Apply for UG Energy Scholarships

The energy industry has established scholarships for students who are interested in the energy area. We have several scholarships funded by the Electric Energy Industrial Consortium (local utilities) and the Grainger Foundation to award. The stipend for each scholarship is $2000/quarter. The application process for fall quarter is open until 11:45PM on October 18.

To apply for any of these scholarships, please go to

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/richc/281205

To learn more about the EEIC, please go to

http://www.ee.washington.edu/energy/eeic

To learn more about Grainger, please go to

http://www.ee.washington.edu/energy/grainger

Remember, the deadline for application is 11:45PM on October 18. Decisions will be announced about week 7 of the quarter.

UW EcoCar3 Modeling and Simulation Recruitment

The UW EcoCAR3 System Modeling and Simulation (SMS) team is currently recruiting new members. The EcoCAR3 competition is a 4 year project in which 16 universities completely redesign a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro to improve the energy consumption and efficiency. Heading into year 2 of the competition, the SMS sub team will be focused on Hardware-in-Loop testing to validate the controls architecture of the vehicle. 

The SMS team will be working on 3 major projects in year 2: SoftECU development, HIL model development, and test case development. By the end of the year the SMS team will have built a full vehicle model capable of supporting Software-in-Loop and Hardware-in-Loop testing. SoftECU's will have been emulated to replicate CAN communication and primary operating modes for integrated testing of the vehicle's controls network. Lastly, test cases will be defined and developed to allow manual and automated testing of controls functionality. 

The UW EcoCAR3 SMS team is an exciting opportunity. Modeling and simulation is critical in all areas of engineering and is a rapidly growing field as it allows efficient and cost effective validation of systems. To apply please visit uwecocar.com. Applicants are expected to have prior experience with modeling, controls simulation, or test development. Member must have the ability to commit a minimum of 12 hours a week to the team.

You are invited: Gaetano Borriello Symposium at the GHTC Conference (Saturday, October 10, 2015)

The Gaetano Borriello Feet on the Ground Humanitarian Symposium (http://www.cs.washington.edu/gbs/)  is on Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 1:30 to 6:00 pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport. The symposium, which will feature talks by researchers and humanitarian leaders who are applying technology solutions to real-world problems, will be held during the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers'Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC15), October 8-11 in Seattle.

Attendance at the Gaetano Borriello Feet on the Ground Humanitarian Symposium is open to members of the public in addition to GHTC15 conference registrants. Because space is limited, individuals who plan to attend the symposium without registering for GHTC15 must RSVP in advance. There will be no on-site registration.

Speakers at the symposium will include John Bennett (UC Denver),  Eric Brewer (UC Berkeley), Kiersten Israel-Ballard (PATH), Lilian Pintea (Jane Goodall Institute), David Thau (Google Earth Outreach),  Heather Underwood (UC Denver), Lorenzo Violante Ruiz (International Red Cross) and Roy Want (Google).  A panel of Gaetano’s students (Nicki Dell,  Waylon Brunette, Sam Sudar, and Carl Hartung) will discuss the impact of Open Data Kit.    In addition, there will be a special presentation by Senator Maria Cantwell (US Senator, Washington) and Jim Jefferies (President IEEE USA).  Ed Lazowska (UW) will open the symposium.

Undergrad Specialist in Embedded Programming

We are a physics lab that specializes in advanced x-ray instrumentation and its use in research in multiple fields, including: battery research, environmental remediation, plasma physics, and fundamental studies of the photon-atom interaction.  As part of an ongoing project to develop high-quality, inexpensive x-ray cameras we are searching for an undergraduate CSE or EE major to help develop a CMOS-based x-ray camera as a critical component of a new type of soft x-ray spectrometer which we anticipate would have high impact in studies in the geosciences and in metallo-organic chemistry.

The work will mainly consist of (1) developing a device driver and firmware to interface an ARM-based single board computer with a CMOS sensor and (2) developing a client-server application to analyze the camera’s data stream in real time on a remote machine. A small amount of hardware work may also be involved.  We are interested in candidates with experience in kernel or embedded systems programming. The candidate should be familiar with C and assembly, and with using Unix-like operating systems. Experience with printed circuit board design and hardware debugging is helpful but not necessary. Please send a resume and/or a short description of your skill set and relevant project portfolio to Prof. Jerry Seidler, Seidler@uw.edu , to  schedule an interview.  We anticipate holding interviews in the first two weeks of classes and getting started very quickly.

The position will be an hourly undergraduate assistant position for 10-15 hours per week, as needed to make steady progress.  The pay rate is negotiable but will not be less than $13/hour.

Online SUSTAINABILITY course

ESRM 320, Marketing and Management >From a Sustainability  (ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY) Perspective (SLN 14447) is an online course (except for two mandatory in-person exams on 11.10 and 12.10) that does not charge an additional fee and offers 5 credits, NW, and I&S. This course has no prerequisites. Below is overview info, and details are on the website at

https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/989152/assignments/syllabus. This course involves both conceptual learning and hands on research.

 

Marketing and Management. In ESRM 320, we explore two of the four primary business dimensions: marketing and human resource management (companion course ESRM 321 explores finance and accounting). Marketing refers to promoting, pricing, and distributing new and existing products and services that are aimed at satisfying consumers’ wants, needs, and objectives. Human resource management refers to developing, managing, and motivating human capital and resources.

Sustainability. Refers to integrating environmental, social, and financial elements in order to meet the needs of people today without compromising Earth’s capacity to provide for future generations. We will explore the meaning and importance of sustainable business practices that respect and adhere to best environmental science methods and ethical social responsibility standards. The context for this exploration will be assessing corporate sustainability reports.

Learning Objectives (at the end of this course, students should be able to do the following):

1. Explain marketing, human resources, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability concepts
2. Summarize how a market orientation and commitment to sustainability can enhance customer and employee satisfaction
3. Describe how consumer markets are segmented, targeted, and products positioned to satisfy individual, government, and business consumers’ wants and needs
4. Compare techniques for creating value-added products, services, and ideas; valuing environmental and social externalities and managing traditional pricing; developing distribution strategies and “greening” the supply chain; and creating and implementing promotion campaigns
5. Define managerial and leadership styles and theories of motivation, persuasion, and influence
6. Summarize the human resource process of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training, motivating, and evaluating employees
7. Describe Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework for sustainability reporting
8. Assess GRI human rights, labor practices and decent work, product responsibility, and society indicators to measure actual sustainability performance
9. Analyze real world sustainability performance using data in corporate sustainability reports
10. Summarize and interpret sustainability performance data

Join the Dream Project - Be a mentor and earn 2 credits!

The Dream Project is a student-led organization with over 350 mentors that support high school students in low-income areas around King County on applying to college and other post-secondary planning.

The Details

• Mentor students on the crazy process that is college admissions & beyond!
• You can take it for 2 credits or volunteer. For credit, register for EDUC 260 and EDUC 369 on your UW registration. To volunteer without earning credit, sign up at dreamproject.org/join.
• Lecture (EDUC 260) is on Mondays from 3:30-4:20 or 5:30-6:20, and covers important content related to the college application process, mentorship strategies, and social justice. Counts for I&S credit.
• High School visits (EDUC 369) take place throughout the week at various times. There is also a high school breakout on Mondays 4:30-5:20pm
• Transportation to the 14 different partner schools around the area is PROVIDED!
• Meet awesome undergrads, find leadership opportunities, and make new friends!
• Average commitment of 4-6 hours per week.
• Schools that especially need more mentors include Kent-Meridian (EDUC 369 Q), Renton (EDUC 369 F) and Federal Way (EDUC 369 L).

Still not sold? Check out our Buzzfeed article on the Dream Project at http://goo.gl/t6wRON

If you have questions, email us at dreamproject@uw.edu

info session for Batman's Kitchen: Computer Security

We are Batman’s Kitchen, the UW competition team, and we are looking for new members!

Interested in learning about computer security issues and/or being part of a competition team?  We hold regular meetings, practice breaking/hacking stuff, learn about the latest security topics, and compete in CTF competitions throughout the year.  You don't need any prior experience to join the team -- all you need is an interest in security and/or CTFs plus a willingness to learn.  Our group is an interdisciplinary group of students from CSE, EE, iSchool, pre-engineering, and other UW departments.  We collaborate with the other two UW branches (Tacoma and Bothell) and organizations/companies in the Seattle area.

Our Info Meeting is next Tuesday, October 6th, CSE building rm691, at 6:00pm.  We welcome everyone.  At the Info Meeting we'll talk about the topics we'll cover in the coming year (e.g., lockpicking, IoT, privacy, etc.), the type of competitions we do, hands-on labs, local hacker groups, and Puget Sound resources.

Even if you can't make it to the meeting, sign up for our mailing list at https://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uwctf, check out our website at http://uwctf.cs.washington.edu, or drop by the Societies Fair on October 8th at 3:30-6p in Maple Hall to talk with some of our members.  If you have any questions, email me and I can tell you more.