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MECHANICAL, INDUSTRIAL, & MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN BULLETIN SECTIONS—QUICK LINKS ME–IME Faculty/Graduate
Seminars Job and Internship
Postings—ME & IME Students Faculty and Post-Doc Positions HAVEN’T STARTED YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING YET? CONSIDER PURCHASING the ALL-NEW MECHANICAL ENGINEERING T-SHIRT
for ALL YOUR FRIENDS and LOVED ONES (not to mention yourself!) The OSU Chapter
of Pi Tau Sigma is pleased to announce our pre-order
sale for 2006-07 Order your shirts no later
than 4 pm this Friday, November 17th,
in Covell 118. Please bring exact change or make checks out to “Pi Tau
Sigma.” Shirts will be available for pickup after Thanksgiving. OUR
CONGRATULATIONS… …to the many great entries in last Thursday’s ME 101 Creative
Design Contest. There were some very colorful and creative designs.
Team “Saturday Night Beavers” won the competition with a crowd-pleasing show
and a design that worked both well and consistently. AND
OUR THANKS… …to the ME and IME faculty members and students who generously
contributed their time and expertise to speak with prospective engineering
students and their parents at Saturday’s Beaver Open House. NOV. 13–17 IS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2006. 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. Monday, November 13: Formula
SAE team meeting. Monday, November 13: EWB-OSU general meeting. Monday, November 13: Microgravity Flight Team meeting. Tuesday, November 14:
Pi Tau Sigma tutoring session for ENGR 211, 212, 213 students. Tuesday, November 14: Infosys Technologies info session. Wednesday, November 15: Baja
SAE team meeting. Wednesday, November 15: Engineers
Without Borders project meeting. Thursday, November 16: Weatherford
Fireside Chat with Jim Sheldon, President of Automation Tooling Systems (ATS) Friday, November 17:
Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop: “Addressing Student Learning Styles
in Your Classrooms.” 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. 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 Plan Ahead... Thursday, November 30: Annual
ME 382 Design Competition. Thursday, November 30: OSU Masters of Business Administration
(MBA) Program Info Session. Thursday, December 7: Rescheduled SMTA workshop: “Designing for Lead-Free.” See
Announcements section for details. MISCELLANEOUS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
[back to top] Departments-wide… NEW ENGINEERS WITHOUT
BORDERS–OSU SUBGROUPS LOOKING FOR MEMBERS. If you are interested in
joining the following new EWB-OSU groups, please email Kelsey Edwardsen at
kelseyedwardsen@gmail.com, and she will put you all in touch with the group
leader. §
Sustainability
Group. This group is charged with determining which aspects of our project must
be monitored with regards to ecological, social, environmental, and structural sustainability
for the future implications of the project, and with devising a methodology for
tracking the impact. §
Potters
for Peace / Education. This group will
fund-raise and seek sponsorships to subsidize 40–50 filters for the
families in El Naranjito and Las Mercedes. The group will also design and
lead outreach efforts to educate community members about the filters and the system
we are seeking to implement. RESCHEDULED DESIGNING FOR LEAD FREE—SMTA TRAINING WORKSHOP. The Oregon Chapter of SMTA (Surface Mount Technology Association)
has rescheduled the chapter training day on designing for lead free. The new date is Thursday, SUMMER OPPORTUNITY FOR
ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN OUS ENGINEERING RECRUITING SURVEY NEEDS YOU! The 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 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. STILL TRYING TO PICK A MAJOR? CONSIDER
REGISTERING FOR IE 113, “Careers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.” IE 113 (CRN 26337) is a 1 credit-hour course
being offered Winter term 2007. Taught by Dr. Toni Doolen, this class will meet
on Mondays in Covell 218 ME 206, “HOW ENGINEERS SERVE SOCIETY,” IS BEING OFFERED AGAIN
THIS WINTER. This is a 1-hour, P/N class that meets Wednesdays 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 Grad Students/Faculty/Staff CALL FOR HONORARY DOCTORATE
DEGREE NOMINATIONS. The Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the Honorary Doctorate degree.
Nominees should be distinguished educators, scholars, scientists, business
people, creative artists, reformers, or humanitarians whose accomplishments are
recognized as "making a difference" well beyond the bounds of their
formal discipline; that is, to the broader audience of society both nationally
and internationally. Their recognition is intended to honor them as individuals
and also to contribute to the stature and visibility of §
A letter of nomination identifying the
individual, affiliation (complete address), and area of achievement §
A brief (approximately two pages) biography of
the nominee, including a clear explanation of the broad significant
contributions to society of the nominee, and a description of the area(s) of
achievement which clearly conveys what the impact of the accomplishments has
been. Note: All
nominations are to be considered confidential. In particular, nominations should
not be discussed with the nominee! This is an important function for UPCOMING NSF-SPONSORED WORKSHOP FOR STEM
EDUCATORS: Breaking Barriers In Communication: Technology-Enabled Active
Learning in STEM Disciplines. At this June 2007 workshop in §
Exchange ideas with other STEM-discipline active
learning proponents § Learn to use Ubiquitous Presenter (a Tablet PC-based active le | ||||
