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Weekly News for CCE Students/Staff/Faculty

September 2011 - Week 1
 

Calendar

SEPT 9, Fri – CEF Invitational Golf Tournament, Trysting Tree.

SEPT 9-10 – The Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire, Kings Valley

SEPT 11, Sun - Benton County Sheriff's Office 4th Annual Chili Cook-Off, Benton County Fairgrounds. Teams include the Sheriff's office, the Corvallis police and fire departments, the Philomath police department and more will compete for this year's championship.

SEPT 17, Sat - Willamette Valley Farm-to-Farm Century Ride, limited to the first 100 cyclists to register.

 

 

In the News

A Visit to the Leica Geosystems Manufacturing Facility (Lidar News)
Mike Olsen shares his tour of the Leica Geosystems manufacturing facility in Heerbrugg, Switzerland.

Hello and Welcome Back to Bill McDougal, our new director of CCE Research Labs at the Hinsdale Wave Research Lab complex. Read more. . .

 

OSU Beam Team - National Champs!

Congratulations to our OSU Beam Team who placed FIRST at nationals -- our third national championship (2004, 2009 and 2011) in the Big Beam Contest! The International PCI Engineering Student Design Competition, also known as the Big Beam Contest, entails the design, fabrication and testing of precast, prestressed concrete beams by student teams under the guidance of local PCI producer members. Prizes are awarded for most efficient design, highest load capacity, and best report, among multiple categories. First place winners of the zone competitions move up to the international competition to be judged against one another to determine the overall champion. See the top seven winning team results here. Quoting team advisor Dr. Keith Kaufman, (Chief Engineer, Knife River Corporation Northwest), “I believe we shall call this a DYNASTY. It is a great day to be a BEAVER!” Watch the winning beam break here.

Beam Team Members (l-r): David Linton, Tony Hafner, Skyler Warner and Landon Harman, all of whom are graduate students.

 

Opportunities

Win an iPad! This is a shout-out to all our CCE students who will complete a summer internship/job in engineering or construction. Send us a photo of yourself at work, preferably with your employers name somewhere in the photo (like on a hardhat). If your photo is chosen to appear on our CCE website, your name will be entered into a drawing to win an iPad. Details here.

Beavers Building Haiti 5k Fun Run, October 2 at 10:00 AM, Start/Finish Line at Kearney Hall. The Associated General Contractors Student Chapter, the OSU Team of Construction Volunteers and Beavers without Borders join forces to raise money to build the Yvenson Bernard School and Community Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Contact Sarah Sullivan, AGC President for more information or check out the event Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=243289359038322.