2007 Difference, Power, and Discrimination Faculty Seminar (runs Monday, July 9–Friday, July 27, meeting 9 am–1 pm M–F) offers a unique professional development opportunity for faculty. Whether you teach a DPD course or simply want to include more content about issues of difference and power in your classes, the seminar offers an opportunity for you to reflect on the intersections of difference, power, and privilege within your discipline in the context of a multidisciplinary and supportive community of colleagues. The seminar also focuses on pedagogical issues and should enhance your repertoire of teaching strategies, especially those related to issues of difference and power. The Summer 2007 faculty seminar is open to all faculty members, with preference given to academic/teaching faculty. Nine month faculty members receive a $2500 stipend for their participation. All other interested faculty members are welcome to participate. Books and other materials are provided. We have space available for eight nine-month faculty, and we have room for fifteen participants. Please let us know as soon as possible of your interest in the seminar. Faculty seminar participants will have the following responsibilities during the seminar: Attend all seminar sessions during Summer term 2007; read and discuss assigned readings that relate to DPD theories and pedagogy; engage with other seminar participants in ideas about new courses and teaching strategies; and act as a consultant within your own unit, and across disciplines about DPD, and serve as a mentor to other faculty who are interested in teaching DPD courses and/or course content related to DPD issues. Applications, due Friday May 19, are at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/dpd/index.html. For additional information, contact Roni Sue, DPD Program Associate, 737-2760, STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
[back to top] Alpha Pi Mu is the National Industrial Engineering honor society.
Its goals are to recognize and support exceptional IE students; encourage
advances in IE education; unify the IE student body and further IE
student-faculty relationships; assist and cooperate with other IE-affiliated
organizations and individuals; and promote the academic and professional
welfare of APM members through the associations and experiences that result
from bringing together a group with similar interests, objectives, and
abilities. 2006-07 APM officers include Kyle Sund (president), AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME) Want to be a part of the premier professional society for Mechanical Engineers and participate in the activities of such a group? Want to network and learn about opportunities for the future. Most of all, want to have fun? If so, join ASME and come to our bi-weekly OSU chapter meetings! You can apply for membership online, at http://www.asme.org/Membership/Join/Become_Member.cfm. To find out about upcoming OSU chapter meetings and other ASME–OSU activities, join the ASME mailing list (go to lists.oregonstate.edu group: ASME). Upcoming meetings are also listed in the Events section of this bulletin. 2007–08 ASME–OSU officers are RJ Zaworski, President (zawrskr@onid.orst.edu); Derek Wilson, VP; Kevin Lewis, Treasurer; Kimmy Lyon, Secretary; David Shapiro, Social Activity Chair; Carsten Grellman and John Doltar, Under Treasurers; and Douglas Van Bossuyt and Sherry Tucker, Graduate Advisors. Faculty Advisor is Nancy Squires.
EWB-OSU is a
student chapter of EWB-USA with a mission to implement sustainable engineering
projects in developing countries while developing responsible engineering
students. We are currently working on developing and implementing a potable
water delivery system for a small community in rural HUMAN POWERED
VEHICLE TEAM (HPV) The HPV team is
affiliated with the OSU chapter of ASME and shares a similar role in the The IIE provides
leadership in developing students as industrial engineers. IEE participation
enhances students’ networking and leadership skills and offers fun events for
students to participate in. 2007–08 IIE Officers are Grant Dunham, President; Cameron Follas, Vice President; Brenda Buckman,
Treasurer; Zach Fairman, Secretary; Chauna Roberts and Adam Erickson, FE Review; Josh
Wise, VP/Social Relations; Chris Imondi, Historian; and Brett Henton, Newsletter Coordinator. To learn more about the IIE, visit our web
site at http://oregonstate.edu/groups/iie/, or for membership/meeting
information, email IIE Membership Chair Adam Eriksen
at eriksena@gmail.com or faculty advisor
Shiwoo Lee at Shiwoo.Lee@oregonstate.edu. MICROGRAVITY
FLIGHT TEAM Want to work on a
research project for NASA? Want to find out if it’s feasible to use microwave
ovens for heating food in a micro-gravity environment? Want to conduct an
experiment in zero gravity at 26,000 ft? If you answered yes to any of these
questions, come check out the OSU Microgravity Flight
Team! We meet on Mondays at 7 pm in KEC 1007. (Check the
top of the piano in the KEC Lobby for updates.) For more information,
contact Megan Colbath at colbathm@engr.orst.edu.
OREGON WAVE is a
group of OSU students, professors, and industry partners who have modified one
of the SAE MiniBAJA racers for autonomous control. We’re working on getting it
ready for the next DARPA Grand Challenge, tentatively set for 2007–08. If
you’re a graduate and undergraduate ME, EECS, or IME student interested in
helping to make our robot the best in the world, please come to our weekly
meeting in the basement of Graf Hall. Spring term, our meetings are Thursdays
at 1 pm. Add yourself to the group’s mailing list at http://lists.oregonstate.edu
(grandchallenge). OSU
SOLAR VEHICLE TEAM (OSUSVT) OSUSVT
is currently designing a solar-powered vehicle to compete in the 2007 World Solar Challenge in PI TAU SIGMA
–OSU OMEGA CHAPTER Pi Tau Sigma is a
national Mechanical Engineering Honor Society that seeks to unify exceptional
students so that they may use their talents in the service of others. Our PTS
chapter seeks to provide its members with social activities, leadership
positions, and networking opportunities with both colleagues and industry. 2007-08
PTS officers include Jaime Junell (President), Alex Naef
(VP), Adam Aschenbach (Secretary), Hitesh Patel (Treasurer), Layne Clemen
(Tutoring Chair), Melissa Jensen-Morgan (Fundraising Chair), and Douglas Van
Bossuyt (Webmaster) For more
information please visit http://groups.engr.oregonstate.edu/pts/home.html. SOCIETY
OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS (SAE). SAE includes two subgroups: Formula (on-road racing car) and Mini Baja
(off-road racing vehicle). For more information, visit http://groups.engr.oregonstate.edu/SAE/.
All OSU students are encouraged
to become involved with OSU SAE! SOCIETY OF
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS (SME)—OSU CHAPTER OSU SME’s mission is to cultivate professional development,
promote cross disciplinary exposure and create networking opportunities for OSU
engineering students within the framework of manufacturing and manufacturing
technology. For more information, visit the SME web site at http://groups.engr.oregonstate.edu/sme/
or email the SME student chair, Aaron Black, at blacka@onid.orst.edu.
You can download a membership application from http://groups.engr.oregonstate.edu/sme/files/Student_app.pdf.
SURFACE
MOUNT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION (SMTA) —OSU CHAPTER. The SMTA is an international network of professionals who build skills,
share practical experience and develop solutions in electronic assembly
technologies, including microsystems, emerging technologies, and related
business operations. For more information or to join the SMTA, visit www.smta.org.
2006-07 officers for the OSU chapter of SMTA are Tram Le, president; Chris
Gregg, vice president; Roger Day, secretary; and Eric Hysell,
treasurer. The faculty advisor is Dr. Toni Doolen. SCHOLARSHIPS and
FELLOWSHIPS
[back to top] $500 LOVE
OF LEARNING AWARDS AVAILABLE NOW.
KNOW A RISING
SOPHOMORE? GRADUATE
FELLOWSHIP AT US
NAVY NUCLEAR PROPULSION OFFICER CANDIDATE PROGRAM. The US Navy is looking for Engineers,
Scientists and Mathematics majors to become officers in the Nuclear Propulsion
Officer Candidate (NUPOC) program. This program offers qualified individuals
unique technical training, exceptional benefits, and the opportunity to join
the elite group of Naval Officers responsible for the operation of the Navy's
nuclear propelled submarines and aircraft carriers. If you are a NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP). The Graduate Research Fellowship provides
three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students
who are at the early stages of their graduate study. The
program offers a stipend of $30,000 a year for three years and a $10,500
cost of education allowance. THE NAVAL
RESEARCH LABORATORY (NRL) POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM is open to US citizens and legal permanent
residents and offers a competitive stipend as well as insurance, relocation,
and travel allowances. This program offers 1–3-year postdoctoral
fellowships designed to increase the involvement of scientists and engineers
from academia and industry to scientific and technical areas of interest and
relevance to the Navy. This program has a rolling admission.
Go to: http://www.asee.org/nrl to learn more about
the program. JOB AND INTERNSHIP POSTINGS—ME &
IME STUDENTS [back to top] Welcome to MIME’s new job
and internship posting system! The listing below was generated from current
postings at http://ie.oregonstate.edu/MIMEjobboard. We are in the process of beta
testing this system and welcome your input. Please send comments and
suggestions to mimejobs@engr.oregonstate.edu. Note: For additional job and internship possibilities not listed below, check the links at | ||||
The online application for Phi Kappa Phi's
newest awards program, Love of Learning Awards, is available now at