From advising at soe.ucsc.edu Mon Mar 3 17:00:04 2008 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising at soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 01:00:04 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200803040100.m24104iO060377@web22.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of March 3, 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! * 2 :: 2008-09 SoE COURSE SCHEDULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE * 3 :: Review SoE Dean Finalists * 4 :: How Can Software be Social? * 5 :: Two ISM courses of interest to all SOE undergraduates. * 6 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook * 7 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library * 8 :: Sign Up for the Undergraduate Hardware Lab UPCOMING EVENTS * 9 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Mondays INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 10 :: Applied Signal Interviews - We could tell you what we do, but then we'd have to hire you! * 11 :: CReME - Collaborative Research Mentoring & Enterprise * 12 :: Software Engineer position - Web Applications - San Jose / Cupertino * 13 :: Computational and Systems Biology Summer Institute (CSBSI) at Iowa State University * 14 :: Paid Summer Undergraduate Research Programs at UC Riverside * 15 :: Summer 2008 REU in China * 16 :: 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 :: 2008-09 SoE COURSE SCHEDULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE The School of Engineering 2008-09 course schedules are now available on the SoE website. Please refer to these schedules (linked below) in order to plan your courses for next year, and to confirm that you may still follow your proposed study plan, if you've already worked one out. AMS: BME: CMPE: CMPS: EE: ISM: 3 :: Review SoE Dean Finalists Some of you were unable to attend our Baskin SoE Dean finalists? talks and have expressed interest in viewing them. Therefore, we will have the talks available for your review Tuesday, March 4 thru Friday, March 7. The talks will be available for review in Kerr Hall, the schedule of availability is being managed by Ken Christopher in the Campus Provost's Office. If you are interested in setting up an appointment to view any of the talks, please contact Ken via e-mail at: kenc at ucsc.edu or via phone at: 9-1294. We hope this will help you in your ability to assess each of our finalists. 4 :: How Can Software be Social? If you?ve socialized on Facebook or MySpace, im?ed someone, blogged, played a networked, multi-player game, or shared photos on Flickr, you know how! Software can be social. but, how do you design the next youtube? social software is the name of an emerging discipline integrating techniques from human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, architecture, geography, anthropology, sociology and media studies. social software is the focus of this course: Social information spaces: a course on the design of social software Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00am-noon Place: Porter College, room D240 Contact the Professor: Warren Sack wsack at ucsc.edu Have a look at the last syllabus: 5 :: Two ISM courses of interest to all SOE undergraduates. If you are interested in starting your own technology company, consider enrolling in the "Gen Ed" course ISM 80C. If you are interested in how high-tech companies like Microsoft operate, then you should consider enrolling in ISM 101. Course descriptions are given below. ISM 101: Management of Technology Seminar Instructor: Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu); 408-735-0820 2 units; Thursday, 4:00 - 5:45 PM; Location: Engineer2 Room192 Class Number: 57025 Description of the seminar course: ISM 101 will expose students to the breadth and depth of management of technology through weekly talks by leading industry practitioners and university researchers in the fields of technology and business. Topics covered will include engineering/product design and development, operations, strategy, microeconomics, finance, and marketing. These topics will be addressed within the context of high technologies such as software, information systems, semiconductors, storage and networks, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. Industry speakers include executives and managers from technology companies Microsoft, Cisco, and Plantronics, while technology presentations will include fields such as Robotics, Information Technology DataBase Technology, and Nanaotechnology. For more instruction contact the instructor, Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu) ISM 80C: "Starting a New Technology Company" Instructor: Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu); 408-735-0820 5units; Tuesday, Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:45 PM; Location: PhysSciences 114 Class Number: 62264 Description of the course: ISM 80C is a "Gen Ed" course that provides a project-based introduction to the process, methods, and tools that are useful in creating a new technology enterprise (a.k.a. "Startup"). The lectures will focus on four important aspects of the start-up process: developing a product concept, creating a marketing plan, develoing a financial plan, and creating a business plan. Homework assignments, a comprehensive team project, a midterm, and a final examination will be used to develop understanding and mastery of the course content. Case studies and occasional presentations from guest speakers will be used to illustrate and augment the material developed in the course. For more instruction contact the instructor, Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu) 6 :: 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. 7 :: 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: 8 :: Sign Up for the Undergraduate Hardware Lab Weekly information and sign up sessions for the new Undergraduate Hardware Lab will be held on Monday 2:00-2:30pm, Wednesday 3:30-4:00pm, and Friday 4:00-4:30pm. A hardware lab manager will be on duty to answer questions and sign up any interested undergraduate engineers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Mondays The Society of Women Engineers has their weekly meeting every Monday in JB room 318 from 7-8PM, come to network and meet other female engineers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 :: Applied Signal Interviews - We could tell you what we do, but then we'd have to hire you! Applied Signal Technology, Inc. www.appsig.com, will be at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, March 11, from 8:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for on-campus interviews. Applied Signal is now hiring for Entry-level Software Development and DSP Software Engineers, with BS/MS degrees in Computer Science, Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Sign up today for on-campus interviews via Monstertrak, 11 :: CReME - Collaborative Research Mentoring & Enterprise CReME is recruiting students and mentors for 2008 teams Students and faculty from all divisions and colleges are welcome! The CReME program provides motivated undergraduates with access to resources to create innovative projects, tools, and companies. It is designed to support student-led inquiry leading to innovation via fundable proposals. CReME creates working relationships with mentors and external sponsors to engage the innovation potential of the campus. UCSC?s Office for Management of Intellectual Property (OMIP) provides funding, intellectual property management, sponsor membership agreements, and new venture support. CReME?s current program areas looking for student teams and faculty mentors are: * Digital Game Design and its Applications * Renewable Energy * Environmental Technology To learn more or apply contact Reesa Abrams at reabrams at ucsc.edu or 831 459 1982 12 :: Software Engineer position - Web Applications - San Jose / Cupertino This is a position available for newly graduates/graduating Computer Sciences and Computer Engineering. DataCare Corporation (www.datacareservices.com) is a growing software company developing internet-based software applications located in San Jose/Cupertino. Candidates from UCSC are especially welcome to apply. Our usual tools are: PHP, Javascript, MySQL, Linux and Apache. Candidates are not required to have experience in all tools. We require: * Proficiency in the English language * Scheduled graduation before July 2007 * Solid knowledge of computers and Unix/Linux based systems * Enthusiastic about working with computers and Internet applications Also desirable: * Experience in installing networks, software applications, Windows and Linux systems. Come join a great team and very interesting work! Contact us and send your resume to internships at datacareservices.com 13 :: Computational and Systems Biology Summer Institute (CSBSI) at Iowa State University (ISU) is jointly supported by NIH and NSF, June 8 - August 1, 2008. Up to 12 fellowships will be awarded to interested and qualified students. No prior experience in bioinformatics is required. The detailed information is posted on 14 :: Paid Summer Undergraduate Research Programs at UC Riverside UC Riverside is hosting three exciting paid summer undergraduate research programs. Look for their fliers near the advising office or check out the information on line at: www.engr.ucr.edu/ceitres www.engr.ucr.edu/brite 15 :: Summer 2008 REU in China Clarkson University is seeking junior or sophomore science or engineering students for the NSF-REU program in Marine Science and Engineering in China, and Advanced Material Science in China. The program is an 11-week program with research based in China. Selected students will receive a financial support package of about $8,000. (All engineering and science majors are eligible.) Deadline of Application: March 10, 2008. For more information about the program and the procedure for application, please see 16 :: 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 Mon Mar 10 17:00:03 2008 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising at soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:03 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of March 10, 2008 Message-ID: <200803110000.m2B00333043074@web22.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of March 10, 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! * 2 :: 2008-09 SoE COURSE SCHEDULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE * 3 :: EE80J: Renewable Energy Sources * 4 :: Two ISM courses of interest to all SOE undergraduates. * 5 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook * 6 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library * 7 :: Sign Up for the Undergraduate Hardware Lab UPCOMING EVENTS * 8 :: CMPE-118/L Mechatronics Public Demo - Wed. March 12 @ 6:30PM in Humanities Lecture 206 INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 9 :: Reader Needed for EE 103, Spring 2008 * 10 :: Job position: Homework tutor and grader for CMPE12 in Spring08 * 11 :: Job position: Lab tutor for CMPE12L in Spring08 * 12 :: Job position: Homework tutor and grader for CMPE112 in Spring 08 * 13 :: THE DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES and THE JACK BASKIN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ANNOUNCE THE 10th ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SYMPOSIUM * 14 :: Deans', Chancellor's, and Steck Awards * 15 :: Internship Opportunity for Web Designers * 16 :: CReME - Collaborative Research Mentoring & Enterprise * 17 :: Software Engineer position - Web Applications - San Jose / Cupertino * 18 :: 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 :: 2008-09 SoE COURSE SCHEDULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE The School of Engineering 2008-09 course schedules are now available on the SoE website. Please refer to these schedules (linked below) in order to plan your courses for next year, and to confirm that you may still follow your proposed study plan, if you've already worked one out. AMS: BME: CMPE: CMPS: EE: ISM: 3 :: EE80J: Renewable Energy Sources Spring 2008 T,Th 4-5:45pm Baskin Engineering Auditorium 101 Instructor: Ali Shakouri This course satisfies T2, a topical in Natural Sciences/ENG COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an introduction to energy conversion and storage with special emphasis on renewable sources. Fundamental energy conversion limits based on physics and existing material properties will be discussed. Various sources such as solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and fuel cells will be described. An analysis of different alternative sources will be performed and key scientific, economical and social roadblocks for large scale implementation will be examined. Finally, the latest research on solar cells and applications of nanotechnology on energy conversion and storage will be introduced. COURSE OUTLINE: - Introduction - Energy storage and conversion, brief introduction to thermodynamics, world energy usage - Existing Systems: power plants, engines, nuclear power, batteries, economics - Solar energy, semiconductors, solar cells, photovoltaic systems - Direct thermal to electric energy conversion (waste heat recovery, hybrid vehicles) - Wind energy, hydropower, geothermal - Hydrogen economy, fuel cells - Photosynthesis and biomass - Nanotechnology (applications to energy conversion and storage) - Energy and development - Environmental and societal impacts - Policy issues - Energy saving and recycling 4 :: Two ISM courses of interest to all SOE undergraduates. If you are interested in starting your own technology company, consider enrolling in the "Gen Ed" course ISM 80C. If you are interested in how high-tech companies like Microsoft operate, then you should consider enrolling in ISM 101. Course descriptions are given below. ISM 101: Management of Technology Seminar Instructor: Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu); 408-735-0820 2 units; Thursday, 4:00 - 5:45 PM; Location: Engineer2 Room192 Class Number: 57025 Description of the seminar course: ISM 101 will expose students to the breadth and depth of management of technology through weekly talks by leading industry practitioners and university researchers in the fields of technology and business. Topics covered will include engineering/product design and development, operations, strategy, microeconomics, finance, and marketing. These topics will be addressed within the context of high technologies such as software, information systems, semiconductors, storage and networks, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. Industry speakers include executives and managers from technology companies Microsoft, Cisco, and Plantronics, while technology presentations will include fields such as Robotics, Information Technology DataBase Technology, and Nanaotechnology. For more instruction contact the instructor, Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu) ISM 80C: "Starting a New Technology Company" Instructor: Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu); 408-735-0820 5units; Tuesday, Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:45 PM; Location: PhysSciences 114 Class Number: 62264 Description of the course: ISM 80C is a "Gen Ed" course that provides a project-based introduction to the process, methods, and tools that are useful in creating a new technology enterprise (a.k.a. "Startup"). The lectures will focus on four important aspects of the start-up process: developing a product concept, creating a marketing plan, developing a financial plan, and creating a business plan. Homework assignments, a comprehensive team project, a midterm, and a final examination will be used to develop understanding and mastery of the course content. Case studies and occasional presentations from guest speakers will be used to illustrate and augment the material developed in the course. For more instruction contact the instructor, Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu) 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 :: Sign Up for the Undergraduate Hardware Lab Weekly information and sign up sessions for the new Undergraduate Hardware Lab will be held on Monday 2:00-2:30pm, Wednesday 3:30-4:00pm, and Friday 4:00-4:30pm. A hardware lab manager will be on duty to answer questions and sign up any interested undergraduate engineers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 :: CMPE-118/L Mechatronics Public Demo - Wed. March 12 @ 6:30PM in Humanities Lecture 206 Come see tired and haggard engineering students who have not slept or showered in weeks! The Mechatronics class is having their public demonstration of their final design lab, Slug Madness 2008, Wednesday 12-Mar-08 at 6:30 PM in Humanities Lecture 206. The task requires the 'droids to navigate a field from behind the 3 point line in a random orientation, and shoot ping pong or nerf balls into target baskets only when they are "active" as indicated by a beacon on top of the target. The 'droids will run side by side on two fields. We will run the competition in a round robin format to see which design reigns supreme. The public is invited (you might have to duck a few ping-pong balls) and the teams will be on hand to explain their designs to one and all. Come see what these students have accomplished in 10 weeks and cheer on the competition. The flyer: The project spec: What: CMPE118 Mechatronics Public Presentation Where: Humanities Lecture 206 When: Wednesday, 12-Mar-2008, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 :: Reader Needed for EE 103, Spring 2008 EE 103 (Signals and Systems) has an need for a Reader (grader) for the Spring Quarter. This position requires the applicant to have taken this course or it's equivalent, and done well. It is estimated that the total hours needed in this position will be 10 hours per week. Please contact Professor Friedlander directly via email at friedlan at ee.ucsc.edu for more information. 10 :: Job position: Homework tutor and grader for CMPE12 in Spring08 Andrea Di Blas is looking for a qualified student to work in CMPE12-Computing Systems and Assembly Language Programming The position entails: * about 5 hours a week to prepare a brand-new homework assignment each week, in collaboration with another homework grader, and to grade the homework * 1 hour a week of group tutoring (already scheduled for Monday morning from 11am to 12pm) on the homework problem * helping with proctoring and grading the midterms and the final Qualifications: having taken and passed cmpe12 and cmpe12L with a good grade. If interested, please email andrea at soe.ucsc.edu for an appointment. 11 :: Job position: Lab tutor for CMPE12L in Spring08 Andrea Di Blas is looking for a qualified student to work in CMPE12-Computing Systems and Assembly Language Programming The position entails: * group tutoring a lab session (scheduled for either Tu/Th 2 to 4pm, or Weds 1-3pm and Fri 2-4pm), and grading the lab assignments in a timely fashion * helping with proctoring and grading the midterms and the final Qualifications: having taken and passed cmpe12 and cmpe12L with a good grade. If interested, please email andrea at soe.ucsc.edu for an interview. 12 :: Job position: Homework tutor and grader for CMPE112 in Spring 08 Andrea Di Blas is looking for a qualified student to work in CMPE112-Computer and Game Console Architecture in Spring 08 This brand-new course is designed as a computer architecture class mainly for CS students in the Computer Game Design major. About half of the course will cover the same topics from CMPE110-Computer architecture, but without low-level hardware details. The second part of class will introduce: programming multiprocessors, video card architecture and programming, case-study analysis of the three major game console architectures (PS3, Xbox360, and Wii), with a special in-depth look at the Cell processor (PS3), as well as at console input devices. The position entails: * preparing a homework assignment every week and grading it * holding a 1-hour homework review session every week * helping with proctoring and grading the exams (1 mt + 1 f) Actual hours will depend on enrollment. Qualifications: having taken CMPE110 and passed it with a good grade. Preference will be given to students with interests in computer games. If interested, please email andrea at soe.ucsc.edu for an appointment. 13 :: THE DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES and THE JACK BASKIN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ANNOUNCE 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 Eleventh Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. The symposium will be held on June 5, 2008 in the courtyard of Jack Baskin Engineering from 2:00-4:00 PM. It will be held in conjunction with the events celebrating Student Achievement Week 2008. 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 9th. For your convenience electronic versions of the abstract application are attached to this e-mail and are also available to download on the PB Sci Dean's Office Website at: 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 9th. 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 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 14 :: Deans', Chancellor's, and Steck Awards Dean?s Awards are granted to 50 undergraduates who have completed an outstanding senior thesis or project during the current academic year. Each recipient will receive a $100 cash award, and will be considered for a Chancellor?s and Steck Award. Winners will be honored at the Student Achievement Awards ceremony on June 6. The names of the winners will also be announced at graduation. Applications and projects from Baskin School of Engineering undergraduates must be submitted to Virginia Carrillo, BSoE Awards & Scholarships Coordinator (Office: JBE 221), by the announced deadline. Forms are available at the BSoE Undergraduate Student Affairs Office, JBE 225. CAMPUS APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 11, 2008 AWARD AMOUNTS: $100 Dean?s, $100 Chancellor?s, $1,000 Steck Award GUIDELINES: APPLICATION FORM: Forms and information are also available at 15 :: Internship Opportunity for Web Designers City on a Hill Press is offering a 5-credit internship for a web page designer this Spring quarter. The position requires one weekly meeting and 10-12 hours of work per week. Interns may be considered for a paid web page designer position in the Fall. Interviews are going on now! Please contact work4chp at gmail.com as soon as possible for more information and to set up your interview. 16 :: CReME - Collaborative Research Mentoring & Enterprise CReME is recruiting students and mentors for 2008 teams Students and faculty from all divisions and colleges are welcome! The CReME program provides motivated undergraduates with access to resources to create innovative projects, tools, and companies. It is designed to support student-led inquiry leading to innovation via fundable proposals. CReME creates working relationships with mentors and external sponsors to engage the innovation potential of the campus. UCSC?s Office for Management of Intellectual Property (OMIP) provides funding, intellectual property management, sponsor membership agreements, and new venture support. CReME?s current program areas looking for student teams and faculty mentors are: * Digital Game Design and its Applications * Renewable Energy * Environmental Technology To learn more or apply contact Reesa Abrams at reabrams at ucsc.edu or 831 459 1982 17 :: Software Engineer position - Web Applications - San Jose / Cupertino This is a position available for newly graduates/graduating Computer Sciences and Computer Engineering. DataCare Corporation (www.datacareservices.com) is a growing software company developing internet-based software applications located in San Jose/Cupertino. Candidates from UCSC are especially welcome to apply. Our usual tools are: PHP, Javascript, MySQL, Linux and Apache. Candidates are not required to have experience in all tools. We require: * Proficiency in the English language * Scheduled graduation before July 2007 * Solid knowledge of computers and Unix/Linux based systems * Enthusiastic about working with computers and Internet applications Also desirable: * Experience in installing networks, software applications, Windows and Linux systems. Come join a great team and very interesting work! Contact us and send your resume to internships at datacareservices.com 18 :: 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 Mon Mar 17 17:00:04 2008 From: advising at soe.ucsc.edu (advising at soe.ucsc.edu) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:04 +0000 Subject: [SOE-Ugrads] SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of March 17, 2008 Message-ID: <200803180000.m2I004EP098421@web22.cse.ucsc.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SoE Undergraduate Newsletter - for the week of March 17, 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS * 1 :: Read the SoE Undergraduate Newsletter Online! * 2 :: 2008-09 SoE COURSE SCHEDULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE * 3 :: EE80J: Renewable Energy Sources * 4 :: Two ISM courses of interest to all SOE undergraduates. * 5 :: UCSC Game Designers group on Facebook * 6 :: Game Collection at Science & Engineering Library * 7 :: Sign Up for the Undergraduate Hardware Lab UPCOMING EVENTS * 8 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Mondays INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * 9 :: Reader Needed for EE 103, Spring 2008 * 10 :: THE DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES and THE JACK BASKIN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ANNOUNCE THE 10th ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SYMPOSIUM * 11 :: Deans', Chancellor's, and Steck Awards * 12 :: CReME - Collaborative Research Mentoring & Enterprise * 13 :: Software Engineer position - Web Applications - San Jose / Cupertino * 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 :: 2008-09 SoE COURSE SCHEDULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE The School of Engineering 2008-09 course schedules are now available on the SoE website. Please refer to these schedules (linked below) in order to plan your courses for next year, and to confirm that you may still follow your proposed study plan, if you've already worked one out. AMS: BME: CMPE: CMPS: EE: ISM: 3 :: EE80J: Renewable Energy Sources Spring 2008 T,Th 4-5:45pm Baskin Engineering Auditorium 101 Instructor: Ali Shakouri This course satisfies T2, a topical in Natural Sciences/ENG COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an introduction to energy conversion and storage with special emphasis on renewable sources. Fundamental energy conversion limits based on physics and existing material properties will be discussed. Various sources such as solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and fuel cells will be described. An analysis of different alternative sources will be performed and key scientific, economical and social roadblocks for large scale implementation will be examined. Finally, the latest research on solar cells and applications of nanotechnology on energy conversion and storage will be introduced. COURSE OUTLINE: - Introduction - Energy storage and conversion, brief introduction to thermodynamics, world energy usage - Existing Systems: power plants, engines, nuclear power, batteries, economics - Solar energy, semiconductors, solar cells, photovoltaic systems - Direct thermal to electric energy conversion (waste heat recovery, hybrid vehicles) - Wind energy, hydropower, geothermal - Hydrogen economy, fuel cells - Photosynthesis and biomass - Nanotechnology (applications to energy conversion and storage) - Energy and development - Environmental and societal impacts - Policy issues - Energy saving and recycling 4 :: Two ISM courses of interest to all SOE undergraduates. If you are interested in starting your own technology company, consider enrolling in the "Gen Ed" course ISM 80C. If you are interested in how high-tech companies like Microsoft operate, then you should consider enrolling in ISM 101. Course descriptions are given below. ISM 101: Management of Technology Seminar Instructor: Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu); 408-735-0820 2 units; Thursday, 4:00 - 5:45 PM; Location: Engineer2 Room192 Class Number: 57025 Description of the seminar course: ISM 101 will expose students to the breadth and depth of management of technology through weekly talks by leading industry practitioners and university researchers in the fields of technology and business. Topics covered will include engineering/product design and development, operations, strategy, microeconomics, finance, and marketing. These topics will be addressed within the context of high technologies such as software, information systems, semiconductors, storage and networks, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. Industry speakers include executives and managers from technology companies Microsoft, Cisco, and Plantronics, while technology presentations will include fields such as Robotics, Information Technology DataBase Technology, and Nanaotechnology. For more instruction contact the instructor, Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu) ISM 80C: "Starting a New Technology Company" Instructor: Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu); 408-735-0820 5units; Tuesday, Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:45 PM; Location: PhysSciences 114 Class Number: 62264 Description of the course: ISM 80C is a "Gen Ed" course that provides a project-based introduction to the process, methods, and tools that are useful in creating a new technology enterprise (a.k.a. "Startup"). The lectures will focus on four important aspects of the start-up process: developing a product concept, creating a marketing plan, developing a financial plan, and creating a business plan. Homework assignments, a comprehensive team project, a midterm, and a final examination will be used to develop understanding and mastery of the course content. Case studies and occasional presentations from guest speakers will be used to illustrate and augment the material developed in the course. For more instruction contact the instructor, Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe.ucsc.edu) 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 :: Sign Up for the Undergraduate Hardware Lab Weekly information and sign up sessions for the new Undergraduate Hardware Lab will be held on Monday 2:00-2:30pm, Wednesday 3:30-4:00pm, and Friday 4:00-4:30pm. A hardware lab manager will be on duty to answer questions and sign up any interested undergraduate engineers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * UPCOMING EVENTS * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 :: Society of Women Engineers meetings - Mondays The Society of Women Engineers has their weekly meeting every Monday in JB room 318 from 7-8PM, come to network and meet other female engineers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 :: Reader Needed for EE 103, Spring 2008 EE 103 (Signals and Systems) has an need for a Reader (grader) for the Spring Quarter. This position requires the applicant to have taken this course or it's equivalent, and done well. It is estimated that the total hours needed in this position will be 10 hours per week. Please contact Professor Friedlander directly via email at friedlan at ee.ucsc.edu for more information. 10 :: THE DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES and THE JACK BASKIN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ANNOUNCE 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 Eleventh Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. The symposium will be held on June 5, 2008 in the courtyard of Jack Baskin Engineering from 2:00-4:00 PM. It will be held in conjunction with the events celebrating Student Achievement Week 2008. 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 9th. For your convenience electronic versions of the abstract application are attached to this e-mail and are also available to download on the PB Sci Dean's Office Website at: 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 9th. 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 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 11 :: Deans', Chancellor's, and Steck Awards Dean?s Awards are granted to 50 undergraduates who have completed an outstanding senior thesis or project during the current academic year. Each recipient will receive a $100 cash award, and will be considered for a Chancellor?s and Steck Award. Winners will be honored at the Student Achievement Awards ceremony on June 6. The names of the winners will also be announced at graduation. Applications and projects from Baskin School of Engineering undergraduates must be submitted to Virginia Carrillo, BSoE Awards & Scholarships Coordinator (Office: JBE 221), by the announced deadline. Forms are available at the BSoE Undergraduate Student Affairs Office, JBE 225. CAMPUS APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 11, 2008 AWARD AMOUNTS: $100 Dean?s, $100 Chancellor?s, $1,000 Steck Award GUIDELINES: APPLICATION FORM: Forms and information are also available at 12 :: CReME - Collaborative Research Mentoring & Enterprise CReME is recruiting students and mentors for 2008 teams Students and faculty from all divisions and colleges are welcome! The CReME program provides motivated undergraduates with access to resources to create innovative projects, tools, and companies. It is designed to support student-led inquiry leading to innovation via fundable proposals. CReME creates working relationships with mentors and external sponsors to engage the innovation potential of the campus. UCSC?s Office for Management of Intellectual Property (OMIP) provides funding, intellectual property management, sponsor membership agreements, and new venture support. CReME?s current program areas looking for student teams and faculty mentors are: * Digital Game Design and its Applications * Renewable Energy * Environmental Technology To learn more or apply contact Reesa Abrams at reabrams at ucsc.edu or 831 459 1982 13 :: Software Engineer position - Web Applications - San Jose / Cupertino This is a position available for newly graduates/graduating Computer Sciences and Computer Engineering. DataCare Corporation (www.datacareservices.com) is a growing software company developing internet-based software applications located in San Jose/Cupertino. Candidates from UCSC are especially welcome to apply. Our usual tools are: PHP, Javascript, MySQL, Linux and Apache. Candidates are not required to have experience in all tools. We require: * Proficiency in the English language * Scheduled graduation before July 2007 * Solid knowledge of computers and Unix/Linux based systems * Enthusiastic about working with computers and Internet applications Also desirable: * Experience in installing networks, software applications, Windows and Linux systems. Come join a great team and very interesting work! Contact us and send your resume to internships at datacareservices.com 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. 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