CSE Undergrad News

Hey students! I hope finals went wonderfully. If you need some advising over the next two weeks, please email for an appointment. We will not have drop-in advising hours over break. Thanks!

Dear Advisers,

Please let your students know about study abroad opportunities offered through the Honors Program. Credits fulfill Honors core as well as VLPA and/or I&S. All students are welcome to apply.

We are pleased to offer the following programs during summer 2011. Applications are due in late January February:

Sierra Leone: Ethnographic Methods and Cultural Production

Art, Identity, and Structures of Exchange in Rome and Italy

Oxford: Writing, Performing, and Curating Millennial Britain

Berlin: Mobility and Negotiations of Identity

Bangalore, India: Social Justice and NGO Activism

Writing Morocco: Northern Africa (Early Fall Start, Exploration Seminar)

We also offer direct exchanges:

• Maastricht and Utrecht, Netherlands
• Argentina
• France

Go abroad with Honors!  For more information about each program and to apply, visit:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/international/

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Good News!!

We are happy to announce that we will be offering a Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship application process during Winter Quarter 2011.  The deadline is Monday, January 24, 2011, 5pm.

Information sessions are scheduled for:

Friday, January 7, 1:00-2:00, 120 MGH

Wednesday, January 12, 4:00-5:00, 224 MGH

Thursday, January 13, 1:30-2:30, 120 MGH

Application instructions, eligibility requirements and other details are on our website at: www.washington.edu/uaa/mge/apply/leadership. I am also available for advising appointments.

Thanks for sharing this information with your students and colleagues.  The deadline is just around the corner!

Best,

Jodene Davis

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Jodene Davis
Mary Gates Endowment
Center for Experiential Learning (EXP)
Undergraduate Academic Affairs
University of Washington
120 MGH | 616-3925 | mgates@u.washington.edu | exp.washington.edu/mge

Winter quarter is prime internship interview season! Unless you’re graduating soon or already have Very Important Summer Plans, finding an internship should be high on your list of summer options.

CSE alum Alex Loddengaard gives some advice on his blog:  “I challenge you to intern as much and as early as possible.  The more diverse work experiences you can have, the more likely you’ll be to find and pursue something you love.  And pursuing something you love is absolutely critical for living a happy life.” Read his full blog post here: http://alexlod.com/2010/12/15/internships-and-the-importance-of-diversity/

If you’re an entrepreneur (or would like to be) and want some funding, and happen to be under 20 years old, this grant may be for you!

“Hello Professors,

I am writing on behalf of Peter Thiel and the Thiel Foundation, a non-profit devoted to promoting entrepreneurialism and innovation in science and technology. We recently announced a new fellowship called 20 under 20, in which we are giving 20 entrepreneurs under 20 years of age a $100,000 grant to not only explore their entrepreneurial ideas, but also to mentor with a wide range of companies, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and more.  The application is due December 31, and is free for students. The website is http://20under20.org
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Lisa Dodd, an instructor at Juanita High School in Kirkland was interested in having a couple of students come share their experiences in her honors math course next Wed. Other days are possible too, Wed was just one option.

If you’re interested email me and I’ll connect you.

Additionally, if you’re headed home for the winter break and want to visit your high school, you can ask Ciara at the CSE front desk for some brochures for the undergraduate program.  You can also take a look at our prospective student page for some helpful links.

We’ll be developing a more formal outreach program to put into place this spring, but I wanted to mention this for winter break in case anyone was interested.

Drop me a quick line if you decide to visit your high school so we know what areas our students our covering.

For Spring 2011, CSE 457 will have a prerequisite of CSE 303 or 351 and 326 or 332.  Math 308 is recommended.  In the future 333 will still most likely be the required prerequisite, so if you plan to take 457 in fall, take 333 in spring.

This spring there is an exception since 333 is not being offered until spring quarter.

Here is the link to the rest of the new prerequisite courses: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/ugrad/current/CSE_prereqs.html

CSE Advising

Application is due SUNDAY, Dec 12! – Pam Tufts

UW Environmental Innovation Challenge – Prototype Funding Due Sunday, December 12!

WE HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU.

If you’ve got a passion for clean-tech, the smarts to play in the emerging green economy, and the desire to leverage your engineering background to make an impact, the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge can provide just the platform (and the funding!) you’ve been looking for.

HOW IT WORKS

For the UW EIC, interdisciplinary student teams will define a clean-tech problem, design and develop the solution, and work together to produce both a prototype (or proof of concept or computer simulation) and a business summary that outlines the market opportunity.

We have $25,000 available for prototype funding. In the Challenge on March 31, 2011, students will pitch their concepts and demonstrate their product/idea to a group of judges that includes technologists, entrepreneurs, and investors. Teams are judged on their prototypes, business summaries, and potential for impact. The grand prize is $10,000.

HOW DO YOU GET FUNDING?
The College of Engineering has provided $25,000 to help teams develop their prototypes.  The deadline for funding applications is midnight December 12, 2010! You can use this funding for purchasing materials to build your prototype, renting equipment, purchasing safety equipment, and hiring short-term work beyond your team’s capacity. (You cannot pay team members).

We prefer to see requests between $1,500 and $4,500 but will consider both smaller and larger amounts. Funding will be announced by January 4, 2011 and is to be used by March 31, 2011. Any unspent development money must be returned. Who can apply? Any team with at least one engineering student can apply, but the application must be submitted by the engineering student(s).  Please note: teams that receive funding agree to participate in the Challenge March 31.

Prototype funding Application

Key Dates for the UW EIC
Prototype Funding – Application due December 12
February 17 – Intent to Submit due
March 3 – Business Summary due

March 27 – 1 Page Business Summary and 1 PowerPoint Slide due
March 31 – Challenge pitches and presentations, reception and awards ceremony

Questions?
Pam Tufts, UW Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC)
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ptufts@uw.edu 206.685.3813

——— Forwarded message ———-
From: Richard Ladner <ladner@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] FW: CMD-IT Undergraduate Student Competition
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>

How would you like to design your own project for a class like CSE 142 or 143 that has broad appeal?  Here is your chance to do so and maybe win some money and get some recognition.

Please take a look at this competition.

Richard Ladner

Boeing Professor in Computer Science and Engineering

Do you have some experience with either FIRST robotics or C++ programming?

Some of your fellow undergraduates are hosting a workshop for about 40 high school students this Saturday in room 305 of the Allen Center and they could use your help. The event runs from 1-5pm.   There will be a brief meeting Friday night to plan.

There will be another workshop with the same students next week on the 18th from 1-5PM which could also use some volunteers.  If you can help out, please fill out this survey asap.  We’ll send additional information out to all who sign up.

Thank you!

CSE Advising