September 4, 2007

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IN THE NEWS
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Cyberforest Unplugged: OSU undergrad team designs wireless sensor system. The science of mountain airsheds requires a strong back as well as a sharp mind — especially when you’re lugging a 65-pound golf-cart battery in your pack. An interdisciplinary team of OSU students spent 10 weeks this summer scaling the steep slopes of H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest to enable researchers to unplug their high-tech gear — the sensors they use to study the ebb and flow of carbon-laden air through old-growth and second-growth landscapes. Terra Magazine

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GRADUATE EXAMS
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Tuesday, September 4, 8-10 am, KEC 1007. MS FINAL ORAL EXAM - Eduardo Albán. Major Professor: Mario Magaña; Committee: Thinh Nguyen, Bella Bose; GCR: Robert Schultz. "Network Coding in Relay Networks." Details.

Tuesday, September 4, 8:30-10:30 am, KEC 1114. MS FINAL ORAL EXAM - Lupin Chen. Major Professor: Zhongfeng Wang; Committee: Albrecht Jander, Huaping Liu; GCR: James Coakley. "Modified VLSI Designs for Error Correction Codes." Details.

Tuesday, September 4, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, KEC 3114. PhD Final Oral Examination - Zhiqiang Cui. Major Professor: Zhongfeng Wang; Committee: Bella Bose, Huaping Liu, Thinh Nguyen; GCR: David Hackleman. "Low-Complexity High-speed VLSI Design of Low-Density Parity-Check Decoders." Details.

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SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
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Tau Beta Pi Fellowships. 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.

The Tau Beta Pi Association Scholarship Program was established in 1998 to advance engineering education and the profession. The Tau Beta Pi Scholarship Program The administration of these scholarships has been kept as free of restriction as possible, in order to accommodate students. However, because Tau Beta Pi is the engineering honor society, recipients are expected ultimately to advance the interest of the engineering profession. Details.

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JOBS
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Student assistant to Dr. Margaret Burnett. Reports to: Dr. Margaret Burnett. Length of position: 9 months or longer. Summer hours available too if desired. Academic level: CS major or minor. Freshman and up. Must not be graduating prior to June 2008. Details.

Senior Software Engineer. Tripod Data Systems provides industry leading technologies to a diverse set of clients in rugged outdoor markets. The position of Senior Software Developer shall play a lead role in the development of new initiatives. Upcoming projects will offer challenges in GPS tracking, GIS, Fleet and Asset Management, Scheduling and Optimization, Process Control, and Mobile Workforce. Typical work includes the support and on-going development of existing software implementations as well as new product development. The Senior Software Developer shall be capable of leading development efforts, working as part of a team on certain tasks, and working independently on the design and development of software components. Required Skills: C#, ASP.NET, IIS 6, HTML, XML, SQL Server. Details.

Web Application Developer, Entry Level. Medical software company seeks developer for web application and software integration programming. This is an ongoing project and there is an opportunity for both temporary and permanent hire. Primary responsibilities: Write Java code; Write C# code in ASP.net environment. Required Skills: Understand basic principles of object oriented programming; Have some exposure to some OO language such as Java, C#, or C++ languages; Have working knowledge of ASP.Net. Details.

Electrical Engineer, ARES Corporation. Analysis and design of electrical systems for new plants, facilities, and equipment and modification of existing electrical systems. Systems include low voltage power distribution, lighting, communications, fire alarm, and medium voltage site electrical distribution systems. Individual will conduct field surveys and walk downs and develop and review design media including drawings, short circuit and arc flash analyses, equipment specification and selection, and equipment and system layouts. Individual will assist in the development of scopes of work. Individual will work under the guidance of an EE PE. Details.

Sun Microsystems has a campus ambassador position open to any current upper level undergrad or grad student. The Sun Campus Ambassador will build communities around Sun's free and open source platforms (OpenSolaris, Open SPARC and Java) and developer tools among Academic Developers (students, faculty and researchers) at Oregon State University.The Sun Campus Ambassador is expected to become proficient on Sun's open technologies, including OpenSolaris, Java, Netbeans, and Sun Studio. Details.

McAfee - Avert Labs - Research Analyst. Look after automatic sample analysis system. Verify its constant 24x7 operation; Escalate problems in the automated system; Provide feedback to the users, reply to their inquiries; Redirect incorrect escalations to appropriate channels within McAfee (e.g. to Support); Provide highest level of Customer service with quick and prompt responses to Customers. Details.

TriAxis Engineering is currently looking for a new engineer who is interested in an entry level (0 - 2 years experience) position. Specifically, we are looking for someone who will work with our transmission line department, but as I've experienced... there is potential to work in virtually all aspects of transmission and distribution, from the lines on the poles, to the protective circuits in the substations and all pieces between. We are also looking for experienced Transmission and Distribution Engineers. Details.

We are seeking a CAD Drafter/Designer to join our dynamic team! The CAD Drafter/Designer will work on various projects involving Commercial Kitchen design. This position is more functionality focused. It is heavy on space planning, electrical, and plumbing aspects of drafting/designing. Details.

You are invited to join Intel for two Virtual Chats and a Virtual Career Fair! Come learn about Diversity at Intel! On September 11th and 12th, we are hosting two diversity-focused chat events and launching a two-week Virtual Career Fair. Join Anthony Neal-Graves, General Manager, Modular Communications Platform Division within Digital Enterprise Group (DEG), and Floy Campbell, Validation Platform Manager, Platform Validation and Engineering within DEG, for these web-based virtual events. Details.

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