OSU MECHANICAL ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN

OSU MECHANICAL ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN

Issue #30

Week of May 22, 2006

MANY CONGRATULATIONS DUE IN THE M.E. DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK

Congratulations to the following individuals who were honored at last Thursday’s ME awards ceremony at Avery Park:

Seunghwa Kwon—Most Outstanding GRA

Gabe Gassoway—Most Outstanding GTA

Heidi Wolfe—Most Outstanding Senior

Tim Kennedy and Nancy Squires— Most Outstanding ME Faculty

Angela Franklin—2006 recipient of the Debra A. Jimmerson Award

And congratulations, too, to the following ME Senior Design teams who were selected by our ME Industry Affiliate Board members as this department’s winners of last Friday’s Engineering Expo competition:

§ First place: “Control Mechanisms for Parafoil and Payload Aircraft”—Randy Hershberger, Weston Myler, Matthew Ryan, and Aaron Webb.

§ Second place: “Laparoscopic Instrument Improvement” (sponsored by Stryker Endoscopy)— Bryan Kennedy, Sergey Sadovikov, Matthew Sprick, and Joshua Peed.

§ Third place: Thermal Dissipation from a Small Volume (sponsored by Tektronix)—Ryan Evens, Josh Linden-Levy, and Karinne Wallace.

§ Large project group winner: SAE Formula team—Kyle Altendorf, Zach Barra, Ryan Colton, Charlie Gummer, Thomas Ho, Dong Kam Kang, Ryan Kelso, Ryan McElwain, Vu Nguyen, Chris Patton, Josh Stone, Robert Story, and Trent Taylor

The ME Department would like to extend our additional kudos and appreciation to all ME Senior Design teams who participated in the Engineering Expo (and to your senior-project counterparts in the other participating CoE departments); to Dave Meeker and his ME 382 team members (Tesfalem Zewdneh, Paul Stuart, and Kyle Zirschky) for demo’ing their award-winning “Breath-Controlled Fishing Rod”; to the various Pi Tau Sigma members, CoE Ambassadors, and other Expo volunteers who made this event possible; and to the hundreds of students, staff, faculty, parents, alums, and community members who attended it. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of each and every one of you, this was truly a landmark occasion in the College of Engineering and without a doubt the most successful Engineering Expo ever.

UPCOMING EVENTS

This Week...

Monday, May 22: Engineers Without Borders general meeting—last of the year! 6 pm, Apperson 101. Our speaker will be Anna Garwood of Green Empowerment. The mission of Green Empowerment is to “promote community-based renewable energy and water systems with related watershed restoration projects to generate social and environmental progress internationally.” See the Green Empowerment website for more information: http://www.greenempowerment.org/aboutus.htm

Monday, May 22: Formula SAE group meeting, 6 pm, Rogers 132.

Tuesday, May 23: Oregon WAVE/Grand Challenge Team meeting, 12 noon, basement of Graf. All students (graduate and undergraduate) welcome.

Tuesday, May 23: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) presentation on career opportunities available with PNNL. 5:30 pm , Owen 103. Pizza and soda will be provided. If you plan to attend, please email dyann.mcvicker@oregonstate.edu so that we have an idea of how much pizza to order.

Wednesday, May 24^:First Annual Building Your Future in Higher Education Conference. Formerly the Graduate Student Conference, our re-vamped event boasts an exciting new format with outstanding professional development opportunities. This conference is open to all OSU students, graduate and undergrad. For more details and to register, visit http://asosu.oregonstate.edu/taskforces/grad_reg.php. or contact David McCandless at graduate.affairs@oregonstate.edu or 737.3559.

Wednesday, May 24: CoE faculty meeting with President Ed Ray and Provost Sabah Randhawa, 2:30-4 pm in Owen 101. All CoE faculty, including professional faculty, are invited to attend. See Announcements section (below) for details.

Wednesday, May 24–Saturday, May 27: 2006 SAE Mini Baja Midwest Competition, Walworth County, WI. Go Beaver Racing!!

Thursday, May 25: “Development of a Measurement System for the Investigation of Aeroacoustic Noise from Wind Turbine Blade Tips in a Closed Section Wind Tunnel.” Masters of Science defense by Brian Jensen. 8 am, Rogers 226

Thursday, May 25: OSU Solar Vehicle Team (SVT) meeting, 5:30 pm in MU 211, and SVT Machine Shop time, 6 pm in WNGR 404.

Friday, May 26: COE Ambassador Open House. 1–4 pm, Batchellor 141. For more information, see Announcements section.

Friday, May 26: “What Are We Doing at the Industrial Assessment Center?” Presentation by Joe Junker, IAC Assistant Director, 4 pm, Rogers 226.

Plan Ahead…

Tuesday, May 30: Development of Acoustic Emissions Testing Procedures Applicable to Conventionally Reinforced Concrete Deck Girder Bridges Subjected to Diagonal Tension Cracking. PhD defense by Steven Lovejoy. 10 am, Rogers 226

Thursday, June 15-Saturday, June 17: Formula SAE West Competition at California Speedway, Fontana, CA.

Saturday, June 17: ME Graduation Ceremony, This ceremony will be held at 4–6 pm in the Lasells Stewart Center, and will include individual recognition of each graduate. Caps and gowns are required. RSVP at the following link: http://me.oregonstate.edu/springpicnic.php. This invitation extends to any and all family members – no limit.

FACULTY/GRADUATE SEMINARS

Friday, May 26: "OSU Industrial Assessment Center: Working to make Northwest

Manufacturers Green, Mean, and Lean." Presentation by Joe Junker, PE, IAC Assistant Director. 4 pm, Rogers 226 (social time w/coffee and tea starts at 3:30 pm).

ABSTRACT: Since 1986, the OSU Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) has worked to increase the energy efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and competitiveness of Northwest manufacturing facilities while simultaneously providing engineering students an education not available in the classroom. The IAC assessments focus on identifying and quantifying opportunities for manufacturers to increase profits and throughput while reducing costs associated with energy inputs and waste disposal. In the last 20 years the OSU IAC has served over 500 manufacturers and recommended actions to achieve a total annual savings of more than $86 million with an average 1.0 year payback. Center recommendations have resulted in a total implemented project energy savings of 479,455 MMBTU annually for an average of 1011 annual MMBTU saved per assessment. In this presentation, Junker will address the following topics: (1) How we run the OSU IAC; (2) the IAC assessment process; (3) types of industrial facilities we have served; (4) types of opportunities we look for and have found, including energy systems, productivity, and waste minimization/sustainability; and (5) results we have seen from our work.

Note: The most current ME Seminar schedule and other OSU seminar information is available on the Rogers Hall bulletin boards near the ME main office or at http://me.oregonstate.edu/seminars/.

MISCELLANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Department-wide…

The COE IS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD AMBASSADORS. Do you enjoy sharing your collegiate experiences with others? Do you want to gain valuable communications and leadership skills, and event-planning experience? Do you welcome the opportunity to contribute to the university's recruitment and diversity efforts? Would you like the chance to work directly with university faculty members and administrators? Could you benefit from networking with peers and professionals in your field of study? Are you a hard worker who enjoys having fun? If you answer "yes" to many of these questions, you may be an ideal candidate to serve as an Ambassador for the College of Engineering! Ambassadors serve as representatives for the College of Engineering and are responsible for supporting recruiting and diversity efforts. Ambassadors lend support in many ways They may mentor new students, travel to high schools to make presentations, assist in family science nights, attend on-campus recruiting events, professional conferences, industry and alumni events, host students and parents who visit campus; and contact prospective students. (Note: Because of travel, priority will be given to students who have one full day per week available for work.) Benefits of CoE Ambassadorship include: Prestige associated with serving on a team of highly motivated and respected undergraduates; the opportunity to network with university administrators, faculty, industry professionals, and political figures; the chance to positively contribute to the colleges' student-recruitment efforts; valuable work and leadership experience to include on resumes and to discuss during interviews; and last but not least, $10/hour. If you would like to learn more, please drop in to the COE Ambassador Open House on Friday, May 26, 1-4pm, in Batchellor Hall 141. Application forms are at: http://engr.oregonstate.edu/wme/amb_apply.htm

The OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL ASSESSMENT CENTER (IAC) is currently recruiting student employees. The minimum commitment for involvement is two summers & one school year, 10-20 hours/week during school, full time in summer. The IAC offers small and medium-sized manufacturers comprehensive on-site energy, waste and productivity assessments. Student teams led by engineering faculty visit Northwest manufacturers and seek ways to increase profits by increasing productivity and reducing energy use and waste. To learn more about the Center and its activities, visit the IAC web site at http://me.oregonstate.edu/iac/. To apply for IAC employment, download the application at http://me.oregonstate.edu/iac/downloads/Job Application.doc and return your completed form to Joe Junker, 344 Batcheller Hall, 737-5034, JunkerJ@engr.orst.edu.

Grad Students/Faculty/Staff…

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