October 2006 - Week 3

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CALENDAR
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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.

Tuesday, October 24, 5:30 pm, MU Ballroom. 2006 EECS, IME & ME Senior Dinner. Meet potential employers, find out more about different career options, ask questions about the job market, network, get your resume out there, and enjoy a free dinner. Students MUST register by October 19 at 5 pm. To register, visit the reception desk in KEC 1148 (EECS Seniors) or in Dearborn 102 (IME and ME Seniors).

Tuesday, October 24, 6pm – 7pm Gleeson Hall 200. Chevron Information Night and Pizza Feed. (This is a great opportunity for juniors; seniors should be at the senior dinner.) Get the scoop on ChE/ME/ECE summer internships and full time positions. BRING RESUMES!

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, CH2M HILL Alumni Center. Engineering Career Fair. The Career Fairs are designed to support students in their career development and pursuit of career aspirations. The career fairs provide students with a unique opportunity to talk to recruiters from corporations and organizations from around the world who have experience in relevant fields of study. Career Fair enables students to explore career opportunities, obtain employer information, and locate summer jobs, internships, and full-time positions. Details.

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IN THE NEWS
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The Port of Umpqua and other Reedsport and Douglas County officials and state agencies have been working with wave energy companies and Oregon State University to develop a buoy park off of Gardiner. The abundance of waves is excellent, Oregon offers more financial incentives and, most importantly, there was significant momentum and public support for the project. The Oregonian.

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COLLOQUIA/SEMINARS
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Monday, October 16, 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Kelley 1001. "The Promise of Wave Power" presented by Ted Brekken, Assistant Professor, School of EECS, Oregon State University. 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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Dartmouth College invites applications for the Cesar Chavez / Charles A. Eastman / Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowships from US citizens who plan careers in college or university teaching. The goal of the Chavez / Eastman / Marshall fellowship program is to promote student and faculty diversity at Dartmouth, and throughout higher education, by supporting completion of the doctorate by underrepresented minority scholars (including African-American, Latina/o, and Native American scholars) and other graduate scholars with a demonstrated commitment and ability to advance educational diversity. Details.

The objective of the NSF International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) is to introduce scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers to international collaborative research opportunities. The IRFP contributes to NSF's mission by supporting highly meritorious research and education activities that present unique opportunities and offer potentially high benefits because of the vital and integral nature of the foreign collaboration. 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.

Undergraduate Student Software Developer Positions. PHP programming with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL databases. Releasing our automatic Web application generator and the WebGD (Web-based GIS/database) framework as an open source project. Creating a Web site for a Resource Conservation district in California. Documentation. Testing Web applications. Details.

Rockwell Scientific Company (www.rwsc.com), CMOS Imaging Group. Worked on state-of-the-art CMOS imaging systems for military, space and scientific applications. The group is packed with top-notch scientists and engineers, and is a great environment to work in. The group is actively hiring for full-time and internship positions. Details.

TZero Technologies is looking to hire some analog & mixed-signal design engineers. TZero is a startup that has recently received its first round of funding. Details.

Intel is hiring for several positions, including Graphics System Architect, Video Software Engineer, Operating Systems Engineer, Simulation Devel. Engineer, Graphics SW Driver Engineer, SW Display Driver Engineer, Digital Circuit Designer, Sr. Eng. Logic/Architecture, Sr. Hardware Engineer, Sr High Speed Analog IO Design, and many more. Details.

The Business Solutions Group (BSG) is looking to hire Student Test Engineers. Student Test Engineers work in a lab environment testing equipment for a top computer Networking Company. In this position, students have an opportunity to learn technical skills and get hands on experience with some of the newest technologies before they've even entered the marketplace. Details.

Representatives from Eaton Corporation will be on campus to conduct interviews on 10/31 with an informational session in the Career Services Classroom on 10/30, 5:30 pm. Company will be interviewing Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical and Industrial Engineers, for full time and internships. To apply for an interview, you will need to go through Beaver Recruiting System, deadline for application will be 10/17.

Oregon State University's Office of Budget and Fiscal Planning, within the division of Finance and Administration, is recruiting for a student position of Systems Developer/Programmer. We are seeking an experienced student to be involved in a variety of system development tasks, from SQL Server databases to full-fledged interactive websites based on the .NET framework and ASP.NET technologies. Development experience in one or more of the following is required: Visual Basic .NET, SQL (preferred), HTML, XML, or Java. Knowledge of the Microsoft .NET Framework, Visual Studio .NET, MS SQL Server, and MS Access is highly desirable. Details.

HP Corvallis has several jobs open for college hire for undergrad and graduate students who are graduating this year in ChemE and in EE, and a few for ME and IE. Also, register for a possible interview with the Career Services http://oregonstate.edu/career to be held on Nov 1 on campus. Since the Nov 1 date is coming up soon, and the Career Center needs to schedule the time slots for applicants who have been pre-selected by HP, please act on this right away so we have a chance to do the pre-selection. We will be doing the preselection and on-campus interviews for only the ChemE and EE jobs on Nov 1. Details.

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