Here are the CPE program
announcements for January 17, 2020
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1.
Winter
2020 Career Fair | January 22nd – 23rd
2.
Cal
Poly Student-Employer Diversity Mixer
3.
Cal
Poly Biomedical Make-A-Thon
4.
EE/CPE
Textbook Bank
5.
CENG
CPx Dialog Sessions
6.
Roborodentia
2020
7.
Herbie
Volunteers
8.
Upcoming CPES
Activities
9.
Upcoming WISH
Activities
10.
SWE
Volunteer Opportunities
11.
AMNH Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellowship
12.
CIE
Innovation Quest
13.
2020
Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program
14.
SAE
CyberAuto Challenge
15.
Tutoring
Services
16.
Change
of Major Workshops & Career Counseling
17.
Research
Opportunities
18.
Current
Job Openings
19.
Medical
Design Club Projects
20.
Post-Graduate
Opportunities
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1. Winter 2020 Career Fair | January 22nd – 23rd
The Winter Career Fair is
just around the corner! For complete event details and resources on how to
prepare, check out the links below:
Winter 2020 Career Fairs
Winter 2020 Preparation
& Workshops
Winter 2020 On-Campus
Interviews & Networking Events
Internship Opportunities:
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2. Cal Poly Student-Employer Diversity Mixer
When: Wednesday, January
22
Where: MAC at Cal Poly
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m
Cal Poly Students: This
event will be hosted by Cal Poly Career Services, Student Academic Services and
the Cross Cultural Centers on from. This event offers students from diverse and
underrepresented backgrounds the chance to connect with employers to learn more
about their company culture and ways that their organizations support
underrepresented groups including, but not limited to: various racial and
ethnic backgrounds, religious affiliations, gender identities, citizenship,
sexual orientations, disability and socioeconomic status.
Note that this event is
not a career fair and there is no requirement for students to have resumes. The
dress code for this event is business casual which is a combination of a skirt,
dress, dress pants, blouse, sweater, or button-down shirt. Although the
employers attending will also be recruiting at the Winter Career Fair, the
emphasis for this event will be on networking and information sharing. For a
list of participating employers, please view the event page on MustangJOBS,
powered by Handshake.
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3. Cal Poly Biomedical Make-A-Thon
Date & Time: January
18th - 10am to Sunday January 19th - 4pm (check-in begins 9am on Saturday) -
This is MLK weekend, so we have Monday the 20th off.
Where: QL+ Lab
(192-130) - Participants are not
required to stay in the lab during the event
QL+, Engineering World
Health, Medical Design Club, and BMES will be hosting the second annual Cal
Poly Biomedical Make-A-Thon! Similar to a Hack-A-Thon, the Make-A-Thon is a
FREE event that will consist of a 30-hour period in which you and your team of
3-4 will compete to design, model, and create a tangible prototype to solve a
problem related to the biomedical field. You will have access to several
resources across Cal Poly, and the winning team will be presented with an
excellent prize! All majors and years are welcome to participate – no
experience required!
MORE DETAILS:
-Cost: FREE! (Includes a
free event t-shirt)
-Food: Meals will be
provided throughout the duration of the Make-A-Thon (including pizza, Slodoco,
Subway, Yerba Mate)
-Questions: email
hkoos@calpoly.edu (Harry – QL+ President)
We’re looking forward to
awesome event and we hope to see you all there!
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4. EE/CPE Textbook Bank
This quarter (Winter 2020)
the EE/CPE Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity program will be starting our
library program!
This means that if you are
unable to afford textbooks for any course in the EE or CPE departments, we will
be able to help you. We will also be able to give you access to textbooks for
the quarter, and at the end of the quarter you will be asked to return the
textbooks to be used by students in need.
This program has been
funded through Anritsu and is specifically designed for students who are
struggling financially.
If you would like to
participate, please fill out this google form by 01/25/2020: https://forms.gle/93w6Pm32vdB4q4rm7
Once our program fills
capacity we will close the form so please fill it out ASAP!
Please email Professor
Tina Smilkstein at tsmilkst@calpoly.edu or Jissell Jose at jcjose@calpoly.edu
for more information about this program.
Have an amazing quarter
everyone!
Sincerely,
EE/CPE Diversity,
Inclusivity and Equity program
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5. CENG CPx Dialog Sessions
The College of Engineering
invites you to attend a dialog session about the results of the CPx survey
conducted last spring.
CENG Dialogue #2 –
Creating Community and Tracking Progress
Friday, February 14,
1:00pm-3:00pm in ATL (building 007)
These workshop-style
events are intended to help us collectively process the results from the CPx
survey and generate ideas on how we can take action to foster a more just,
equitable, diverse and inclusive college community. The ideas generated as part
of these listening sessions will be incorporated into the College of
Engineering Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan and will hold
us accountable to each other. The session is open to all members of the college
community. While we encourage you to attend both sessions, we understand that
some may only be able to attend one.
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6. Roborodentia 2020
Roborodentia 2020 is
here! Roborodentia is Cal Poly's annual
robotics competition held in the Spring quarter. This is a competition of autonomous robots
where the winner receives a prize of $1,000.
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7. Herbie Volunteers
Help Herbie Learn!
Prof. Seng is looking for volunteers to help out with the labelling of training
data for Herbie to develop better neural network models. You can see what
a sample labelling looks like here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cFBadCMe8PL6zHp2A
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8. Upcoming CPES Activities
CPES
Office Hours
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.
When: M-F, 11AM-12PM
Where: 20-144
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9. Upcoming WISH Activities
Splunk
Info Session
When:
Wednesday, January 22nd
Time:
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where:
14-232B
Come
to Splunk's tech talk to meet their engineering team and learn more about the
company, product, and full- time & internship opportunities!
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General
Meeting #2
When: Thursday 1/23
Time: 11:10am-12pm
Where: TBD
Come hear about upcoming
events, mingle with members, and enjoy some pizza!
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DCAB Tri-Tip Challenge
2020
When: Saturday 1/25
Time: 8 am - 1pm
Where: The PAC
Our annual DCAB Tri-Tip
Challenge is almost here! We'll meet at the PAC, then kick off the challenge by
hiking Cal Poly's "The P". Then we'll hike Madonna and finish with
Bishop's Peak. After completing the three hikes, we'll drive to Firestone Grill
for a tri-tip sandwich! If you have any questions or concerns, email
cpnsbe.senator@gmail.com!
Sign up here for carpool: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9JId0ilg31NUH4bf97HSKK7tiPfeo8uEe8X7CIM43K-0Oow/viewform
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Sk8r Boi Final Build Days
When: Saturday 1/25
Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Where: 197-104 (Bonderson
Club Room)
This is the final day that
we are working on sk8r boi!
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CWIC 2020
When: Saturday, April 4th,
2020
Where: UCSB
Celebration of Women in
Computing (CWIC) is a one-day event where the Women in Computing community of
Southern California come together to network, host workshops, present research,
share stories with one another and of course, have fun. If you have any research,
projects or interested in hosting a workshop, consider attending! More
information coming throughout the quarter in regards to applying for this
conference. Please contact Louise Ibuna (libuna@calpoly.edu) or Dr. Zoë Wood
(zwood@calpoly.edu) if you have any questions.
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Lesbians Who Tech 2020
When: April 23-25, 2020
Where: San Francisco
Summit
What: Amazing speakers,
career fair, and 2,000+ techie lesbians and allies.
Who: Professors Julie
Workman and Lynne Slivovsky + 12 students!
More information about
applying coming soon! Please contact jworkman@calpoly.edu if you have any
questions.
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10. SWE Volunteer Opportunities
SWE VEX Robotics
Competition
When: January 18, 2020
Where: ATL, Bonderson, and Engineering
Plaza areas
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
Volunteer form: click here
Position Descriptions: click here
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Monthly Mentors Middle School Program
Monthly Mentors is one of Society of Women Engineer's newer
outreach events and takes place throughout the year! The goal of this program
is to bring monthly hands-on engineering activities to students in surrounding
communities who may not have the resources to support a strong STEM curriculum.
SWE has reached out to WISH to ask for volunteers.
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11. AMNH
Post-Baccalaureate Research FellowshipThe Helen Fellowship is a one-year residency for post-baccalaureate women to devote time immersed in computational scientific research and educational outreach at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. The Helen Fellowship program is part of AMNH’s newest education program, BridgeUP: STEM, which is focused on the intersection of computer science and science. This residency allows Fellows to conduct research under the guidance of a museum scientist in one of the AMNH’s science divisions
Applications are due January 19, 2020.
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12. 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.
Information
Sessions:
Tuesday, January 28 at 6 PM in
Bldg. 2, Rm 210
Thursday, March 5 at 6 PM in Bldg.
2, Rm 210
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13. 2020 Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program
Applications are now being
accepted for the 2020 Panetta Institute Congressional Internship
Program. In its 22nd year, this prestigious program is
designed to encourage and develop future leaders as well as prepare individuals
for greater civic involvement. Cal Poly has been participating in this
program since 2001 and our past interns consistently agree that this internship
was a meaningful experience.
This opportunity is fully
funded and is open to qualified students from ANY major who
have an interest in Congress, civil leadership or public service. Attached is a
flyer with additional details, please forward it to your faculty or staff who
may know of interested students.
Complete program
requirements and application details are available at provost.calpoly.edu/Panetta-CIP-Main.
The application deadline
is 5:00 pm, Wednesday, January 29, 2020.
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14. 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.
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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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.
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18. 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
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19. 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
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
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20. 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.
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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.
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