From advising at soe.ucsc.edu Thu Jan 4 16:00:03 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising@soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 00:00:03 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - January 4, 2007 Message-ID: <200701050000.l05003iI019696@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - January 4, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Apply to and declare your SoE major! * 2 :: CE INTAKE EXAMS * 3 :: CMPE 100 & CMPE 110 * 4 :: Interested in Medicine and Biotechnology? Check out this new course! * 5 :: New Course: DANM 251-I Empirical Approaches to Art Information * 6 :: Mentors Needed!! Earn $200!! * 7 :: 2007 Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship * 8 :: GOOGLE HISPANIC COLLEGE FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM * 9 :: SUPERB-IT * 10 :: Audeamus looking for submissions! UPCOMING EVENTS * 11 :: CSFUL Lunch - January 17th INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 12 :: Reader/Tutor positions available for CS 101 - Winter 2007 * 13 :: Reader/Tutor positions available for EE 80T - Winter 2007 * 14 :: Readers needed for CE 150 - Winter 2007 * 15 :: Cal Teach Internships Still Available for Winter 2007 * 16 :: Summer 2007, Research internships offered by the Southern California Earthquake Center * 17 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Apply to and declare your SoE major! Are you planning on declaring your major this quarter? If you're not a transfer student, you have to apply first! You must apply in the first week of the quarter by filling out an "Application to Declare the Major" form that can be picked up at our office, BE 225, or found on our website at: You may submit the completed form during our open office hours (9:00-11:00am Monday-Friday, and 1:30-3:30 pm Monday-Thursday). Note: the form must be submitted to the Undergraduate Advising Office by no later than 3:30pm, Thursday, January 11th. If you have questions, please feel free to email advising at soe.ucsc.edu, or stop by drop-in 1:30-3:30pm Monday through Thursday. 2 :: CE INTAKE EXAMS The following CE courses will have exams the first day of class: CE 100 CE 107 CE 121 CE 185 These exams test students' knowledge of material covered in prerequisite courses. Students who do not pass the exam can take another exam in class one week later. Students who do not pass the second intake exam may be dropped from the class. 3 :: CMPE 100 & CMPE 110 CMPE100 and CMPE110 are scheduled to be held at the same time in Spring 07. Students who need to complete both this year should enroll in CMPE100 in Winter rather than Spring. 4 :: Interested in Medicine and Biotechnology? Check out this new course! Introduction to Medical Biotechnology (Biomolecular Engineering 102) Learn about the newest biomolecular tools used for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Areas covered include DNA Microarrays, Personalized Medicine, Targeted Therapies, Gene Therapy, Tissue Engineering and more. Prerequisites: Biology 20A or Biology 21A or Biology/BME 80H. The course meets T&Th 10:00am-11:45am in Cowell 131 and is taught by Wendy Rothwell 5 :: New Course: DANM 251-I Empirical Approaches to Art Information Professor: Ben Carson (Music, Digital Arts and New Media) Winter Quarter 2007 Tuesdays 1-4 pm Reading and practice in empirical methods, as applied to the study of music, visual art, multimedia production, and performance arts. Topics include semiotics, critiques of empiricism, cultural determinants and contingents of perception, the psychophysics of information, sensory perception (visual and auditory), memory, pattern recognition, and awareness. Students apply existing knowledge in the cognitive sciences to a developing creative project, or develop and conduct new experiments. (Formerly course 224, Cognitive Approaches to Music, Theater, and Film.) This course invites students to develop a philosophical and critical approach to art production and art experience. Enrollment is normally open only to graduate students, but undergraduates may enroll with permission. Student projects mix theory with practice, and may range from documented creative projects, empirical research, or literature reviews. This course should be of interest to anyone interested in empirical thinking in relation to technology and human experience. 6 :: Mentors Needed!! Earn $200!! Would you like to earn $200 and support community college students in their quest to transfer to a four year engineering college? For just 20 minutes per week, you can motivate and help transfer students to reach their educational goals. The Developing Effective Engineering Pathways (DEEP) program is looking for current UCSC SOE undergraduate junior and senior students to mentor our students. To apply, visit the DEEP website ( 7 :: 2007 Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship $10,000 scholarship for the 2007-2008 AY for female undergraduate and graduate students. Application deadline is Monday, January 15, 2007. Dr. Anita Borg (1949 - 2003) devoted her life to revolutionizing the way we think about technology and dismantling the barriers that keep women and minorities from entering the computing and technology fields. As part of Google's ongoing commitment to furthering Anita's vision, we are pleased to announce the 2007 Google Anita Borg Scholarship. A group of female undergraduate and graduate students will each receive a $10,000 scholarship for the 2007-2008 academic year. All finalists and recipients will also be invited to an all-expenses paid trip to the Google Headquarters in California. Eligibility Requirements Candidates must be: * Entering their senior year of undergraduate study or be enrolled in a graduate program in 2007 - 2008 at a university in the United States * Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field majors * Enrolled in full-time study in 2007 - 2008 * Maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or 4.5 on a 5.0 scale or equivalent in their current program For complete details, please visit us at Application deadline is Monday, January 15, 2007. 8 :: GOOGLE HISPANIC COLLEGE FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Application deadline on March 15, 2007. Eligibility Requirements ? Students must? * come from an Hispanic background * be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program (Juniors, Seniors, Masters or PHD) * be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident * demonstrate financial need * have a GPA of 3.5 or higher * be enrolled in a full time program of study of Computer Science or Computer Engineering Students Selected Will Benefit from: * A $5,000 dollars scholarship to pay for your tuition, books or other fees * Internships opportunities * An opportunity to visit Google Headquarters * Apply to win a trip to the nation?s capitol, Washington DC: * Have a chance to network with influential leaders and executives * Learn career skills through workshops and mentoring * Attend the Annual Hispanic College Fund Gala * Membership in the HCF Online Community, HCF Connections which includes: * Exclusive access to job and internship posting * Mentorship program * Online chats, profiles and posting from over 3,000 HCF alumni Application can be found at www.hispanicfund.org 9 :: SUPERB-IT UC Berkeley?s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences is proud to offer again SUPERB-IT: ?Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley-Information Technology,? sponsored by the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. We are targeting high-potential juniors who have a strong interest in graduate study, and who are either socio-economically disadvantaged, low-income, first-generation college students, or have very limited access to undergraduate research in their undergraduate institution. Over half of the EECS faculty has mentored SUPERB students during the past seventeen summers. A high percentage of former SUPERB students have gone on to earn graduate degrees in either Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. SUPERB-Information Technology will take place from June 10 to August 3, 2007. The deadline to apply is January 31, 2007. Students will be notified of their admissions decision by mid-March, 2007. STUDENTS CAN FIND INFORMATION AND DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION BY GOING TO THE FOLLOWING URL: 10 :: Audeamus looking for submissions! The University Honors Program of UC Riverside is excited to announce a new journal, Audeamus, which means Let Us Dare. Its character will be similar to that of a literary journal. However, they aim to publish an expanded range of works. The journal will be interested in submissions from any category of literature, the visual arts, and scholarly or scientific research. We welcome essays relating to students' research activities and are especially interested in reflections on the college or honors experience. The editors of the Audeamus journal welcome submissions from students participating in any honors program on a UC campus. We hope that Audeamus will help unify the honors programs across all UC campuses. The deadline for submission has been extended to January 15, 2007 for all campuses outside of UC Riverside. See the FAQ and submission guidelines for more information: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 :: CSFUL Lunch - January 17th CSFUL Lunch: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:00pm, Jack's Lounge (in the Baskin Engineering Building) The topic will be "Programming Languages: Where to Begin: Java, C, C++, Python, Scheme, etc." Please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu by January 15th if you are interested in attending. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 :: Reader/Tutor positions available for CS 101 - Winter 2007 Reader/Tutor positions available for CS 101 in winter quarter. If qualified and interested, please contact Professor Allen Van Gelder at 459-4611 or avg at soe.ucsc.edu. 13 :: Reader/Tutor positions available for EE 80T - Winter 2007 EE-80T has an opening for a Reader/Tutor in the Winter quarter. Please contact Professor Pedrotti directly via email at pedrotti at soe.ucsc.edu for more information. 14 :: Readers needed for CE 150 - Winter 2007 CE 150 has openings for Readers in the Winter quarter. Please email brad at soe.ucsc.edu for more information if you are interested. 15 :: Cal Teach Internships Still Available for Winter 2007 Cal Teach will be placing close to 60 undergraduates in local middle school math and science classrooms for Cal Teach internships. ( Additional paid internships for the winter quarter are still available. Undergraduate students planning a science, math or engineering degree and interested in exploring a career in teaching are eligible to apply. Interested students should contact Cara Aguirre this week at 459-2226 or come by her office in Thimann 365. 16 :: Summer 2007, Research internships offered by the Southern California Earthquake Center Southern California Earthquake Center(SCEC) a not-for-profit, scientific research consortium funded by the National Science Foundation and the University of Southern California (USC) provides research opportunities for undergraduates of varied interests, skill levels, majors, and class levels, from schools around the United States. SCEC is looking for students who relish a challenge, and who seek to stretch their boundaries of knowledge, skills, and interests. SCEC/SURE interns are typically geoscience or related majors, and are paired one-on-one with SCEC scientists to conduct research at that scientist's home institution or field study site. SURE intern projects run a gamut of specializations, from paleoseismic trenching to computer modeling. SCEC/UseIT is a team internship headquartered at USC in Los Angeles, CA, where students conduct IT research to benefit earthquake science, and create animated movies for science education and outreach, using 3D, interactive, visualization software engineered by program interns. SURE and UseIT interns must be current college undergraduates.(Graduates, graduate students, and high school students are not eligible.)With the exception of students who attend USC during the school year, SCEC undergraduate interns must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. SCEC interns receive a stipend for 10 weeks of summer work, plus all expenses paid to attend a summer field trip and the September, 2007, SCEC Annual Meeting. Additionally, some participants may be eligible for no-cost summer housing and travel assistance. For more information, to download a recruitment flyer, or to apply (deadline January 31, 2007), please go to 17 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities To view Computer Science/Engineering internship opportunities and find out how to apply go to the UCSC Career Center Intern Connection database at: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is published on the web and sent via email to soe-ugrads at soe.ucsc.edu weekly. If you would like to submit information for the newsletter, please send it to advising at soe.ucsc.edu by Friday at 1 PM. Submissions should be of interest to SoE undergraduates. :: To access the archived newsletters, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/private/soe-ugrads/ Note, you must log on with your subscribed email address and password. To have your password emailed to you, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/lists/info/soe-ugrads. :: Undergraduate Advising Office :: 227 Baskin Engineering Building :: Baskin School of Engineering :: University of California, Santa Cruz :: 831.459.5840 phone :: 831.459.5333 fax :: http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/ugrads From advising at soe.ucsc.edu Mon Jan 8 16:59:03 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising@soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:59:03 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of January 8, 2007 Message-ID: <200701090059.l090x3rh006959@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of January 8, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Apply to and declare your SoE major! * 2 :: Unhappy and bored with regular courses in your major? Want to learn something new and enjoy a graduate course? * 3 :: Mentors Needed!! Earn $200!! * 4 :: BECOME A UCLEADS SCHOLAR! * 5 :: ASEE Fellowships Available UPCOMING EVENTS * 6 :: CSFUL Lunch - January 17th * 7 :: CEFUL Lunch ? January 23rd * 8 :: Applied Signal Technology - Engineering Open House INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 9 :: Reader/Tutor positions available for CS 101 - Winter 2007 * 10 :: Readers needed for CE 150 - Winter 2007 * 11 :: Awesome Job Opportunities at Meebo * 12 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Apply to and declare your SoE major! Are you planning on declaring your major this quarter? If you're not a transfer student, you have to apply first! You must apply in the first week of the quarter by filling out an "Application to Declare the Major" form that can be picked up at our office, BE 225, or found on our website at: < > You may submit the completed form during our open office hours (9:00-11:00am Monday-Friday, and 1:30-3:30 pm Monday-Thursday). Note: the form must be submitted to the Undergraduate Advising Office by no later than 3:30pm, Thursday, January 11th. If you have questions, please feel free to email advising at soe.ucsc.edu, or stop by drop-in 1:30-3:30pm Monday through Thursday. 2 :: Unhappy and bored with regular courses in your major? Want to learn something new and enjoy a graduate course? Neural Implant Engineering EE 270 (Winter 2007, 5 credits) Fridays 9:00AM-12:00PM Engineer 2 598 Prof. Wentai Liu, UCSC Prof. Theodore Berger, University of Southern California Prof. James Weiland, University of Southern California A new course, "Neural Implant Engineering", is being offered by the EE department (EE 270) in Winter 2007. The course is the first of its kind ever at UCSC. The focus of the course is biomedical implants for neural prosthesis to replace lost biological functionality in the central nervous system. Two major prostheses will be covered: visual prostheses that aim to restore vision in blind patients, and cortical prostheses that aim to restore cognitive function for patients with memory loss. The course will start with the fundamentals of the neural implants on both the physiology and engineering aspects and apply this knowledge to prostheses. This truly interdisciplinary course is open to senior undergraduate and graduate students from SOE and Biology. Topics to be covered: * Electrode tissue interface * Recording signals from neurons * Stimulating neurons * Electrode technology * Microelectronics for neural prostheses * Biocompatible chip packaging This cross campus course will be taught as part of the multi-university NSF Biomimetic Microelectronics System Engineering Research Center(BMES ERC) educational activities. The course lectures will be web cast with the comfort of downloading and viewing lectures anytime. Check out the following links: Last year?s course website: If you have any questions regarding the course please email wentai at soe.ucsc.edu. 3 :: Mentors Needed!! Earn $200!! Would you like to earn $200 and support community college students in their quest to transfer to a four year engineering college? For just 20 minutes per week, you can motivate and help transfer students to reach their educational goals. The Developing Effective Engineering Pathways (DEEP) program is looking for current UCSC SOE undergraduate junior and senior students to mentor our students. If interested, please contact Marcella Grant at mgrant at ucsc.edu . 4 :: BECOME A UCLEADS SCHOLAR! INFORMATION SESSION: JANUARY 22, 2007 - 5:30-6:30pm - Baytree Conference Center Room B APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 21, 2007 UC LEADS provides undergraduates with: * faculty mentoring * experiential learning via research * involvement with professional societies * exposure to the UC graduate environment * participation in academic enrichment programs The UCLEADS program identifies, encourages, and trains undergraduates who have strong leadership skills and the potential to earn Ph.D.s in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields offered by the University of California. For further information and an application, contact the UCLEADS Coordinator, Missy Soto at (831) 459-2768, msoto at ucsc.edu or visit the website at: 5 :: ASEE Fellowships Available The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP): The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is now administering NREIP, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). NREIP is a ten week summer research opportunity for undergraduate Juniors & Seniors, and Graduate students, under the guidance of a mentor, at a participating Navy Laboratory. The stipend amounts for the program are $5,500 for undergraduate students and $6,500 for graduate students. U.S. citizenship required; Permanent residents accepted at certain labs. The application is currently open and must be completed by January 12, 2007, references are due by January 19, 2007. Go to: The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG): The fellowship program is sponsored by the Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program This program is intended for U.S. citizens at or near the beginning of their graduate studies in science and/or engineering programs. The fellowships are for three year tenures. The stipends begin at $30,500 for first year fellows, $31,000 for second year fellows, and $31,500 for third year fellows. Full tuition and fees and a health insurance allowance are included as part of the program. The application deadline is January, 2007. Go to: Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program: This scholarship for service program provides students with a stipend (starting between $22,500 and $38,000), full tuition, health coverage, book allowance of $1000, and other normal educational expenses. The purpose is to promote the education, recruitment and retention of undergraduate and graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies. The SMART Scholarship for Service Program is open only to U.S. citizens, and students must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible. There is an employment opportunity with the DoD with this program. Application deadline is February, 2007. For more information and to apply, go to: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 :: CSFUL Lunch - January 17th CSFUL Lunch: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:00pm, Jack's Lounge (in the Baskin Engineering Building) The topic will be "Programming Languages: Where to Begin: Java, C, C++, Python, Scheme, etc." Please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu by January 15th if you are interested in attending. 7 :: CEFUL Lunch ? January 23rd CEFUL Lunch: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 ? 12:30pm, E2-215 Please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu by January 19th if you are interested in attending. 8 :: Applied Signal Technology - Engineering Open House Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Location: Applied Signal Campus in Sunnyvale On-site interviews with hiring managers from these business areas: * Multichannel Systems * Wireless Communication Systems * Business Development Special guest speaker: John Treichler, Chief Technical Officer and company co-founder Other event happenings: * Door prize raffle * Benefits information * Food and drinks Current Openings: * FPGA Design Engineer * Senior System Engineer * Software Engineers * SW Database Application Engineer * System Engineering/DSP Lead You must be pre-registered to attend. Complete the online pre-qualification form TODAY at www.appsig.com/openhouse.htm to receive your invitation to the event. U.S. citizenship is required for all engineering positions. Current or past security clearance is a plus. Visit www.appsig.com for full details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 :: Reader/Tutor positions available for CS 101 - Winter 2007 Reader/Tutor positions available for CS 101 in winter quarter. If qualified and interested, please contact Professor Allen Van Gelder at 459-4611 or avg at soe.ucsc.edu. 10 :: Readers needed for CE 150 - Winter 2007 CE 150 has openings for Readers in the Winter quarter. Please email brad at soe.ucsc.edu for more information if you are interested. 11 :: Awesome Job Opportunities at Meebo Meebo is currently looking for talented and energetic Javascript and C/C++ programmers (both full-time and intern) that would feel right at home in a fast- paced and exciting environment. Openings for: * Front End Intern (JavaScript) * Front End Full Time (JavaScript) * Backend Full Time (C/C++) * Systems Administrator Intern (Unix) * Systems Administrator (Unix) See 12 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities To view Computer Science/Engineering internship opportunities and find out how to apply, go to the UCSC Career Center Intern Connection database at: <> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is published on the web and sent via email to soe-ugrads at soe.ucsc.edu weekly. If you would like to submit information for the newsletter, please send it to advising at soe.ucsc.edu by Friday at 1 PM. Submissions should be of interest to SoE undergraduates. :: To access the archived newsletters, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/private/soe-ugrads/ Note, you must log on with your subscribed email address and password. To have your password emailed to you, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/lists/info/soe-ugrads. :: Undergraduate Advising Office :: 227 Baskin Engineering Building :: Baskin School of Engineering :: University of California, Santa Cruz :: 831.459.5840 phone :: 831.459.5333 fax :: http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/ugrads From advising at soe.ucsc.edu Tue Jan 16 16:36:03 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising@soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:36:03 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of January 16, 2007 Message-ID: <200701170036.l0H0a3FX016284@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of January 16, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Welcome Alicia Marquez! * 2 :: Engineering Courses Offered in Summer 2007 * 3 :: Take major courses for Grades! Deadline to change THIS THURSDAY * 4 :: Mentors Needed!! Earn $200!! * 5 :: SVEC Scholarship UPCOMING EVENTS * 6 :: CSFUL Lunch - January 17th * 7 :: Technical Engineering Resume Workshop ? January 17th * 8 :: CEFUL Lunch ? January 23rd * 9 :: ?Navigating an Academic Career as a Female Scientist ? ? January 30th INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 10 :: National Cancer Institute?s Integrative Cancer Biology Program - Summer research opportunities * 11 :: Accenture Technology Labs Research Associate - Entry Level * 12 :: Air Force Internship Opportunity * 13 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Welcome Alicia Marquez! On behalf of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering Undergraduate Affairs Office, please join us in welcoming Alicia Marquez as an Undergraduate Advisor and Dual Degree Program Coordinator. A graduate of UCSC, Alicia has extensive experience in student affairs, program coordination and academic student support. Alicia is located in Baskin Engineering 231. You can contact her by email at alicia at soe.ucsc.edu. 2 :: Engineering Courses Offered in Summer 2007 The following is a tentative list of SoE courses to be offered in Summer 2007: AMS 005 CMPE 016 CMPE 185 CMPS 12A/L CMPS 12B/M CMPS 101 A complete list of tentative Summer course offerings (including ECON, MATH, and PHYS) can be found at 3 :: Take major courses for Grades! Deadline to change THIS THURSDAY Last Day to change P/NP Grading Option THURS, JAN 18! Attention SoE Students! Inappropriate grade can threaten the use of the class toward your degree: Many majors in the School of Engineering have additional restrictions on the use of the Pass/No Pass option. Foundation courses should not be taken Pass/No Pass because doing so may lower students' declaration GPA and affect their admission into School of Engineering majors. Major grade requirements are as follows: * Bioinformatics major: Same as campus requirements, but foundation courses should not be taken Pass/No Pass, since doing so may lower the declaration GPA needed for admission to the major. * Computer engineering major: All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed. * Computer engineering minor: Same as campus requirements. * Computer science major and minor: All courses required for the major and minor must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed. * Electrical engineering major: All courses required for the major must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed (not to include Electrical Engineering 70). * Information systems management major: All courses required for the major must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed (not to include Information Systems Management 50 or 58). If you are taking a graduate class, the default grading option is P/NP. You must actively select to take the course for a grade. You may do this through your student portal by selecting Update Classes, and clicking on the grading option. If you need assistance in changing your grading option, you may come to drop-in advising (1:30-3:30pm M-Th in BE 225) and we can assist you. 4 :: Mentors Needed!! Earn $200!! Would you like to earn $200 and support community college students in their quest to transfer to a four year engineering college? For just 20 minutes per week, you can motivate and help transfer students to reach their educational goals. The Developing Effective Engineering Pathways (DEEP) program is looking for current UCSC SOE undergraduate junior and senior students to mentor our students. If interested, please contact Marcella Grant at mgrant at ucsc.edu . 5 :: SVEC Scholarship Each year, SVEC makes a number of cash awards to worthy applicants. The goals of the SVEC scholarship program are to identify and support deserving students whose studies are aligned toward engineering, engineering technology, or technology, and to help them achieve their educational goals. Engineering and Technology students graduating from high school, or presently enrolled in undergraduate community college and university programs are encouraged to apply. The 2007 SVEC scholarship application form can be downloaded from the SVEC website: Applications must be received before January 23, 2007. No applications will be accepted after this date. The application may be submitted to: Connie Fang, P.O. Box 920, Cupertino, CA 95015. Scholarship winners will be announced and awarded at the Annual SVEC Engineering Week Banquet on February 22, 2007. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 :: CSFUL Lunch - January 17th CSFUL Lunch: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:00pm, Jack's Lounge (in the Baskin Engineering Building) The topic will be "Programming Languages: Where to Begin: Java, C, C++, Python, Scheme, etc." Please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu ASAP if you are interested in attending. 7 :: Technical Engineering Resume Workshop ? January 17th Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and SOE Honors Society will be hosting a technical engineering resume workshop with Computer Engineering Professor Cyrus Bazeghi. He will describe in detail what a technical resume is and what makes it appealing to the engineering industry. Also he will teach about what the industry is looking for in your engineering experience here at UCSC. Date: Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 Time: 5:00 ? 6:00 pm. Where: Jack Baskin Engineering Whiteboards 8 :: CEFUL Lunch ? January 23rd CEFUL Lunch: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 ? 12:30pm, E2-215 Host: Hai Tao "Seeing Machines" Just like humans, computers can "see" through cameras. How does it happen? Come to the CEFUL and join us on January 23rd. Prof. Tao will discuss research projects in the UCSC Visual Computing Lab ranging from pedestrian detection to active camera tracking. Lunch will be served, free! Please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu by January 19th if you are interested in attending. 9 :: ?Navigating an Academic Career as a Female Scientist ? ? January 30th Tuesday, January 30, 2007 University Center, Alumni Room, UC Santa Cruz, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Panelists: *Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University *Dr. Raquel Prado,* Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, UCSC *Dr. Jean Langenheim,* Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Biology, UCSC *Dr. Lisa Sloan,* Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, and Professor of Earth Sciences, UCSC* Moderator: Dr. Karen Holl,* Professor of Environmental Studies, UCSC Overview: Each panelist will discuss her experience as a female scientist, focusing on how she was able to overcome various hurdles in her academic career and what suggestions she has for young women pursuing scientific careers. There will be ample time for questions from the audience and an opportunity for attendees to interact with panelists individually briefly after the panel. Sponsored by: The STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research, The UCSC Graduate Division, Women Evolving Biological Sciences (WEBS) For more information: visit/ www.steps.ucsc.edu/ or contact Abby Young at the STEPS Institute This event is open to the university community, but space is limited, so please arrive early. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 :: National Cancer Institute?s Integrative Cancer Biology Program - Summer research opportunities The National Cancer Institute?s Integrative Cancer Biology Program - Summer research opportunities for sophomore and junior level college students - June 11 through August 10, 2007. Program Description: This Summer Cancer Research Fellowship program provides a unique opportunity for nine eligible sophomore or junior college students to engage in innovative, integrative biology approaches to cancer research through the National Cancer Institute?s (NCI) Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP). The ICBP, composed of nine multidisciplinary centers across the United States, focuses on the analysis of cancer as a complex biological system. Researchers within each ICBP center utilize the integration of experimental biology with mathematical and computational modeling to gain new insights into the biology and possible management of cancer. Selected student participants will be paired with an ICBP faculty-mentor from a participating center based on the students' indicated research interests. Through mentored research projects and/or laboratory work, faculty lectures, seminars, discussions and other activities, the nine students will gain an understanding and appreciation of major questions currently under investigation as well as the novel approaches being used within the ICBP Centers. For more information, or to apply, please visit: 11 :: Accenture Technology Labs Research Associate - Entry Level Accenture Technology Labs is seeking entry-level candidates in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a closely related field with a passion for technology, excellent programming skills, and a creative approach to developing new research prototypes. Positions are available in our Palo Alto, CA office. Persons with strong research interests and skill sets are preferred. Candidates will be considered for their ability to demonstrate exceptional programming and project experience. As a research associate at Accenture Technology Labs, you will experience an applied research lab that creates advanced computer science research in the context of enterprise-scale business. We'll match your interests and experience to one of our ongoing projects, and there will be the possibility of building projects that leverage your skills. Your role will focus on contributing to new technology projects in an atmosphere similar to an academic lab. As a member of the Technology Labs, however, you'll work with quality people and be exposed to the full range of technology and business events that make Accenture Technology Labs a unique research organization. Skills/Descriptions: Musts: . B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or closely related area . Programming skills in a modern language, including C++, Java, Python, C# . Strong motivation to succeed and contribute . Effective team skills . Good goal-setting, time-management and communication skills . Creative technologist with ability to generate new ideas for project Preferences: . Working knowledge of current OS, web, and database technologies. For example, several among: Linux, MySQL, Win32 API, .NET, PHP, ASP, DirectX, Flash MX, Instant Messaging, database design Current Research Areas for Accenture Technology Labs: . Infrastructure research including but not limited to networking, data center, security and mobility technology . Future Computing Environments, user interfaces . Intelligent Systems, machine learning, AI, web/text/data mining, optimization . Advanced graphical environments, room displays, visualization . Collaboration Tools, Instant Messaging, P2P, social networks . Sensor networks, smart dust, intelligent objects About Accenture Technology Labs: Accenture Technology Labs is the research and development arm of Accenture, the world's largest IT consulting firm. We investigate how technology will shape the future of Accenture's clients and their customers. Our research prototypes demonstrate how advances in technology will change the way we live, work, and do business in the next 3 to 5 years. Our researchers highlight new opportunities for dramatic change in a variety of mediums: feature stories in the popular press (ABC News,New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wired), papers and demonstrations in academic conferences (CHI, CSCW, HUC), and workshops where we interact with the top executives from a broad spectrum of industries. Our clients range from large, established firms to innovative new startup companies, from all parts of the world. In addition, the Labs are in constant dialog with the rest of Accenture to ensure that these innovations become part of solutions that have significant impact for our clients. Current areas of investigation by Accenture Technology Labs include Business Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous Commerce, Information Insight, Human Performance Enhancement, Media & Entertainment Services, Privacy & Rights Management, and Future Watch (see our website for more details on each of these areas). We are seeking creative, energetic people to help us explore these areas as well as initiate research into areas not yet covered by our group. Level: Research Associate / Analyst Contact: Huan Liu (huan.liu AT accenture.com) Location: Palo Alto, CA Website: 12 :: Air Force Internship Opportunity The Air Force is offering an outstanding internship opportunity for bachelor?s, master?s and doctorate engineering majors for 12 weeks starting at the end of the spring term and ending prior to the start of the fall term. Interns will be working for an AFIT professor, who will assign specific duties, which may include some or all of the following; working in labs, conducting research, collecting data or writing programs. Benefits of this experience for non-military interns include having the opportunity to work in their field of study with an experienced Air Force Institute of Technology professor in the military environment. *_This program is not sponsored by Air Force ROTC or Air Force recruiting, and interns will not be required to enter the active duty Air Force._* Air Force ROTC students may apply and will be expected to wear civilian attire during the internship. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, and be willing to provide recommendation, resume and official transcript, among other requirements. Those selected will be paid as a federal employee Step 1 GS 4/GS5 with locality pay; they will receive their pay every other week electronically. Interns will file a W-4 as taxes will be withheld. The Air Force will not fund travel, food room and board. Interns will work approx 40 hrs per week, with weekends and federal holidays off. They will be matched by background/experience to project requirements. Interested students should read more about the program then apply via the AFIT website which is Students majoring in the following areas may compete for this prestigious opportunity. Science: ? Computer Science ? Materials Science ? Mathematics ? Operations Research ? Physics Engineering: ? Aeronautical ? Astronautical ? Electrical & Computer ? Mechanical ? Nuclear ? Systems Engineering 13 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities To view Computer Science/Engineering internship opportunities and find out how to apply go to the UCSC Career Center Intern Connection database at: <> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is published on the web and sent via email to soe-ugrads at soe.ucsc.edu weekly. If you would like to submit information for the newsletter, please send it to advising at soe.ucsc.edu by Friday at 1 PM. Submissions should be of interest to SoE undergraduates. :: To access the archived newsletters, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/private/soe-ugrads/ Note, you must log on with your subscribed email address and password. To have your password emailed to you, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/lists/info/soe-ugrads. :: Undergraduate Advising Office :: 227 Baskin Engineering Building :: Baskin School of Engineering :: University of California, Santa Cruz :: 831.459.5840 phone :: 831.459.5333 fax :: http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/ugrads From advising at soe.ucsc.edu Mon Jan 22 16:35:03 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising@soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:35:03 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of January 22, 2007 Message-ID: <200701230035.l0N0Z3U3003956@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of January 22, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Engineering Courses Offered in Summer 2007 * 2 :: Take major courses for Grades! Deadline to change THIS THURSDAY * 3 :: THE 10th ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SYMPOSIUM * 4 :: Mentors Needed!! Earn $200!! UPCOMING EVENTS * 5 :: Career Center Fashion Show ? January 23rd * 6 :: CEFUL Lunch ? January 23rd * 7 :: Technical Engineering Resume Workshop ? January 24th * 8 :: Altera Corporation Visit ? February 26th & 27th INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 9 :: Grader needed for CMPS 161 * 10 :: NSF-STC Summer Undergraduate Internship Program * 11 :: *Robotics Institute Summer Scholars* program * 12 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Engineering Courses Offered in Summer 2007 The following is a tentative list of SoE courses to be offered in Summer 2007: AMS 005 CMPE 016 CMPE 185 CMPS 12A/L CMPS 12B/M CMPS 101 A complete list of tentative Summer course offerings (including ECON, MATH, and PHYS) can be found at 2 :: Take major courses for Grades! Deadline to change THIS THURSDAY Last Day to change P/NP Grading Option THURS, JAN 25! Attention SoE Students! An inappropriate grade can threaten the use of the class toward your degree: Many majors in the School of Engineering have additional restrictions on the use of the Pass/No Pass option. Foundation courses should not be taken Pass/No Pass because doing so may lower students' declaration GPA and affect their admission into School of Engineering majors. Major grade requirements are as follows: * Bioinformatics major: Same as campus requirements, but foundation courses should not be taken Pass/No Pass, since doing so may lower the declaration GPA needed for admission to the major. * Computer engineering major: All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed. * Computer engineering minor: Same as campus requirements. * Computer science major and minor: All courses required for the major and minor must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed. * Electrical engineering major: All courses required for the major must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed (not to include Electrical Engineering 70). * Information systems management major: All courses required for the major must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed (not to include Information Systems Management 50 or 58). If you are taking a graduate class, the default grading option is P/NP. You must actively select to take the course for a grade. You may do this through your student portal by selecting Update Classes, and clicking on the grading option. If you need assistance in changing your grading option, you may come to drop-in advising (1:30-3:30pm M-Th in BE 225) and we can assist you. 3 :: THE 10th ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION The Division of Physical and Biological Sciences and the Jack Baskin School of Engineering are pleased to announce the Tenth Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. The symposium will be held on June 7, 2007 in the courtyard of Jack Baskin Engineering. It will be held in conjunction with the events celebrating Student Achievement Week 2007 and the 10th anniversary of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering. This event will recognize and promote the outstanding undergraduate research that is being carried out at UCSC while providing students with the experience of presenting their research results in a professional setting. DEADLINE and ELIGIBILITY The deadline for submitting abstracts is May 11th. For your convenience electronic versions of the abstract application are attached. Feel free to share this with any interested students. Students may also obtain hard copies of the abstract application forms from the PB Sci Dean's Office. UCSC undergraduate students from all disciplines in the Physical and Biological Sciences and Engineering are invited to participate in this event. Undergraduate students who are currently engaged in research under the direction of a faculty advisor are eligible. Examples of such research at the undergraduate level would be: research projects for Independent Study, Senior Thesis, or classroom research projects done on an individual basis. The research does not have to be completed. All students must register to participate by May 11th. PRESENTATION GUIDELINES Poster format should include the following: * Abstract * Introduction (hypothesis, reasoning, etc...) * Objectives (significance of research to the field) * Method * Results (if research has been completed) * Conclusion Please see: If you have any questions please contact Symposium Coordinators: Physical and Biological Sciences - Paula Schneider - 459-3493 or pschneider at ucsc.edu J. Baskin School of Engineering - Virginia Carrillo - 459-2868 or virginia at soe.ucsc.edu 4 :: Mentors Needed!! Earn $200!! Would you like to earn $200 and support community college students in their quest to transfer to a four year engineering college? For just 20 minutes per week, you can motivate and help transfer students to reach their educational goals. The Developing Effective Engineering Pathways (DEEP) program is looking for current UCSC SOE undergraduate junior and senior students to mentor our students. If interested, please contact Marcella Grant at mgrant at ucsc.edu . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 :: Career Center Fashion Show ? January 23rd Tuesday, January 23, 2007 from 11am to 1pm Quarry Plaza Please join us for a Career Fashion Show. Featuring the latest styles from Macy?s, Gottschalk?s, Express, Ann Taylor Loft, The Limited, Mervyn?s and Target! Learn to dress for success while staying true to your own style. Enjoy pizza, refreshments, music and hot models. There are two shows, once at 11:00am and again at 1:00pm. 6 :: CEFUL Lunch ? January 23rd CEFUL Lunch: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 ? 12:30pm, E2-215 Host: Hai Tao "Seeing Machines" Just like humans, computers can "see" through cameras. How does it happen? Come to the CEFUL and join us on January 23rd. Prof. Tao will discuss research projects in the UCSC Visual Computing Lab ranging from pedestrian detection to active camera tracking. Lunch will be served, free! Please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu ASAP if you are interested in attending. 7 :: Technical Engineering Resume Workshop ? January 24th Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and SOE Honors Society will be hosting a technical engineering resume workshop with Computer Engineering Professor Cyrus Bazeghi. He will describe in detail what a technical resume is and what makes it appealing to engineering industry. Also he will teach about what industry is looking for in your engineering experience here at UCSC. Date: Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Time: 5:00 ? 6:00 pm. Where: Jack Baskin Engineering Whiteboards 8 :: Altera Corporation Visit ? February 26th & 27th Altera Corporation, a leading provider in programmable logic solutions, will be hosting their Information Session on the 5th floor of the Engineering 2 Building Room 599 on February 26, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Altera Representatives will be present to discuss current job opportunities. Food and drinks will be provided. On-Campus Interviews will be held on Tuesday, February 27, 2007. Please contact your Career Center for resume submission and on-campus interview schedules. Please see www.altera.com/college for more details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 :: Grader needed for CMPS 161 Grader needed for CMPS161 to help with grading programs. Interested students that have taken CMPS160 or CMPS161 should contact pang at cse.ucsc.edu . 10 :: NSF-STC Summer Undergraduate Internship Program The National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers (STCs) offer paid summer internships at our seventeen centers, located at prestigious universities around the United States. These summer internships provide undergraduates an opportunity to conduct research in a ?graduate school? setting in the following fields: 1) biological sciences, 2) computer and information sciences, 3) engineering, 4) geosciences, and 5) mathematical and physical sciences. These summer research opportunities are fully funded and are an excellent way to gain a competitive edge toward graduate school. The centers are currently accepting applications for the 2007 Summer Programs. Deadlines are rapidly approaching and anyone interested is encouraged to apply. For more information on these programs, please access our website at www.nsfstc.org. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact wuehara at cens.ucla.edu. 11 :: *Robotics Institute Summer Scholars* program The *Robotics Institute Summer Scholars* program is a summer internship program for highly qualified and motivated undergraduate students. Acceptance to the program is limited and very competitive. Interns who are accepted into the program will have a chance to work on state-of-the-art research projects at Carnegie Mellon's world-renowned Robotics Institute. Interns will be assigned to work with faculty members who fit their area of interest. Projects will range from a wide variety of sub-fields in robotics including (but not limited to!) mobile robotics, computer vision, machine learning, robot navigation, autonomy, humanoid robotics,human-robot interaction, multi-robot systems, graphics, and mechanical design. We also expect to host some special social and educational activities specifically for the Summer Scholars. Details about the program, including how to apply, can be found at 12 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities To view internship descriptions and find out how to apply go to the UCSC Career Center Intern Connection database at: The following are recent internship listings: Surfrider Foundation (Santa Cruz Chapter), Santa Cruz, CA, is looking for a Web Design intern, position is NON-PAID. Computer Science, Web Design or related major. Must be self motivated and independent worker. Some experience in website design and posting desired. We would like someone willing to make a year long commitment, but will consider others depending on circumstances. call or email expressing interest. DEADLINE: ASAP; Graniterock, Watsonville, CA, Software Developer/Technical Writer, Compensation based on year in school (hourly rate). Position will primarily involve writing software code in Visual Basic.NET Highly desired skills: Visual Studio.NET and Visual Basic.NET ; DEADLINE: Jan. 31/2007; DataCare Corporation, San Jose, CA, Software Engineer Intern, $10 to $12/hour. Computer Science and Engineers graduating in spring 2007. Possible hire after graduation. Interns trained in the development tools used by the Engineering team. Basic tools are: MySQL, PHP, Apache, Linux. DEADLINE: Jan. 31, 2007 ; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is published on the web and sent via email to soe-ugrads at soe.ucsc.edu weekly. If you would like to submit information for the newsletter, please send it to advising at soe.ucsc.edu by Friday at 1 PM. Submissions should be of interest to SoE undergraduates. :: To access the archived newsletters, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/private/soe-ugrads/ Note, you must log on with your subscribed email address and password. To have your password emailed to you, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/lists/info/soe-ugrads. :: Undergraduate Advising Office :: 227 Baskin Engineering Building :: Baskin School of Engineering :: University of California, Santa Cruz :: 831.459.5840 phone :: 831.459.5333 fax :: http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/ugrads From advising at soe.ucsc.edu Mon Jan 29 16:49:03 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising@soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:49:03 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of January 29, 2007 Message-ID: <200701300049.l0U0n3nf025148@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of January 29, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Got questions? Come talk with a BSoE Peer Mentor during "Drop-in Hours" which begin this week. * 2 :: Engineering Courses Offered in Summer 2007 * 3 :: Technology for People with Cognitive Disabilities Student Design Competition * 4 :: THE 10th ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION: UPCOMING EVENTS * 5 :: High-Tech Resume Review Workshop - January 31st * 6 :: CEFUL Lunch ? February 9th * 7 :: CSFUL Lunch ? February 21st * 8 :: Altera Corporation Visit - February 26th & 27th * 9 :: Meetings for Society of Women Engineers INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 10 :: Readers/Tutors needed for CMPS 115 and CMPS 12A * 11 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Got questions? Come talk with a BSoE Peer Mentor during "Drop-in Hours" which begin this week. Beginning this week Peer Mentors will be available at the BSoE Undergraduate Student Affairs Office to talk with students during drop-in hours: 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. and 1:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. Peer Mentors serve as a resource providing information and answers for BSoE-related questions which particularly assist new and prospective BSoE students plan toward their studies. Take the opportunity to stop by the Undergraduate Student Affairs counter (225 Baskin Engineering Bldg.) during these drop-in hours. A list of peer mentors and their drop-in hours is posted outside the BSoE Undergraduate Student Affairs Office. 2 :: Engineering Courses Offered in Summer 2007 The following is a tentative list of SoE courses to be offered in Summer 2007: AMS 005 CMPE 016 CMPE 185 CMPS 12A/L CMPS 12B/M CMPS 101 A complete list of tentative Summer course offerings (including ECON, MATH, and PHYS) can be found at: 3 :: Technology for People with Cognitive Disabilities Student Design Competition Create a prototype of a new tool that enables people with cognitive disabilities to accomplish activities of daily living more effectively and independently. Examples (past and present): *Memory aids *Automated monitoring and coaching Cognitive accessibility for the Web *Aids for using public transportation *Prompting systems for work or daily life tasks Sensor systems *Communication devices Educational games usable by a person with a cognitive disability ...What will you create? First prize $5000 Second prize $2400 Third prize $1200 Seven additional prizes $200 each Open to undergraduate students only. For submission instructions and more information follow the link to the Student Research Competition from Letter of intent due February 1, 2007, and prototype due June 1, 2007. Sponsored by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for the Advancement of Cognitive Technologies, funded by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, in cooperation with The Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities. 4 :: THE 10th ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION: The Division of Physical and Biological Sciences and the Jack Baskin School of Engineering are pleased to announce the Tenth Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. The symposium will be held on June 7, 2007 in the courtyard of Jack Baskin Engineering. It will be held in conjunction with the events celebrating Student Achievement Week 2007 and the 10th anniversary of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering. This event will recognize and promote the outstanding undergraduate research that is being carried out at UCSC while providing students with the experience of presenting their research results in a professional setting. DEADLINE and ELIGIBILITY: The deadline for submitting abstracts is May 11th. For your convenience electronic versions of the abstract application are attached. Feel free to share this with any interested students. Students may also obtain hard copies of the abstract application forms from the PB Sci Dean's Office. UCSC undergraduate students from all disciplines in the Physical and Biological Sciences and Engineering are invited to participate in this event. Undergraduate students who are currently engaged in research under the direction of a faculty advisor are eligible. Examples of such research at the undergraduate level would be: research projects for Independent Study, Senior Thesis, or classroom research projects done on an individual basis. The research does not have to be completed. All students must register to participate by May 11th. PRESENTATION GUIDELINES Poster format should include the following: * Abstract * Introduction (hypothesis, reasoning, etc...) * Objectives (significance of research to the field) * Method * Results (if research has been completed) * Conclusion Please see: If you have any questions please contact Symposium Coordinators: Physical and Biological Sciences - Paula Schneider - 459-3493 or pschneider at ucsc.edu J. Baskin School of Engineering - Virginia Carrillo - 459-2868 or virginia at soe.ucsc.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 :: High-Tech Resume Review Workshop - January 31st Please bring your resume! Want to adapt your resume for a High-Tech Interview? SWE, IEEE, and SOE Honor Society will be hosting a high-tech resume workshop review. We will be providing mentorship for students desiring to improve their resume for high-tech interviews in CE, EE, and CS. Wednesday, January 31st 5:00-6:00pm Jack's Lounge Whiteboards 6 :: CEFUL Lunch ? February 9th CEFUL Lunch: Friday, February 9, 2007 - 12:30pm, E2-215 Host: Gabriel Elkaim Topic: ?Guidance, Navigation, and Control projects in the Autonomous Systems Lab? Lunch will be served, free! Please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu by February 7th if you are interested in attending. 7 :: CSFUL Lunch ? February 21st CSFUL Lunch : Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Time: 12:00pm Location: Jack?s Lounge (1st floor, Baskin Engineering Building) Please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu by February 16th if you are interested in attending. 8 :: Altera Corporation Visit - February 26th & 27th Altera Corporation, a leading provider in programmable logic solutions, will be hosting their Information Session on the 5th floor of the Engineering 2 Building Room 599 on February 26, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Altera Representatives will be present to discuss current job opportunities. Food and drinks will be provided. On-Campus Interviews will be held on Tuesday, February 27, 2007. Please contact your Career Center for resume submission and on-campus interview schedules. Please see www.altera.com/college for more details. 9 :: Meetings for Society of Women Engineers Tuesdays at 2:00 - 3:00 pm Baskin Engineering 3rd Floor BE 330 Come find other women in engineering that want to get to know you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 :: Readers/Tutors needed for CMPS 115 and CMPS 12A Readers/Tutors needed for CMPS115 Software Methodology, and CMPS012A Intro. to Programming. Contact Dean Bailey, dbailey at soe.ucsc.edu. 11 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities To view internship descriptions and find out how to apply go to the UCSC Career Center Intern Connection database at: Codegear, Scotts Valley, CA, is looking for two Software Engineer interns, Pay is negotiable. CodeGear is a world class leader in software development tools. The Interns will work on mission critical projects to help bring our software development products to market. Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering degree program DEADLINE: Apply NOW; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is published on the web and sent via email to soe-ugrads at soe.ucsc.edu weekly. If you would like to submit information for the newsletter, please send it to advising at soe.ucsc.edu by Friday at 1 PM. Submissions should be of interest to SoE undergraduates. :: To access the archived newsletters, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/private/soe-ugrads/ Note, you must log on with your subscribed email address and password. To have your password emailed to you, go to http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/lists/info/soe-ugrads. :: Undergraduate Advising Office :: 227 Baskin Engineering Building :: Baskin School of Engineering :: University of California, Santa Cruz :: 831.459.5840 phone :: 831.459.5333 fax :: http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/ugrads