Applications to the UW Formula Team Now OPEN

Applications for the UW Formula Motorsports Team are now open! We are a group of student engineers who want direct and practical experience in engineering, and do so through the designing, building, and testing of two formula-style race cars each year. Members will learn how to iterate through designs, document design processes, use a variety of engineering software, develop communication and leadership skills, and experience what it's like to work for a small fast-paced "engineering company." Here is a video sneak peak of the type of work we do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujtHE0P3Fh4

All majors are welcome to apply! Make sure to highlight what technical and administrative teams you feel you would contribute the most to, and also highlight any previous engineering experience!

Our application can be found at: http://uwashingtonfsae.com/applications

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our Admin Director, Andrei Arevalo: Arevalohm123@gmail.com

seeking senior students in CS or CompE track (primarily)

Looking for (typically senior) students interested in participating in a research project for EE499 credits, starting Fall 2015.
Required Skills: good experience in Python (primary) and Java/C (secondary)
Desired Skills: some experience with developing GUIs and interest in data visualization related to network simulation.

The student will work with grad. student(s) in Prof. Roy's lab (www.ee.washington.edu/research/funlab).
If interested/available, pls. send updated CV (highlighting relevant classes and experiences/skills that meet the above) to Prof. Roy (sroy@uw.edu) and Hossein Safavi (safavi@uw.edu)

invitation to UW High-Performance-Computing Club (meeting #2 on Aug. 27)

UW High Performance Computing Club

General Meeting #2

August 27^th, 2015

4-5pm in PAB C520

The next general High-Performance-Computing (HPC) club meeting will take place on August 27th from 4-5pm in PAB C520. As a reminder, anybody who pays the Student Technology Fee (undergrads and graduate students) are eligible to join the HPC Club and benefit from this powerful supercomputing resource. Hyak is our local supercomputer which has a powerful impact on enabling new research avenues across campus. The HPC Club aims to promote awareness of this supercomputing resource and provide training for students to learn effective and responsible use of HPC resources.

At this meeting we will discuss Hyak usage policies and ideas for upcoming training/workshops, share some usage statistics after recent installation of our new compute nodes, and introduce the new club officers to all of you. This new room in the Physics/Astronomy building should hold us all comfortably, and we plan to provide drinks and snacks! Furthermore, we will hold a logo design contest for our HPC Club. Please bring a laptop or print-out with your logo, and the winner claims fame to designing our first ever logo and will get a t-shirt (or coffee cup, etc.) with your logo on it!!! Please invite your friends and help recruit new members for the HPC Club :-) If you like to join the club and start using Hyak please see our “getting started” webpage.

Thanks and hope to see you soon!

Paid Research Opportunity for Underrepresented Students

You read about environmental health problems every day:  diseases spread through unsafe drinking water, cancer-causing toxins, poor air quality leading to respiratory disease, deadly foodborne illness outbreaks.  Have you ever thought about being part of the solution to these problems?  In environmental health science, you can, by studying the link between the environment and human health.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the largest research agencies dedicated to improving human health, has a new funded opportunity for underrepresented students at UW to conduct environmental health science-related research alongside faculty in the School of Public Health. This new program, Supporting Undergraduate Research Experiences in Environmental Health (SURE-EH) is now accepting applications from underrepresented UW students.

SURE-EH provides a meaningful opportunity to work with experienced faculty on a research project addressing the relationship between environmental exposures and human health. Work alongside faculty as a paid student researcher for up to 2 years, full-time during summer and part-time during the academic year.

Examples of possible projects include:

• Developing resources for local communities at high risk of air pollution exposure
• Developing new methods to detect polio-virus, which is reemerging in Africa
• Analyzing genetic and environmental factors that may influence health outcomes

SURE-EH will provide academic opportunities to complement the research experience, including course recommendations, seminars, workshops, and research symposia. These educational opportunities will enhance your breadth and depth of the SURE-EH’s environmental health science training, and help you become a leader in the field of environmental health sciences.

The application (including instructions and eligibility information) is online here (https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/tsterry/272008).

Questions? Please contact: Trina Sterry, sure@uw.edu, 206-543-4207

DXARTS 490 ***Autumn quarter ***: Data-driven Art

DXARTS is offering a Special Topics (DXARTS 490/SLN 13328) course this  Autumn quarter on Data-driven Art.   This is a 3-credit class that will be held in 221 Raitt Hall on Wednesdays at 11:30am-2:20pm, and open to non-DXARTS students.  This is a studio-based class in which students are introduced to making art using databases, audio/video corpuses, remote/cloud--based data and metadata.  The class considers the implications and possibilities of artists using such systems, looking at dynamic, algorithmic based approaches to composing with highly dirstributed collections of data.  The class includes weekly discussion, lectures, and labs.  For more details and add codes please contact the instructor, James Coupe at <coupe@uw.edu>.

September GRE Prep & Basic Math Course- UW Women's Center

We have scheduled our GRE Prep and Basic Math courses for September and would appreciate your help in spreading the word about these awesome UW Women’s Center classes. The Women's Center is a non-profit organization located on the University of Washington Campus. 

Below are the dates and times for our September Series: 

GRE and Basic Math Refresher Classes 

September 13th, 20th, 27th and October 4th

GRE: 10AM - 1:30PM

BMR:11:30AM-3:00PM

Online Registration Link:  https://apm.activecommunities.com/uwwomenscenter/Activity_Search

Scholarship for Study Abroad

The Gilman International Scholarship application is now open for students who are studying abroad in Winter or Spring 2016. Please encourage eligible students to apply. The application deadline is October 6, 2015. Read more about the scholarship and apply online at http://www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program.

Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Eligibility

·         U.S. Citizen Undergraduate

·         Pell Eligible

·         Studying abroad for at least 28 days in the same country

·         Studying abroad for credit

·         Studying in any country except Cuba or a country on the U.S. Department of State’s Travel Warning list.