Washington State is pleased to be hosting the 17th Annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Conference, to be held *October 27 – 29, 2015* at the *Bell Harbor International Conference Center.* This three day conference will provide attendees an opportunity to learn more about the $780 million dollars of annual NIH funding available exclusively for small businesses to perform innovative research and build new businesses based on their technologies.
*Conference organizers are **looking for student volunteers* that ideally would be able to commit to all 3 days and in return would have the opportunity to attend portions of the conference that they are interested in. Volunteer duties will include directing attendees to various locations and staffing the registration and information tables. *Registration will be comped by the state*. More conference information can be found at www.washingtonlifesciences.com/nih2015.
Over 100 NIH SBIR and STTR program managers and federal staffers, including representatives from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with 500 health and science managers, entrepreneurs, business executives, non-profit and university researchers, and consulting organizations will convene in Seattle for this important conference.
Attendees discover how to successfully submit an application; tips for approaching partners and investors; the types of technical assistance programs NIH offers to awardees; and have the chance to discuss specific questions with NIH SBIR and STTR subject matter experts.
Email jamierosekuhar@gmail.com if interested, even if you can't make all three days.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Molecular Engineering Seminar Autumn 2015
The Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute
has completed the rebranding of our quarterly seminar, transitioning the
name from “Nanotech” to “Molecular Engineering”. With this change we
have also listed the seminar under a new prefix
and course number, MOLENG 520. When you create your schedule for
Autumn, please include the MolE seminar in your plans.
Two options for enrollment:
MOLENG 520: SLN = 17806
CHEM 597: SLN = 12301
SEBA Work Day 3
*When: *Tuesday, September 1 7:30-9:00 PM *Where:* Foege N230 *What: *Want to be more involve with SEBA? Interested in planning events for the fall? Come work with current SEBA officers as we plan the upcoming year. As always, there will be food. RSVP <http://goo.gl/forms/GVDXS9HIEo>, and email president@uwseba.org for access to Foege after 6PM.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Applied Research Opportunities for Engineering Students
What we do…
Patexia is a Los Angeles-based startup that uses crowdsourcing to solve engineering and innovation challenges for some of the largest technology companies and research-oriented organizations in the world. We were recently awarded a contract through the NASA Tournament Lab and we are looking for talented undergraduate and graduate engineering students to join our network as problem solvers and campus ambassadors.
Applied research opportunities…
Technical Problem Solver
The strength of Patexia’s crowdsourcing model comes from the global community of over 10,000 technical problem solvers and subject matter experts behind it. By joining our professional network as a student member you will have the chance to interface with top companies and research organizations in your field as you develop innovative solutions to real world challenges. Throughout the process you will be collaborating with classmates, professors, and experts from around the globe as you compete against teams from other US and international universities for bragging rights and cash prizes.
Campus Ambassador
As a bridge between industry-driven problems and university-based solutions, we need to work with the very best in order to exceed the expectations of clients such as NASA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The Patexia campus ambassador program is built around well-connected engineering students who can not only help us solve technical problems, but can share their experience with classmates, friends, and professors to help expand our reach. Campus ambassadors will regularly meet and train with the Patexia team and, in addition to compensation for meeting defined recruitment goals, ambassadors will be invited to relevant networking events and be given the opportunity to directly connect with important industry contacts.
How you can get involved.. .
If you are interested in collaborating with Patexia as a problem solver, campus ambassador, or both please contact us at a mbassador@patexia.com. You can also read more about the perks of the ambassador program here on Patexia .
Patexia is a Los Angeles-based startup that uses crowdsourcing to solve engineering and innovation challenges for some of the largest technology companies and research-oriented organizations in the world. We were recently awarded a contract through the NASA Tournament Lab and we are looking for talented undergraduate and graduate engineering students to join our network as problem solvers and campus ambassadors.
Applied research opportunities…
Technical Problem Solver
The strength of Patexia’s crowdsourcing model comes from the global community of over 10,000 technical problem solvers and subject matter experts behind it. By joining our professional network as a student member you will have the chance to interface with top companies and research organizations in your field as you develop innovative solutions to real world challenges. Throughout the process you will be collaborating with classmates, professors, and experts from around the globe as you compete against teams from other US and international universities for bragging rights and cash prizes.
Campus Ambassador
As a bridge between industry-driven problems and university-based solutions, we need to work with the very best in order to exceed the expectations of clients such as NASA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The Patexia campus ambassador program is built around well-connected engineering students who can not only help us solve technical problems, but can share their experience with classmates, friends, and professors to help expand our reach. Campus ambassadors will regularly meet and train with the Patexia team and, in addition to compensation for meeting defined recruitment goals, ambassadors will be invited to relevant networking events and be given the opportunity to directly connect with important industry contacts.
How you can get involved.. .
If you are interested in collaborating with Patexia as a problem solver, campus ambassador, or both please contact us at a mbassador@patexia.com. You can also read more about the perks of the ambassador program here on Patexia .
Scholarships Available to Students Interested in an Energy Career!
Internships
Internships give students experience working at an electric utility. A mid-project report, final report and abstract are required. Awards are for $4,000, plus up to $1 ,000 in travel funds to attend an applicable industry conference. Annual Deadline: Feb. 15 & Oct. 15Student Research Grants
Student Research Grants enable students to gain experience conducting research on energy-related projects. A mid-project report, final report and abstract are required. Awards are for $4,000, plus up to $1,000 in travel funds to attend an applicable industry conference. Annual Deadline: Feb. 15 & Oct. 15Educational Scholarships
Educational Scholarships help cover tuition & expenses for students pursuing post-secondary-study in technical fields that could lead to a career in the electric industry; especially occupations in short supply & high demand by public power utilities. If awarded, $2,000 is paid to the university for the student's tuition. Deadline: Feb. 15 & Oct. 15Technical Design Projects
Technical Design Projects enables students to gain experience conducting technical, energy-related research; especially engineering students undertaking their senior project. A mid-project report, final report and abstract are required. This $5,000 award includes up to $3,000 in travel funds to present research at APPA's Engineering and Operations Technical Conference. Annual Deadline: Oct. 15Scholarships available annually through the American Public Power Association's Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) Program. For more information visit www.PublicPower.org/DEED.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Grants available for the LISA'15 conference
Join us at LISA15, taking place November 8-13, 2015, in Washington,
D.C.! If you are or are interested in being an IT operations
professional, site reliability engineer, system administrator,
architect, software engineer, researcher, or otherwise involved in
ensuring that IT services are effectively delivered to others--this is
your conference!
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15
LISA15 offers a highly-curated program focusing on four key topics:
Culture, Monitoring & Metrics, SRE & Software Engineering, and Systems &
Network Engineering. The six-day program includes:
* 23 half- and full-day Training Sessions, all geared towards helping
you engineer and manage secure, scalable systems.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15/training-program
* 12 Workshops, where you'll interact with fellow attendees in moderated
and highly participatory sessions.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15/workshops
* Over 60 Invited Talks, Refereed Paper Presentations, and
Mini-Tutorials, all included in the Conference Program, which cover all
aspects of IT operations and engineering.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15/conference-program
* Interactive sessions, such as the LISA Lab, LISA Build, Poster
Sessions, Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions, the "hallway" track, and the Expo.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15/activities
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Register today at:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15/attend
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help spread the word!
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NASA's 6th Annual RASC-AL Exploration Robo-Ops university engineering design competition
Not
to be confused with NASA's original RASC-AL Aerospace Concepts
competition, which is based upon conceptual designs on themes related to
space exploration, RASC-AL Exploration Robo-Ops (aka, Robo-Ops) is a
design competition in which participants are required to physically
build and test prototype planetary rovers at the NASA Johnson Space
Center's Rock Yard. You may be interested in viewing a brief,
45-second promotional video about Robo-Ops.
Student teams and their faculty advisors are invited to submit an online Notice of Intent (NOI) by September 23, 2015 and submit project plans of their rover concepts by October 3, 2015.
Based
on a review of the Project Plans by the Robo-Ops Steering Committee, up
to eight (8) qualifying teams will be selected to receive a $10,000
award to facilitate full participation in Robo-Ops, including expenses
for rover development, materials, testing equipment, hardware and
software.
At
the 2016 Robo-Ops Competition in Houston, the rovers will compete on a
simulated planetary environment under the supervision of NASA judges.
The remaining team members will stay behind at the local university to
tele-operate the rover remotely and conduct other "mission control"
tasks. Replicating how robots and astronauts will work together in the
near future on human space exploration missions, the prototype rovers
will be tele-operated by the teams' mission control centers via
real-time video feed from the rovers' on-board cameras. During the
competition, the rovers must negotiate a series of obstacles while
accomplishing relevant tasks within the given time.
Up to $12,000 in prize money is available to the winning teams!
For complete information on the 2016 Robo-Ops Competition, please review the 2016 Robo-Ops Competition Basics
document and view the Robo-Ops website.
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