Friday, December 6, 2019

CPE Program Email for December 6, 2019

Here are the CPE program announcements for December 6, 2019


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  1. Still Looking for a Senior Project Idea? Check out Pitch to Programmers!
  2. Senior Projects with Professor Hugh Smith
  3. Special Course Offerings for Winter 2020
  4. Survey on Engineering Jargon—Calling on CPEs to Participate!
  5. Hackathon Opportunities and Events
  6. Upcoming CPES Activities
  7. SWE Volunteer Opportunities
  8. CIE Innovation Quest
  9. SAE CyberAuto Challenge | Summer 2020
  10. Tutoring Services
  11. Change of Major Workshops & Career Counseling
  12. Research Opportunities
  13. Current Job Openings
  14. Medical Design Club Projects
  15. QL+ Student Association Design Projects and Announcements
  16. Post-Graduate Opportunities

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1.  Still Looking for a Senior Project Idea? Check out Pitch to Programmers!

Are you still looking for a Senior Project Idea? Take a look at the Pitch to Programmers page and review different ideas from fellow students, faculty and community members.

Pitch to Programmers | https://tinyurl.com/yxbt9ff6

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2. Senior Project Opportunities with Professor Hugh Smith
Professor Hugh Smith is offering four amazing senior project opportunities that involve hardware and software or just software. His projects for the upcoming Winter/Spring quarters include:

-Robot using Raspberry PI
-Voice Communications App
-Wifi for Robot
-Simplified video app for video messaging

View the flyer with full details here.

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3. Special Course Offerings for Winter 2020:

View the full course descriptions on our E-News Blog here.

EE 470/471
Professor John Oliver will be teaching EE 470/471: Computer Forensics, Adversarial Thinking and Research this upcoming Winter 2020 Quarter. If you are interested in this special topics course, see the attached flyer here.
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EE 271
If you want to get experience in C and C++ programming, we have two EE271 3-hour lab sections offered Monday Nights from 6-9PM in winter 2020.
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EE 541
In this two unit Advanced Microwave Laboratory, we build an entire radar system. Raytheon is sponsoring all of the costs for the lab.  This is really a do-everything lab where you learn about
transmitters, receivers, antennas, signal processing techniques and software to make the radar system work.   The lab course is very electronics construction and system characterization intensive.
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EE 529
Microwave Device Electronics is a class where we learn about advanced semiconductor device theory and it also includes a lab for the first time this year. This course takes over from where EE306 leaves off in coverage in descriptions of semiconductor devices. You will really understand how transistors, diodes, optical devices and high frequency transistors operate after this course is done.   In the lab we will characterize high frequency diodes, Heterostructure Bipolar Transistors and High Electron Mobility transistors.
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EE 530
In this Fourier Optics course, we explore the question “When the light does not travel straight, how do we handle it? Fourier Optics is variedly used in imaging, diffraction, optical data processing, holography and optical communication, and it is one of the basic theories in optical field. Fourier optics is the study of classical optics using Fourier transforms, in which the wave is regarded as a superposition of plane waves that are not related to any identifiable sources; instead they are the natural modes of the propagation medium itself.
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EE 531
Advanced VSLI Designs—Advanced Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) design using state-of-the-art software. Advanced topics in digital, analog and mixed signal circuit design to enable a quarter-long design project culminating in a tapeout-ready integrated circuit design.

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4. Short Research Survey on Engineering Jargon
Your very own Computer Engineering professors are conducting a study on whether the use of certain common terms in engineering and computer science have an impact on student learning and sense of inclusivity. To do this, they need your help! Please take a few minutes to complete the following anonymous survey which will ask you for your reactions to certain commonly used terms in engineering and computing. Participation is completely voluntary, and will help us as educators better understand how to make Cal Poly an inclusive and effective learning environment!
Complete the survey here!

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5. Hackathon Opportunities and Events

Womxn/Hacks 2020 Interest Form 
January 17 – January 19, 2020
UC Santa Barbara
Womxn/Hacks is a 36-hour all-female-identifying hackathon hosted at UC Santa Barbara. Our mission is to diversify the field of computer science by giving womxn of all backgrounds and fields the opportunity to delve into coding within a supportive and inclusive environment. Please fill out our interest form if you'd like updates on being a hacker, volunteer, or mentor!..
Interest Form (for all updates): tinyurl.com/wh2020interestform
See the attached flyer here
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6. Upcoming CPES Activities

CPES Office Hours
Monday thru Friday from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
20-144
Come by the CPES club room for office hours. If you need help on CS or EE related homework, need resume help, or just want a place to hang out, feel free visit.

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7. SWE Volunteer Opportunities

SWE Robotics Competition
January 18, 2020

The Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers, along with San Luis Obispo High School, is proud to host the California Central Coast VEX Robotics Competition on January 18, 2020 in the ATL, Bonderson, and Engineering Plaza areas. We will welcome over 50 teams to compete in this year's game, "Tower Takeover." If you would like to volunteer for this event, it would be greatly appreciated!
Volunteer form: click here
Position Descriptions: click here
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8. CIE Innovation Quest
Calling all Cal Poly innovators—it’s time to shift into gear for Innovation Quest 2020! Bring your inventions out of the lab and into the market to demonstrate the hustle, creativity and prototyping that define the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's Innovation Quest competition. This event provides you with an outstanding opportunity to win $30,000 and advance your innovation. The next informational workshop will be in January.

View the flyer here.
Apply here before March 20, 2020

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9. SAE CyberAuto Challenge | Summer 2020
Calling all students interested in Automotive CyberSecurity! In its ninth year, the 2020 SAE CyberAuto Challenge™ brings aspiring students to participate in hands-on experiences and learn from the best cyber researchers, hackers, automotive engineers, and academia partnered with industry in order to advance the next generation of cyber security specialists. Acceptance to CAC is merit based so you will need to apply.  As a participant in the CyberAuto Challenge you will take part in an intensive 4.5-day practicum-based workshop in Warren, Michigan during Summer 2020.
Application and Full Description | https://www.sae.org/attend/cyberauto

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10. Tutoring Services
The Writing and Learning Center supports academic achievement by providing peer-to-peer learning opportunities in a welcoming environment. All students are encouraged to engage in free individual and small-group tutoring sessions with trained undergraduate and graduate consultants on any activity, assignment, or exam. Writing and subject-specific peer consultations are available in multiple locations across campus with the main hub in Kennedy Library, Room 111C.


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11. Change of Major Workshops & Career Counseling

Career Services offers assistance with change of major and career Counseling. See links below for more details:


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12. Research Opportunities
Pasulka Lab
Are you looking for a way to apply your computer science/coding skills to collecting data for biological research? Interested in a potential opportunity to be involved in a publication in a peer-reviewed journal? The Pasulka Lab is looking for a student proficient in Matlab to help with the continued development of a program (and GUI) for the analysis of epifluorescence microscopy images. This student will engage with scientists collecting data for ecological and medical related research questions. Interested students should contact Dr. Pasulka (apasulka@calpoly.edu) for more information.
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Summer 2020 Undergraduate Research (REU) Program at UCSD
San Diego Nanotechnology Infrastructure (SDNI) is hosting a ten-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at UC San Diego. In this program, students are paired with leading researchers in science and engineering fields. Research areas include: NanoBioMedicine, NanoPhotonics, and NanoMagnetics. The deadline to apply is January, 31, 2020.
View the application and full description at https://reumanager.com/sdni

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13. Current Job Openings

Camp Counselor—Summer 2020
Cal Poly Engineering Possibilities in College (EPIC)

Emory University Fellowships

2020 Summer Internship
UCSD: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Complete Listing: https://cpe.calpoly.edu/jobs/

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14. Medical Design Club Projects
Below are the 2019 – 2020 MDC projects that we will pursue this year! None of our projects require any prior technical experience, and they are all looking for new members of all majors! Team leads are currently in the process of scheduling weekly project meeting times. Please see details below and don't hesitate to reach out to a team lead for details and if you're interested in joining the team!
EpiPen Redesign: Development of an alternative epinephrine autoinjector through the incorporation of a needleless injection mechanism.
Leads: Marina Felt & Olivia Owens Treiger
Emails: mfelt@calpoly.edu & oowenstr@calpoly.edu
Non-Invasive Electrolyte Test: Development of a wearable device that can monitor electrolyte levels in athletes to prevent electrolyte imbalance, dehydration, or over hydration.
Lead: Ally Lai
Email: alai09@calpoly.edu
Combined Blood Pressure & Heart Rate Monitoring Band: Development of a cost-effective, discrete, and easy to use blood pressure and heart rate monitoring wristband.
Lead: Ishan Jandaur
Email: ijandaur@calpoly.edu
 
Join us on Slack here to stay up to date with MDC project info and general club announcements!
 
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15. QL+ Student Association Design Projects and Announcements

Formal Design Projects (FDPs)
This year we are offering six year-long formal design projects.
To learn more about these specific projects and to apply for team lead or team member, please visit our website: https://cpqlplus.com/projects.html.

Contact QL+ with any questions at cpqlplusops@gmail.com

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16. Post-Graduate Opportunities

CSU Sacramento Master’s Degree | Fall 2020
Deadline: March 1, 2020
Master students needed for an NSF-funded project at California State University, Sacramento
This targets senior students and recent graduates who are interested in doing a Master degree in Computer Science or Engineering at Sac State. Note that although the selected students will not enroll in the Master program until Fall 2020, they will be able to start working on the project immediately as non-student research assistants for up to 19.5 hours per week.
View the flyer here
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Positions for Ph.D. Students and Postdocs at Duke University
A research group at Duke University is recruiting students to join their team as Ph.D. students in 2020.
View the flyer here.

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