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MECHANICAL, INDUSTRIAL, and MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN Vol 2. Issue #4 MORE CONGRATULATIONS DUE… Congratulations to ME PhD student Yuming Qiu, who has
been honored with the Attention e-bulletin readers: Do you
know of other IME or ME students, faculty members, or alums (or better still,
are you one yourself?) who also merits our departments’ acknowledgment and
congratulations? If so, please don’t be shy about letting us know—we’re proud
of the diverse talents of all of our department members and very much want to
recognize ALL deserving individuals. Send the details to tracy.ann.robinson@oregonstate.edu (or drop by
UPCOMING EVENTS This Week... Monday,
October 9: Formula SAE team meeting.
6 pm in the SAE shop ( Monday,
October 9: Pi Tau Sigma fall
kick-off meeting, 6:30 pm in Monday,
October 9: Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE) General Meeting. 7 pm in the SAE shop ( Monday,
October 9: Department Open Houses
for Chemical Engineering (all at 7-8 & 8-9 pm in Gleeson 200) Monday; October 9: The
OSU Chapter of the Society of Automotive
Engineers is holding a beginning of the year meeting as well as officer
elections at 7pm. We will be providing Pizza and drinks. Info will be available
for those interested in joining Formula or Baja, and we invite all disciplines
and ages to attend. For more info you can contact Steve Strong @ steve@beaverracing.org
[posted 10/09/06] Tuesday,
October 10: Elizabeth Grossman talks
about her new book, High Tech Trash. 12 -1 pm in Tuesday,
October 10: “Demystifying
Academia”—lecture by Gerald Graff (noted literary
critic, historian of academic culture, and author of Clueless in AcademeI ) and Cathy Birkenstein-Graf. 4 pm in MU
206. This talk will focus on “the obscurity that still envelops popular
understandings of how faculty and students enter the academic conversation.” Note: Graf and Birkenstein-Graf’s
new textbook, They
Say/ I Say: The Basic Moves of Academic Writing, has been adopted as
OSU’s new WR 121 course text.
Tuesday,
October 10: Department Open Houses
for Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering (both at 7-8
& 8-9 pm in Wednesday,
October 11 and Thursday, October 12: OSU
Solar Vehicle Team machine shop work
hours, noon–5 pm in WNGR 404. OSUSVT is currently designing a
solar-powered vehicle to compete in the 2007
World Solar Challenge in Wednesday,
October 11: Engineers Without
Borders (EWB) Wednesday,
October 11: Department Open Houses
for Mechanical Engineering (7-9 pm in Thursday,
October 12: 4th annual
High Tech After Hours event: “Local
Connections, Global Opportunities.” 4–8
pm, Corvallis Inn, 1550 9th St. Hosted by the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce,
Software Association of Oregon, and OSU College of Business. Over
30 leading technology companies on display. To attend please contact the
Friday,
October 13: Center for Teaching and
Learning Lunchtime Workshop: “Explore the Future of Teaching.” 12-1 pm,
Milam 215. Come explore OSU’s latest faculty development facility, the Friday,
October 13: “Design
of Microsystems: Insight from a Materials Reliability Perspective.” ME/IME faculty-grad
seminar presentation by Brad Boyce of
Sandia National Labs. 2:30-4 pm, Plan Ahead... 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 17: Center for Teaching and
Learning Workshop: “Engaging Learners through a Living Syllabus.” 2-5 pm,
Milam 215. Professor Mark Wilson of the Tuesday, October 24: EECS, IME, and ME Senior Dinner, 6 pm in the MU ballroom. About 25 companies with hiring interests in EECS, IME, and ME will be sponsoring tables at the dinner. Watch for sign-up announcement later this week. Tuesday, October 24: Chevron Info Night and Pizza Feed for Wednesday,
October 25: Fall Engineering Career
Fair, 11 am-4 pm, CH2M Friday, October 27: Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop: “Assessment Part I: Are Your Students Learning?” 2-5 pm, Milam 215. Teaching is not learning. This rather startling observation by Thomas Angelo, which appears in his best selling book College Assessment, points out a major challenge facing all instructors. This workshop introduces key concepts regarding assessment, demonstrates three different tools faculty across all disciplines can use to ensure that what they are teaching is indeed being learned, and familiarizes attendees with Angelo and Cross’ excellent book of assessment tools. Please register at http://oregonstate.edu/ctl or send an email to CTL@oregonstate.edu. Friday, November 3: College
of Forestry Centennial Open House, noon – 4 pm in Peavy/Richardson Halls on
the Oregon State University Campus. Help celebrate the Friday, November 3: Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop: “Assessment Part II: Assessment Tools and Their Use in the Classroom.” 2-5 pm, Milam 215. This workshop is a follow-up to the previous week’s introductory workshop on assessment. Dr. Saunders will introduce the Classroom Assessment Project Cycle and attendees will have an opportunity to complete the Teaching Goals Inventory, which identifies instructor goals and will be used to select related assessment tools. Dr. Saunders will then illustrate how different assessment tools can be used to engage learners, promote learning, and track achievement of learning outcomes. Please register at http://oregonstate.edu/ctl or send an email to CTL@oregonstate.edu. Thursday, November 16: Weatherford Fireside Chat with Jim Sheldon, President of Automation Systems Group. 7:30 pm, Weatherford Hall Trysting Tree Conference Room D107. Sign-up and 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. MISCELLANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Department-wide… WINTER PRO SCHOOL APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE at http://engr.oregonstate.edu/students/apps/index.html. They are due Nov. 1. UPCOMING DEPARTMENT OPEN
HOUSES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS.
This fall, all engineering departments with undergraduate programs are
holding evening open houses as an opportunity for engineering students to find
out about the variety of engineering programs available here at OSU. See the
listing below for this week’s engineering department open house dates and
locations. Special note to ME and IME
juniors and seniors: We’re recruiting pro-school students to help with the IME
and ME and open houses (on Oct 10 and 11, respectively). If you’re willing to
participate, answer questions about your program, and share information about
your experience as an IME or ME major, please contact Dr. Joe Zaworski ASAP, at
joe.zaworski@oregonstate.edu. Forest Engineering/Wood Science—Monday, Oct 9 7-9 p.m. Peavy 101 Biological Engineering—Monday, Oct 9 7-8 & 8-9 p.m. Gleeson 200 Environmental Engineering—Monday, Oct 9 7-8 & 8-9 p.m. Gleeson 200 Chemical Engineering—Monday, Oct 9 7-8 & 8-9 p.m. Gleeson 200 Computer Science—Tuesday, Oct 10 7-8 & 8-9 p.m. Kelley Atrium Electrical and Computer Engineering—Tuesday, Oct 10 7-8 & 8-9 p.m. Kelley Atrium Engineering Physics—Tuesday, Oct 10 7-9 p.m. Weniger 304 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering—Tuesday, Oct 10 7-9 p.m. Covell 117 Mechanical Engineering—Wednesday,
Oct 11 7-9 p.m. Nuclear Engineering—Wednesday, Oct 11 7-9 p.m. Kelley 1003 Radiation Health Physics—Wednesday, Oct 11 7-9 p.m. Kelley 1003 EWB NEWS. Along
with the meeting announcements listed in the Events section of this bulletin,
here are a few other items of possible interest to members of our departments: §
Mechanical engineers may now use EWB
projects as part of their senior theses!
For specific details, please contact Douglas Van Bossuyt (Douglas.VanBossuyt@gmail.com).
EWB-OSU is also working hard on bringing more opportunities for class credit
and senior project integration to all majors. If you would like to help
in this process, please email §
Design 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 deadline for entries is November 1st at 7
pm. 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! Submit
entries to Douglas Van Bossuyt (Douglas.VanBossuyt@gmail.com) §
EWB-OSU is still looking for a
fundraising coordinator for the 06'-07'
school year. Working with EWB’er Brad Eagleson (the EWB-OSU assistant fundraising coordinator) to
raise he funds to keep EWB-OSU running. Every member of EWB-OSU is expected to
get involved in fundraisers, So help is readily available. At the
discretion of the fundraising coordinator, each fundraiser can have a different
coordinator specifically for that fundraiser. If you're interested,
please talk to any of the board members at the next general meeting or email
Douglas Van Bossuyt (Douglas.VanBossuyt@gmail.com) §
Sign up for the EWB mailing list at
https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ewb-osu.
WEATHERFORD FIRESIDE CHATS: NETWORK WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS. As a great opportunity to network with industry leaders this term (as well as learn about the entrepreneurial side of life), consider attending some of the Fall Term Fireside Chats at Weatherford Hall. Attendance at Weatherford Fireside Chats is free, but sign-up is required. To sign up (and to see a complete listing of upcoming Fireside Chats), go to http://www.bus.oregonstate.edu/aepfellows/ListFellows.aspx. 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
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