Paid Internship for a Startup in stealth mode

We are a startup in stealth mode based in the Seattle area focused on building a disruptive consumer electronic device. Our team consists of the leading PHDs in the sensing space.

We are looking for relevant EE students that meet the qualification below for paid work of about 10 hours a week.

Qualifications:

- EE background (Undergrad 3rd or 4th year in EE/CS)

- Good to great at soldering (some experience with SMT)

- Basic analog opamps and amplifiers knowledge

- Must have done embedded development with tools like Arduino and/or Embed etc.

- C programming (atleast sufficient proficiency for embedded development)

- Willing to learn new skills quickly

- Self motivated and driven

Please send your resume to: ranbaror@gmail.com

Thanks!

Ran 

The TUNE House scholarship

The TUNE House scholarship is awarded to female undergraduate students pursuing computer science or information technology degrees at the University of Washington.

The House is designed to promote a collaborative environment for women aligned in their effort to be innovative and outstanding leaders in the tech industry. The scholarship provides housing, laptops and other technology, a supportive community of technologists, access to professional mentors, volunteering, and network opportunities.

Students are not expected to do anything but focus on developing their own academic and entrepreneurial interests in whatever ways are meaningful to them. TUNE House is independent of any employment or internship program. Residents of TUNE House are encouraged to pursue whichever career path inspires them.


Applications accepted from March 1st - March 15th.   http://scholars.tune.com/

ENTRE 490 Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs open to all majors

This course examines how solutions to massive challenges such as poverty and education can be researched, validated and implemented using entrepreneurial skills such as creativity, opportunity, recognition, business models, pivoting and execution. 

This Business course is offered Spring 2016 and taught by UW Distinguished Teaching Award winner Emily Pahnke. The course is Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs and is open to all non-business sophomores, juniors and seniors.  

The course is ENTRE 490, SLN 14050, taught Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30-12:20pm.

The class does count as an elective for the Entrepreneurship minor for any students interested in pursuing that.

Women in Leadership series from CoMotion

Spring Forward with Women Leaders Event Series:

The Spring Forward with Women Leaders event series grows out of our region's collective commitment to do better on topics such as gender pay equity, diversity and inclusion in leadership and in technical and STEM-based fields, entrepreneurship and investing.

The Spring Forward with Women Leaders series is presented as a joint effort of Ada Developers Academy, Artemis Connection, Cambia Grove, CoMotion, Galvanize Seattle, the Washington State Department of Commerce and Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA).

Presented with support from Series Sponsors Women’s Funding Alliance and 100% Talent.

All events in the series are free and open to the public. https://www.cambiagrove.com/spring-forward-women-leaders-2016

·         Equity Programs that Work and How to Build One (For You and Your Company)

·         For Company Leaders and CEOs: Increasing Gender Diversity

·         Speed Mentoring for Women in Tech

·         Getting On Board(s)

·         Keynote Address and Speed Networking Hour

·         Moonshots and the Health Care & Tech Industries

·         User Generated Content (Audience Choice)

·         Spring Forward Battle Decks Tournament

Series begin on March 10^th with “Equity Programs That Work and How To Build One (For You or Your Company)”

For full event details click here: https://www.cambiagrove.com/spring-forward-women-leaders-2016

Fundamentals for Startups Friday workshop by CoMotion

The CoMotion Incubator in partnership with the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic (ELC) bring you the workshop series, Fundamentals for Startups Fridays!The topics for this Friday, 3/4: IP with Jennifer Fan and Patents with Alex Kong & Lauren Mitchell.  Local entrepreneurs and law and business students from the ELC will provide special hands-on training, guidance, and answer questions on topics as they relate to your innovations.

Jennifer Fan is a lecturer and Managing Director for the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic. Before joining the faculty, she was a senior associate in the corporate securities group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Professor Fan was also the inaugural director of the Pro Bono Program of the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law at Stanford Law School.

As usual, networking begins at 12:00 p.m. and the lecture will start at 12:15. Food and refreshments will be provided, so don't miss out! Be sure to register here.

Can’t wait to see you!

Paid Summer Research Opportunity

Interested in a paid 10-week summer research opportunity, and or how to pay for grad school? Have friends that are interested? Well you're in luck! Scholarship Junkies, a seattle based non-profit is here to help you find success! We are helping promote, and students apply to the GERS Program a 10 week paid summer research opportunity at the University Wisconsin! Fill out the form so Scholarship Junkies can send you details, and application support for the GERS Program, as well as other grad school funding opportunities! :) Form: http://goo.gl/forms/0vHtTn6mp7 GERS Summer Research Program Description: PAID Summer Research Opportunity What: $5,000 stipend + housing + travel for summer undergrad research program When: 10-weeks in summer 2016 (May 31 - August 6) Where: Madison, WI Who: undergrads in STEM fields who are US citizens Additional Details: GERS: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/current/coe-summer-undergraduate-research-experience.html Scholarship Junkies: ScholarshipJunkies.org/grad Cheers,  David Coven Mechanical Engineering '17 -- Operational Excellence Powertrain, Industrial Engineering Intern | Tesla Motors President & Executive Director | Scholarship Junkies Director & Aerodynamics Lead | UWashington Hyperloop Executive Organizer | DubHacks

DXARTS Minor

Check out the DXARTS Minor - https://dxarts.washington.edu/dxarts-minor

Our minor is open to all undergraduates, this 30-credit non-competitive minor offers students the opportunity to be part of a new generation of hybrid artists, leveraging cross-disciplinary knowledge and learning cutting-edge digital arts skills. Some areas of research and professional opportunities within DXARTS include: video art, sound art, computer music, 3D sound, mechatronics, robotics, physical computing, digital fabrication, interactive media, algorithmic processes and programing. Students minoring in DXARTS have access to state-of-the-art facilities including professional video and sound production labs, 3D audio listening rooms, as well as a full-fledged fabrication lab equipped with 3D printers, laser cutter, CNC milling machines and many other tools. Students in DXARTS classes can also checkout professional audio and video equipment to work in their media projects.

The new DXARTS Minor offers a curriculum covering a wide variety of media including digital sound, digital video, and mechatronics. Students in the DXARTS Minor have maximum flexibility to take courses, allowing them to either focus in one media area (video, for instance) or to take classes across all media areas. The single required foundational course, DXARTS 200, provides a comprehensive survey of the history of Digital Art and New Media, ensuring that students minoring in DXARTS will have a historical perspective and conceptual framework for their intellectual work and artistic practice.

Required course work:
• DXARTS 200 (5 credits)
• 25 additional credits from DXARTS courses

If you would like more information about the DXARTS Minor I would be happy to meet with you for a one-on-one information session. Just email me at bgrace@u.washington.edu.

Best regards,

Billie Grace
Administrator, DXARTS