From advising at soe.ucsc.edu Mon Nov 5 16:53:02 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising at soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 00:53:02 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of November 5, 2007 Message-ID: <200711060053.lA60r2Kc001484@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of November 5, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! * 2 :: Got a study plan? If not, BSoE Peer Mentors can help you create one. * 3 :: Course announcement: CE 131: Human-Computer Interaction (Winter 2007) * 4 :: BECOME A UC LEADS SCHOLAR! * 5 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook * 6 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library * 7 :: Learning Support Services Available! UPCOMING EVENTS * 8 :: Business, Finance, Science & Engineering Fair - November 6 * 9 :: SWE Bake Sale! - starting November 6th * 10 :: Computer Game Night! - November 7 * 11 :: BINFFFSL Lunch - November 8 * 12 :: CSFUL Lunch - November 13 INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 13 :: Tutor needed for EE 70 (THIS QUARTER) * 14 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! If you would prefer to read the newsletter in a different format, the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is also available on the web! 2 :: Got a study plan? If not, BSoE Peer Mentors can help you create one. Peer mentors are available to help students draft a study plan or individually review students' proposed study plans. Students may come by during Drop-In Hours to talk with a peer mentor, or students may send email to peer-mentors at soe.ucsc.edu with a copy of their proposed study plan (as text or as an attachment) for review by a peer mentor. Peer Mentors are available at the BSoE Undergraduate Student Affairs Office during their drop-in hours: 9:00-11:00am on Wednesdays and Fridays and 1:30-3:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Take the opportunity to stop by the Undergraduate Student Affairs counter (225 Baskin Engineering Bldg.) during these drop-in hours. 3 :: Course announcement: CE 131: Human-Computer Interaction (Winter 2007) T/TH 2:00-3:45 PM Ever curious about the battle between iPod and zune design and user-friendliness? Beauty is in the eye of beholders - users? eyes, that is! HCI tells you how your eyes, ears and mind work ? and how to translate this knowledge into functional and emotional design. How do you avoid designing user interfaces, websites or artefacts that your users hate? Understand your users! You will perform exercises in HCI class on involving users throughout the design process ? so that you don?t find out after 200 hours of coding or creating prototypes that you had got it all wrong. This course is open to CE, CS and Psyc undergraduate and graduate students Pre-req: CMPS 128 or PSYC 3 or contact: Sri Kurniawan (srikur at soe.ucsc.edu) 4 :: BECOME A UC LEADS SCHOLAR! 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. APPLICATION DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 15, 2008 For further information and an application, contact the UC LEADS Coordinator, Missy Soto at (831) 459-2768, msoto at ucsc.edu or visit the website at: 5 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook If you're a UCSC student interested in computer game design, you can join the Facebook group "UCSC Game Designers". Unlike many Facebook affinity groups, real live actual useful information is occasionally posted here. 6 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library Did you know the UCSC Science and Engineering library (not McHenry Library) has a lending collection of computer games and consoles? You can go to the checkout desk, and request a NES, SNES, N64, or PS2 for checkout (Wii coming soon). You can also ask at the checkout desk for the key to the library's game lab, which holds a range of classic game consoles (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS One, XBox). There are also over 120 games available for checkout, including a deep collection of computer role playing games. Want to see a complete list? Go to: 7 :: Learning Support Services Available! get ahead, get answers, get a competitive edge on your classes and assignments... get assistance MSI (Modified Supplemental Instruction) Class List: MSI Schedule for Fall 2007 is posted! Tutoring is open to all UCSC students: If the class is supported by MSI the student must use the MSI service first! Tutor sign-ups open until Nov. 21st. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 :: Business, Finance, Science & Engineering Fair - November 6 Tuesday, November 6, 2007 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Stevenson Event Center Students must have ID Cards to Enter No Backpacks, No Cameras, No Videotaping, No Exceptions!! For a complete list of employers attending please visit: 9 :: SWE Bake Sale! - starting November 6th Baskin main hall (between 104 and the coffee cart) Tuesdays 12:00pm-2:00pm 10 :: Computer Game Night! - November 7 If you like playing computer games, come join us on Wednesday, November 7 starting at 6PM. We'll have a range of classic and current consoles set up to play. Have fun playing old favorites and new games you haven't tried yet, and meet other students. In the Simularium (Engineering 2, room 180, plaza level), of course. Have a favorite game/system? Bring it! 11 :: BINFFFSL Lunch - November 8 The BioINFormatics Free Faculty Student Lunch is scheduled for Thursday Nov 8, from 12-1, in PSB 305. All bioinformatics majors, minors, pre-majors, grad students, and postdocs are invited. Pizza will be provided. We'll discuss some recent changes to the requirements for the Bioinformatics major and minor that may affect you. If you have any discussion items, please send Josh Stuart email ( jstuart at soe.ucsc.edu). To find out what various faculty and research groups are doing, check their web pages and attend BME 280B seminars. Go to: 12 :: CSFUL Lunch - November 13 CSFUL Lunch: A casual, informal meeting of faculty and students. Who should attend: All CS/CE/ISM undergraduates are welcome. Lunch is provided (free) Tuesday, November 13 12:00pm in Jack's Lounge (on the First Floor of the Baskin Engineering building) To help us with ordering food, please RSVP to facserv at soe.ucsc.edu if you are planning to attend. However, if you forget to RSVP and still want to come, please do so. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 :: Tutor needed for EE 70 (THIS QUARTER) EE 70 has a need for a Tutor for the Fall Quarter. This position requires the applicant to have taken this course or its equivalent, and passed with a B+ or better. It is estimated that the total hours needed in this position will be 2 hours per week. Please contact Professor Kubby directly via email at jkubby at soe.ucsc.edu for more information. 14 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities To view internship descriptions 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 Nov 13 17:01:02 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising at soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:01:02 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of November 12, 2007 Message-ID: <200711140101.lAE112Zf020495@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of November 12, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! * 2 :: Got a study plan? If not, BSoE Peer Mentors can help you create one. * 3 :: TAKE CE 107 AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE * 4 :: More Changes to SoE 07-08 Course Schedule * 5 :: Course announcement: BME 155/255 ?Biotechnology and Drug Development? * 6 :: Course announcement: CE 131: Human-Computer Interaction (Winter 2007) * 7 :: BECOME A UC LEADS SCHOLAR! * 8 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook * 9 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library * 10 :: Learning Support Services Available! UPCOMING EVENTS * 11 :: ISMFUL Lunch - Wednesday, November 14 * 12 :: SWE Bake Sale! - Tuesdays * 13 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Fridays INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 14 :: Tutor needed for EE 70 (THIS QUARTER) * 15 :: You are invited to an Intel Virtual Chat Event and Career Fair - November 15 * 16 :: 2008 MobileRules Annual Business Plan and Application Competition * 17 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! If you would prefer to read the newsletter in a different format, the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is also available on the web! 2 :: Got a study plan? If not, BSoE Peer Mentors can help you create one. Peer mentors are available to help students draft a study plan or individually review students' proposed study plans. Students may come by during Drop-In Hours to talk with a peer mentor, or students may send email to peer-mentors at soe.ucsc.edu with a copy of their proposed study plan (as text or as an attachment) for review by a peer mentor. Peer Mentors are available at the BSoE Undergraduate Student Affairs Office during their drop-in hours: 9:00-11:00am on Wednesdays and Fridays and 1:30-3:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Take the opportunity to stop by the Undergraduate Student Affairs counter (225 Baskin Engineering Bldg.) during these drop-in hours. 3 :: TAKE CE 107 AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE The faculty and the SoE Undergraduate Office highly recommend that students take CE 107 as soon as possible after the pre-requisites are completed. Pre-requisites for this course are CMPE 16 (Discrete Math), and either Math 22 or Math 23A (Multivariable Calculus). CE 107 is a rigorous course that is generally much more difficult if taken long after the pre-requisites have been completed, so take it as soon as you can! In addition, the material in CE 107 will help you better understand and appreciate further courses such as Computer Architecture (CE 110), Computer Networks (CE 150), Signals & Systems (EE 103), and Communication Systems (EE 151). If you have any questions, or need help planning CE 107 earlier into your schedule, stop by the SoE Advising Counter during our regular drop-in hours (Monday - Thursday 1:30 - 3:30pm). 4 :: More Changes to SoE 07-08 Course Schedule Please note that more changes have taken place recently to the SoE 07-08 teaching schedule. Prior to enrolling into your courses for winter, it's recommended that you view the SoE 07-08 academic schedule to see if any of these changes will effect your planning for next quarter. To view the SoE 07-08 course schedule online please go to the following websites: Applied Math & Statistics (AMS): Biomolecular Engineering (BME) / Bioinformatics: Computer Engineering (CE): Computer Science (CS): Electrical Engineering (EE): Information Systems Management (ISM): 5 :: Course announcement: BME 155/255 ?Biotechnology and Drug Development? (crosslisted as Bio 179) Winter Quarter 2008 Tues/Thurs 2:00-3:45, Baskin Engineering 372 Instructor: Phil Berman, Professor & BME chair * Want to really do something about Cancer, Arthritis, AIDS, Diabetes, Heart Disease? * Looking for Biology and Public Health Career Options? * Learn how to combine an interest in Biological Sciences with interests in Engineering, Applied Math and Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Media Arts, Business, Law and Public Policy This course is designed for students interested in pursuing careers in healthcare and the biotechnology industry. The course will focus on the scientific rationale, development strategy and career specialties required in the development of drugs produced by recombinant DNA technology. The course will include case histories of recently approved drugs for the treatment of cancer, arthritis, and autoimmune disease as well as the development of vaccines for HIV. The course will include lectures from Public Health and Biotech Industry Professionals. The course will be open to upper division and graduate students who have a background in basic molecular genetics and cell biology, and is intended for both science majors and non-science majors interested in health care, discovery research, and applied clinical research. 6 :: Course announcement: CE 131: Human-Computer Interaction (Winter 2007) T/TH 2:00-3:45 PM Ever curious about the battle between iPod and zune design and user-friendliness? Beauty is in the eye of beholders - users? eyes, that is! HCI tells you how your eyes, ears and mind work ? and how to translate this knowledge into functional and emotional design. How do you avoid designing user interfaces, websites or artefacts that your users hate? Understand your users! You will perform exercises in HCI class on involving users throughout the design process ? so that you don?t find out after 200 hours of coding or creating prototypes that you had got it all wrong. This course is open to CE, CS and Psyc undergraduate and graduate students. Pre-req: CMPS 128 or PSYC 3 or contact: Sri Kurniawan (srikur at soe.ucsc.edu) 7 :: BECOME A UC LEADS SCHOLAR! 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. APPLICATION DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 15, 2008 For further information and an application, contact the UC LEADS Coordinator, Missy Soto at (831) 459-2768, msoto at ucsc.edu or visit the website at: 8 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook If you're a UCSC student interested in computer game design, you can join the Facebook group "UCSC Game Designers". Unlike many Facebook affinity groups, real live actual useful information is occasionally posted here. 9 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library Did you know the UCSC Science and Engineering library (not McHenry Library) has a lending collection of computer games and consoles? You can go to the checkout desk, and request a NES, SNES, N64, or PS2 for checkout (Wii coming soon). You can also ask at the checkout desk for the key to the library's game lab, which holds a range of classic game consoles (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS One, XBox). There are also over 120 games available for checkout, including a deep collection of computer role playing games. Want to see a complete list? Go to: 10 :: Learning Support Services Available! get ahead, get answers, get a competitive edge on your classes and assignments... get assistance MSI (Modified Supplemental Instruction) Class List: MSI Schedule for Fall 2007 is posted! Tutoring is open to all UCSC students: If the class is supported by MSI the student must use the MSI service first! Tutor sign-ups open until Nov. 21st. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 :: ISMFUL Lunch - Wednesday, November 14 ISMFUL Lunch: A casual, informal meeting of faculty and students. Who should attend: All ISM undergraduates are welcome as well as all SOE students interested in learning about the ISM program. Lunch is provided (free) Wednesday, November 14 at 12:00 Noon in Building E2, Room 280 12 :: SWE Bake Sale! - Tuesdays Baskin main hall (between 104 and the coffee cart) Tuesdays 12:00pm-2:00pm 13 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Fridays The Society of Women Engineers has their weekly meeting every Friday in JB room 318 from 5-6PM, come to network and meet other female engineers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 :: Tutor needed for EE 70 (THIS QUARTER) EE 70 has a need for a Tutor for the Fall Quarter. This position requires the applicant to have taken this course or its equivalent, and passed with a B+ or better. It is estimated that the total hours needed in this position will be 2 hours per week. Please contact Professor Kubby directly via email at jkubby at soe.ucsc.edu for more information. 15 :: You are invited to an Intel Virtual Chat Event and Career Fair - November 15 Come learn about Graphics at Intel! Join Dave Hofer, Director of Marketing with Intel?s Visual Computing Group, for this web-based virtual event. What: Intel Graphics ? An Overview When (US): Thursday, November 15, 3:00-4:00pm Pacific (6:00-7:00pm Eastern) Where: Please register by visiting: At the conclusion of the event, attendees will be given advance access to the Intel Graphics Virtual Career Fair, scheduled November 16-30, 2007. Intel Client Graphics Chipsets Group is recruiting: All degree levels (BS, MS, and PhD) of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science for Intern and Full-Time positions. Focus: Graphics is one of the key ingredients of Intel platforms and Intel is the number one supplier of graphics / chipsets in desktop and mobile PCs?. At Intel, we strive to balance the graphics workload between various platform components (CPU, chipset, and system memory) to get the best user experience at each and every price point. Most recently, Intel announced the Larrabee project. Larrabee is a many-core product bringing IA Programmability and Parallelism to a number of high-throughput computing segments, including graphics. Larrabee will scale to Teraflops of performance, defining the 'next' level in extreme performance. This presentation will introduce Intel's graphics strategy and focus on a broad perspective of the challenges, opportunities and critical skills needed to deliver on Intel's graphics vision. After the chat, Dave and an Intel Global Staffing representative will answer audience-submitted questions. 16 :: 2008 MobileRules Annual Business Plan and Application Competition Have a great mobile application idea? If so you could win some really sweet Nokia prizes. More information is available at 17 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities To view internship descriptions 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 Fri Nov 16 16:01:53 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (SoE Undergraduate Advising Office) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:01:53 -0800 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] Past graduate talk - November 19th Message-ID: <473E2F71.20508@soe.ucsc.edu> ******************** Event: Past graduate talk Location: Simularium, E2 104 Time: Monday, November 19th at 1pm Sponsor: IEEE Host: Honor Society Incentives for students: Pizzas and drinks The talk is going to be three recent BSOE graduates from industry talking about where they work and what they're doing, followed by a Q&A session. So if students are interested in hearing about what they can do right after graduation, this is their chance. -- __________________________________ Undergraduate Advising Office Baskin School of Engineering, UCSC www.soe.ucsc.edu/advising/undergraduate 831.459.5840 831.459.5333 FAX Office Hours: M-F 9:00-11:00am - Reception M-Th 1:30-3:30pm - Drop-In Advising From advising at soe.ucsc.edu Mon Nov 19 16:53:02 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising at soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:53:02 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of November 19th Message-ID: <200711200053.lAK0r2qE018788@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of November 19th ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! * 2 :: Got a study plan? If not, BSoE Peer Mentors can help you create one. * 3 :: MENTORNET * 4 :: TAKE CE 107 AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE * 5 :: More Changes to SoE 07-08 Course Schedule * 6 :: Course announcement: BME 155/255 "Biotechnology and Drug Development" * 7 :: CMPE 80A - UNIVERSAL ACCESS: DISABILITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY * 8 :: Course announcement: CE 131/231: Human-Computer Interaction * 9 :: BECOME A UC LEADS SCHOLAR! * 10 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook * 11 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library * 12 :: Learning Support Services Available! UPCOMING EVENTS * 13 :: Symantec Talk - November 26th * 14 :: SOEFUL - SOE Faculty & Undergrad Student Lunch - November 30th * 15 :: SWE Bake Sale! - Tuesdays * 16 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Fridays INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 17 :: Outstanding Internship Opportunities for Students in Engineering * 18 :: Game internship in Santa Cruz - Chronic Logic * 19 :: Game Internship in Santa Cruz - Cryptic Sea * 20 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! If you would prefer to read the newsletter in a different format, the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is also available on the web! 2 :: Got a study plan? If not, BSoE Peer Mentors can help you create one. Peer mentors are available to help students draft a study plan or individually review students' proposed study plans. Students may come by during Drop-In Hours to talk with a peer mentor, or students may send email to peer-mentors at soe.ucsc.edu with a copy of their proposed study plan (as text or as an attachment) for review by a peer mentor. Peer Mentors are available at the BSoE Undergraduate Student Affairs Office during their drop-in hours: 9:00-11:00am on Wednesdays and Fridays and 1:30-3:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Take the opportunity to stop by the Undergraduate Student Affairs counter (225 Baskin Engineering Bldg.) during these drop-in hours. 3 :: MENTORNET Join MentorNet community and get career advice from an engineer or scientist! Here is an opportunity for students studying science, mathematics or engineering. Get "real world" information, encouragement, advice, and access to professional networks from professionals working in your field. MentorNet's One-on-One Mentoring Programs focus on matching women and underrepresented minorities with female or male professionals from all sectors as mentors for one-on-one, email-based mentoring (e-mentoring) relationships. MentorNet proteges are in the engineering and science fields and are community college, undergraduate, and graduate students, postdocs and untenured faculty. The program has proven effective by providing information, encouragement, advice, and access to networks that are otherwise often unavailable to those underrepresented in the fields of engineering and science. This is why more than 90% of participants would recommend MentorNet's e-mentoring programs to a friend or colleague. How can you find a mentor? 1) Join the MentorNet Community. ( 2) Sign in to the Community and follow the One-on-One Mentoring Programs links to create a protege profile. Since 1998, MentorNet has matched more than 20,000 pairs of proteges and mentors with strong results. We hope you will join them! For more information, please go to www.MentorNet.net 4 :: TAKE CE 107 AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE The faculty and the SoE Undergraduate Office highly recommend that students take CE 107 as soon as possible after the pre-requisites are completed. Pre-requisites for this course are CMPE 16 (Discrete Math), and either Math 22 or Math 23A (Multivariable Calculus). CE 107 is a rigorous course that is generally much more difficult if taken long after the pre-requisites have been completed, so take it as soon as you can! In addition, the material in CE 107 will help you better understand and appreciate further courses such as Computer Architecture (CE 110), Computer Networks (CE 150), Signals & Systems (EE 103), and Communication Systems (EE 151). If you have any questions, or need help planning CE 107 earlier into your schedule, stop by the SoE Advising Counter during our regular drop-in hours (Monday - Thursday 1:30 - 3:30pm). 5 :: More Changes to SoE 07-08 Course Schedule Please note that more changes have taken place recently to the SoE 07-08 teaching schedule. Prior to enrolling into your courses for winter, it's recommended that you view the SoE 07-08 academic schedule to see if any of these changes will effect your planning for next quarter. To view the SoE 07-08 course schedule online please go to the following websites: Applied Math & Statistics (AMS): Biomolecular Engineering (BME) / Bioinformatics: Computer Engineering (CE): Computer Science (CS): Electrical Engineering (EE): Information Systems Management (ISM): 6 :: Course announcement: BME 155/255 "Biotechnology and Drug Development" (crosslisted as Bio 179) Winter Quarter 2008 Tues/Thurs 2:00-3:45, Baskin Engineering 372 Instructor: Phil Berman, Professor & BME chair * Want to really do something about Cancer, Arthritis, AIDS, Diabetes, Heart Disease? * Looking for Biology and Public Health Career Options? * Learn how to combine an interest in Biological Sciences with interests in Engineering, Applied Math and Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Media Arts, Business, Law and Public Policy This course is designed for students interested in pursuing careers in healthcare and the biotechnology industry. The course will focus on the scientific rationale, development strategy and career specialties required in the development of drugs produced by recombinant DNA technology. The course will include case histories of recently approved drugs for the treatment of cancer, arthritis, and autoimmune disease as well as the development of vaccines for HIV. The course will include lectures from Public Health and Biotech Industry Professionals. The course will be open to upper division and graduate students who have a background in basic molecular genetics and cell biology, and is intended for both science majors and non-science majors interested in health care, discovery research, and applied clinical research. 7 :: CMPE 80A - UNIVERSAL ACCESS: DISABILITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Winter 07 Instructor: R. Manduchi This class is a forum for discussion about disability, accessibility, and the role of technology. We will study the different aspects of disability (physical, sensorial, cognitive) and the importance of accessible environments and of an accessible society. In particular, we will focus on Universal Design - the art of designing objects, software and spaces that are usable by everyone. We will also look at the main legislation, such as the American with Disability Act (ADA), in the context of the disability rights movement. The course fulfills the General Education requirement T7 (Natural Sciences or Social Sciences Area). For more information, please contact Prof. Roberto Manduchi, manduchi at soe.ucsc.edu. 8 :: Course announcement: CE 131/231: Human-Computer Interaction Ever curious about the battle between iPod and zune design and user-friendliness? Beauty is in the eye of beholders - users? eyes, that is! HCI tells you how your eyes, ears and mind work ? and how to translate this knowledge into functional and emotional design. How do you avoid designing user interfaces, websites or artefacts that your users hate? Understand your users! You will perform exercises in HCI class on involving users throughout the design process ? so that you don?t find out after 200 hours of coding or creating prototypes that you had got it all wrong. This course is open to CE, CS and Psyc undergraduate and graduate students Pre-req: CMPS 12B or PSYC 3 or contact: Sri Kurniawan (srikur at soe.ucsc.edu) 9 :: BECOME A UC LEADS SCHOLAR! 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. APPLICATION DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 15, 2008 For further information and an application, contact the UC LEADS Coordinator, Missy Soto at (831) 459-2768, msoto at ucsc.edu or visit the website at: 10 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook If you're a UCSC student interested in computer game design, you can join the Facebook group "UCSC Game Designers". Unlike many Facebook affinity groups, real live actual useful information is occasionally posted here. 11 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library Did you know the UCSC Science and Engineering library (not McHenry Library) has a lending collection of computer games and consoles? You can go to the checkout desk, and request a NES, SNES, N64, or PS2 for checkout (Wii coming soon). You can also ask at the checkout desk for the key to the library's game lab, which holds a range of classic game consoles (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS One, XBox). There are also over 120 games available for checkout, including a deep collection of computer role playing games. Want to see a complete list? Go to: 12 :: Learning Support Services Available! get ahead, get answers, get a competitive edge on your classes and assignments... get assistance MSI (Modified Supplemental Instruction) Class List: MSI Schedule for Fall 2007 is posted! Tutoring is open to all UCSC students: If the class is supported by MSI the student must use the MSI service first! Tutor sign-ups open until Nov. 21st. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 :: Symantec Talk - November 26th Computer Science and Computer Engineering Majors: Don?t Miss the Symantec Corp. Undergraduate Industry Talk Please join us for an informative presentation. Craig Harmer (distinguished engineer) & George Mathew (technical director), engineers from the next generation storage foundations group at Symantec (formerly Veritas) will discuss the internals of a few interesting storage technologies from Symantec. Format will be interactive chalk talk. Topics covered will be from amongst : Veritas File System (VxFS), Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and the next generation (under development) Veritas Secure Scalable Storage (VS3). Symantec is ?focused on enabling customers to have confidence in their infrastructures, their information, and their interactions.? In recent years, Symantec has hired several graduate students from the Baskin School of Engineering. Don?t miss out on a great opportunity to learn more about new developments in this exciting field!!! When: Monday, November 26th Where: Baskin Engineering, Room 330 Time: 11: 00 am to 12:30 PM Refreshments to be provided 14 :: SOEFUL - SOE Faculty & Undergrad Student Lunch - November 30th Friday, November 30th - 12:00pm Location: Engineering 2 Room 599 FREE PIZZA! Topic: Guest speaker Erik Cota-Robles will discuss the benefits of obtaining a graduate degree in Engineering, as well as providing information about VMware. 15 :: SWE Bake Sale! - Tuesdays Baskin main hall (between 104 and the coffee cart) Tuesdays 12:00pm-2:00pm 16 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Fridays The Society of Women Engineers has their weekly meeting every Friday in JB room 318 from 5-6PM, come to network and meet other female engineers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 :: Outstanding Internship Opportunities for Students in Engineering For more information, visit www.entrypoint.org. 18 :: Game internship in Santa Cruz - Chronic Logic Local famous indie game company Chronic Logic is seeking programmer and artist interns. Offices are on Mission Street. Programmers: C/C++ skills, experience with Torque Engine a big plus Artists: Someone who can do a edgy kind of organic (think Sci-Fi like aliens or something like that -- see Interested? Contact Josiah Pisciotta (josiah.pisciotta at chroniclogic.com) . Several UCSC students have had very positive internship experiences with Chronic Logic in the past. 19 :: Game Internship in Santa Cruz - Cryptic Sea Local indie game company Cryptic Sea, located on Lincoln Street in Santa Cruz, is seeking developer interns to work on the successor to Gish (called Gish2). Need C/C++ experience. Interested? Contact Samantha Testa (samantha at crypticsea.com) 20 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities To view internship descriptions 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 Nov 27 17:01:01 2007 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising at soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:01:01 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of November 27 Message-ID: <200711280101.lAS1118A007792@services.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of November 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! * 2 :: Got a study plan? If not, BSoE Peer Mentors can help you create one. * 3 :: Mentornet * 4 :: Become a UC LEADS scholar! * 5 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook * 6 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library UPCOMING EVENTS * 7 :: SOEFUL - SOE Faculty & Undergrad Student Lunch - November 30th * 8 :: CEFUL Lunch - December 4th * 9 :: SWE Bake Sale! - Tuesdays * 10 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Fridays INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 11 :: Paid Summer 2008 Undergrad Research Placements!!! * 12 :: Career Center Internship Opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANNOUNCEMENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! If you would prefer to read the newsletter in a different format, the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter is also available on the web! 2 :: Got a study plan? If not, BSoE Peer Mentors can help you create one. Peer mentors are available to help students draft a study plan or individually review students' proposed study plans. Students may come by during Drop-In Hours to talk with a peer mentor, or students may send email to peer-mentors at soe.ucsc.edu with a copy of their proposed study plan (as text or as an attachment) for review by a peer mentor. Peer Mentors are available at the BSoE Undergraduate Student Affairs Office during their drop-in hours: 9:00-11:00am on Wednesdays and Fridays and 1:30-3:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Take the opportunity to stop by the Undergraduate Student Affairs counter (225 Baskin Engineering Bldg.) during these drop-in hours. 3 :: Mentornet Join MentorNet community and get career advice from an engineer or scientist! Here is an opportunity for students studying science, mathematics or engineering. Get "real world" information, encouragement, advice, and access to professional networks from professionals working in your field. MentorNet's One-on-One Mentoring Programs focus on matching women and underrepresented minorities with female or male professionals from all sectors as mentors for one-on-one, email-based mentoring (e-mentoring) relationships. MentorNet proteges are in the engineering and science fields and are community college, undergraduate, and graduate students, postdocs and untenured faculty. The program has proven effective by providing information, encouragement, advice, and access to networks that are otherwise often unavailable to those underrepresented in the fields of engineering and science. This is why more than 90% of participants would recommend MentorNet's e-mentoring programs to a friend or colleague. How can you find a mentor? 1) Join the MentorNet Community. ( 2) Sign in to the Community and follow the One-on-One Mentoring Programs links to create a protege profile. Since 1998, MentorNet has matched more than 20,000 pairs of proteges and mentors with strong results. We hope you will join them! For more information, please go to www.MentorNet.net 4 :: Become a UC LEADS scholar! 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. APPLICATION DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 15, 2008 For further information and an application, contact the UC LEADS Coordinator, Missy Soto at (831) 459-2768, msoto at ucsc.edu or visit the website at: 5 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook If you're a UCSC student interested in computer game design, you can join the Facebook group "UCSC Game Designers". Unlike many Facebook affinity groups, real live actual useful information is occasionally posted here. 6 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library Did you know the UCSC Science and Engineering library (not McHenry Library) has a lending collection of computer games and consoles? You can go to the checkout desk, and request a NES, SNES, N64, or PS2 for checkout (Wii coming soon). You can also ask at the checkout desk for the key to the library's game lab, which holds a range of classic game consoles (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS One, XBox). There are also over 120 games available for checkout, including a deep collection of computer role playing games. Want to see a complete list? Go to: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 :: SOEFUL - SOE Faculty & Undergrad Student Lunch - November 30th Friday, November 30th @ 12:00pm Location: Engineering 2 Room 599 FREE PIZZA! Topic: Guest speaker Erik Cota-Robles will discuss the benefits of obtaining a graduate degree in Engineering, as well as providing information about VMware. 8 :: CEFUL Lunch - December 4th December 4 - 12:30-2:00 - E2-215 A meta-CEFUL: Please come share your thoughts on topics for future CEFULs. 9 :: SWE Bake Sale! - Tuesdays Baskin main hall (between 104 and the coffee cart) Tuesdays 12:00pm-2:00pm 10 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Fridays The Society of Women Engineers has their weekly meeting every Friday in JB room 318 from 5-6PM, come to network and meet other female engineers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 :: Paid Summer 2008 Undergrad Research Placements!!! See www.agep.us/summer.asp or www.igert.org/summer.asp FOR THOSE CONSIDERING GRAD SCHOOL in 2008: Opportunities at over 100 colleges and universities Professional Development and Support: Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP): see: www.agep.us For Financial Support in New Interdisciplinary PHD Programs Graduate School IGERT Opportunities: www.igert.org IGERT programs provide generous stipend ($30,000 per year) and tuition support for students through the National Science Foundation. 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: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: 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