OSU
MECHANICAL, INDUSTRIAL, and MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN
Vol 2. Issue #2
Week of September 25, 2006
WELCOME BACK!
Welcome to another exciting year in the OSU Departments
of Mechanical
Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering!
I hope you all have had a great summer and are ready to start the fall term. We
have had some changes over the summer that I'd like to share with you. First,
we welcome three new faculty members to the Department of Mechanical
Engineering: Dr. Brady Gibbons in Materials Science, Dr. Irem Tumer in
Design, and Dr. Kagan (pronounced
“Kahn”) Tumer in Controls. Each of them comes to us with experience
working in a national laboratory, and we're pleased to have them join
our faculty.
Secondly, if you haven’t already noticed, some of our
ME and IME office personnel have moved. All undergraduate support for both
ME and IME students can now be found in Dearborn
102. Support for ME and IME research, graduate students, and outreach can
be found in Rogers
204. And, if you need help from Business Services, that combined ME/IME office
is now in Covell 118.
ME students: You may notice that the ME senior
composite pictures have been removed from the second floor of Rogers.
This is the first step in a remodel that will take place this year.
You can find the six most recent composites in the hall outside of Dearborn 102. The rest
will be re-hung on the upper floors of Rogers in the coming weeks.
One last piece of news that might interest you: we
have our largest ME freshman class ever. Welcome to all two-hundred-and-two (!!) of these
students in mechanical engineering, as well as to all others who are new to the
ME and IME programs, both undergraduates and grads.
Good luck to all of you, study hard, and Go Beavs!
Belinda Batten
Department Head, Mechanical Engineering
UPCOMING EVENTS
This Week...
Tuesday, September 26: PacificSource benefits informational meeting
for GRAs and GTAs. 4 pm, Weniger
Hall 149. A
representative from PacificSource will give a brief overview of the graduate
insurance plan and will then be available to answer questions. For
more information, call or email Debbie Gerber in the Student Insurance
Office—(541) 737-7562 or debbie.gerber@oregonstate.edu
Friday,
September 29: ME/IME Faculty/Grad
Seminar. Jon-Paul Maria, Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State
University, will speak on
“Thin Film Dielectrics for Embedded Applications.” 2:30-4 pm, Rogers 226:
Plan Ahead...
Wednesday,
October 4: Joint SWE, NSBE, and SHPE
kick-off meeting, 5:30 pm
in 1005 Kelley Engineering Center.
Learn about professional groups at the COE, and meet with industry
representatives from IBM, XEROX, Business Educational Compact, and ODOT.
(Note: Xerox is especially interested in ME students). Dinner provided.
Friday,
October 6: First Annual EWB-OSU
Project Benefit Banquet, 6–8:30 pm in the OSU Memorial Union Ballroom. Come
celebrate the success of our project thus far and support its implementation.
Enjoy a silent auction of pieces donated by artists in the community followed
by an authentic Salvadoran meal. Our project team will also present details
about the project to date. Banquet tickets are $50 and all proceeds support the
material costs and implementation expenses of the El
Salvador Water Project. For more information about the banquet, see the
flyer at http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/EWBbanquetflyer.pdf This event is open to the public. Members of
the wider Corvallis
community (and beyond) are invited and encouraged to attend, so please help
spread the word. To purchase tickets and save your spot, or if you have other
questions about the banquet, contact Kelly Wilson at wilsonke@engr.orst.edu.
Tuesday,
October 10: Elizabeth Grossman talks
about her new book, High Tech Trash. 12 -1 pm in Kelley
Engineering Center,
Room 1005. Grossman issues a warning about the growing global issue of
"e-waste" and in a section, "How to Recycle a Computer, Cell
Phone, TV, or Other Digital Device," summarizes the resources now
available to those with a cyber-conscience. "There is an urgent need for
e-waste regulation, and Grossman's informative, harrowing, and invaluable
report—is essential." (from Booklist). This event
is FREE and open to the public. Sack lunches welcome.
Monday,
October 16 - Monday, October 23: Career
Week, sponsored by Career Services, will include workshops and seminars to
assist students with their job search or pursuit of graduate/professional
school. For a complete list of Career Week seminars, go to http://oregonstate.edu/career/presentations/fall.php
Tuesday, October 24: ME-IME-EECS
Senior Dinner, MU ballroom. Details forthcoming.
Wednesday,
October 25: Fall Engineering Career
Fair, 11 am-4 pm, CH2M Hill Alumni
Center. Companies
attending career fair: http://oregonstate.edu/career/fair/engineering.php
MISCELLANEOUS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Department-wide…
UPCOMING DEPARTMENT OPEN
HOUSES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS. During the second and third weeks
of fall term, all engineering departments with undergraduate programs will be
holding open houses as an opportunity for engineering students to find out
about the variety of engineering programs available here at OSU. The schedule
for these open houses has not yet been finalized, but should be posted by
mid-week on the undergraduate section of the College of Engineering
website. (We’ll also include the schedule in next week’s ME/IME e-bulletin.)
Note to ME and IME juniors and seniors:
We’re recruiting pro-school students to help with the ME and IME open houses.
If you’re willing to participate, answer questions about your program, and
share information about your experience as an ME or IME major, please contact
Dr. Joe Zaworski ASAP, at joe.zaworski@oregonstate.edu.
The new
ME STUDENT COMPUTING GUIDE, an
introduction to some of the basic computer/system setup and configurations in
ME/COE, is now available online at http://me.oregonstate.edu/facilities/computing/me-comput-guide06.pdf .
A
hardcopy version of the guide is also available--you can pick it up at
the Rogers 204 or Dearborn 102 front desk.
The new OSUware 2007
CD, which contains numerous applications, including Internet
browsers, e-mail programs and other miscellaneous utilities, is available at
the Circulation Desk on the main floor of the Valley Library. It is free to OSU
students, faculty and staff. For more information, see http://tss.oregonstate.edu/OCH/osuware/.
NAME CHANGE FOR CoE MAIL SERVER
CERTIFICATE. The name of the
certificate used by Engineering's mail server has changed from engr.orst.edu to
mail.engr.oregonstate.edu. Anyone using
Engineering for email will need to change the name of their IMAP (incoming) and
possibly SMTP (outgoing) servers to mail.engr.oregonstate.edu. Please refer to
the following pages for instructions on setting up Engineering IMAP and SMTP
AUTH.
http://engr.oregonstate.edu/computing/email/86
http://engr.oregonstate.edu/computing/email/139
Grad Students/Faculty/Staff…
FALL COURSE OF POSSIBLE INTEREST TO ME/IME
STUDENTS: Math 654, Numerical Analysis. 9:00-9:50 MWF, Gilkey 104, instructor Robert Higdon, higdon@math.oregonstate.edu, 737-5150. This course is concerned with
pseudospectral methods for the numerical solution of partial differential
equations. These methods give
highly accurate solutions for problems involving simple spatial domains and
smooth data. Fourier analysis
will be used extensively, and the course provides an introduction to that topic
from a computational point of view. The
text for the course is Spectral Methods in Matlab, by L. N. Trefethen. The
content of the course is largely self-contained. For general pre-requisites, students
should have some familiarity with partial differential equations and numerical
analysis. Course requirements
include some homework assignments, which will consist of a mixture of
analytical work and numerical computations. This course is the first in a
year-long sequence, and the courses in this sequence can be taken independently. The topics and instructors for the
remaining terms are the following. Math 655, winter 2007: Nonlinear systems of equations,
multigrid methods, numerical optimization, introduction to scientific and
parallel computing (Malgo
Peszynska). Math 656, spring 2007: Image
reconstruction and processing (Adel Faridani).
Note: The topic covered in 654 this
year is different from the one covered in 654 last year. Students who have already taken 654
with a different topic can register for Math 659, Topics in Numerical Analysis. The course requirements for 654 and
659 will be the same.
Planning on going to the ASME Congress in
November? If so, consider attending this event, which is targeted to new
and prospective faculty, including graduate students thinking about a career
in academia.
NEW USAGE GUIDELINES FOR ROGERS
MEETING ROOMS. Faculty
and graduate students are asked to observe the following guidelines when
reserving the two Rogers meeting rooms (238A and
304): Priority meeting uses for Rogers 238A (the Boeing Conference Room) are
those that involve videoconferencing or teleconferencing and meetings with
outside visitors. For all other types of meetings, including internal
research meetings, graduate student committee meetings, and department
committee meetings, please use Rogers 304.
TIPS FOR TENURE AND PROMOTION: A SYMPOSIUM
FOR NEW AND PROSPECTIVE FACULTY.
Session
1: Expectations of New Faculty for Promotion and Tenure
Session
2: Panel on Scholarship, Teaching and Service
Session
3: Hints for Successful Proposal and Funding Opportunities
When:
Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Where: ASME Congress (IMECE), Chicago,
IL.
Cost:
Free to anyone registered for the ASME Congress. However, you must register
separately for this event to secure your seat. Seating is limited to the first 60
people.
For more
information and to reserve a seat, please visit:
http://www.asme.org/Education/College/Faculty/Tips_Tenure_Promotion.cfm
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR IDAHO NATIONAL
LABORATORY (INL) Education, Training, and Research Partnerships FY 2007
Faculty Staff Exchange Program. This program provides opportunities for
university faculty to come to INL, for INL researchers to go to a
university, or both. The exchange interactions (two weeks minimum length) are
aimed at furthering development of research relationships, proposal development
discussions, and other activities yielding greater collaboration between
university and INL researchers. To participate in FSEP, send
a mini-proposal (five-page limit) prepared by the INL researcher and yourself
to Anne.Mollberg@inl.gov. Include the
following information in your proposal:
§
Description
of activity with preliminary budget estimate of costs broken out as labor,
travel and other major cost categories
§
Explanation
of the expected benefits to the directorate and the laboratory
§
Approval
by immediate manager and director
§
Estimate
of start and end dates
§
If
cost sharing is available, include the amount or percentage of the total costs
that your organization will provide and the amount or percentage requested from
FSEP. (Cost sharing is preferred but not required.)
Proposals
will be accepted throughout the fiscal year and should be received six to eight
weeks prior to the desired activity. A review committee composed of members of
the Science and Technology Council, Center for Advanced Energy Studies, and
ETRP will consider all proposals. Funding will be determined on a case-by-case
basis. Preferential consideration will be given to collaborations with any
Idaho University Consortium and National University Consortium partners.
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.
UPCOMING FACULTY/GRADUATE
SEMINARS
Friday,
September 29, 2:30-4 pm, Rogers 226: JON-PAUL MARIA, Department of
Materials Science and Engineering, North
Carolina State University, will speak on “Thin Film Dielectrics for Embedded Applications.”
Friday,
October 6, 2:30-4 pm, Rogers 226: JOE JUNKER, Industrial Assessment Center, Oregon
State University, will speak on “Green, Lean, and Productivity Manufacturing.”
SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS
GAANN FELLOWSHIPS OFFERED FOR ME DOCTORAL
STUDIES at the UNIVERSITY
OF ALABAMA. The
Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama
has recently been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a
GAANN Fellowship program, entitled “Energy Conservation for a Sustainable Environment”. The program provides fellowships up
to $30,000 per year depending on financial need to domestic mechanical
engineering doctoral students with research interest in very broad areas
related to energy and the environment. The
fellowships are for up to 3 years with an additional 2 years as departmental
research or teaching assistantships. Note:
The University
of Alabama ME Department
is very interested in talking to high-achieving undergraduate students who may
be considering a PhD. They can
admit high-achieving BS graduates directly into the Ph.D. program. Applications
by students from traditionally underrepresented groups in science and
engineering are strongly encouraged. Awards will be made without regard to
race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability. More information can
be found at http://me.eng.ua.edu/.
ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR FULBRIGHT GRANTS
OPENS. The Institute of
International Education (IIE), in cooperation with the United States Department
of State and the J. William
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, is pleased to announce the
opening of the 2007-2008 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards approximately 1,200 grants annually
and currently operates in over 140 countries around the world. Fulbright full
grants generally provide funding for round-trip travel, maintenance for one
academic year, health and accident coverage, and full or partial tuition.
Two OSU students received a Fulbright grant for the 2006-07 academic year (see: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2006/May06/fulbright.html). For all grants, applicants must be U.S.
citizens at the time of application and hold at least a bachelor’s degree or
its equivalent by the beginning date of the grant. Creative and performing
artists are not required to have a bachelor’s degree, but they must have four
years of relevant training or study. Complete program and application
information is available at www.fulbrightonline.org. Students currently enrolled at Oregon State
University should contact
Marit Legler (marit.legler@oregonstate.edu), the Fulbright Program Adviser located in 444
Snell Hall, for brochures, application, and further information. The campus deadline for the receipt of
applications is Friday,
October 6, 2006. Applications will be reviewed on campus
prior to being forwarded to IIE for the October 20, 2006 deadline.
The US
Army Materiel Command (AMC) is currently recruiting engineering
graduates for the AMC FELLOWS PROGRAM. This is a is a fast-track program that provides the opportunity for
a graduate education while beginning a career with AMC. Program
details may be found at http://www.amccareers.com/amcfellowsprogram.htm. Interested engineers should fill
out the Fellows Response Form available at http://www.amccareers.com/response%20form.htm. For more information about the AMC,
visit http://www.amc.army.mil/.
THE AIR FORCE SUMMER FACULTY FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM (SFFP) This program is intended for U.S.
citizens or permanent residents who have an earned doctorate in science or
engineering and who hold full-time science or engineering faculty positions at U.S.
colleges, community
colleges and universities. The duration of this summer fellowship is from
8 to 12 continuous
weeks and research is performed on-site. There is a competitive weekly
stipend and relocation and daily expense allowances are available. The
application opens in August and the application
deadline is November 1, 2006.
Go to: http://www.asee.org/sffp or email sffp@asee.org. [posted 8/24/06]
THE
NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (NRL) POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. This
program is open to U.S.
citizens and legal permanent residents and offers a competitive stipend as well
as insurance, relocation, and travel allowances. This program offers one
to three 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 and IME STUDENTS
Note: Job and internship opportunities
for ME and IME students are also posted on
the bulletin boards outside
Dearborn
102 . Career Services also has ME-related job and internship
postings. To view the Career Services postings, visit http://oregonstate.edu/career/students/recruiting.php and
follow the instructions for logging in.
Internships
ATS SYSTEMS OREGON.
is looking to fill one Mechanical Engineer Intern position.
The qualified candidate will work 10-20 hours a week at a rate of $10.00 -
$12.00 an hour depending on qualifications. The assignment will last
about 6- 9 months. Internship description: Responsible for
designing the required mechanisms and selecting and integrating a broad
spectrum of components and subsystems including: robotics, servo axis, pneumatics, fluidics dispensing systems, vibratory feeders,
lasers, vision, sensors, and conveyors. Works on assignments that are
semi-routine in nature, where ability to recognize deviation from accepted
practice is required. Normally receives general instructions on routine
work, detailed instructions on new assignments. Internship Functions
include assisting mechanical engineers with purchased part research and
selection, drafting, and documentation. Performing engineering calculations
with respect to strength of materials, speeds, horsepower, temperature,
pressure, force, etc. as related to machine and tool designs. Along with
analyzing engineering drawings and specifications to determine shape,
dimensions, hardness etc. in the development of equipment, processes and
products. Presenting designs during internal and Customer project reviews. Must
follow all applicable ATSOR ISO procedures and provide superior customer service to all internal and
external customers. Meets agreed upon goals and objectives in a timely manner
and punctual to work-related prearrangements. Qualifications: Must be
registered as a student in an accredited Bachelor’s Degree program for
Mechanical Engineering with Junior or Senior standing. Ability
to use and learn CAD systems. Display safety consciousness in all
activities. Applicants can apply via email at humanresources@atsor.com, or via U.S.
mail to 2121
NE Jack London St, Corvallis, OR 97330. [Posted
09/18/06]
BERUFSAKADEMIE
RAVENSBURG (http://www.ba-ravensburg.de), located
in Friedrichshafen in southern Germany (on beautiful Lake Constanze near the
Swiss border) has an internship
opportunity for a second or higher year Bachelors student or a Masters student
in Mechanical Engineering. The internship can be commenced immediately, but
start dates around October 1
‘06 and January 1
‘07 are also possible. The internship can last from 2 to 6 months. German language skills
are not necessary. Internship functions/opportunities: The intern will assist the sponsoring
professor in mechatronics, controls lab design, Matlab/Simulink, sensor
investigations, Formula car, and/or Robcad software. Other topics can also be found depending on
the student's interest. ME students interested in learning more about this
international internship opportunity should contact Professor Bob Paasch (Paasch@engr.oregonstate.edu) or
Professor Belinda Batten (Belinda.Batten@oregonstate.edu). [posted
7/17]
THE
BOEING COMPANY is looking for summer
2007 Industrial Engineering interns. This internship program begins at the
conclusion of the junior academic year to engage students in specific work
assignments as well as group activities throughout the summer. The interns will
utilize their IE education to evaluate and analyze current and proposed
processes & products, develop integrated production schedules, recommend
improvements, and implement approved changes. They will also have an
opportunity to analyze the impact of process and manufacturing changes on
budget projections and develop and apply labor standards to manufacturing
orders. Additionally, they will apply technical principles, theories and
concepts of IE to support manufacturing and participate in the implementation
of Lean Manufacturing. Candidates are required to have a minimum overall GPA of
3.0, with a 3.25 (or above) preferred. Preferred Skills and Attributes:
The ability and willingness to take independent action; seek out additional
assignments or tasks; effectively participate in accomplishing team goals;
encourage learning from one another; create group cohesion; give and seek
specific, constructive feedback; work effectively with other work groups; value
the contribution of people from diverse backgrounds; involve others in
decisions that affect them; gather, examine, and
