September 14, 2009

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OPPORTUNITIES
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SAO Corvallis Chapter
Sept. Tech Pub - Angel Investing: What do Angel Investors Look for?

Thursday, Sept 17, 2009
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Hewlett Packard McFadden conference room.
1000 NE Circle
Corvallis, Oregon 97330
RSVP TO: SAO by emailing sao-coordinator [AT] corvallis.sao.or.us

So you have a great idea for a new company. You plan to get outside money to get moving on the project. You put together a business plan and a pitch for your project. What is it that Angel Investors are looking for you to have in that plan? What can you be doing in your pitch that will totally stop the conversation? How can you be effective in raising Angel Funds for a project? Come listen to people actively involved in investing talk about what they look for. Details

September Corvallis .NET User Group (CDNUG) Meeting
Scott Hanselman is coming to CDNUG in September! Scott will be giving the us a look at some of his favorite new features in .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.

Scott is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and is always up on the latest tech coming out of Redmond. He also has a popular Podcast called Hanselminutes and blogs at http://www.hanselman.com/blog/.

Thursday, September 15th, 2009 @ 6:00 PM
Oregon State University - Room 1003 in Kelley Engineering Center
RSVP and more info here: http://corvallisdotnetug.ning.com/events/scott-hanselman-net-40-vs

The Center for Teaching and Learning will be offering several workshops during fall term. All faculty and graduate assistants are welcome!

15 Survival Skills for Instructors
Oct. 1, 10 am – 12 pm
This session will be of particular interest to instructors new to teaching, but serves as an excellent review of some of the best practices used in classrooms today. Dr. Peter Saunders, CTL Director, will discuss and answer questions on some of the most critical aspects of teaching in higher learning. Issues such as establishing the teaching/learning environment, discipline in the classroom, effective teaching behaviors and motivation will be addressed. Details and registration

Discover Your Teaching Philosophy
Oct. 16, 1 - 3:30 pm
This workshop will be of particular interest to faculty and graduate teaching assistants preparing a teaching portfolio and who wish to create a statement of their teaching philosophy. All faculty and GTAs who teach, hold assumptions about what it means to teach. Ask a dozen instructors and you will hear a range of answers that describe guiding, facilitating, telling, showing, planning, helping, directing and so forth. Faculty and GTAs will come away from this workshop with a concise statement of their own teaching philosophy. Attendees are encouraged to bring syllabi of courses they teach. Details and registration

Understanding and Working With Contemporary Students
Oct. 22, 10 am - 12 pm
This session will focus on cultivating a better understanding of the new generation of students and how they make meaning of the world. Specifically, we will explore how students tend to make decisions, what and who influence them most, and what are their media habits. All of these issues influence how they approach the university experience and their expectations of learning environments. Details and registration

Assessment: Are Your Students Learning?
Oct. 28, 9 – 11:30 am
Teaching is not learning. This rather startling observation by Thomas Angelo, which appears in his best-selling book College Assessment, points out a major challenge facing all instructors. This workshop is intended to give faculty new to assessment practical tools they can use to ensure that what they are teaching is indeed being learned. Details and registration

Engaging Learners Through a Living Course
Nov. 3, 10 am – 12 pm
Research tells us that large classes and the lecture method do not produce long term retention of learning. Yet the cost of educating large numbers of students in small classes is not cost effective. This presentation and workshop will highlight how faculty can realign learning environments (physical and virtual) pedagogy and learning outcomes while improving student retention and success rates in large and small classes. Details and registration

Using Clickers as an Effective Pedagogical Tool
Nov. 9, 3 – 4:30 pm
This workshop will assist instructors at all levels of experience with clickers (also called Response Systems) in developing best practices for incorporating clickers in their teaching. Clickers can be used in higher education in a variety of ways to improve teaching and to enhance learning.
Note: This workshop will focus on effective pedagogical uses of clickers. It will not address technology issues. Details and registration

Qwizdom Clickers in the OSU Classroom
Nov. 16, 3 – 4 pm
Qwizdom is the supported response system (clickers) for OSU. With some practice and planning you may effectively employ a tool which aids lecture and class interaction. In this workshop we concentrate on the practical aspects of preparing and using the Qwizdom response system. Details and registration

Austin Entrepreneurship Program Idea Challenge
November 10, 6-7:30 p.m., Kelley Engineering 1003. The Idea Challenge is an opportunity to pitch your business idea or come hear other students pitch their ideas to a panel of experts. Find out if your idea has what it takes to go forward. Great preparation for the 2010 Enterprise Challenge where the possible prize money totals $17,500. Winners of the Idea challenge will receive $50 and will be paired with a mentor to prepare for The Enterprise Challenge to be held on April 16, 2010. For further information or to enter, contact Mary McKillop at mary.mckillop@bus.oregonstate.edu.

Austin Entrepreneurship Program Building Your Own Business Plan Series runs from October 6 - January 19. The “Building Your Own Business Plan” Series and the “Idea Challenge” are designed to give students who are potentially interested in commercializing their senior projects assistance in doing so. Details

TRANSFER STUDENT PANEL – NEED VOLUNTEERS!
On Friday, September 18, 2009, the College of Engineering will be hosting a Drive-In conference for our regional community college partners. Attendees will include advisors, faculty, and administrators from our primary transfer institutions. At 1:30 p.m. we will have a “transfer student panel” where I am looking for students to share their experiences transferring to OSU (challenges, what you felt prepared for, what you didn’t, etc.). If you are in Corvallis at that time and willing to help, please email Brett.McFarlane@oregonstate.edu. Lunch and a COE T-shirt will be provided to all panelists.

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SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
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American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Scholarship for Service Program. The SMART Scholarship for Service Program has been established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The program aims to increase the number of civilian scientists and engineers working at DoD laboratories. Awardee must be able to participate in summer internships at DoD laboratories, willing to accept postgraduate employment with the DoD, a student in good standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and, pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. Details

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Spring 2010 & Summer 2010 Application Open – Deadline: October 6, 2009
The Gilman International Scholarship Program is pleased to announce the opening of the Spring 2010 online application and the launch of a pilot summer award cycle for students participating in Summer 2010 study abroad programs. A limited number of summer awards will be available to students majoring in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math field who meet the program's standard eligibility criteria listed below.

• Enrolled as an undergraduate student at a two or four-year U.S. Institution
• United States citizen
• Receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or during the term of study abroad
• Participating in a study abroad program that is no less than 4 weeks and no more than an academic year
• Receiving academic credit
• Study in any country not currently under a U.S. State Department Travel Warning or Cuba

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GRADUATE EXAMS
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Thursday, September 17, 2-4 pm, KEC 2114. MS Final Oral Examination - Charles Evans. Major Advisor: Mike Bailey; Committee: Ron Metoyer, Eugene Zhang. " Realistic Three Dimensional Simulation of Spraying Water." Details

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JOBS
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• Computer Associates
  Intern (Redwood City, CA South San Francisco, CA); Principal Consultant (Plano, TX Houston, TX); Software Architect - Introscope Development (South San Francisco, CA)
• National Security Agency
  RF / Wireless Communications Engineer (Fort George G. Meade, MD)
• Cybercoders.com
  Software Developer - C# - SQL - SDLC - finance (Seattle, WA); Software Developer - C# - SQL - SDLC - finance (Seattle, WA)

At any given time, CampusPoint is hiring for a number of jobs and internships - currently we are recruiting for over 50 different jobs/internships here in the Portland metro area. CampusPoint is a FREE online resource (www.campuspoint.com) that helps college students and graduates find jobs & internships in the Portland Metro and Seattle/Puget Sound Area. Details

• Accounting Software Application Support Specialist, Portland, OR
• Biometrics Analyst, Portland, OR
• Content Developer, Portland, OR
• Crystal Reports Specialist, Hillsboro, OR
• .Net Web Developer, Hillsboro, OR
• Drupal Themes/PHP Developer, Portland, OR
• Embedded Software Engineer, Portland, OR
• Entry Level Application Consultant Developer, Hillsboro, OR
• Front End Web Developer, Lake Oswego, OR
• PHP Software Engineer, Portland, OR
• Programmer, Vancouver, WA
• Programmer I, Portland, OR
• Senior Technologist - Drupal, Portland, OR
• SharePoint Administrator, Portland, OR
• Software Engineer - C#, Beaverton, OR
• Software Engineer - JAVA, Beaverton, OR
• Software Engineer (Mac), Portland, OR
• Software Engineer (Windows), Portland, OR
• Software Tester, Portland, OR
• Web Developer, Portland, OR

STUDENT GRADER needed fall, winter, and spring terms for CS 195 and CS 295 web authoring courses. If you have 5 to 10 hours available each week (starting week 2 of the term), have an excellent work ethic, and have experience working with XHTML, PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL, please contact pam.vanlonden@oregonstate.edu via email. Include a list of links to your web site work, describe your skill level, and note what hours you are available during week 2 through 11 of Fall term.

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Computational Sustainability
Professors Dietterich and Wong are looking for two undergraduate CS students interested in an NSF-sponsored REU studying the application of computer science to problems of ecological science and biosphere management. Our primary focus is on applying machine learning methods to predict the distribution of multiple plant and animal species. We are also studying methods for managing forests in Eastern Oregon to minimize catastrophic fires while also providing sustainable habitat for diverse species, sustainable harvest of wood products, and (possibly) carbon sequestration. Interested students should send an email message to tgd@eecs.oregonstate.edu and wong@eecs.oregonstate.edu with your resume, a copy of your transcript, and the contact information for two references.

C++ Programming for Insect Identification
The BugID project (http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~tgd/bugid/) seeks an undergraduate CS major to join our cross-disciplinary team of mechanical engineers, computer scientists, and entomologists. We are developing computer vision algorithms and robotic hardware to revolutionize the identification and classification of bugs (actual arthropods -- not their software namesakes). Knowledge of C++ and significant programming experience are desired. The project will involve extending and improving our C++ program that controls a robotic microscope + camera setup to capture images. You will gain experience interfacing with robots and cameras, as well as experience with computer vision and machine learning algorithms. Interested students should contact Professor Dietterich (tgd@eecs.oregonstate.edu).

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