Friday October 7,
3:30PM to 5:20PM
Room HSB T639
Program in Technology Commercialization II: BioE 505A Studies in Technology Commercialization: The Landscape of Biomedical Entrepeneurship.
Mark Mendel is an invention development manager at Intellectual Ventures. Prior to joining Intellectual Ventures, he served as a consultant and helped to nurture multiple biotech and medical device companies through their seed stage, including Proteon Therapeutics and ValveXchange, where he served at startup CEO.
Patent attorney, Connie Wan, currently serves as the Assistant Director, Chemistry and Materials, at the Intellectual Ventures’ Invention Development Fund. Prior to her position with the Intellectual Ventures, Dr. Wan was a patent attorney with the law firm, Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness. Prior to her career in law, Dr. Wan served on research positions in various academic and industrial labs. She is also an inventor and a co‐founder for several Washington based startup companies.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellowship opportunity for seniors, recent graduates
2012-13 Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellowship Program
Attend an upcoming information session to learn more about the opportunity for a full-time, paid (with full benefits), one-year research assistant position at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The UW Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards will offer information sessions detailing the campus application and nomination process, as well as the program itself:
Each year, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a rigorous national competition to select approximately 8-10 graduating seniors (or those who have graduated within the last year) to serve as research assistants. They are matched with senior associates - academics, former government officials, lawyers and journalists from around the world - to work on a variety of international affairs issues. Junior Fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for books, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings attended by scholars, journalists and government officials.
Junior Fellows spend one year (beginning August 1st) at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC. Positions are full-time and include a salary ($30,000) and benefits package.
2012-13 research projects are:
Interested students should plan to attend an upcoming information session.
Attend an upcoming information session to learn more about the opportunity for a full-time, paid (with full benefits), one-year research assistant position at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The UW Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards will offer information sessions detailing the campus application and nomination process, as well as the program itself:
- Today, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 4:30pm, Thomson Hall room 317
- Tuesday, Oct. 11, 4:30pm, MGH 171
Each year, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a rigorous national competition to select approximately 8-10 graduating seniors (or those who have graduated within the last year) to serve as research assistants. They are matched with senior associates - academics, former government officials, lawyers and journalists from around the world - to work on a variety of international affairs issues. Junior Fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for books, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings attended by scholars, journalists and government officials.
Junior Fellows spend one year (beginning August 1st) at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC. Positions are full-time and include a salary ($30,000) and benefits package.
2012-13 research projects are:
- Democracy- Political Science background preferred.
- Nuclear Policy
- Energy and Climate
- International Economics - Economics background required.
- Middle East Studies - Native or near-native Arabic language skills essential.
- South Asian Studies - Applicants should be comfortable with quantitative data manipulation as well as possess an interest in military issues.
- South East Asian Studies
- Asian Studies - Mandarin Chinese reading skills a huge plus.
- Russian/Eurasian Studies - Excellent Russian language skills required.
- Applicants must be graduating seniors or students who have graduated during the last academic year
- No one who has started graduate studies is eligible for consideration
- The Carnegie Endowment accepts applications only through participating universities via designated nominating officials. Students at all 3 UW campuses are welcome to apply and can contact Robin Chang (robinc@uw.edu) for more information.
- You need not be a U.S. citizen if you attend a university located in the United States. However, all applicants must be eligible to work in the United States for a full 12 months from August 1 through July 31 following graduation. Students on F-1 visas who are eligible to work in the US for the full year (August 1 through July 31) may apply for the program. If you attend a participating school outside of the United States, you must be a US citizen (due to work permit requirements).
Interested students should plan to attend an upcoming information session.
Welcome to the Libraries!
Welcome back!
Dear students,
Welcome back to the UW Libraries! As you begin classes and start planning your research projects, keep in mind that the Libraries are here to help you along the way. Here are just a few ways we can help:
We also encourage you to meet your subject librarian (www.lib.washington.edu/subject/librarians). Subject librarians are there to help and ready to consult on any research project. We look forward to seeing you in the Libraries throughout the year!
Dear students,
Welcome back to the UW Libraries! As you begin classes and start planning your research projects, keep in mind that the Libraries are here to help you along the way. Here are just a few ways we can help:
- Browse subject guides for research starting points & tips http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/
- Search for articles and access Libraries databases from off-campus using your UW NetID & password http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/connect.html
- Have articles that you can't find online, including articles from print journals available on-campus, delivered to your email for free http://www.lib.washington.edu/ILL/
- Watch an online video on how to use the library http://tinyurl.com/3ju4hjv
- Chat with or text a librarian 24/7 http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/contact
- Use RefWorks to automatically create footnotes and bibliographies for your papers http://guides.lib.washington.edu/citations
- Check out our series of graduate student focused workshops and presentations happening in the Libraries Research Commons http://commons.lib.washington.edu/news-events
We also encourage you to meet your subject librarian (www.lib.washington.edu/subject/librarians). Subject librarians are there to help and ready to consult on any research project. We look forward to seeing you in the Libraries throughout the year!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the Sensor Systems Research Group
Overview of Sensor Systems
Research Group
The Sensor Systems Research Group advised by Professor
Joshua Smith focuses on inventing new sensor systems and developing innovative
ways to power them. We are working in 3
major areas: novel sensing techniques for robotic manipulation, resonant (near-field)
wireless power transfer, and (far-field) wirelessly powered systems.
More information can be found at: http://sensor.cs.washington.edu/
Some benefits of working with the Sensor Systems Research
Group as an undergraduate include applying between 2-5 credits of undergraduate
research (EE499 or CSE 498/9) towards your degree, receiving strong letters of
recommendation for graduate school/employment applications, publishing your
work in conferences, seminars, research competitions, or journals, and working
on exciting and innovative research projects in nearly any EE/CSE subject such
as analog and digital circuits, embedded systems, communications and
networking, electromagnetism, antenna design, robotics, programming, etc.
Wireless Power Delivery to
an Artificial Heart (FREE-D)
This undergraduate research opportunity deals with the
FREE-D project that delivers wireless power to a ventricular assist device
(VAD). A VAD is an artificial heart for patients who have total heart failure,
but are unable to qualify for a heart transplant. The Sensor Systems Research
Group has developed a technique to wirelessly power these devices.
This specific research opportunity is seeking one or two undergraduate
students with a strong analog circuits and/or embedded systems background to
design supplementary circuitry for the wirelessly powered system, such as DC-AC
inverters, DC-AC rectifiers, and DC-DC regulators. You will also be part of an
exciting project that is looking to have a strong impact in both the fields of
wireless power and artificial heart implantations. For more information on the FREE-D project please visit: http://students.washington.edu/bhw2114/research/research.html
Please contact Ben Waters (bhw2114@uw.edu)
if you are interested in this opportunity.
RFID-based Wireless
Identification and Sensing Platform (WISP)
This undergraduate research opportunity focuses on the
Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform (WISP) a wirelessly-powered
computational RFID tag with embedded MSP430 microcontroller and sensing
capabilities. Students will develop embedded and/or PC-side demonstration
applications for a new version of the WISP. Proficiency with embedded C
programming is required. Additional duties may include analog and digital
design and test, and PCB assembly (soldering).
Please contact Aaron Parks (anparks@uw.edu)
if you are interested.
Wireless Ambient Radio-Powered (WARP) GSM node
This project involves energy-harvesting wireless sensing nodes which communicate via cellular (GSM) networks. Students with experience in both embedded systems programming and communications systems will be ideally suited for this project, although strong skills in either area will be adequate. Additional duties may include analog and digital design and test, and PCB assembly (soldering). This project will require a significant time commitment for students unfamiliar with GSM networking protocols.
Please contact Aaron Parks (anparks@uw.edu)
if you are interested.
Mary Gates Scholarships
Mary Gates Leadership Scholarships
Apply for a $4,000 scholarship to support your leadership development. We've seen all kinds of projects and activities over the years and a variety of perspectives on what leadership means--come talk to us about how a Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship might be a good fit for you.Deadline: Monday, October 17, 5pm
Information sessions: Wednesday, October 5 at 2:30 and Thursday, October 6 at 12:30 (suite 171 Mary Gates Hall)
Please learn more on our website: http://www.washington.edu/uaa/mge/apply/leadership/index.htm
Mary Gates Research Scholarships
Apply for a $4,000 scholarship to support you while you are engaged in research with a faculty mentor. Research happens in all disciplines! Undergraduates conducting scholarly work in the arts, humanities, social sciences and other disciplines are encouraged to apply.Deadline: Friday, October 21, 5pm
Information sessions: Wednesday, October 5 at 3:30 and Thursday, October 6 at 1:30 (suite 171 Mary Gates Hall)
Please learn more on our website: http://www.washington.edu/uaa/mge/apply/research/index.htm
Contact Jodene Davis, mgates@uw.edu, for any questions.
Undergraduate Research Leader applications
DEADLINE: October 7
The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) is seeking enthusiastic and experienced undergraduate researchers, scholars and artists from all disciplines to be student leaders for the 2011-12 academic yr. Undergraduate Research Leaders (URLs) will be pivotal in connecting undergraduates to URP. The goal for URLs is to increase awareness and participation of undergrads in research from a range of disciplines (e.g., humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, etc). The URL time commitment will be 1-2 hours p/wk on average and dependent on quarterly events and student availability.
For more information and to download a copy of the application, visit: http://exp.washington.edu/urp/students/URLs/apply.html
The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) is seeking enthusiastic and experienced undergraduate researchers, scholars and artists from all disciplines to be student leaders for the 2011-12 academic yr. Undergraduate Research Leaders (URLs) will be pivotal in connecting undergraduates to URP. The goal for URLs is to increase awareness and participation of undergrads in research from a range of disciplines (e.g., humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, etc). The URL time commitment will be 1-2 hours p/wk on average and dependent on quarterly events and student availability.
For more information and to download a copy of the application, visit: http://exp.washington.edu/urp/students/URLs/apply.html
An Overview of Intel's Converged Core Development Organization
Brett Newkirk, Intel Corp
Christian Honl, Intel Corp
Wednesday, Oct 5
7 pm
EEB 403
Pizza provided!
Come and learn about the design team which is responsible for lead vehicle products in microprocessor design at Intel! We will also talk about working at Intel in general including internship and full-time opportunities. Additionally, there will be a tech talk on Power Performance Efficiency in Microprocessor Development. Bring your resume!Wednesday, Oct 5
7 pm
EEB 403
Pizza provided!
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