Friday, November 20, 2015

CPE Program email for November 20, 2015

Here are the CPE program announcements for November 20, 2015 

Stay up-to-date with reminders of upcoming CPE activities: 
Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/calpolycpe 
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CPE Program Announcements Archive: http://calpolycpe.blogspot.com/

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1. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. Upcoming WISH Activities
3. Upcoming SWE Activities
4. Upcoming EWB Activities
5. Facebook Talk | November 20 | 20A Lobby | 2pm
6. Tech Elective Option | Appropriate Technology for the World’s People: Design
7. Winter Course  2016 Offering LAES 411: Global Synthesis in Liberal Arts & Engineering Studies
8.  Order of the Engineer Ceremony | December 11 | 4 – 6pm | Bldg 007
9. Automated Crop/Irrigation Monitoring Project Needs a CPE Student
10. Physics Learn By Doing Lab: Electronics, Playdoh, and Video-Game Controllers
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1. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

EE 322 IS NOT A VALID TECHNICAL ELECTIVE FOR CPE STUDENTS

CPE Students: Do NOT take EE 322! It is NOT a vaild technical elective for  CPE students. It is an "easier" version of CPE 329. If you have  any questions, please contact the CPE Office at cpe@calpoly.edu.

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CPE IS LOOKING FOR PHOTOS!

CPE would like to feature your photo on our Facebook page! Have you taken a stunning sunset image, fun shots on campus, or interesting photos during study time? Send them to us at cpe@calpoly.edu.

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2. Upcoming WISH Activities

Mentor/Mentee Froyo

Yogurt Creations
Friday, Nov. 20th @ 4pm-5pm

Midterms have us all feeling a little burned out-- come de-stress in the best way on the Friday before Thanksgiving with your mentor or mentee at Yogurt Creations!

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3. Upcoming SWE Activities

SWE Scholarships

We gave out over $30,000 in scholarships last year and now is the chance to get your share of it! Please complete the application form and submit it to the SWE Office (197-212) no later than Friday, December 4, 2015 at 4 pm. The SWE Office is opened from 10 – 4 pm from Monday through Friday. Please see the attached application. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kristina Mai at cpswescholarship@gmail.com.


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Tutoring at San Luis Obispo High School
Mondays-Fridays
3:10 PM - 5:00 PM
San Luis Obispo High School

San Luis Obispo High School needs volunteers for its after school tutoring program Monday-Friday from 3:10PM-5:00PM. If you are available one or more days a week during this time, SLO High and its AP students would greatly appreciate your help with homework and AP exam preparation. If you are interested in this opportunity, please email Berkeley Davis (cpswehsoutreach@gmail.com).

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4. Upcoming EWB Activities

PROJECT TEAM MEETINGS
India Project Team: Monday from 7-9pm in 10-220*
Malawi Project Team: Monday from 7-9pm in 10-115 *
Nicaragua Project Team: Monday from 7-9pm in 10-124*
Thailand Project Team: Monday from 7-9pm in 10-126*
Local Project Team: Monday from 7-9pm in 10-221*
Fundraising Team: Thursday from 10-11am in Library 216M
*Monday Night Meetings: Please meet in the Building 10 courtyard for brief EWB announcements

EWB Letter Campaign
Our fundraising team has been working hard on our annual letter campaign! We are asking that each member submit three addresses of family, friends, or supporters to send these letters to. Please fill out this form with your three contacts: http://tinyurl.com/q6ybvqk

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5. Facebook Talk | November 20 | 20A Lobby | 2pm

Visitors from Facebook will be in the building 20A Lobby at 2pm today to take about Data Center Design. Please join us and learn how about Facebook designs its data storage facilities around the world.

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6. Tech Elective Option | Appropriate Technology for the World’s People: Design

This is a “Design and Build” class aimed at practical technologies for world’s poor, but also emphasizes innovation, societal context, and empathic design. In the past, there has been a considerable number of engineering students working along side Arts students, each benefitting from the interdisciplinary exposure. A great technical elective option for engineering students.

Univ 392 Appropriate Technology for the World's People: Design
GE Area F
Term Typically Offered: W
Prerequisite: Junior standing and completion of GE Area B, or graduate standing. Recommended: UNIV 391, GE Area D2, GE Area D3

Addresses the needs of international impoverished communities with technological solutions, which are inexpensive, ecological sustainable, and socially appropriate. Group student of target communities, and design and construction of an appropriate technology prototype.

For more information contact Pete Schwartz at pschwart@calpoly.edu .

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7. Winter Course  2016 Offering LAES 411: Global Synthesis in Liberal Arts & Engineering Studies

In this hands-on class you will work in teams to revise and improve Solar Powered Educational Learning Library kits that disseminate educational materials over an off-line Wi-Fi hotspot. Last year, we designed, built, and deployed 50 SPELL libraries! We also discovered plenty of room for improvement so that the project can expand. Are you up for the challenge?

To Enroll: This Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies (LAES) 411 class is open to all Cal Poly students with Junior standing or above.  Admission by instructor approval only.
Contact Prof. Laura Hosman: lhosman@calpoly.edu

For more information visit http://solarspell.org/

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8.  Order of the Engineer Ceremony | December 11 | 4 – 6pm | Bldg 007

The Order of the Engineer is an association for graduate and professional engineers in the United States, it emphasizes pride and responsibility in the engineering profession. This is not a membership organization; there are never any meetings to attend or dues to pay. Instead, the Order fosters a unity of purpose and the honoring of one's pledge.

At the ceremony, you will take an oath in which you promise to be an ethical engineer. Then, Dean Larson will induct you with a ring and certificate. The ring is worn on your pinky finger of your dominate hand. It will make a *clink* noise when you sign your name on documents which will remind you to always be an ethical engineer.

For more information about the Order: http://www.order-of-the-engineer.org

You can register at the link below, the Engineering Dean's Office or the ESC table in front of the library.


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9. Automated Crop/Irrigation Monitoring Project Needs a CPE Student

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering students David Ashton and Jimmy Roslund are working to upgrade their U-Farm system, a irrigation monitoring system for crops. Because sensors are in every part of the system, they would like to monitor each individual U-Farm from a "base-station" or central station. This would allow them to send messages to the farmer of each U-Farm, via mobile app, that would inform the farm on tasks to be completed. The system would also allow the central station to send a maintenance engineer address the issues and lower liability issues. The system could also suggest recipes based upon what the farmer is growing at the time.

They are looking for a CSC/EE/CPE team member who could program an app and "base station" to accomplish the tasks outlined above.  They would also like someone that could aid the current group members on programming the main interface of the U-Farm.

For more information, contact David Ashton at david.ashton27@gmail.com.

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10. Physics Learn By Doing Lab: Electronics, Playdoh, and Video-Game Controllers

Lead 5-8th grade Lead 5-8th grade students in students in scientific exploration scientific exploration and gain early and gain early teaching experience teaching experience while on campus! You will learn to teach students how to  build simple electric circuits using batteries, LEDs, resistors, buzzers, switches, and other “action oriented” electronics, with Playdoh (yes Playdoh!) as the core construction element.

For more info, see course flyer: http://tinyurl.com/otncdum


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