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OSU MECHANICAL, INDUSTRIAL, and MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN

Vol 2. Issue #6

Week of October 23, 2006

 

 

ATTENTION ME, IME & GE STUDENTS

 

Fall Advising Sign-Ups will be available beginning this Wednesday, October 25th, in Dearborn 102.  Our three-week fall advising period begins Monday, October 30th, and runs through Wednesday, November 22nd.  Be sure to schedule a 15-minute appointment with your advisor during this time. 

 

Why is it so important to get advised during the Oct. 30–Nov.22 advising period? Short answer: Winter term registration starts in mid-November. The sooner you register, the better your chances of getting into the winter term classes of your choice. But in order to register for winter term classes, you need your PIN. And the only way to get your winter term registration PIN is to schedule an advising appointment this fall!!  

 

And don’t just schedule the appointment—make sure you come to it too!! You can only sign up for one advising session during the three-week fall advising period. If you miss your scheduled session, you’ll have to wait until after November 22nd to schedule another one. And that will drastically reduce your chances of getting into the winter term classes you want. 

 

Important note:  ADVISORS HAVE CHANGED. If you are an ME student and are not sure who your advisor is, please check the ME Bulletin Board located outside Dearborn 102.  Industrial, Manufacturing, and General Engineering students are not assigned advisors.  This group will be advised by either Lynn Paul or Ebi Netto.  Also, if you plan to graduate anytime between Fall 2006 and Summer 2007, and have not yet met with Dr. Walker, you must do so this term.  Other graduating seniors will be assigned to Dr. Parmigiani.   

 

If you have any questions about fall advising, please come to Dearborn 102, which is where all ME, IME, and General Engineering advisors are located. We look forward to seeing all of you soon!

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

This Week...            

Monday, October 23: Anheuser-Busch Info Session. 4 pm, Career Services Office (basement of Kerr Admin). Anheuser-Busch is interested in hiring Mechanical, Electrical & Computer, and Chemical Engineers with Bachelors Degrees.

 

Monday, October 23: Formula SAE team meeting. 6 pm in the SAE shop (Rogers 132).

 

Tuesday, October 24: Intel Open-House.  10 am–3 pm, KEC 1007. Casual attire is fine! Note: Students must have the right to work permanently in the US without sponsorship.  Exceptions  may be made for MS and PhD where there is a demonstrated shortage of critical skill candidates. In general, Intel hires mostly IEs, ChemEs, and MatSci majors, and fewer MEs. But they’re always willing to talk with interested students in all of these programs! They hire PhDs in their  research fabs and MS and BS grads in their production fabs.

 

Tuesday, October 24: Study Abroad in Tunisia informational meeting,, 4pm, Snell 448.

 

Tuesday, October 24: Pi Tau Sigma Tutoring Session for ENGR 211, 212, 213 students. 5–7 pm, Caliper Lounge (4th floor of Rogers).

 

Tuesday, October 24: EECS, IME, and ME Senior Dinner, 5:30 pm in the MU ballroom. Note: Registration for this dinner is now closed.

 

Tuesday, October 24: Chevron Info Night and Pizza Feed for ChE, ME, and ECE students. 7 pm, Gleeson 200. Find out about summer internships and full-time positions. Bring your resume!

 

Wednesday, October 25: Fall Engineering Career Fair, 11 am-4 pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. A list of companies attending the career fair is available at  http://oregonstate.edu/career/fair/engineering.php

 

Wednesday, October 25: Study Abroad in the United Kingdom informational meeting, 4 pm, Bexell 207.

 

Wednesday, October 25: Microsoft Info Session. 5 pm, WNGR 153. Join us for a free dinner and find out more about Microsoft!

 

Wednesday, October 25: Baja SAE team meeting. 5 pm, Rogers 230.

 

Thursday, October 26: Kiewit Underground Interview Sessions. 9 am–5 pm at 30 min. intervals in Owen 313. Kiewit wants to interview CE, CEM, EE, and ME students regarding internship and full-time opportunities in Portland and elsewhere in the U.S.  To sign up for an interview, contact Jan Strombeck at jan.strombeck@oregonstate.edu.

 

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, October 27: Structure, Process, and Property Relationships in Multi-functional Oxide Thin Films.” ME/IME Faculty-Grad Seminar presentation by Brady Gibbons, OSU Materials Science Faculty. 2:30-4 pm, Rogers 226/230.

 

 

Plan Ahead...

 

Monday, October 30: Eaton Corporation Info Session and Pizza Dinner. 5:30–7:30 pm, Career Services classroom (basement of Kerr Administration Building). Eaton has multiple open direct hire positions and also Leadership Development Programs for ME, EE, and IME students. For more information, see http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/EatonInfoSession.pdf and the Eaton job and internship postings in this bulletin.

Tuesday, October 31: Interviews with Eaton Corporation. Location TBA. To schedule an interview, visit the Eaton table at the Engineering Career Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 25, or contact Career Resources.

Tuesday, October 31: Preparing for an International Career informational meeting.  3 pm, MU 208 (La Raza Room).

 

Wednesday, November 1: Walt Disney World College Program Internships info session. 5 pm, Lasells Stewart Center. Walt Disney is seeking students to take part in the Living, Learning, and Earning components of the Disney College Program. This program is open to all undergraduate students in ALL MAJORS. Attendance is mandatory at the information session to interview for the program. This is a great time to be part of the Disney magic during the opening of Disney's Animal Kingdom this spring.  For more information, please contact: Cheryl Herring  (541) 737-0523 or Mike Mays (541) 737-0520.

 

Wednesday, November 1: EWB T-shirt Contest Entry Deadline is 7 pm. See EWB announcement below for details.

 

Thursday, November 2:  Walt Disney World College Program Internships info session. 3 pm, Lasells Stewart Center. See Nov. 1 posting for details.

 

Friday, November 3: College of Forestry Centennial Open House, noon–4 pm,  Peavy and Richardson Halls. Help celebrate the College of Forestry’s 100th anniversary. Join us for art walk, music, exhibits, logging sports demonstrations, and of course birthday cake! Learn about current College of Forestry research, projects, and points of pride. See what is new and what is till the same at the College of Forestry. This event is open to the public, campus community, students, alumni and friends. For more information on schedule and list of activities, visit http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/admin/openhouse/.

 

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 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.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS NEWS. Along with the meeting announcements listed in the Events section of this bulletin, here are a few other items of interest:

§         Mechanical engineers may now use EWB projects as their senior projects.  We have one very interested mechanical engineer seeking one or two more people to develop a 2007-08 EWB senior project NOW!  Contact Douglas.VanBossuyt@gmail.com for details.

§         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)

§         Sign up for the EWB mailing list at https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ewb-osu.

 

SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION (SMTA) CHAPTER UPDATE AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION. Thanks to everyone who attended our Fall OSU Student SMTA Chapter meeting on Tuesday.  Congratulations to our new officers for 2006-2007: Tram Le, president; Chris Gregg, vice president; Roger Day, secretary; and Eric Hysell, treasurer. To join SMTA, visit www.smta.org and complete the membership application (select the link called membership from the left hand sidebar).  Your membership type will be "associate."  The cost of membership is only $5.  You need a credit card to pay for your membership on-line.  If you don't have a credit card to use, please contact Dr. Toni Doolen (SMTA faculty advisor) or Tram Le for help with membership.  Note: To participate in the upcoming Portland SMTA Chapter Training Day ("DFM for Lead-Free"), scheduled for November 15 (location TBD), you will need to be a student member.  If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Dr. Doolen (toni.doolen@oregonstate.edu) or Tram Le (letra@onid.orst.edu).

 

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%).

 

WIRELESS HELPDESK FOR LAPTOP COMPUTER USERS. The Wireless Helpdesk is located in Dearborn 107 and is open Mon–Fri 9 am–4 pm throughout the school year (hours may be extended the first two weeks of classes). Helpdesk staff are available to assist all COE students and faculty/staff.  For more information, visit http://engr.oregonstate.edu/computing/helpdesk.

 

Grad Students/Faculty/Staff…

 

TAC FALL WORKSHOPS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF.  Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) offers no-cost workshops for faculty and staff in order to augment academic instruction.  Learn what's new in Blackboard 7 – in less than 30 minutes! Get hands-on assistance in managing your course Blackboard sites and online resources.  Learn simple techniques with audio, podcasting, video, digital photography, and document scanning.  Improve your skills using PowerPoint for lectures and presentations; or methods of website design and production. More than 100 workshops, overviews, and clinics are offered through TAC this term.  See the schedule and registration pages at http://oregonstate.edu/tac or contact TAC@oregonstate.edu (541-737-3811). TAC also offers a multi-media lab to order to support educational needs.  The following facilities are available to faculty and staff, with assistance available from TAC: Video editing workstation; Digital Photography workstation; Document scanning workstation; Digital video cameras; Digital photography cameras; Digital Audio recorder; Video tape to DVD transfer. We highly recommend that users attend a workshop relevant to the equipment that they intend to use prior to engaging in a project.  Registration is required for use of the workstations and equipment in order to prevent schedule conflicts with workshops and other users.  See the schedule and registration pages at http://oregonstate.edu/tac or contact