The College of Engineering scholarship application is now on-line. To be considered for scholarships in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) you must fill out this application:

http://engr.oregonstate.edu/students/apps/index.html

Over 80 undergraduate awards were given in CBEE this past year!

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If you would like an advising appointment please sign up here:

https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/auth/index.php?service=cbee_advising

or e-mail me at Kristin.rorrer@oregonstate.edu

Gleeson 102A / 541-737-7255

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NEWS

The MECOP/CECOP Placement Event is scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Attendance is required at the event for all MECOP and CECOP students. May we ask that you consider this schedule as you formulate your class syllabi for winter term? Your flexibility will be appreciated if students' interview times conflict with class time.

We anticipate that as many as 600 company reps from the Pacific Northwest's engineering community will attend the Placement Event at OSU. They will conduct individual interviews to ensure that each of the nearly 400 MECOP/CECOP students is placed in an appropriate internship, matching industry projects with students' skills and career goals. This careful placement of interns, coupled with excellent classroom teaching, can produce the most highly trained and educated engineers in the nation. And since about 90% of MECOP/CECOP graduates find jobs in Oregon after graduation, we are strengthening Oregon's economy along with its professional skill base.

Thank you for continuing to partner with students and industry members to help make MECOP/CECOP the best internship program of its kind. If you have questions about the Placement Event or about the Program in general, please feel free to contact either our Program Director, Gary Petersen, or me.

Many thanks from the MECOP office, and all the best this holiday season.

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Only 1 in 10 students from low-income communities will graduate from college-- and you have the power to change this.

TEACHFORAMERICA Information Session

Thurs Jan 17: Teach For America Information Session. 6:30 pm, Memorial Union Room 211. Refreshments served. Teach For America's mission is to help eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in this effort. We build a diverse, highly selective corps of top recent college graduates and professionals—individuals of all academic majors, career interests, and backgrounds—who commit two years to teach in low-income communities and become lifelong leaders in pursuit of educational excellence and equity. During their two years, corps members go above and beyond traditional expectations to ensure that children growing up in low-income areas have more of the opportunities they deserve. At the same time, the corps members themselves gain the conviction and insight necessary to be lifelong leaders for fundamental change, regardless of their professional sector. For more details, visit http://www.teachforamerica.org/mission/index.htm

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OSU Upcoming Events

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Martin Luther King - events for January.

Ticket sales continue today for the annual MLK, Jr. Peace Breakfast, set for Jan. 21, 7:30 a.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom. This year’s featured speakers are LaVonda Wagner, OSU women’s basketball head coach, and OSU graduate student and Daily Barometer columnist Renee Roman Nose. Tickets are $10 for non-students and $6 for students. Children 5 and under will be served free of charge. On sale at the OSU Memorial Union Business Office.

http://oregonstate.edu/diversity/images/posters/MLK_08_Poster.pdf

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All COE Faculty, Staff, and Students are invited and encouraged to attend the 3^rd Annual Engineering Ball Sat. Feb 16, 2008.

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet with students and colleagues in a fun social setting. It would be great to see many of you there! Invite your Spouses, Partners, Family, Friends, and Neighbors. Please see the information below from SWE:

Hosted by the Society of Women Engineers

This year's theme is a Masquerade! Come masked, costumed, or playfully painted! (Modest masks will be available for purchase at the door.)

What: The Engineering Ball is a semiformal social event for students, staff, faculty, and professionals, along with their friends and family, to socialize, dance, talk, listen to live music (performed by some of OSU's own talented engineering student bands), and enjoy one another's company!

Why: Engineers need to hone their socializing skills and have a rollicking good time!

When: Saturday, 16 February 2008

Dance Lessons: 7-8 PM

Live Music and Refreshments: 8-11 PM

Where: Kelley Engineering Center Atrium

Excuse Busters:

You CAN just stop in for a while.

You DON'T have to dance.

Your guests and non-engineering friends/family ARE welcome.

There WILL be food & beverage.

There has been nothing but praise and enjoyment had the two previous years.

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See more events at the WME Calendar: http://calendar.oregonstate.edu/advanced/today/month/wme/

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The 2^nd annual Nonprofit Career Day is coming up on January 24. Service, civic engagement, and leadership go hand in hand and nonprofits are a great place for students to develop leadership and professional skills. Please share the attached flyer and let me know how best we can reach your students and staff.

AGENDA:

Keynote Speaker / Meg Busse, Idealist.org

Career paths and tips for the nonprofit sector. Great for students interested in careers for the common good, international NGO’s, or in public agencies.

Women’s Center / 12:30 –2

Lunch will be served

Nonprofit Opportunities Expo

& Workshops, Nuts and Bolts of Nonprofit Careers & Legislative Internships in DC and Salem

MU Ballroom / 2-5 pm

Nonprofit Opportunities Expo

Adry Clark / Career Counselor/Internship Coordinator / Oregon State University

(541) 737-0519

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Thurs Jan 24, 2008: Second Annual OSU Non-Profit Opportunity Expo. Noon–5 pm, MU Ballroom. Sponsored by OSU Career Services. Last year's event was a resounding success, and we have expanded this year's expo to specifically include volunteer and internship opportunities across the spectrum of majors.

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SEMINARS

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CBEE CLUB CORNER

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DESIGN A SHIRT for the CBEE Club

Need a break from all that engineering homework? Design the CBEE club’s new t-shirt!

The club is currently holding a t-shirt design contest, and it wants YOU to submit your own original design. Your creativity's the only limit! The final design will be chosen by CBEE club students and will be printed on both t-shirts and sweatshirts. The winner will receive a free shirt.

The designs should relate to the fields of chemical, biological, and environmental engineering. Please submit your design to the Gleeson Office or email it to adlongm@onid.orst.edu by Wednesday, January 30th.

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This Wednesday the 16th we will be having an Engineering Entertainment Extravaganza (Movie Night). The show will begin at 6:00pm in Gleeson 200 and we will be playing Transformers, staring
Shia LaBeouf as high schooler who finds himself stuck in the middle of
war between the heroic Autobots and evil Decepticons, leaving the fate
of mankind hanging in the balance. Pizza will be provided!
Also, if you are interested in being a part of the CBEE Business Managing Committee or Fundraising Chair/Committee we will be holding elections within the next two weeks (it also looks very good
on the CBEE scholarship application ;) ). See you all on Wednesday
and have a great winter term!

Note: All meetings this term will be on even numbered weeks (2, 4, 6, 8, 10?), Wednesday at 6pm in GLSN 100.
Kari Varin / CBEE President

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STUDENT NEWS

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Are you interested in ending poverty, improving health, or solving real world problems?
Do you have a passport and a desire to change the world?
Have you ever wanted to travel to Central America?
Here's your chance.

The Oregon State chapter of Engineers Without Borders is seeking students from all majors to travel to El Salvador during Spring Break 2008.
If selected, you must be able to commit a minimum of eight hours/month of volunteering with Engineers Without Borders from now until Spring Break 2008. You are also expected to actively plan and participate in skill-building workshops to prepare for travel.
In return, all (reasonable) expenses associated with the trip will be paid for by EWB-OSU.

Travelers will be responsible for the continued implementation of a sustainable water delivery system in El Salvador. We are looking for individuals who are ready to work alongside community members and spend time in a developing country.

As a whole, the traveling team must have the following attributes:

Strong communication skills (good record keeping, technical writing, etc.).

Spanish language proficiency.

Design and construction experience.

Familiarity with the project and a clear, shared vision.

Time to prepare well for this trip.

Current and/or future commitment to working with Engineers Without Borders.

Travel applications and project information are available at http://ewb-osu.org.
Recent travelers will be presenting their progress at the EWB general meeting on Wednesday, January 16^th at 7pm in Kelley 1003. You are invited and encouraged to attend.

Please return completed application to Douglas Van Bossuyt in ROG 222 by 4:30pm on Friday, February 1st.

Jessica Varin
Travel Coordinator, EWB-OSU

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Wanted: sophomore, junior, or senior non-computer science majors to participate in a spreadsheet study. The study is being conducted by student and faculty researchers in the Computer Science Department at OSU.

Participants:

* Should have experience using spreadsheets such as Excel.

* Should _not_ have participated in our other spreadsheet experiments in the past year.

The experiment will be conducted on campus, Hovland Room 10. The following sessions are available:

Mon 1/14: (a) 11:00 12:30 OR (b) 4:00 5:30

Tues 1/15: (c) 8:30 10:00

Wed 1/16: (d) 11:00 12:30 OR (e) 4:00 5:30

Thur 1/17: (f) 8:30-10:00 OR (g)

12:00-1:30 OR (h) 3:30 5:00

Friday 1/18: (i) 4:00 5:30

Sat 1/19: (j) 10:00 10:30

You would need to arrive about 15 minutes early, to get registered and

get the payment request form filled out. The time commitment requested

is about 1.5 hours. Potential benefits include having a glimpse and maybe even helping

shape the way spreadsheets might go in the future. There are no foreseeable risks to you as a participant in this project. Your participation is completely voluntary. Your choice about whether or

not to participate in the study will not affect your relationship with any of the research team members. You will be compensated $20 for your participation.

If you want more information, contact our student researchers at

forms@eecs.oregonstate.edu.

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To sign up, contact forms@eecs.oregonstate.edu specifying the following:

1. Your name:

2. Your phone number:

3. Your previous spreadsheet experience:

4. Your previous computer programming experience, if any (NONE REQUIRED):

5. What computer science/programming classes have you taken (NONE REQUIRED)?

6. Which times listed above you are willing to attend (please list ALL the session codes that fit your schedule.) We will choose just one from your list and get back to you.

To help us prepare our software for you, please let us know if you are color blind.

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RESEARCH

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REU Site at Iowa State University in Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP)

May 27-August 2, 2008

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University is pleased to announce a summer research experience for undergraduate students in any science or engineering discipline. The program will create novel research experiences for undergraduate students in the areas of Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP). The students will be active members of inter-disciplinary groups and will interact with faculty, post-docs, graduate students, and industry. The students will participate in cohort experiences such as short courses joint seminars/meetings workshops tours of research facilities field trips. A unique component of the program is a partnership with the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico. As part of this international component, some students will participate in joint research projects at ISU and ITESM.

Each student will receive a $400/week stipend, in addition to housing and travel allowance. An online application for the 2008 BioMaP Program is available at: www.engineering.iastate.edu/biomapreu

The deadline for submitting applications is March 1, 2008. A flyer (PDF) is attached.

For more information, visit www.engineering.iastate.edu/biomapreu or contact Professor Balaji Narasimhan (nbalaji@iastate.edu).

Balaji Narasimhan

Associate Dean for Research and Economic Development

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Iowa State University/104 Marston Hall/Ames, IA 50011

Tel: (515) 294-8019/Fax: (515) 294-9273

Email: nbalaji@iastate.edu / URL: http://www.engineering.iastate.edu

URL: http://www.cbe.iastate.edu/narasimhan

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INTERNSHIPS

Notes and Information from Tracy Rothwell J

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There is now an e-mail list that you can join to receive updates about internships. If you are interested in signing up for the list go to https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/che-internship-info

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For more information about internships, please go to http://cbee.oregonstate.edu/students/internships/intern_latest.html

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Two new REUs have been listed both involving Nanotechnology at Columbia University in New York City. For more information go to: http://cbee.oregonstate.edu/students/internships/reus_2008.html

The NREIP Application is closing on January 14, 2008. If you have not already advised your students of this amazing internship, please do take the time to relay this information to them.

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is administering The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (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 (list of participating universities is available at http://www.asee.org/nreip). 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.

To learn more about the program, you can visit http://www.asee.org/nreip. Direct any questions to nreip@asee.org.

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Also the following REU’s I have listed have rapidly approaching deadlines: NSF-DOD/SJSU Internships - IBM Almaden Research Center, Stanford University - SURE-REU; UCLA Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) ; University of Texas at Austin - Cellular and Molecular Imaging for Diagnostics and Therapeutics ; Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Janelia Undergraduate Scholars; University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials REU; Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI). More information about these REUs is available at http://cbee.oregonstate.edu/students/internships/reus_2008.html .

There are many more REUs available than I have listed on the website if you are flexible about where you will be spending the summer. There are links to lists of REU programs on the CBEE website (same link as above). Other programs also have approaching deadlines so the time to check them out is NOW.

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SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS

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SAVE the DATE!

Please note that the College of Engineering has moved the scholarship application deadline to February 1, 2008. Online applications are available through February 1.

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JOBS

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We would like to remind you about the Job Resource Center. This is a perfect time to check out the opportunities available on the site.

For those of you planning on graduating during this academic year, there are many job opportunities available. We also have internship opportunities available from top employers.

To access these opportunities, please go here:

https://www.aftercollege.com/groups/ccenter.asp?fct=1&ID=-1984303771

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Answer to our puzzle question.

Boot!

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MOMENTUM

Read the College of Engineering’s monthly newsletter, http://engr.oregonstate.edu/momentum/

Forward newsletter submissions to [karen.kelly@orst.edu] no later than Friday of each week.