This Week:
- SpaceX Mars Rover
Competition Viewing
- 1st Annual All America MicroMouse Competition Results
Upcoming Events: N/A
Opportunities:
- University Nanosat Program
- 85th UCLA Extension Technical Management Program
- IEEE Computer Society Webinar
- CSULB IEEE Green Energy Conference
- IEEE ComSoc Student Competitions
This Week:
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SpaceX Mars Competition Viewing
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Date:
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Wednesday, May 26th
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Location:
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Engr IV Patio
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Time:
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12:00PM – 4:30PM
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Description:
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Watch some of the best engineers in your class compete against
their peers to build the best autonomous vehicle. Grand prize: a personal
tour of the SpaceX facility, lunch with SpaceX Co-Founder Tom Mueller, and a
$500 donation to the student organization or charity of choice.
Food will be served, and spectators are eligible for SpaceX prizes such as free SpaceX gear, a tour of the facility, and a custom SpaceX gift card! For best viewing, please come between 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. |
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2.
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1st Annual All America MicroMouse Competition
Results
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Description:
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On Sunday May 26th, UCLA IEEE hosted its own
MicroMouse competition, in which student-designed, built, and programmed
autonomous robots navigated a 16 x 16 cell maze, competing for the fastest
run. Teams represented UCLA, UCSD, CSULA, and UCR, and the top 3 are ranked
below:
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Rank
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Name
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School
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Time (min:sec)
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1st
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Green Giant v2.2
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UCLA
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0:6.55
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2nd
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XxxRe5i5t0rsxxX
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UCSD
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1:11.4
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3rd
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Batmouse
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CSULA
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2:56.1
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Congrats to home team Green Giant for completing the maze in a blistering
7 seconds and a huge thank-you to all the teams that participated!
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Upcoming Events: N/A
Opportunities:
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UCLA University
Nanosat Program Recruitment
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Organization:
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UCLA Institute of
Geophysics and Planetary Physics
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Requirements:
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10+ Hours/Week, Current Engineering Student,
and good standing with the University
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Preference:
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Ideally willing to
stay on the team for long term; special emphasis on recruiting RF students.
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Description:
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University Nanosat
Program, first launched in 1999, is a satellite design and fabrication
competition for universities. With the goal of designing, building and
testing small satellite, the University Nanosat Program aims to train next
generation of satellite professionals. For more information, please see US
Air Force’s page here.
UCLA’s Nanosat
Program is focused on Electron Losses and Fields Investigation (ELFIN), a
space weather investigation in a 3U Cubesat, is current recruiting several EE
and CS students to join the project. The main responsibilities include
soldering, coding in Arduino & PIG’s, and RF related tasks (a special
emphasis on recruiting RF students). If further funding is approved, students
may be monetarily compensated.
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Contact:
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2.
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85th UCLA Extension Technical Management Program
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Date:
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September 15th – September 20th, 2013
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Location:
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Covel Commons (Sunset Village)
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Description:
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If you are interested in working in technical management consider
the 85th UCLA Extension Technical Management Program. You will meet
technical managers from across the US and abroad from industries that include
aerospace, energy, communications, electronics, biomedical, national
laboratories, and government.
Here are just a few of the 21 intensive courses to be offered in
the upcoming program:
· Networking,
Influence, and Strategic Relationships
· Navigating
Organizational Politics
· Creating
and Sustaining Excellence in the Workplace
· Strategic
Thinking and Planning for Leaders
· Building
High-Performance Teams
If selected, you will attend three courses during the week, in
addition to assisting staff and instructors with a variety of support
tasks. You will receive $250, five free lunches and breakfasts, and
attend two evening receptions.
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Application:
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Deadline is Friday, May 31, 2013 (early applications are
appreciated)
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Contact:
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If you are interested in this unique opportunity, please call Mr.
Joon Lee at (310) 825-3858 or e-mail: jlee@uclaextension.edu.
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3.
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IEEE Computer Society Webinar: Using Agile
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Date:
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Wednesday, June 12th
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Location:
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Time:
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8:00 AM (Pacific Time) – 9:00 AM (Pacific Time)
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Description:
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In this webinar, agile thought leader Scott Ambler and Method
Park CTO Dr. Erich Meier will present a solution that lets organizations
maximize development velocity using agile methods while maintaining the
necessary discipline to work in large scale or complex environments and
fulfill compliance requirements.
Join this session to see how the Disciplined Agile Delivery
process framework empowered by the Stages process management system supports
your teams to become agile with adult supervision. More information about the
event can be found at the registration link above (Location Row).
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4.
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CSULB IEEE Green Energy Conference: Call for Papers
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Description:
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The IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference provides the perfect
environment to network with fellow researchers and practitioners from
relevant fields, and a chance to obtain first-hand information on the latest
advances in technologies, prototypes and application exemplars. This year’s conference
will be hosted on November 25th, 2013 at Pyramid, CSULB.
We are looking in particular for any student members who would like to submit and present their own green-energy-related research in the form of a 2-5 page paper and a presentation. This conference’s focus is on Efficient Utilization of Energy and Storage Systems. Information about the conference and deadlines can be found here. |
Deadline:
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5.
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IEEE ComSoc Student Competitions
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Description:
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Show how you can change the world by developing a unique communication
solution to a real-world problem using engineering, technology, science,
computing, and leadership skills to benefit the community or the world.
Explain how you have made a positive impact for humanity, and you can
win. For more information about the competition, please refer to this link. 1st place will receive $2000 and a plaque, 2nd place
gets $1000 and a plaque. Meritorious projects will receive honorary certificates
from IEEE Communications Society.
Eligibility: Student member or Graduate Student Member of IEEE
Communications Society or team with either Student members or non-members but
led by Student Member. All participants must be 18 years or older. IEEE
Communications Society membership registration can be found here.
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Deadline:
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Submit your project by August 30th, 2013
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Hope to see you soon,
UCLA IEEE
Check our website for updates!
http://ieeebruins.org/
http://ieeebruins.org/
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