From boud at ele.uri.edu Wed Sep 2 10:57:47 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:57:47 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] [Fwd: Career Network Digest, 09/02/2009] Message-ID: <4A9E87EB.2000400@ele.uri.edu> An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "AfterCollege" Subject: Career Network Digest, 09/02/2009 Date: Wed, 2 September 2009 5:50:00 -0700 (PDT) Size: 13043 URL: From boud at ele.uri.edu Wed Sep 2 14:40:04 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:40:04 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] Volunteers to move Freshmen into Engg Dorms - Sept. 5 or 6th Message-ID: <4A9EBC04.7010902@ele.uri.edu> Dear Colleagues, Engineering Dean Ray Wright is asking faculty and students to help move new engineering students into their dorm rooms this weekend. Freshmen engineering students will be moving into the 2 COE LLC (Living Learning Community) dorms as follows: Saturday, Sept. 5th - 8:30am-4pm: Tucker Hall Sunday, Sept. 6th - 8:30am-4pm: Merrow Hall The dorms are located between the URI Library and Hope Commons Dining Hall. If you'd like to meet the new URI President Dooley, he'll be at Tucker Hall sometime Saturday between 9-11am. Please consider volunteering a few hours of your time on Saturday or Sunday. No need to sign-up in advance. thanks, Prof. Boudreaux-Bartels From boud at ele.uri.edu Fri Sep 4 12:18:32 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:18:32 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] Seminar - IEEE Engg in Medicine and Biology Message-ID: <4AA13DD8.8090507@ele.uri.edu> Providence Chapter IEEE EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) Speaker: Dr. Shouheng Sun Seminar Title: Developing multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles for imaging and therapeutic applications Time & Location: September 15, 2009 6:30 PM Brown University GEO Chem building, 324 Brooks St, Room 351 Dr. Sun will discuss a reliable procedure for making dumbbell like Au-Fe3O4 nanoparticles with tunable sizes and magnetic properties. The particles coated with polyethylene glycol and various peptides/antibodies/anticancer drugs are stable in neutral physiological conditions and are able to target cancer cells with drugs being released in a pH-controlled manner. These nanoparticles can be used as sensitive labels for cancer diagnostics and as efficient delivery tools for therapeutics. All are invited. Refreshments will be served. RSVP to Jack Salisbury, Ph.D. at: echojack at ieee.org From mardix at ele.uri.edu Wed Sep 9 12:21:43 2009 From: mardix at ele.uri.edu (mardix at ele.uri.edu) Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:21:43 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] Current ELE331 students Message-ID: <20090909122143.43471i0h67jte49j@webmail.ele.uri.edu> Hi all, I am trying to open an additional session for covering Mathcad in Kirk 203A. Please let me know what are your free time slots on MWF to which you are willing to move to attend our classes in Kirk 203A. Please notice, this applies only to the first couple of weeks of the semester. Regards, Mardix. From boud at ele.uri.edu Thu Sep 10 13:30:04 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:30:04 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] GTECH Internship Opportunity: Quality Assurance Intern In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20090910131615.04c467b0@egr.uri.edu> References: <6.2.5.6.2.20090910131615.04c467b0@egr.uri.edu> Message-ID: <4AA9379C.1030406@ele.uri.edu> > >> From: "Cidade, Angela" >> To: , >> >> Hi, >> >> My name is Angela Cidade and I am a recruiter at GTECH. Amy Weinstein >> thought you may know of students who would be interested in interning >> at GTECH. >> >> We are looking for a quality assurance intern to work part-time out of >> our West Greenwich facility. The position entails a lot of data entry >> and reporting. If you have any students that may be interested, >> please feel free to forward me their resume. >> >> *Job Duties: >> * ? Develops test documentation >> ? Performs tests >> ? Secures, organizes, and maintains test environment >> ? Recording, reporting, and tracking defects to accurately >> depict the status of the system >> >> *Education: >> * ? Computer Engineering/Programming majors preferred. >> >> Thanks, >> >> *Angela Santopietro-Cidade >> *Recruiter >> >> *Human Resources >> *10 Memorial Boulevard >> Providence, Rhode Island 02903 >> >> *Direct Line*: 401.392.5035 >> *Fax*: 401.392.4934 >> *Email*: angela.cidade at gtech.com >> >> [] From vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Mon Sep 14 20:18:24 2009 From: vaccaro at ele.uri.edu (Richard J. Vaccaro) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:18:24 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] IEEE Meeting/Pizza Message-ID: <4AAEDD50.3090009@ele.uri.edu> To all ECBE Students, All are invited to the first meeting this semester of the IEEE Student Branch, which will be held on Monday, September 21, at 5 pm in Kelley 102. There will be free pizza and soda for all. This meeting is for current IEEE members as well as those who want to learn more about the benefits of joining the IEEE. Upcoming activities will be discussed. This year's IEEE officers are: President: Vishnu Devalla Vice Pres: Mike Martin Secretary: Scott Wu Treasurer: Paul Grande _____________________________________________________________________ Richard J. Vaccaro vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 401-874-5816 (voice) University of Rhode Island 401-782-6422 (fax) 4 East Alumni Ave. Kingston, RI 02881 USA http://www.ele.uri.edu _____________________________________________________________________ From vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Mon Sep 14 20:21:01 2009 From: vaccaro at ele.uri.edu (Richard J. Vaccaro) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:21:01 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] IEEE S-PAC September 25 Message-ID: <4AAEDDED.1050001@ele.uri.edu> To All ECBE Students: The URI IEEE Student Branch is sponsoring an S-PAC (Student Professional Awareness Conference) on Friday, September 25, at 2:00 pm in the Cherry Auditorium (Kirk Building) with a catered dinner following in the Multicultural Center. The theme of this year's conference is: "Working in the 21st Century," with a talk by an IEEE National Speaker and a panel discussion on advice for entry-level engineers. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased from the department secretary, Meredith, in room A-118 Kelley Annex, or from a student member of the S-PAC committee: Admir Monteiro Jason Martins Yida Yang Vishnu Devalla Afeez Olalekan Ninevah Bet-Shlimon IEEE members get a free ticket. If you are not yet an IEEE member, join by going to www.ieee.org/join, become a member, and get a free S-PAC ticket. The purpose of the S-PAC conference is to educate engineering students on professional issues affecting their career. Whether you are close to graduation or still have several years to go, this conference will provide you with a wealth of valuable information that is not usually discussed in your classes. The information will help you to prepare for a successful career in engineering. Here is the conference program: 2:00 IEEE National Speaker Bala Prasanna: "Working in the 21st Century: Essential Skills to Survive and Thrive in the Present-Day Workplace." Mr. Prasanna has worked for IBM since 2005, and before that worked for AT&T Bell Labs for over 20 years. 3:15 Break and Refreshments 3:30 Panel Discussion: "Career Advice for Entry-Level Engineers" with representatives from four regional companies 5:00 Raffle. Must be present to win. 5:30 Dinner in the Multicultural Center The panelists, as well as additional representatives from their companies, faculty, and alumni, will come to dinner with us. This is an excellent opportunity to talk with a variety of people about the engineering profession. I encourage all ECBE students to attend this conference using option (1) below. OPTIONS (1) Attend the talk and/or panel discussion, raffle, and dinner with a ticket ($5). Note that the catered dinner is a 17-dollar value. With sponsored subsidies, you get the dinner and raffle included with your five dollar ticket. IEEE members get a free S-PAC ticket. (2) Attend the talk and/or the panel discussion for free (no raffle or dinner). No ticket required. _____________________________________________________________________ Richard J. Vaccaro vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 401-874-5816 (voice) University of Rhode Island 401-782-6422 (fax) 4 East Alumni Ave. Kingston, RI 02881 USA http://www.ele.uri.edu _____________________________________________________________________ From boud at ele.uri.edu Wed Sep 16 07:53:31 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:53:31 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] Video and article on Huang's prosthetic research Message-ID: <4AB0D1BB.2020106@ele.uri.edu> Dear Colleagues, An interesting URI video and news article was posted recently highlighting the research of BME Prof. Helen Huang and some of her students. Stumble Detection in Prosthetic Limbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy9g8Pn51G0 URI researcher trips amputees in effort to develop improved prosthetic legs http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=5018 regards, Faye Boudreaux-Bartels From boud at ele.uri.edu Wed Sep 16 11:40:05 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:40:05 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] ***IMPORTANT - Potential December 2009 and May 2010 BS Graduates***] Message-ID: <4AB106D5.1000705@ele.uri.edu> Dear Seniors, If you're planning to graduate in May 2010, you must schedule an appointment with your faculty advisor http://www.egr.uri.edu/coe/documents/COEAdvisors2008-2013.pdf and with Engineering Dean Veyera (Bliss Hall, room 102), preferably within the next few weeks, to conduct an Exit Interview and Degree Audit. See more information below. If you're planning to graduate in December, and have not completed a Degree Audit, please contact Dean Veyera ASAP! regards, Prof. Boudreaux-Bartels -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: veyerag at egr.uri.edu Subject: ***IMPORTANT - Potential December 2009 and May 2010 BS Graduates*** Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:16:10 -0400 Size: 9913 URL: From boud at ele.uri.edu Thu Sep 17 10:28:16 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:28:16 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] URI SWE fundraiser - Pancake Breakfast at Applebee's, 9/19/09 Message-ID: <4AB24780.6060307@ele.uri.edu> Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser!! for URI Student Chapter of Society of Women Engineers Come join us at Applebee?s for a stack of pancakes and endless orange juice and coffee. Tickets are $5 and need to be purchased by the end of Sept. 17th For Tickets: Ask a SWE member or Email us: swe-uri at egr.uri.edu Time: Saturday, September 19th 8-9:30AM Place: Applebee?s in the South County Commons The money we raise will help us partake in our Annual Conferences. This year it is in Long Beach, California so the distance brings a greater expense. Courtney Danella SWE URI President From mardix at ele.uri.edu Thu Sep 17 21:37:58 2009 From: mardix at ele.uri.edu (mardix at ele.uri.edu) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:37:58 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] ELE 322 & 331 will move back to Kelley 102. Message-ID: <20090917213758.11672fi8ws4dyjjq@webmail.ele.uri.edu> To all ELE 322 and 331 students, The Mathcad introduction in Kirk 203A will end on Friday, September 18. Starting on Monday, September 21 we shall meet in Kelley 102. Regards, Mardix. Shmuel Mardix Prof. of Electrical Engineering University of Rhode Island Kelley Annex, A217 Kingston, RI 02881 Phone: 401-874-5851 From vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Sun Sep 20 19:36:20 2009 From: vaccaro at ele.uri.edu (Richard J. Vaccaro) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:36:20 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] Reminder: IEEE Meeting/Pizza Message-ID: <4AB6BC74.1070106@ele.uri.edu> To all ECBE Students, All are invited to the first meeting this semester of the IEEE Student Branch, which will be held on Monday, September 21, at 5 pm in Kelley 102. There will be free pizza and soda for all. This meeting is for current IEEE members as well as those who want to learn more about the benefits of joining the IEEE. Upcoming activities will be discussed. This year's IEEE officers are: President: Vishnu Devalla Vice Pres: Mike Martin Secretary: Scott Wu Treasurer: Paul Grande _____________________________________________________________________ Richard J. Vaccaro vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 401-874-5816 (voice) University of Rhode Island 401-782-6422 (fax) 4 East Alumni Ave. Kingston, RI 02881 USA http://www.ele.uri.edu _____________________________________________________________________ From vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Mon Sep 21 16:43:23 2009 From: vaccaro at ele.uri.edu (Richard J. Vaccaro) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:43:23 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] S-PAC this Friday Message-ID: <4AB7E56B.7020209@ele.uri.edu> To All ECBE Students: The URI IEEE Student Branch is sponsoring an S-PAC (Student Professional Awareness Conference) on Friday, September 25, at 2:00 pm in the Cherry Auditorium (Kirk Building) with a catered dinner following in the Multicultural Center. The theme of this year's conference is: "Working in the 21st Century," with a talk by an IEEE National Speaker and a panel discussion on advice for entry-level engineers. The purpose of the S-PAC conference is to educate engineering students on professional issues affecting their career. Whether you are close to graduation or still have several years to go, this conference will provide you with a wealth of valuable information that is not usually discussed in your classes. The information will help you to prepare for a successful career in engineering. Here is the conference program: 2:00 IEEE National Speaker Bala Prasanna: "Working in the 21st Century: Essential Skills to Survive and Thrive in the Present-Day Workplace." Mr. Prasanna has worked for IBM since 2005, and before that worked for AT&T Bell Labs for over 20 years. No ticket required. 3:15 Break and Refreshments (no ticket required) 3:30 Panel Discussion: "Career Advice for Entry-Level Engineers" with representatives from four regional companies: Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), GTECH, IBM, Capstone Visual. No ticket required. 5:00 Raffle. Must have a ticket and be present to win. 5:30 Dinner in the Multicultural Center (with ticket) The panelists, as well as additional representatives from their companies, faculty, and alumni, will come to dinner with us. This is an excellent opportunity to talk with a variety of people about the engineering profession. I encourage all ECBE students to attend this conference using option (1) below. OPTIONS (1) Attend the talk and/or panel discussion, raffle, and dinner with a ticket ($5). Note that the catered dinner is a 17-dollar value. With sponsored subsidies, you get the dinner and raffle included with your five dollar ticket. IEEE members get a free S-PAC ticket. (2) Attend the talk and/or the panel discussion for free (no raffle or dinner). No ticket required. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased from the department secretary, Meredith, in room A-118 Kelley Annex, or from a student member of the S-PAC committee: Admir Monteiro Jason Martins Yida Yang Vishnu Devalla Afeez Olalekan Ninevah Bet-Shlimon IEEE members get a free ticket. If you are not yet an IEEE member, join by going to www.ieee.org/join, become a member, and get a free S-PAC ticket. _____________________________________________________________________ Richard J. Vaccaro vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 401-874-5816 (voice) University of Rhode Island 401-782-6422 (fax) 4 East Alumni Ave. Kingston, RI 02881 USA http://www.ele.uri.edu _____________________________________________________________________ From mardix at ele.uri.edu Tue Sep 22 16:21:22 2009 From: mardix at ele.uri.edu (mardix at ele.uri.edu) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:21:22 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] My ELE 331 students - Homework assignment Message-ID: <20090922162122.10943a8oea2slo76@webmail.ele.uri.edu> A number of students approached me with questions regarding our first homework assignment. I shall discuss it tomorrow in class, the deadline of Wednesday morning is canceled. Regards, Mardix. From boud at ele.uri.edu Wed Sep 23 13:14:21 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:14:21 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] [Fwd: IU/Purdue Biomedical Engineering MD/PhD Program] Message-ID: <4ABA576D.2030400@ele.uri.edu> An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Receveur, Janice L" Subject: IU/Purdue Biomedical Engineering MD/PhD Program Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:39:43 -0400 Size: 47072 URL: From vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Thu Sep 24 11:29:11 2009 From: vaccaro at ele.uri.edu (Richard J. Vaccaro) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:29:11 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] IEEE S-PAC tomorrow Message-ID: <4ABB9047.5080608@ele.uri.edu> The Student Professional Awareness Conference begins tomorrow at 2 pm in Cherry Auditorium. Tickets are still available from the department secretary (room A-118 in Kelley Annex) or you may purchase a ticket in Cherry Auditorium tomorrow between 1:45 and 2:00. If you are an IEEE member you get one free ticket. The ticket cost for non-members is $5. The talk and the panel discussion are free for everyone (no ticket required). You need a ticket to participate in the raffle and to attend the catered dinner in the Multicultural Center. You may see members of the S-PAC committee in professional dress tomorrow, but there is no dress code for students attending the talks or dinner. Here is the S-PAC schedule of events in Cherry Auditorium: 2:00 IEEE National Speaker Bala Prasanna: "Working in the 21st Century: Essential Skills to Survive and Thrive in the Present-Day Workplace." Mr. Prasanna has worked for IBM since 2005, and before that worked for AT&T Bell Labs for over 20 years. No ticket required. 3:15 Break and Refreshments (no ticket required) 3:30 Panel Discussion: "Career Advice for Entry-Level Engineers" with representatives from four companies: Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), GTECH, IBM, Capstone Visual. No ticket required. 5:00 Raffle. Must have a ticket and be present to win. The four prizes are prepaid Visa cards: $75, $50, and two at $25 5:30 Dinner in the Multicultural Center (with ticket) _____________________________________________________________________ Richard J. Vaccaro vaccaro at ele.uri.edu Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 401-874-5816 (voice) University of Rhode Island 401-782-6422 (fax) 4 East Alumni Ave. Kingston, RI 02881 USA http://www.ele.uri.edu _____________________________________________________________________ From boud at ele.uri.edu Fri Sep 25 10:56:17 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:56:17 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] Attention: BME students interested in possibly applying to Med school In-Reply-To: <7496c7e50909250735r11d138c4r50d0cd036cc5754f@mail.gmail.com> References: <9BF8012F-E609-486D-9B14-81451813A459@egr.uri.edu> <7496c7e50909250735r11d138c4r50d0cd036cc5754f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4ABCDA11.5050108@ele.uri.edu> Kathleen Maher wrote: > Hi All, > > FYI -- I will be holding a workshop for pre-health freshmen this > coming Thursday October 1st from 4-5pm in the Lippitt Hall Auditorium > (402). *Please help spread the word. *I am still in the process of > identifying which frosh are pre-health (i.e. medical or dental). With > the next batch I will find most of them through freshmen orientation and > code them using a student group, but right now they are scattered. > > On 10/8 I'll hold a workshop for sophomores, then juniors and seniors > on the 15th, and finally, a presentation by Ross University, with whom > URI recently signed an articulation agreement, on 10/22. > > You can see the schedule > here: http://www.uri.edu/hpr/Pre-Health/Workshops.html > > I'm also attaching the flyer which announces these, as well as my > advising hours. > > p.s. Fred/Faye - any graduating seniors for the Whitaker this year? I'd > love to help! > > > > > Kathleen D. Maher > Assistant Director, National Fellowships & Academic Opportunities > Honors Program > University of Rhode Island > > Lippitt Hall 300C > Kingston, RI 02881 > > 401/874-5875 > kmaher at uri.edu > www.uri.edu/hpr > From boud at ele.uri.edu Mon Sep 28 15:27:52 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:27:52 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] summer 2010 course needs survey Message-ID: <4AC10E38.8030806@ele.uri.edu> Hi, Are you planning to take courses during Summer 2010? If so, it would help with ELE and BME course schedule planning if you send me an email to let me know the following: (a) Which ELE or BME courses are you considering taking during summer 2010? Please list courses in order of decreasing preference, e.g. list your first choice first, then second choice, etc. (b) Which summer sessions (I, II, or III) are you available to take courses, and (c) Do you have a conflict (e.g. summer job) with morning, afternoon or evening courses. Send your response to boud at ele.uri.edu (don't reply to ugrads or grads listserv!) I'm particularly interested in hearing from students enrolling in our new 5 year BS/MS program to determine what your summer needs are. For an overview of courses offered last summer, go to http://www.ele.uri.edu/schedule/u09/ ELE 325 and 331 were canceled due to low enrollment; ELE 313 and 435/436 ran, but had very small enrollments. regards, Prof. BB From boud at ele.uri.edu Wed Sep 30 13:47:45 2009 From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:47:45 -0400 Subject: [ugrads] [Fwd: ***COE Advising Resources for Faculty and Students] Message-ID: <4AC399C1.1060101@ele.uri.edu> An embedded message was scrubbed... From: veyerag at egr.uri.edu Subject: ***COE Advising Resources for Faculty and Students Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:24:43 -0400 Size: 6215 URL: