2. Upcoming CPEs Activities
3. Upcoming WISH Activities
5. Upcoming SWE Events
6. Upcoming Sigma Phi Delta Activities
7. Winter Career Fair January 20 - 21, 2016
9. Winter Course 2016 Offering LAES 411: Global Synthesis
in Liberal Arts & Engineering Studies
10. Physics Learn By Doing Lab: Electronics, Playdoh, and
Video-Game Controllers
11. Cybersecurity Panel and Networking
Event | Wednesday, January 13
12.
Innovation Quest Competition Info Session | January 12 | 6pm – 7:30pm |
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13. Northrop Grumman Tour | January 11
th – 14
th,
2016
14. Northrop Grumman Collaboration Project Needs You!
15. iOS Senior Project/Directed Study Opportunity
16. Judges Needed for Jonata Middle School Science Fair
17. Research Opportunities for Undergraduates with NSF
18. Microsoft Build the Shield | Deadline January 12
19. Undergraduate Scholarship for Study Abroad in Germany
20. National Science Foundation Research
Program for Undergrads at Texan A&M University
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1. Roborodentia Competition Info Session | January 12 | 22-311 | 6pm
Roborodentia is Cal Poly's annual robotics competition held during Open House. Learn about this year’s Roborodentia Competition and see if you can build a robot to take home the $1,000 prize. Freshman: learn how you can get access to robotics hardware at NO COST!
FREE Pizza provided! All majors welcome!
What: Roborodentia Competition Info Session
When: Tuesday, January 12
Time: 6pm
Location: Bldg 22, Room 311
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2. Upcoming CPEs Activities
January 12th: Python Workshop
January 13th: Web Development
January 14th: Embedded Systems Workshop
All of the activities above will be held in 20-144 at 6pm.
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3. Upcoming WISH Activities
This winter quarter, WISH will be teaming up with Pacheco Elementary school for a Code Club they have started. We will be helping them with a six week program where once a week WISH members will go to their school and teach a group of about 10-20 kids how to code! We will be using the lesson plan from code.org, and the kids are in second grade. It would take place at the school, which is one mile from Kennedy Library, just off of Highland Drive.
The program will be on Thursdays from 3:15-4:15, starting on January 14th and ending on February 18th. While we would like to have people who could attend all six sessions, it is perfectly okay if you can only volunteer for one or two sessions.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in helping with, please fill out the survey below! The survey will have a list of dates you can select to volunteer on. Right now we are unsure how many volunteers are needed per day, so signing up for a time does not guarantee that you will be chosen to volunteer this day, but you are committing to this day if chosen.
Note: Please fill out this survey, even if you already filled out the interest form indicator from our previous email. The results from this survey will be used to select definitive volunteers for each day. Therefore, filling out this survey is the only way to be scheduled as a volunteer.
Sign up link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XX0f8dOg3DoqJ44bV1AU9Tt058qkzP2LODPrt6cpX24/viewform
After you have filled out the survey, we will be able to create the schedule, and we will email you in a week or so with a list of volunteers for each day!
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4. Upcoming EWB Activities
Project Meetings:
India: Bldg 22-211, Monday from 7-9pm*
Malawi: Bldg 8-121, Monday from 7-9pm*
Nicaragua: Bldg 10-223, Monday from 7-9pm*
Thailand: Bldg 10-126, Monday from 7-9pm*
Local Projects: Bldg 22-312, Monday from 7-9pm*
IMPACT: Library 216M, Tuesday from 6-7pm
Fundraising: no meeting this week
*Monday Night Meetings: Please meet in 10-126 at 7pm for brief EWB announcements before going to your project team
Announcements
RSVP for Winter Showcase by Friday (1/8)
Winter Showcase is on Wednesday, January 20th from 6-8:30pm at Cafe Roma. Come out and share your EWB experiences with our supporters as we thank them for their contributions. The cost is $25 for members and free for faculty. For questions please contact Briar Goldwyn at
ewbcpoutreach@gmail.com.
RSVP by this Friday, January 8th:
http://www.ewb-calpoly.org/showcase.html
First IMPACT Meeting (1/5)
IMPACT is EWB Cal Poly's annual volunteer event over two weekends in spring quarter, and they need your help planning this event! The first meeting will be Tuesday, January 5th at 6pm in fishbowl 216M. Leadership positions will be available.
Please sign up on their list if you are interested:
http://tinyurl.com/gqhc56j
EEs and MEs Needed
If you are or know any upper level electrical or mechanical engineering majors, the Thailand team needs your help! The team will be working on a solar/energy project this quarter. If you are interested, attend their Monday night project meetings in 10-126 from 7-9pm.
Join our Facebook Group
Our chapter now has a Facebook group where you can stay up to date on all things EWB.
EWB Facebook Page:
http://tinyurl.com/hqud3cw
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5. Upcoming SWE Events
SWE: Evening with Industry Table Sign-Up
When: Wednesday, January 6th at 6pm
Where: Bonderson 104
Come to our first general meeting of winter quarter and sign-up to sit with a company during our 40th annual Evening with Industry dinner on Thursday, January 21st from 5-9:00pm.
Prices:
Nominees: $0 (6:10 - 7:00)
SWE Members: $20 (6:10 - 6:30)
SWE Membership & EWI: $60 (6:30 - 6:45)
Nonmembers: $40 (6:45 - 7:00)
After the meeting, tickets will be available for purchase in the SWE office.
Evening with Industry is a banquet dinner that allows students to sit with a company of their choice to network and talk with industry representatives. Many scholarships are awarded, as well as awards for Most Supportive Professor and Outstanding Women in Engineering. Companies include Google, PG&E, PepsiCo, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and many more.
RSVP here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1011096158929388/
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6. Upcoming Sigma Phi Delta Activities
Upcoming Events:
http://tinyurl.com/z7tgw6p
Workshops
Learn how to program a micro-controller and assemble circuitry for simple embedded systems! Sigma Phi Delta will be hosting a series of beginner-level workshops geared toward exposing students to the basics of the MSP-430 circuit board. These workshops start on Thursday the 14th at 7pm in building 20 (Engineering East), Room 140 and continue on the following five Thursdays. All supplies will be provided for attendees. Come by and learn something new!
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7. Winter Career Fair January 20 – 21, 2016
Winter Career Fair Activities
http://calpolycpe.blogspot.com/p/winter-2016-career-fair-activities.html
Winter Career Fair Info Sessions
http://calpolycpe.blogspot.com/p/winter-2016.html
How to see your Career Counselor | Helen Pang Career Counselor, Specialist for the College of Science and Math and CSC/CPE/SE/EE majors
Schedule an appointment by calling the Career Services front office at 805.756.2501, ext. 1.
Come to my drop-in hours in Bldg.124 on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and at the COSAM Advising Center, Bldg.53 Rm.211 on Thursdays from 10:00-11:00 a.m. (excluding job fair days and quarter breaks). Drop-in is great for resume or cover letter review or short discussions (10-15 minutes or less) on career related topics.
Need to be seen ASAP? COME TO FASTRAK!
Monday thru Thursday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Bldg. 124, Room 224) – 15 minutes maximum
Wednesdays from 4:10 – 7:00 p.m. at the Mustang Success Center (Bldg. 52) – weeks 1 through 7 only
No pre-scheduling necessary—students seen on first-come, first-served basis for any of your career-related needs! If you need to be seen for more than 15 minutes, please schedule an appointment (805.756.2501, ext. 1)
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8. JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Western Digital | Grad Training Program | Software Development
https://cpe.calpoly.edu/jobs/83/
Western Digital | Grad Training Program | EE, CPE, CSC & Software
https://cpe.calpoly.edu/jobs/82/
Johns Hopkins University Center | Talented Youth Summer Instructor
https://cpe.calpoly.edu/jobs/84/
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9. 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/
Course Flyer:
http://tinyurl.com/nktfn83
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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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11. Cybersecurity Panel and Networking Event | Wednesday, January 13
Wednesday, January 13
6:00-7:30pm
PAC Pavilion
Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about careers in this exciting, high growth industry.
Expert panelists include:
RAYTHEON MINDBODY
Jeff Snyder,
Vice President, Cyber Programs
MINDBODY
Michael Hanson,
Chief Information Security Officer
PARSONS
Chuck McGregor,
Director of Cybersecurity Operations
CAL POLY
Bruce DeBruhl,
Cybersecurity Faculty, Computer Science Department
Event Flyer:
http://tinyurl.com/z9g85ve
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12. Innovation Quest Competition Info Session | January 12 | 6pm – 7:30pm | 007
Cal Poly’s annual Innovation Quest (iQ) competition is back for its 13th year and students of all colleges and majors are highly encouraged to apply and participate. iQ is a contest that fosters entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation and helps students learn about the journey from idea to prototype to company. Students with projects, inventions, creations, or startup concepts can bring their ideas to iQ and compete for cash prizes. This year’s competition will award at least $30,000 in prizes, with a $15,000 first place prize.
If you don’t have an idea yet, there is no reason to miss out on this incredible opportunity! There will be plenty of teams searching for more members. Join us at our second information session on Tuesday, January 12th from 6-7:30 in the ATL building 007 to find out more.
Pizza and refreshments will be provided!
What: iQ Information Session #2
When: Tuesday, January 12th 6-7:30pm
Where: ATL building 007
Need more information? Contact Julia McKeag, Innovation Quest 2016 Student Ambassador at Jmckeag2013@yahoo.com.
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13. Northrop Grumman Tour | January 11th – 14th, 2016
Northrop Grumman would like to invite you to a special event we are planning to host the week of January 11th -14th at the Space Park site in Redondo Beach, CA. This special event will include: tours, networking, information sessions, workshops, and the chance to meet various influential figures in their company. If you are interested in attending this event, please create an online profile with us at:
http://www.northropgrumman.com/Careers/StudentsAndNewGrads/Pages/default.aspx
Also, email Emily Wargo (
Emily.wargo@ngc.com) telling her that you are interested and have created an online profile.
They will select students based on our interest, applicable resumes, as well as interest in our company.
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14. Northrop Grumman Collaboration Project Needs You!
The Northrop Grumman Collaboration Project is recruiting new members to help design, build, test, and automate various types of unmanned vehicles (UAVs). These unmanned vehicles include planes, quadcopters, and ROVs. This work requires all types of engineering students, and no experience is required. Students interested in autonomous collision avoidance, computer vision, encrypted communication, and underwater wireless communications are encouraged to come check the project out. The project is sponsored exclusively by Northrop Grumman and Northrop routinely hires interns and full time workers off the project. The first meeting of the quarter will be January 7th from 11am - noon in 20-145.
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15. iOS Senior Project/Directed Study Opportunity
Do you know iOS or are you willing to learn iOS quickly? This project is to create an iOS app to be used in a collaborative research study with Mechanical Engineering. The app will regularly prompt student participants in the study to enter data about their course activities throughout the quarter. An Android app has already been created, along with a Parse backend. Senior project or directed study credit with Dr. David Janzen is available. If interested, contact
djanzen@calpoly.edu.
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16. Judges Needed for Jonata Middle School Science Fair
7th and 8th grade science teacher, Erin Dunkle, at Jonata Middle School in Buellton has over 100 science projects that need to be judged on Thursday January 28th from 8:30 - 4:30. This is the first time Jonata Middle School has put together their science fair early enough in the year to enable their young scientists to have the opportunity to compete at the county and state level.
Judges are needed to cover all categories - chemical, physical, biological, environmental, behavioral, engineering, etc. Retirees and graduate students are all welcome! If you enjoy science and have at least a BA degree, please come and help us! Your input will determine which of the projects can continue on to the Santa Barbara County Science Fair at UCSB in March.
Opportunities only happen for future scientists if we all play a role in make a difference in our public education system. Please contact me if you think you can help. If you can't come on that day we still need mentors for the projects that move forward, which would only involve a couple of flexible after school/evening hours of your time or if you can only come for part of the day on January 28th, that works too!
To volunteer or find out more, contact Norah MacCuish at
mesaac@comcast.net or by cell (call or text) 805-743-1712.
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17. Research Opportunities for Undergraduates with NSF
We're excited to announce our nine-week summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Software Security program in 2016, funded by the National Science Foundation.
The program will support groups of 10 undergraduate students each summer for three years as they develop confidence as researchers and scientists. This new REU site will provide students with a competitive research experience and is aimed at motivating them to pursue graduate studies in this important field.
Students may apply through March 1, 2016 at coen.boisestate.edu/cs/reu/application. Each student selected will receive a total stipend of $4,500, housing, meals and reimbursement of travel expenses from their home school to Boise State. The program runs from May 30-July 30, 2016.
Program Flyer:
http://tinyurl.com/h68lryl
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18. Microsoft Build the Shield | Deadline January 12
Microsoft is committed to providing best-in-class security systems and would like to invite our partnering schools to participate in our “Build the Shield” Capture the Flag security challenge! We are looking for university students with hacker mindsets to compete and push their skills to deliver secure, private, and reliable computing solutions in our 2016 security battle.
Learn More and Register today!
Event Dates:
- Registration deadline: January 12, 2016
- Qualifying Events: January 16, 2016
- Main Event : March 12, 2016
For more info:
- Visit our Website: bts.microsoft.com/us
- Find us on Facebook: Facebook.com/MicrosoftBTS
- Contact us: reachbts@microsoft.com
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19. Undergraduate Scholarship for Study Abroad in Germany
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) invites undergraduate students of all disciplines to apply for scholarships funding study, senior thesis research and/or internships in Germany. Undergraduate Scholarships are available either as part of an organized study abroad program or as part of an individual, student-designed study abroad semester or year.
The application deadline is January 31, 2016.
For additional information on this grant and how to apply, please visit:
www.daad.org/undergrad
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20. National Science Foundation Research Program for Undergrads at Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University will be hosting a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program from May 31-August 5, 2016. This summer program will provide opportunities for undergraduate students to learn about mechatronics, robotics, and automated system design.
Activities will include joining a research group led by a faculty mentor, completion of a 10-week research project, and participation in weekly seminars, field trips, and career development workshops.
Each participant will receive a stipend of $500/week for participation in the program. Other benefits include housing, meal and travel allowances; 1.0 credit hour of undergraduate course credit; and full access to university recreational facilities.
An application form is available at: http://hsieh.tamu.edu/REU-Mechatronics/
For more information, please contact the site director, Professor Sheng-Jen ("Tony") Hsieh at
hsieh@tamu.edu
Deadline for submission is February 15, 2016.
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