June 29, 2009

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IN THE NEWS
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Catching a Wave, Powering an Electrical Grid?
Annette von Jouanne is one of the driving forces in the fast-growing field of wave energy—as well as its leading proponent. She will explain to anyone who will listen that unlike wind and solar power, wave energy is always available. Smithsonian Magazine

Margaret Burnett: Gender and Software
Professor Margaret Burnett spent three months as a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research. She is featured on Microsoft’s Channel 9 to talk about gender differences in human-computer interaction that exist in the ways people solve problems when they use software. Microsoft

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GRADUATE EXAMS
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Thursday, July 2, 11am-1pm, KEC 1114. MS FINAL ORAL EXAM - Anshul Dube. Major Advisor: Xiaoli Fern; Committee: Raviv Raich, Prasad Tadepalli. "Bird Species Recognition Using Hidden Markov Models." Details

Thursday, July 9, 10am-noon, KEC 3114. MS Final Oral Examination - Sang Jun Kim. Major Advisor: Huaping Liu; Committee: John Conley, Patrick Chiang; GCR: Mike Pavol. "WiMAX and simulated performance (based on NCW)." Details

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SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
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This is a final reminder that the next application deadline for the AfterCollege Engineering Student Scholarship is coming up on Tuesday, June 30th. We welcome you to apply even if you already applied in March. Please visit the site below to access the eligibility requirements and application: http://www.aftercollege.com/content/article/aftercollege_engineering_student_scholarship/

If you speak Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Hindi, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish or Urdu, we encourage you to apply for our Critical Need Language Scholarship, regardless of your major. This scholarship deadline is also on Tuesday, June 30th. Please visit the site below to access the eligibility requirements and application: http://www.aftercollege.com/content/article/aftercollege_critical_language_scholarship/

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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.

• BluWater Consulting
  High Level SDET (3/4) (Redmond, WA)
• Host Baby
  Linux System Administrator (Portland, OR)

AfterCollege just launched a Q&A forum on our career network. The new feature allows you to leverage the expertise of alumni and others in our network to assist you in your job search and career development. To get started, please follow these 3 simple steps:

1. Visit our career network: http://www.aftercollege.com/career-networks/oregon-state-university/school-of-electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/answers/
2. Sign up and create your profile
3. Ask, answer and browse relevant questions

To learn more about the feature, the types of questions to ask, and how to get started, please visit: http://www.aftercollege.com/content/blog/aftercollege_introduces_question_and_answer_forum/

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