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-------------------- APRIL 8, Wed - Cold Water Shutdown in Owen Hall. Due to repairs on the chilled water system, all industrial cold water services to Owen Hall will be temporarily shutdown. This will affect the cooling for the building in all rooms, and on all floors. The shutdown will begin at 8am on 04/08/09, and we anticipate restoring services by 9am on 04/08/09.
APRIL 8, Wed - representatives from Nissan will be showing a prototype of the plug in electric vehicle they will be deploying in Oregon beginning October 2010. The vehicle represents an important step toward alternative modes of transportation that significantly reduce green house gas emissions and the type of technology advancement that you could be involved in as a future engineer. The vehicle will be on display from 3:30 to 6:00 pm on the plaza behind the Kelley Engineering Center - check it out.
APRIL 10, Friday – Deadline to apply to the Engineering Professional Program!!!
APRIL 10, Friday - last day to contribute towards OPERATION LOVE BOX for our military troops. See display in Kearney Atrium.
APRIL 17, Friday - the 38th Annual Contractor’s Night Banquet, sponsored by the AGC Student Chapter. CH2M-Hill Alumni Center, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to Jan.Strombeck@oregonstate.edu or 7.6143.
-------------------- APRIL 6, Monday - Geomatics Faculty Candidate presentation, 320 Owen Hall, 10 am. (Lunch with interested students in 320 Owen, noon)
APRIL 7, Tuesday – Structures Faculty Candidate presentation. 305 Kearney Hall, 11am. (Lunch with interested students in 320 Owen, noon)
-------------------- COMPETITIONS -------------------- ASCE PNW REGIONAL CONFERENCE in HELENA, MT - After braving a snowstorm, and a 4-hour stop in Denny's in Spokane at 3am, the OSU contingent (Jason Ideker, Tom Miller, 19 students and one dad) arrived in Helena about 17 hours after leaving Corvallis. Carroll College and Montana State co-hosted the conference and did a great job, with 15 schools in attendance.
Krissi Currans, a junior in CE, wrote a passionate paper and gave a great presentation on Sustainability in Civil Engineering. She did an outstanding job of answering the judges' questions, in fact so well that she earned First Place in the Technical Paper competition. Congratulations, Krissi!
The steel bridge team, led by Royal Mortier, made a tremendous comeback from a load test collapse during finals week of Winter term. They rebuilt most of the bridge, and successfully constructed the bridge, passed the lateral test, and passed the 2500 lb load test at the contest. The bridge placed 3rd in Aesthetics, as the only arch bridge entered. Overall place wasn't announced yet, but is probably 4th or 5th in a contest where many bridges either collapsed or deflected excessively and were disqualified. Great work, team!
The concrete canoe team headed up by Thanh Phan brought its entry named "Buckteeth" to MT, after struggling through a number of issues with fabrication and mix design. The mix included recycled glass aggregate. Thanh did a very good job with the presentation, and he and the team prepared an engineer's report on the process of developing the canoe. Unfortunately, the boat did not survive its maiden voyage, but the crew is eager to make improvements next year and be back in the water at WSU in 2010.
Overall, it was a fun trip and we hope that all interested CCE students will take part in the teams for next year's conference in Pullman. I'm very proud of all of these students for their sportsmanship and attitude and persistence.
~Tom Miller, ASCE Faculty Advisor
-------------------- RENO WRAP-UP – Kearney Atrium was filled with industry partners, team coaches and student team members who gathered to celebrate our students’ success at the ASC student competition in Reno. Congratulations to all students and heartfelt thanks to all volunteer coaches. First Place Marine Team
CIVIL FE REVIEW – for only $1 per session, our CCE faculty will present evening review opportunities in 212 Kearney Hall. Get ready for the April 25 FE Exam! All proceeds going to Chi Epsilon, the Civil Engineering Honor Society. See review schedule here. . . VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY - to help design the access road and parking for a new park site in Clackamas County. What we seek is a motivated civil engineering student or group of students to design a quarter mile gravel access road and gravel parking area for 20 vehicles and produce engineering construction documents. This work can be accomplished with part-time effort and up to a $500 stipend is available for completion of documentation. To be considered, we need prospective students to email to thomas.miller@oregonstate.edu their resume and interest before 24 April 2009. CELEBRATING UNDERGRADUATE EXCELLENCE: Research, Innovation, Scholarship, Creativity. A forum showcasing the scholarly and creative accomplishments of OSU undergraduates on May 7 in the MU Ballroom. Presentation format: Posters, table-top displays and floor installations. Cash prizes awarded for the best presentations. Works in-progress and projects for which you served as a contributing member of a larger faculty-led project are strongly encouraged. All OSU undergraduates are invited to present their work. Deadline to submit your application to participate is April 10, 5:00. Details here. . . THE NATURAL TALENT DESIGN COMPETITION is an ideas competition. Entrants are asked to design a Living Building that has portions of its program dedicated to transportation, community and the environment. Teams of up to 5 people are strongly encouraged. The winning team will receive $1,000 and a ticket to compete in the national NTDC at Greenbuild 2009 in Phoenix, AZ. Registration deadline extended to April 16. Details here. . . How Does Your Life Experience Shape Your Career Decisions? A 3-week series workshop scheduled for May 5, May 12, and May 19—2:00 to 3:30, at Career Services (B 008 Kerr). Students will take the MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory as a part of the group ($14 for each assessment). The group will address the following: Exploration of your career interests and values; Exploration of your personality and how this affects career development; The importance of balance; The importance of diversity and cultural identity in knowing yourself and your career. To register, students can contact anne.lapour@oregonstate.edu. Space is limited! And please call or e-mail if you have any questions.
-------------------- Sandy college student manages painting crews for summer work (Sandy Post)
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Grad Students
-------------------- If you plan to graduate Spring quarter and have not done so, you need to get this done before the 10th of April or you won’t be allowed to graduate until Summer term. At this time you can apply to graduate for Spring, Summer and Fall terms.
-------------------- APRIL 6, Monday – ASCE Officer Elections, 112 Kearney Hall, 6pm. The best way to get involved in extracurricular activities is to become an officer in a student organization. Becoming an ASCE officer will help you develop the necessary skills for academic and professional success. If you would like more information, please contact Derek Manwill (manwilld@onid.orst.edu) or Prof. Tom Miller (thomas.miller@oregonstate.edu).
APRIL 11, Friday - The Greater Oregon section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (GO ITE) holds its monthly general meeting in different cities in order to get close to its members across Oregon. This month they are holding their meeting at OSU, on Friday April 11th from 3.00 to 5.30 in 312 Kearney Hall. Faculty and students are invited to join. The event organizers encourage students interested in the transportation field to bring their resumes so they have a chance to make a plug for themselves on availability for employment beginning at the end of term, school year, summer, etc. Please contact Raul Avelar if you are planning to attend or for more information, avelarr@engr.orst.edu
APRIL 16, Thursday - ITE Elections/General Meeting, 4 PM in 312 Kearney Hall. We will elect new officers for next year for the positions of: President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, and Webmaster. If you would like to be more involved in ITE, this is certainly an excellent way. After the elections, we will hold a general meeting to take care of a few things such as t-shirt pre-sales and annual chapter evaluations so please swing on by!
AGC STUDENT CHAPTER - Sign up for Contractor’s Night 2009 (see announcement above for details) with Jan Strombeck in 220 Owen. This event is a great opportunity to meet contractors and alumni. You must sign-up by this Friday, 4/10.
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