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MECHANICAL, INDUSTRIAL, & MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN HAPPY THANKSGIVING! BULLETIN SECTIONS—QUICK LINKS ME–IME Faculty/Graduate
Seminars Job and Internship
Postings—ME & IME Students Faculty and Post-Doc Positions DEADLINE EXTENDED for 2006-07 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING T-SHIRT
PRE-ORDERS Due to popular
demand, you now have until 4 pm Wednesday,
November 22nd to order your new
Mechanical Engineering t-shirt. These shirts also make great Christmas
gifts!! To see the design, visit http://me.oregonstate.edu/news/bulletins/MEtshirts06.pdf. Shirts are
available in both short and long sleeve, and in either
black or charcoal (both with orange print) PRICE: short sleeves: $10, long
sleeves $15. To place your
order, come to Covell 118 before 4
pm Wednesday. Please bring exact
change or make checks out to “Pi Tau Sigma.” Shirts will be available for
pickup after Thanksgiving. This Week… Monday, November 20: Formula
SAE team meeting. Monday, November 20: Microgravity Flight Team meeting. Tuesday, November 21:
Pi Tau Sigma tutoring session for ENGR 211, 212, 213 students. Wednesday, November 22: Last day of Fall Advising for ME and IME students!! If by any chance you haven’t yet scheduled a 15-minute fall
advising appointment, come to Wednesday, November 22: Baja
SAE team meeting. Wednesday, November 22: Engineers
Without Borders project meeting. Plan Ahead... Thursday, November 30: 2006-07 ASME kick-off meeting. 5–6 pm, Glisan 200. ALL ME
STUDENTS INVITED!! We’ll have pizza, introduce the 2006-07 officers, do
some group planning for the coming year, and then (for all who are able) head
over to Milam en masse to cheer on the ME juniors who are participating in the
382 Design Competition. 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… EXTENDED ME SHOP HOURS. Until further notice, Monday–Thursday hours for the ME
machine shop are extended to 8:45 pm. The shop will NOT be open during
Thanksgiving break, however. PARTICIPATE IN AN
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS FUNDRAISER AND GET A FREE CIVIL WAR TICKET! There’s
an EWB fundraiser this Friday before the Civil War
game. It involves helping with parking for the football game. There are Civil
War tickets for whoever volunteers for this. Anyone interested should contact
Brad Eagleson, EWB Fundraising Coordinator,
503.507.1095, bradleyalan@gmail.com, before Wednesday, Nov. 22. 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, December 7, 2006, 9 am–5 pm. This is a tremendous
opportunity for any OSU engineering student who is considering working in the
electronics industry. Local companies have agreed to sponsor students to
attend this training, so there is no cost to the student. To receive a
sponsor for this training, however, you must be a member of the OSU Student
SMTA chapter. Student memberships $5, and you can join on-line at www.smta.org. If
you are interested in attending this training session, please e-mail IME
Professor Toni Doolen (toni.doolen@oregonstate.edu) by
11/27/06. Dr. Doolen will arrange for transportation from OSU to the
class. If you have questions about the event or SMTA membership,
feel free to call at 737-5641. SUMMER OPPORTUNITY FOR
ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN OUS ENGINEERING RECRUITING SURVEY NEEDS YOU! The 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 WINTER TERM SCIENTIFIC
VISUALIZATION COURSE. It’s a 3D data world out there – learn how to
understand it by enrolling in CS 553, “Scientific Visualization.” Taught by
Professor Mike Bailey, course topics include hyperbolic geometry, 3D interactive contours, 3D flow visualization,
3D volume rendering, isosurfaces, terrain mapping, performance
graphics programming for data-intensive visualization (and games), and much
more. For more information, see http://cs.oregonstate.edu/~mjb/cs553 or contact Mike Bailey in Kelley 2117, x-72542,
mjb@cs.oregonstate.edu. Non-CS
majors and undergrads are welcome! NUMERICAL ANALYSIS COURSE BEING OFFERED
WINTER TERM. MTH 655/Numerical Analysis, “Large scale scientific computing
methods,” is being offered Winter 2007. Class: MWF 9:00-9:50, Gilkey 115, CRN:
27146 (MTH 655) or 27147 (MTH 659). Instructor: Malgorzata Peszynska,
Department of Mathematics. Course description: In this class, we develop methods for solving
large scale scientific computing problems. Rigorous mathematical background as
well as implementation details will be developed for topics such as i) solving
large nonlinear systems of equations, ii) multigrid method, and iii) domain
decomposition methods. Also, a primer on numerical optimization will be given
including both the traditional gradient based methods as well as heuristic
approaches such as Simulated Annealing.
Other topics may be included as time permits. This course is intended
for graduate students of mathematics and other disciplines, but no specific preparation beyond solid
undergraduate background in mathematics will be assumed. Knowledge of
numerical methods, and familiarity with computer
programming are a plus but are not required. Most examples will come from
models of real life phenomena but no prior knowledge of the models or their discretizations will be assumed. The class will include
hands-on-lab in which students will learn the basics of scientific and parallel
computing. Assignments will be a mixture of theoretical and computational projects. 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 learning system §
Prepare to participate in a multi-institutional
study of the impact of active learning. Selected
participants receive a grant toward the purchase of a Tablet PC! Applications
due January 10, 2007: See http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~bsimon/CCLI07
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