OSU MECHANICAL, INDUSTRIAL, & MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN

Week of November 6, 2006

 

 

BULLETIN SECTIONS—QUICK LINKS

Upcoming Events

Miscellaneous Announcements

ME–IME Faculty/Graduate Seminars

Scholarships and Fellowships

Student Organizations

Job and Internship Postings—ME & IME Students

Faculty and Post-Doc Positions

 

psssstt!! Take a study break on Thursday night to see the

MOST ENTERTAINING ENGINEERING CONTEST OF THE YEAR

 

A creative design challenge, an extraordinary panel of judges, an emcee you won’t believe, and entertaining solutions to the problem of putting products from the “Beaver Believer Brand Better Baby Toy Factory” into a box.  Come join us at the second annual ME 101 Design Contest, held in Milam Auditorium this Thursday evening, November 9,th starting at 6:30 pm!

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS                                                                     [back to top]

 

This Week...            

 

Monday, November 6: Formula SAE team meeting. 6 pm, SAE shop (Rogers 132).

 

Monday, November 6: Engineers Without Borders general meeting. 6 pm, BAT 250. After taking care of a few items of general club business, we'll be screening a 15-minute video about UC–Santa Barbara's successful water project implementation in Chile.  As always, there will be pizza.

 

Monday, November 6: Pi Tau Sigma chapter meeting. 6 pm, American Dream Pizza on Monroe St. We will be discussing active member benefits, chapter goals for the rest of the term, and plans for social events/community service. Bread sticks and soft drinks provided.

 

Monday, November 6: Microgravity Flight Team meeting. 6:30 pm, Kelley 1007.

 

Monday, November 6: Discover SCUBA! 6:30 pm, Langton Pool. Free to OSU students; bring bathing suit and towel.

 

Tuesday, November 7: Women’s Center class: Introduction to Self-Breast Exams. Every three minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer. One in eight women will contract breast cancer in their lifetimes. Learn the importance of self-breast exams in this class. Share dialogue with two registered nurses from the Corvallis Clinic, Joann Stutzman and Susan Merrill, and learn how to be proactive in your own breast health. 4–5 pm, OSU Women’s Center. More information, 737-1330.

 

Tuesday, November 7: Pi Tau Sigma tutoring session for ENGR 211, 212, 213 students. 5–7 pm, Caliper Lounge (4th floor of Rogers).

 

Wednesday, November 8: Baja SAE team meeting. 5 pm, Rogers 230.

 

Tuesday, November 8: ELECTION DAY!!! Ballots must be in your county elections office or in an official ballot drop site by 8 pm today—postmarks don't count. On campus, there is a ballot drop box in the Valley Library, Monday (6th) 7:30 am–1 am, and Benton County has 24-hour drop boxes on Fifth Street across from the courthouse and at Wells Fargo Bank in the Timberhill Shopping Center. On Election Day, all drop boxes in the county will be open until 8 pm.

 

Wednesday, November 8: Hewlett-Packard Company Presentation. 5–6 pm, Cordley Hall Room 2113.  Food will be provided, and HP recruiters will be on hand 6–8 pm to talk with students. The HP jobs web site is www.hp.com/go/jobs.

 

Thursday, November 9: ME 101 Creative Design Contest: Beaver Toy Boxer Challenge. 6:30-9:30 pm, Milam Auditorium. FREE and open to the public. Master of Ceremonies: ME Dept. Head Belinda Batten. See the front of this e-bulletin for more information.

Thursday, November 9: Annual Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute Pacific Northwest Dinner, with keynote address by ONAMI Board Chair David Chen. ONAMI President and Executive Director Skip Rung will join Chen and other panelists to discuss the technology assets of our region and its prospects for future economic development and growth. 6:30 pm,  Portland Hilton and Executive Towers. For more information, see http://www.onami.us/events/event.php?id=14. Register at https://dom.semi.org/web/wsurveys.nsf/WebRegPNW1106?OpenForm

Friday, November 10: “Graduate Life and Study in OSU Engineering.” ME/IME Faculty–Grad Seminar presentation by Logen Logendran, OSU Dept. of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering faculty and IME Graduate Program Chair. 2:30–4 pm in Rogers 226 (2:30–3 pm social time) and Rogers 230 (3–4 pm talk).

 

Saturday, November 11: Beaver Open House for high school seniors/prospective CoE applicants. 10:30-noon, Kelley Engineering Center Atrium.

 

Plan Ahead...

 

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2006 IS NOV. 13–17. Highlights of the week at OSU include a celebration of the Peace Corps and returned OSU Peace Corps Volunteers on Tuesday, Nov. 14; an International Degree poster session highlighting ID students' research and an international career panel discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 15; and a Fulbright Award information session for faculty on Thursday, Nov. 16. For more information on all events and contact information, see the complete schedule at: http://oregonstate.edu/international/IEW.

 

Wednesday, November 15: SMTA workshop: “Designing for Lead-Free.” See Announcements section for details.

 

Thursday, November 16: Weatherford Fireside Chat with Jim Sheldon, President of Automation Tooling Systems (ATS) Oregon. 7:30 pm, Weatherford Hall Trysting Tree Conference Room D107. Sign up and get more information at https://www.bus.oregonstate.edu/aepfellows/ViewFellow.aspx?FellowID=93.

 

Friday, November 17: Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop: “Addressing Student Learning Styles in Your Classrooms.” 2–5 pm, Milam 215. A substantial body of research suggests that students vary in the way they take in and give out information and that they often learn best when they have an opportunity to learn and express their knowledge in their preferred mode(s). This workshop introduces Neil Fleming’s VARK tool for identifying learning preferences, the four learning preference categories, and implications of the scoring system. Handouts will be provided on how instructors can modify their courses and assignments to appeal to the variety of learner needs. Please register at http://oregonstate.edu/ctl or send an email to CTL@oregonstate.edu.

 

Friday, November 17: ”Nanotechnologies and Nanoelectronic Devices for Future VLSI Applications”—public lecture by Intel Senior Fellow and ONAMI Board of Directors member Dr. Robert Chau. 4 pm, Wilson Clark Auditorium on the OHSU/OGI West Campus in Beaverton. Co-sponsored by ONAMI and OHSU/OGI. For more information, visit http://www.onami.us/events/event.php?id=13. There is no cost for this event, but registration (to help with refreshment planning) is encouraged at http://cpd.ogi.edu/class.asp?n=07-CPD-1117.

 

Friday, November 17: Extended deadline for EWB T-shirt Contest entries. Design an EWB-OSU T-Shirt for the 06'-07' school year.  Make it about whatever you want that's EWB-OSU related!  Be creative!  Have fun!  Make multiple designs!  The top designs will be posted to EWB-OSU's website and the mailing list.  We will hold a vote at the following general meeting to choose the winning T-Shirt design that will represent EWB-OSU for the next year.  The creator of the winning design will receive a FREE T-SHIRT!  Please submit all entries to Douglas Van Bossuyt ( Douglas.VanBossuyt@gmail.com) by 7 pm on 11/17.

 

Thursday, November 30: Annual ME 382 Design Competition. 6 pm, Milam Auditorium. This year’s design challenge is to design and build the working prototype of a Human-Powered Potable Water Still.  As always, this event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome!

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS                                  [back to top]

 

Department-wide…

 

WANT TO EARN A QUICK $20 THIS WEEK? Computer Science researchers at OSU are looking for sophomore, junior, and senior NON-EECS engineering students to participate in a spreadsheet study being conducted this week in the ‘EUSES’ lab in Kelley Engineering Center 2106. Participants SHOULD have experience using spreadsheets such as Excel, and should NOT have participated in our other spreadsheet experiments in the past year. If you qualify and are interested in participating, email Derek Inman (inmand@engr.oregonstate.edu)  specifying the following:  Your name, phone number, previous spreadsheet experience, previous computer programming experience, if any (NOT REQUIRED), which times listed below you could possibly attend. Note: Please list ALL the session codes that fit your schedule.  We will choose one from your list and get back to you. Mon 11/6:  (a) 8:30 – 10:00; Tues 11/7: (b) 9:00 – 10:30; Wed 11/8:  (c) 8:30 – 10:00 OR (d) 11:30-1:00 or (e) 4:00 – 5:30; Thur 11/9: (f) 8:30 - 10:00 OR (g) 12:30-2:00 or (h) 3:30 – 5:00; Friday 11/10:(i) 8:30 - 10:00 OR (j) 11:30-1:00 or (k) 4:00 – 5:30. Please sign up as soon as possible -- scheduling is underway now. You will be  compensated $20 for your participation.

 

DESIGNING FOR LEAD FREE—SMTA TRAINING WORKSHOP FREE FOR STUDENTS. On November 15th  (9 am-5 pm),  the Oregon Chapter of SMTA (Surface Mount Technology Association) will present a training workshop in Portland on ”Designing for Manufacturability in a Lead-Free World.” This is a tremendous opportunity for any OSU engineering student who is considering working in the electronics industry.   In the past, local companies have sponsored students to attend these training days, so there is no cost to the student. However, to receive a sponsor for this training you must be a member of the OSU Student SMTA chapter.  You can join on-line at www.smta.org for $5.  If you are interested in attending this training session, please e-mail IME Professor Toni Doolen (toni.doolen@oregonstate.edu) as by 5 pm on Monday, Nov. 6.  Dr. Doolen will arrange for transportation from OSU to the class. If you have questions about the event or SMTA membership, feel free to send her an email, or give her a call at 737-5641.

 

SUMMER OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. The Washington Internship for Students in Engineering (WISE) program offers a unique opportunity to 3rd and 4th year engineering students to spend the summer of 2007 in Washington, D.C. Recent graduates, beginning study in an engineering policy-related Master’s program, will also be considered. During their internship, they will learn how government officials make decisions on complex technological issues and how engineers can contribute to legislative and regulatory public policy decisions. For more information on the WISE program, visit http://www.wise-intern.org, or contact Melissa Carl at carlm@asme.org. A number of professional societies sponsor WISE internships, including AIChE, ANS, ASME, ASHRAE, IEEE, and SAE. To apply for one of these sponsored internships, visit http://www.wise-intern.org/application/index.html.  The deadline for WISE internship applications is December 31, 2006. Interns will receive a stipend and housing for the summer.

 

OUS ENGINEERING RECRUITING SURVEY NEEDS YOU! The Oregon  University System is trying to get input from as many College of Engineering students as possible about how to improve engineering recruiting methods. You can help—and also have a chance to win an iPod—by taking the survey at the following link: http://opas.ous.edu/Committees/SAMR/Survey_Choice.html.  The survey is short, and completing it will take only a few minutes. Last day to take it is next Monday, November 13. 

 

FALL ADVISING NOW IN PROGRESS.  The 3-week fall advising period for ME, IME, and Gen Ed undergraduates runs through Wednesday, November 22. If you haven’t yet scheduled a 15-minute appointment with your advisor during this time, do so in Dearborn 102 ASAP. You will receive your PIN for winter term registration during your advising appointment. 

 

REGISTER SOON FOR THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING EXAM REVIEW COURSE.  A review course will be offered during winter term for students planning to take the FE exam this spring. Review topics include Electrical Fundamentals, Statics, Dynamics, Materials Science, Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Engineering Economics. To register for the FE review course, come to COVL 117 between 10 am and noon on Mon. Nov. 27, Wed. Nov. 29, or Fri. Dec. 1. Or register by email at OSU.FEReview@gmail.com no later than noon on Dec. 1. If you register by email, please provide your name, major, phone number, and preferred email address, and include "FE Review registration” in the Subject line. The course fee is $75.  Questions? Contact Brandon Koida, IIE FE Review chair, at koidab@onid.oregonstate.edu or (503) 869-6892.

 

NASA ANNOUNCES 2006-07 AERONAUTICS COMPETITION FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. The Fundamental Aeronautics Program of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters is pleased to announce this year’s aeronautics competition for the 2006-07 academic year.  For this year’s competition, students are invited to propose solutions for complex technical problems in hypersonic and supersonic flight; subsonic fixed and rotary wing transport; or Mars entry, descent, and landing. Some of these challenges occur in Earth's atmosphere, others occur in space.  Individuals, small (<10-person), and larger undergraduate/graduate student teams are all invited to participate. Multi-disciplinary, multi-department teams are encouraged. College entries are due in late April. For competition details, visit http://aero.larc.nasa.gov/competitions_univ.htm.

 

ME 206, “HOW ENGINEERS SERVE SOCIETY,” IS BEING OFFERED AGAIN THIS WINTER.  This is a 1-hour, P/N class that meets Wednesdays 4–5 pm  We will have guest speakers, a field trip or two, and discussions.  Even though it is listed as an  ME class, it is really designed for all branches of engineering.  We are aiming particularly at 1st year students that want to learn more about the role that engineers can (and do!) play in creating improvements in the world. The class is ME 206, Section 2, How Engineers Serve Society, CRN 27452.

 

NEW WINTER TERM COURSE OFFERING: ME 450/550, HEAT TRANSFER IN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. Description: Intermediate heat transfer which will explore several applied heat transfer problems based on combined mode heat transfer, transient high flux heating/cooling and design of heat transfer systems. Textbook: This course will use the same text used in ME 332; Incorpera and Dewitt: “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer,” with additional handout material as necessary. Prerequisite: ME 332 (or equivalent undergrad course in heat transfer). Instructor: Jim Liburdy, 310 Rogers Hall, 737-7017, liburdy@engr.orst.edu. Topics: High heat flux cooling: jet impingement and sprays; Compact heat exchangers; Thermal storage/phase change; Free convection and mixed convection; Boiling/condensation; Conjugate heat transfer design. Course Grades: Three team projects with a written report for each (80%); One team presentation of one of the three projects (20%).