OSU MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN
Issue #23
Week of April 3,
2006
WELCOME TO SPRING TERM (and daylight savings time)!!
Introducing the OSU
Industrial Assessment
Center:
An valuable resource for regional manufacturers…
and a great work opportunity for ME students
The Oregon State
University Industrial Assessment Center (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/.
If you’re a
motivated ME student with a dedicated work ethic,
AND you’re interested in
§
getting some
practical industrial work experience for your resume,
§
applying your
course work to solving industrial problems,
§
gaining
experience working with multi disciplinary teams,
§
developing team
leadership skills, and
§
learning about a
wide variety of manufacturing processes,
then working for the IAC is something you should consider! If interested,
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. (The minimum commitment for involvement is two
summers & one school year, 10-20
hours/week during school, full time
in summer.)
UPCOMING
EVENTS
This
Week...
Tuesday, April 4: Oregon WAVE/Grand Challenge Team meeting, 12 noon,
basement of Graf. This is the new weekly meeting time
for Spring term. All students (graduate and undergraduate) welcome.
Tuesday, April 4: SAE Mini Baja
Senior Design meeting, 5–6 pm, Rogers
230. Note: Senior Design meetings
will be focused on senior design member presentations and vehicle design and
testing. Everyone is welcome, and all students interested in working on the Baja
car for their senior project should definitely attend.
Thursday, April 5: SAE Mini Baja
team meeting, 5–6 pm, Rogers 230 or SAE
shop (Rogers
132). Note: These are more general meetings that will focus on organization for
the spring competitions and other upcoming team events such as sponsor trips
and driving days. All OSU students are
encouraged to attend.
Plan
Ahead...
Monday, April 10: DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS for
professional program admission,
engineering scholarships and MECOP/CECOP. (Applications are
available at: http://engr.oregonstate.edu/students/apps/.)
Monday, April 10: Engineers
Without Borders General meeting, 6 pm,
Apperson 101. Presentation
from site visit to El
Salvador over spring break.
Wednesday, April 12: Engineers Without Borders Project and
/Fundraising meeting, 6 pm, Apperson 101.
Thursday, April 13: OSU Solar
Vehicle Team (SVT) meeting, 5:30 pm in MU 211.
Thursday, April 20: Spring Career
Fair. 1–5 pm in the CH2M Hill
Alumni Center.
All majors including undergraduate,
graduate students,
and OSU Alumni are encouraged to attend. Check the Career Services
website for up-to-date listing of companies attending (go to www.oregonstate.edu\career
and click on “Spring Career Fair”).
Thursday, May 11–Saturday,
May 13: 2006 SAE Mini Baja West Competition, Portland, OR (May 11) and Washougal,
WA (May 12-13)
Wednesday, May 24–Saturday,
May 27. 2006 SAE Mini Baja Midwest
Competition, Walworth County,
WI.
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. More information forthcoming.
UPCOMING
FACULTY/STAFF EVENT:
On Monday,
April 10, Dr. George D. Kuh will
visit the Oregon State University Corvallis campus for a day of conversation
and workshops. Schedule of events is listed below.
·
10 -11:30
am: “Using the NSSE for Student Success and
Engagement.” Open session with Q&A. Memorial Union Joyce Powell
Leadership Center Journey Room
·
1:30-3 pm: “Creating an Environment Intentionally Focused on Student Success and
Retention.” All-campus Keynote with Q & A. Memorial Union Joyce Powell
Leadership Center Journey Room
·
3:30-5 pm: “What is Deep Learning?” Conversation and Q & A with invited
faculty. If interested in this session,
please contact Janine, Academic Success Center, 541-737-2272 or janine.kobel@oregonstate.edu.
Dr.
Kuh (http://nsse.iub.edu/staff/george_kuh.cfm)
is professor of higher education at Indiana University Bloomington, an author,
and director of several national projects focused on assessment issues. He
directs the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE),
an annual survey of college first-year and senior students. Dr. Kuh has
published some 175 books, chapters
and articles. He has made hundreds of presentations on topics related to
college and university cultures,
student engagement, assessment and
institutional improvement. This event is jointly sponsored by OSU Student
Affairs, Center for Teaching and
Learning, and Academic Success
Center. For more
information, visit http://success.oregonstate.edu/georgekuh.html.
MISCELLANEOUS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Department-wide…
WANT TO HELP WITH K-12
ENGINEERING OUTREACH ACTIVITIES? The College
of Engineering has a wide
variety of volunteer opportunities available for engineering students
interested in working with K12 students and sharing the excitement of
engineering. Twice a month, we will
be sending out a newsletter of upcoming outreach events. If you would like to
receive this outreach newsletter,
please email Ellen Momsen at ellen.momsen@oregonstate.edu
and you will be added to our distribution list. (In your email response, please include your name,
year, and major.) You will then be
able to sign up for events that interest you and fit your schedule. It's a
great way to polish leadership skills,
and a lot of fun!
The OSU Office of
Admissions
is currently recruiting PAID
COORDINATORS FOR THE 2006-2007 TEAM OF UNDERGRADUATE RECRUITERS (TOUR) PROGRAM.
Successful candidates enjoy working
with people and have a wide range of OSU experiences which they are willing to
share with prospective students and their families. Bilingual candidates are
encouraged to apply. Preferred Qualifications: Current undergraduate student in
good academic standing; full-time student at Oregon State University with the
intention of remaining a full-time student in Corvallis during the 2006-07
academic year; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to
effectively and positively represent Oregon State University; commitment to
promoting diversity; knowledge of resources and services at Oregon State
University, well-rounded academic
and co-curricular experiences at OSU; and demonstrated leadership, initiative,
dependability, discipline and
self-confidence. You can obtain an application online at www.oregonstate.edu/visitosu/tourapplication
or at the Campus Visitor Center
(108 Kerr). Applications are due on FRIDAY,
APRIL 21, 2006 at 5:00 pm.
Questions? E-mail Kristi.May@oregonstate.edu or
call 737-3691.
APPLICATIONS FOR
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM ADMISSION,
ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPS AND MECOP/CECOP are now available at: http://engr.oregonstate.edu/students/apps/.
The deadline for all applications is April 10.
ORDER OF THE ENGINEER:
RING-SIZING COMING UP. The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States
in the 1970s to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering
profession, to bridge the gap
between training and experience, and
to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer. This is not a club or group with meetings or
dues. Instead,
it is a pledge, taken by graduating
engineering students, to uphold the
standards and dignity of the engineering profession and to serve humanity. Engineers who make this pledge will wear a
stainless steel ring on the pinky finger of their working hand to remind them
of their obligation to society and will attend a ring ceremony where they will
formally accept this obligation. The OSU
Order of the Engineer ring ceremony is currently scheduled for June 17th at 1pm, prior to graduation,
and ring sizing will take place between
April 10th & 14th (time TBA) in the atrium of Owen Hall. More information about the Order of the Engineer can be found
at http://www.order-of-the-engineer.org/. You can also contact Aaron Michel, ASCE Social Chair,
with any questions: michela@onid.orst.edu
SUMMER 2006 ENGINEERING
CLASSES at Linn Benton Community College:
ENGR
201:
Electrical Fundamentals: DC. June 26-July 28 (5 weeks).
Lecture MWF 10:00-12:00 (BENTON
CENTER: BC-244). Recitation UH 9:00-10:00 (BC 244). Lab UH 10:00-12:00
(BC-234)
ENGR
202: Electrical Fundamentals II: AC. July 31-September 1 (5 weeks). Lecture MWF 10:00-12:00
(BENTON CENTER: BC-244). Recitation
UH 9:00-10:00 (BC-244). Lab UH 10:00-12:00 (BC-234).
ENGR
211: Statics. June 26-July 28 (5 weeks).
Lecture MWF 1:00-3:00 (BENTON
CENTER: BC-244). Lecture
UH 2:00-3:00 (BC-244). Recitation UH 1:00-2:00 (BC-244).
ENGR
212: Dynamics.
July 31-September 1 (5 weeks). Lecture MWF 1:00-3:00 (BENTON CENTER:
BC-244). Lecture UH 2:00-3:00 (BC-244). Recitation UH
1:00-2:00 (BC-244).
ENGR
213: Strength of Materials. July 31-September 1 (5 weeks).
Lecture MWF 3:00-5:00 (BENTON
CENTER: BC-244). Lecture
UH 4:00-5:00 (BC-244). Recitation UH 3:00-4:00 (BC-244).
Open enrollment for summer classes
starts: June 5. Contact: Linn
Benton Community
College or John Sweet,
541-917-4624,
john.sweet@linnbenton.edu.
INTERESTED IN WORKING ON A
PROJECT IN NICARAGUA
THIS SUMMER? 2006 Summer Studio: Nicaragua is a month-long service team
experience in the village of El Eden, Matagalpa,
Nicaragua.
Team members will help the villagers lay out a village "master
plan"—an exciting project in urban planning and appropriate
technology. For more information,
read the Summer Studio brochure at http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/NicaraguaBROCHURE06.pdf.
The application form is available at http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/NicaraguaApplication06.pdf.
If you want to talk with someone about this opportunity,
call or email Doug Haley, Resource
Development Associate at
Agros
International, 206.528.1066 or
dough@agros.org.
MACHINE SHOP GUIDELINES. Sign-up sheets for the
next week’s regular daytime machine-shop hours and the Wednesday, Thursday,
and Saturday extended hours are now posted each Friday. You can only sign up to
use the lathes and milling machines for one 2-hour block per day.
You cannot block off more than 2 hours at a time,
even if you are signing up for someone else. If,
at the end of your allotted 2 hours,
no one else has signed up for the next block of time,
you may sign up for that block of time. Also,
Senior Project, 383, Baja,
and Formula groups may only sign up for one machine per group per time
slot. This means if someone in your group is using a mill at 10 am, the other members of your group are only allowed
to use one lathe at the same time.
BUILDING/EQUIPMENT SECURITY ALERT.
The ME department buildings and others in the college have been the recent
targets of many thefts. The state police have indicated that these recent
thefts have been directed at laptop computers,
which according to them are marketable for identify theft. In many of
these cases, the thieves have
spotted a laptop through an office or lab window and have then broken it out to
get at the items. Many of these occurrences have happened in the Thursday
night to Sunday period. Please be aware of anything unusual and report it
to campus security. Do not prop doors open after hours, and if you see doors propped open, please report it to the ME office. Be vigilant
about keeping doors locked and secure.
Did
you graduate Summer or Fall of 2005,
or are you graduating Winter or Spring of 2006? MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR
THE ME GRADUATION CEREMONY,
SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 4 - 6 P.M. This ceremony will be held in
the Lasells Stewart Center, and will include individual recognition of
each graduate. More information will be forthcoming.
Grad Students/Faculty/Staff…
TWO
NEW SPRING ’06 GRADUATE COURSE OFFERINGS:
ME
569 Introduction to Turbulence (Spring 06, 3 credits). Instructors: Jim
Liburdy (ME) and Jim Moum (COAS). Course topics: Dynamic description of
turbulence; wall effects and transport properties; jets,
wakes, and mixing; statistical tools
for turbulence; and spectral theories. Prerequisites: at least one graduate level
fluids course. Co-listed with Oc 674. For more
information, contact Jim Liburdy:
737-7017, liburdy@engr.orst.edu
ME 667 Computational Fluid Dynamics (Spring 06, 3 credits).
Instructor: Dr. Sourabh V. Apte,
Department of Mechanical Engineering. This is an advanced graduate level course
dealing with numerical methods used in simulation of turbulent flows. It is
designed to understand and apply modern computational techniques to solve a
wide variety of fluid dynamics problems involving incompressible and
compressible flows. The course is intended for students from several
disciplines interested in development and application of numerical schemes to a
variety of problems involving fluid flows. Prerequisites include ME 560 or
ME565 or ME566 and ME575 or instructor’s approval.
WORKSHOP
OPPORTUNITY FOR FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS:
How to Engineer Engineering Education. July 17-19, 2006,
at Bucknell University.
For
the fifth consecutive year, faculty
from Bucknell University are proud to offer this hands on workshop for
engineering and science faculty and graduate students to enhance their skills
in course design by: Writing clear instructional objectives; Using active, cooperative,
& problem-based learning; Teaching teamwork and problem solving skills;
Assessing learning outcomes; and Sharing experiences about what works and what
doesn't work. Workshop Tuition and Meals: $600 Before May 15th, $650 After May 15th. (Tuition is
non-refundable after May 30.) On-campus room ($120) is available but
optional. Apply for the workshop online @ www.bucknell.edu/Engineering/ProjectCatalyst on
or before May 30. Accepted applicants will be notified on or before June
15. Late applicants will be considered depending upon availability.
QUESTIONS? Contact Professor Michael
Prince, Chemical Engineering
Department, Bucknell
University,
Lewisburg, PA 17837. Telephone:
570.577.1781, email: prince@bucknell.edu
KAREL
J. H. MURPHY PROFESSIONAL FACULTY LEADERSHIP & SERVICE AWARD—Nominations
Solicited. The
Karel J. H. Murphy Professional Faculty Leadership and Service Award recognizes
a professional faculty member who has provided outstanding leadership and
service throughout their career both within their Department, and in programs and organizations across Oregon State
University. The award
also honors a legacy of providing ongoing,
strategic, and progressive
leadership and service among Professional Faculty and other OSU employees. This
award was created by PFLA and the Dean of Engineering in order to memorialize
the legacy of Karel J. H. Murphy,
and recognizes professional faculty who unselfishly provide and model ongoing
exceptional leadership and service to the OSU community. For more information
on selection criteria and the nomination process,
visit
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/senate/awards/nom/murphy/.
Please send nominations by Friday, April 7,
2006 to: Jennifer Hall, Chair, Karel J.H. Murphy Award Screening Committee, 101 Covell Hall, Oregon State
University, Corvallis OR
97331-2409
FACULTY
RESEARCH GRANT OPPORTUNITY: The Human Frontier Science
Program has issued a Call for Letters of Intent for Research Grants for
Interdisciplinary Research. This program is encouraging collaborative
research across a wide range of disciplines including engineering, life sciences and physical sciences.
Link
to program information: http://www.hfsp.org/about/AboutProg.php.
Link
to application instructions: http://www.hfsp.org/how/appl_forms_RG.php.
ENGINEERING
COMPUTING SERVICES FACT SHEET now available. For the convenience of engineering
faculty who need information on our computing and networking facilities for
proposals, the College has put
together a "fact sheet" that lists all our capabilities. The
information is available at http://engr.oregonstate.edu/it_boilerplate
and will be updated as the CoE CS facilities improve.
STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME)
Want
to know why you should become a student member of the ASME? Find out the 10 Top
Reasons for joining at http://www.asme.org/jointoday/. You
can apply for membership online, or
pick up a paper application form from Murty Kanury,
OSU ASME chapter advisor, Rogers 324. You are also
invited to join the ASME mailing list (go to lists.oregonstate.edu
group: ASME)
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS
OSU
(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 El Salvador. We
have many opportunities to participate in this multi-disciplinary group
(currently, about 30 academic majors
and programs are represented!) and on the project. If you would like more
information, please contact EWB-OSU
at ewb_osu@yahoo.com. To see pictures taken
by EWB-OSU members on a recent trip to El Salvador,
go to the new EWB-OSU forum at http://ewbosu.bbfunplus.com/?mforum=ewbosu.
(Please register as a user.)
The OREGON WAVE (WILLAMETTE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ENTERPRISE) 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. The term, our meetings are Tuesdays at noon. Add
yourself to the group’s mailing list at http://lists.oregonstate.edu (grandchallenge).
HUMAN
POWERED VEHICLE TEAM
The
HPV team is affiliated with the OSU chapter of ASME and shares a similar role
in the College of
Engineering as the Mini
Baja and Formula One teams. Members of the HPV team bring experience from many
different areas including exercise science,
biomechanics, manufacturing, aviation,
composite structures, and automotive
repair. Many of our team members are dedicated cyclists and athletes. If you’re
interested in joining the team this term and helping us build this year’s
vehicle, come to on of our weekly
meetings (Tuesdays, 4:45 pm in Graf
210) or contact team advisor Dr.
Brian Bay or team captain Heidi Wolfe. Team web site: http://groups.engr.oregonstate.edu/hpv/index.htm.
MICROGRAVITY
FLIGHT TEAM
Want
to work on a research project for NASA? Want to develop something that will
help put a person on Mars? You like engines,
why not work on a prototype nuclear engine that powers a plasma rocket? Do you 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 in the basement of Graf (look for the DARPA Sticker,
we’re in there), Wednesdays at 2–3 pm. For
more information, contact Adam
Reiner at adamreiner@hotmail.com.
SOCIETY
OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS (SAE)
Formula SAE group meets every Monday at
6 pm in Rogers
132. During Spring term, the Baja SAE group will have two weekly
meetings. Senior Design Testing
Meetings will be on Tuesdays at 5-6pm in Rogers
230. These meetings will be focused on senior design member presentations and
vehicle design and testing. Everyone is
welcome, and all students interested
in working on the Baja car for their senior project should definitely attend. Team
Meetings will be on Thursdays at 5-6pm in either Rogers 230 or the SAE shop (varies from week
to week). These are more general meetings that will focus on organization for
the spring competitions and other upcoming team events such as sponsor trips
and driving days. All OSU students are
encouraged to attend. Also,
2006 Baja competition dates and locations are as follows: 2006 SAE Mini
Baja West Competition: May 11, Portland, OR / May 12-13,
Washougal,
WA; and 2006 SAE Mini Baja Midwest
Competition: May 24-27, Walworth County,
Wisconsin.
OSU
SOLAR VEHICLE TEAM (OSUSVT)
OSUSVT
is currently designing a solar powered vehicle to compete in the 2007 American
Solar Challenge and the 2007
World Solar Challenge in Australia. This
is a university-wide project and interested people may still join in. Spring
term meetings are on Thursdays, 5:30 pm, in MU
211, for planning and business stuff
and Thursdays, 5 pm in WNGR 404 for
machine shop work. For more information,
see the team web site at http://oregonstate.edu/groups/solar/ and/or email one of the
team leaders—Hei Yue Han (hanh@onid.orst.edu) or Kathy VanWormer (paphorchid@hotmail.com).
You might also talk with ME seniors Nathan Lentini,
Jim Byrne, and Cory Loomis, who are working on an OSUSVT-related senior
project.
SCHOLARSHIPS
and FELLOWSHIPS
PLANNING TO INTERN IN DC
THIS SPRING OR SUMMER? SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
AVAILABLE! Two $2,500 National
Capital Leadership Awards are available from the OSU Alumni Association (OSUAA)
and OSUAA National Capital Area Chapter. Applicants must be placed in a spring
or summer 2006 internship in the Washington, DC, area. The ideal student applicant will
intern in a congressional or judicial office,
government agency, non-profit
organization or association, or
private organization involved in public policy. Financial support will
include $2,000 disbursed through the
OSU Business Office for use while the student is on a minimum 8-week
internship. In addition, $500
will be awarded as a scholarship for the term they are enrolled immediately
after the completion of the internship for financial support foregone during
the student’s internship. Applicants must be currently enrolled students
at Oregon State University.
Preference will be given to candidates of junior or senior class standing and
will be based on qualifications, as
well as financial need. Students accepting this award must register for a
minimum of six internship credits and work a minimum of 30 hours a week for at
least eight weeks during spring or summer 2006. Previous recipients are
not eligible. In an effort to maximize this experience,
scholars will be required to participate in networking opportunities provided
by the National Capital Area Alumni Chapter during their stay. Once back in Corvallis, the OSUAA board of directors and staff will
include the award recipient in 2006-2007 OSUAA activities.
TO
APPLY, please submit a complete
application including: (1) application cover sheet (containing information
listed below); (2) résumé; (3) unofficial copy of your current transcript;
(4) one letter of recommendation from an OSU faculty or staff member; and
(5)a one-page essay describing your 2006 spring or summer internship and what
you hope to accomplish during the experience. Summer 2006 applications are due Friday,
April 28.
NCLA
applications may be MAILED or DELIVERED by 5:00 pm for each of the respective
dates to: Janice L. Hardy, Assistant
Director for Alumni Programs, OSU
Alumni Association, 204 CH2M HILL
Alumni Center, Corvallis, OR 97331-6303. All finalists will be interviewed
in Corvallis.
For more information, contact Janice
Hardy, 541-737-7847or osualum@oregonstate.edu.
The application cover sheet should include the following information:
Name, Student ID number,
Campus address, Permanent address, Phone,
Email, Major,
Class standing, Educational focus or
area of interest within your major,
and the following internship details: Name of internship position, Number of credits to be earned, Sponsoring organization and address, Description of duties,
Internship contact in Washington, DC
(name and phone number or e-mail address),
Advisor on OSU campus (name and phone number or e-mail address), and Other anticipated financial support to finance
internship experience.
The
US Department of State and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers
(CAORC) are pleased to announce the availability of SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
INTENSIVE STUDY IN CRITICAL-NEED LANGUAGES such as Arabic, Bangla,
Hindi, Punjabi,
Turkish and Urdu at American Overseas Research Centers during Summer 2006. Recipients of this scholarship will be
expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period and
later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers. Available
Programs: Beginning Arabic in Egypt, Jordan
and Tunisia Intermediate and Advanced Arabic in Yemen;
Beginning and Intermediate Bangla in Bangladesh;
Intermediate and Advanced Bangla,
Hindi, and Urdu, and all levels of Punjabi in India; and Beginning and Intermediate Turkish in
Turkey.
Eligibility: Applications are encouraged from undergraduate, MA and PhD students in all disciplines including
business, engineering, science,
the social sciences and humanities. Undergraduate students must have completed
at least one year of course-work by program start date. All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Duration:
Programs range from 6 weeks to 11 weeks,
beginning in early to mid-June. Programs begin with a pre-departure orientation
session in Washington, DC. Grant
benefits: All program costs are covered for participants. This includes
travel between the student's home city,
Washington, DC, and program location; room; board; travel within country; and all
entrance fees for program activities. Specifics on visa requirements will be
provided to selected students. University level credit may be available. Please
see http://www.caorc.org for program
descriptions, applications and
deadlines.
The
VINCENT BARRY BURNS CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP provides a $1,000 award for books or related educational expenses
to a student who has overcome adversity and has met significant life
challenges. Award priority is given to students with unmet financial need.
The application form is attached and available at http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/BurnsScholarshipApp06.pdf&nbs
