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EECS News: Headlines

October 2006 - Week 2

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CALENDAR
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Thursday, October 5-Wednesday, October 11. College of Engineering departmental open houses. Learn more about each engineering degree offered by the College of Engineering. See for yourself if a major is the right fit. Details.

Tuesday, October 10. Author Elizabeth Grossman talks about her new book, "High Tech Trash." 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. Kelley Engineering Center, Room 1005, 12 -1 p.m., free and open to the public. Sack lunches welcome.

Tuesday, October 24, 10 - 11 AM, CH2M HILL Alumni Center. Career Exploration Hour @ the Fall University-Wide Career Fair. Designed specifically to provide first-year and other exploring students opportunities to learn about careers and career paths. Over 100 employers from a variety of industries will be at the fair, ready to talk with and answer questions about their organizations and careers, as well as to share how students can prepare themselves for the world of work. The Career Exploration Hour will provide a unique opportunity for exploring students to talk with employers and learn about majors/careers without the pressure of having to compete with students who are seeking jobs and internships at the fair. Details.

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OPPORTUNITIES
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Thursday, October 12, 4-8 pm, Corvallis Inn, 1550 NW 9th. High Tech After Hours. More than 30 companies displaying new ideas and projects. Come and learn about the very interesting variety of work that is going on in the Linn Benton area. Marvell is offering the first 50 students who register free admission. Details.

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GRADUATE STUDENT EXAMS
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Friday, October 6, 9:30-11:30 am, KEC 3114. PhD Oral Preliminary Examination - Xuefeng Chen. Major Professor: Gabor Temes; Committee: Un-Ku Moon, Huaping Liu, Zhongfeng Wang; GCR: Jack Higginbotham. "A Wideband Low-Power Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulator for Next Generation Wireless Applications." Details.

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COLLOQUIA/SEMINARS
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Monday, October 9, 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Kelley 1001. "Wireless MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc Networking" presented by C. Siva Ram Murthy, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Details.

Monday, October 23, 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Kelley 1001. "Antiobjects: New Computational Approaches in Education and Game Design" presented by Alexander Repenning, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Lugano, Switzerland & University of Colorado. Details.

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SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
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The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities at NASA Centers, headquarters, and other facilities to highly talented national and international individuals who have completed their doctorate degree. Details.

The Fellowship Program is Tau Beta Pi's single most important project for the advancement of engineering education and the profession. These fellowships have been kept as free of restrictions as possible, in order to accommodate students with original ideas. Tau Beta Pi fellows are free to do graduate work in any field that will enable them to contribute to the engineering profession. The only specific duty of awardees is to write a report at the completion of the fellowship year summarizing their work. Details.

SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering Student Scholarships. The mission of SPIE's scholarships and grants program is to recognize, assist and encourage, through the award of scholarships and grants, students with outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the field of optics. SPIE encourages all U.S. and international students who are studying in the field of optics, optical science and engineering, including photonics, electro-optics and optoelectronics, to apply for SPIE scholarships. Details.

The objectives of the Link Foundation Fellowship Program are to foster advanced-level study in simulation and training research; to enhance and expand the theoretical and practical knowledge of how to train the operators and users of complex systems and how to simulate the real-world environments in which they function; and to disseminate the results of that research through lectures, seminars, and publications. Details.

The National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships offer a unique opportunity for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad. NSEP awards scholarships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East). Details.

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JOBS
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Did you know that you can subscribe to the EECS Jobs List that will send you e-mail when new jobs are posted? Internships and even a few on-campus jobs get advertised there as well. Subscribe here.

Software Engineer, Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc. Design, test, document, implement and debug Windows application development software and some embedded software - with a strong focus on quality and customer satisfaction. Duties will be split between working with clients to implement custom solutions, and working on software solutions for monitoring and communication instruments. Self-motivated with ability to work and communicate effectively as part of a small team. Details.

Mixed Signal Audio Applications Engineer, Cirrus Logic. Full time positions are available for recent alumni as well as current students planning to graduate from Fall 2006 to Summer 2007. Start date is flexible depending upon student's graduation date. As a Mixed Signal Audio Applications Engineer, you will use your audio systems knowledge to assist in the definition of next generation Audio IC products. You will also use your board and systems level design skills to develop engineering evaluation and customer demonstration boards for new products, as well as development of reference designs for customer specific applications. You'll have the opportunity to develop excellent communications and customer interface skills by interacting with our customers' engineers, field sales personnel and Field Applications Engineers. Details.

Empire Group, Interactive Media Developer. Work on the development and programming of Empire Group interactive projects while developing and maintaining client technical infrastructure, including web and database server setup and management. Create, setup and manage client and internal Web sites, Web applications and database servers. Maintain and develop Empire Group proprietary Web-based applications. Work closely with Project Managers, Creative Directors and other Empire Group team members on client and internal interactive projects. Create and maintain documentation for web site development, content, and project management processes. Provide time and resource estimates for client projects. Details.

 

 

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