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September 22, 2008
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IN THE NEWS
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Oregon State wins federal grant to boost wave energy development. Oregon's effort to become a leader in wave energy development got a boost from the U.S. Department of Energy with the announcement of a five-year, $6.25-million grant to establish an ocean energy research center in Newport. Oregon State University, already known for its wave energy studies, snagged the grant. It will add the money to other funding sources to create a $13.5 million pool of cash for what has been dubbed the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center. The Oregonian, OSU Press Release, Newport News-Times
The accidental artist. Rusty Pattieshaw’s latest job for Prater Industrial, a construction contractor, was a bit out of the ordinary: The 58-year-old Corvallis resident had to create and assemble a huge stainless steel sculpture that looks like a giant loop, for display at the Kelley Engineering Center. Corvallis Gazette-Times
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OPPORTUNITIES
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The English Language Institute at OSU Needs YOU!
Help an international student from the English Language Institute practice speaking English
The English Language Institute is looking for English speakers to become conversant volunteers. As a conversant you help an international student practice speaking English and adjust to life in the U.S. It’s a great way to learn about other cultures and make new friends! We need OSU students, staff and faculty to be a part of this program.
Volunteer one hour, once a week, for the 2008 fall term. The day, time, and meeting place are decided by you and and your ELI student. Make a new friend, learn about a new culture, gain multicultural experience, add a great item to your resume and graduate or professional school applications, and HAVE FUN!!
We are expecting more than 120 new ELI students to arrive for fall term. We would love to be able to offer each student a conversant. Please consider becoming a conversant volunteer today!
If you are interested, please contact us at 737-1838, or via email at ELIconversantpgm@oregonstate.edu. Applications are also available at the ELI, Snell Hall, Room 304A. Please stop by!
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GRADUATE EXAMS
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Wednesday, September 24,
2-4 pm,
KEC 3114. MS FINAL ORAL EXAM - Brian McFarlane. Major Professor: John Wager; Committee: Douglas Keszler, John Conley; GCR: Brady Gibbons. "Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors in Circuit Applications." Details
Thursday, September 25, 10am-noon, KEC 3114. MS FINAL ORAL EXAM - Vaidyanathan Ramamoorthy. Major Professor: Thinh Nguyen; Committee: Bella Bose, Ben Lee. "IXP2350 Network Processor Assisted PxP Data Distribution in LAN." Details
Thursday, September 25, 2-4 pm, KEC 3114. PhD Final Oral Examination - Robert Batten. Major Professor: Terri Fiez; Committee: Un-Ku Moon, Huaping Liu, Karti Mayaram; GCR: William Hetherington. "Adaptive, Wideband Analog-to-Digital Conversion for Convergent Communication systems." 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.
Don't forget to check out the AfterCollege job site, tailored especially for our EECS students. This week's featured employers:
Growing, values-driven, tech-savvy, IT consulting firm seeks Support/Helpdesk Technician to provide support to clients. Digiwest, LLC is a provider of major IT infrastructure and video conferencing solutions from Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Crestron, Polycom, Lifesize, Tandberg, & Sony. Minimum two year college degree in a computer related field a plus. Knowledge or experience in the following is helpful: hardware and software support, including desktops, laptops, LCD projectors, MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows XP Professional, network connectivity issues, configuring of remote devices, resolution of printer issues, video conference equipment, and audio visual equipment. Details
Community Outreach Inc. is interested in finding student partners that could possibly help us with our long standing database issue. Currently, each program/ employee has their own way of keeping up with data using Access, or Excel, and Paradigm in our Development Office. The Grant Writer is cursed, as you can imagine, as he tries to pull together as much data/ statistics as he can to make his grant opportunities more successful. Details
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