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UW Environmental Innovation Challenge

UW Environmental Innovation Challenge
$$$ for Prototype! Application Due Dec 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

November 18, 2010

Student Exchange Day–Thursday, November 18th

Hi all,

Those of you interested in UW exchange programs may want to check out Student Exchange Day in Mary Gates Hall tomorrow. CSE departmental exchanges aren’t part of this, but there are numerous exchange opportunities at UW, so this could be a good way to learn more about your options. Details below.

–Megan

Student Exchange Day–Thursday, November 18, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Mary Gates Hall Commons

The Office of International Programs and Exchanges and the National Student Exchange (NSE) program have created a Student Exchange Day event for UW students to explore their options for studying for a semester or year at one of our partner institutions.  A wide array of international and U.S. options will be presented.

Many of these exchanges will be represented by exchange students from our partner universities who are studying at UW this quarter which provides a unique opportunity for students to speak directly with other students.  Staff from International Programs and Exchanges and the NSE program will also be available to answer questions about program options and funding.

For a complete list of international universities that will be represented tomorrow click here

For a complete list of NSE participating institutions click here

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!  Shannon

Shannon Koller
Regional Team Lead for Africa/Middle East/Americas
Study Abroad Advisor
International Programs and Exchanges – University of Washington
459 Schmitz, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
206.221.3794
http://studyabroad.washington.edu
Advising: M 2-4, W 12-2, F 10-12

Student Exchange Day–November 18, 11:30 – 2:30, Mary Gates Hall Commons

November 17, 2010

ACM Contest

Hank Levy

to Stuart, faculty, cs-staff, cs-ugrads, cs-grads, vgrads

That’s terrific — congratulations to all three teams!

hank

—–Original Message—–
From: On Behalf Of Stuart Reges
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 4:15 PM
To: faculty – Mailing List; cs-staff – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; vgrads – Mailing List
Subject: ACM Contest

– Show quoted text –
I wanted to share results for the Pacific Northwest Programming
Contest that was held on Saturday.  We compete in a region that
stretches from southern California up to Canada and over to Hawaii.
The contest is held at five different sites simultaneously.  I
traveled with our three teams to the University of Oregon in Eugene to
compete.

As usual, our particular site had the most teams and we dominated our
site.  We placed 1st, 2nd, and 9th among the 21 teams from Washington
and Oregon competing at the University of Oregon.  And we again did
well in the region.  UW teams placed 6th and 12th in the region out of
76 teams total.  For example, our top two teams placed above all the
teams from Berkeley.

Our teams were:

Const Char Stars (1st at site, 6th in region):
Jeff Booth, Michael Sloan, Will Johnson

More Awesome (2nd at site, 12th in region):
Derek Cheng, Alex Vaschillo, Huy Dang

Turing Complete (9th at site, 34th in region):
Zachary Stein, Chris Busby, Kellen Donohue

Please join me in congratulating them for their outstanding performance.

Complete results can be found at this url:

http://pc2aries.ecs.csus.edu/paypal.com/index.html

–Stuart

November 16, 2010

Combined BS/MS (5TH year masters) Info session Dec. 1st 330pm room 691

All current CSE Majors, if you are interested in the Combined BS/MS program, there will be an information session in the Gates Commons (Room 691) on Wednesday Dec. 1st from 330-430.

Here is a link to the program website for additional information: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/ugrad/current/bsms/

The Faculty Advisor, Professor Ernst, and CSE advisors will be there to tell you more about the program and answer questions.

November 15, 2010

ACM Contest

From: Stuart Reges <reges@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Subject: ACM Contest
To: faculty <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, cs-staff <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, cs-grads <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, vgrads@cs.washington.edu

I wanted to share results for the Pacific Northwest Programming
Contest that was held on Saturday.  We compete in a region that
stretches from southern California up to Canada and over to Hawaii.
The contest is held at five different sites simultaneously.  I
traveled with our three teams to the University of Oregon in Eugene to
compete.

As usual, our particular site had the most teams and we dominated our
site.  We placed 1st, 2nd, and 9th among the 21 teams from Washington
and Oregon competing at the University of Oregon.  And we again did
well in the region.  UW teams placed 6th and 12th in the region out of
76 teams total.  For example, our top two teams placed above all the
teams from Berkeley.

Our teams were:

Const Char Stars (1st at site, 6th in region):
Jeff Booth, Michael Sloan, Will Johnson

More Awesome (2nd at site, 12th in region):
Derek Cheng, Alex Vaschillo, Huy Dang

Turing Complete (9th at site, 34th in region):
Zachary Stein, Chris Busby, Kellen Donohue

Please join me in congratulating them for their outstanding performance.

Complete results can be found at this url:

http://pc2aries.ecs.csus.edu/paypal.com/index.html

–Stuart

November 15, 2010

Vote for Shwetak

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Subject: Vote for Shwetak
To: Faculty <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, Cs-Grads <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, Cs-Ugrads <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, Staff <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>

Shwetak Patel had been nominated for the TechFlash “newsmaker of the
year” award.

Please take a minute and vote for him!

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/11/flashies-newsmaker-of-the-year.html

November 15, 2010

Volunteer(s) needed for Ugrad Info Session – Monday, Nov 15 @3:30pm

The Ugrad Advisors are hosting a small information session for high school students on Monday, 11/15 from 3:30 to 4:30 in CSE 305.

We are looking for a CSE student or two who would be available to attend the session, briefly speak about their experiences in the department and to answer questions from the students/parents.  The session will take place in CSE 305.

If you are interested or have questions please email ugrad-advisor@cs.washington.edu.

November 10, 2010

FW: transient in the building

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Tracy Erbeck <tracy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:19 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] FW: transient in the building

Hey…just a heads up as our building is connected to EE….

(btw, we are a public building, but panhandling is against the law on campus.  If you encounter somebody in the building who is asking for money, please contact me, or UWPD.  While most of us like to be nice, we don’t want to create an environment in the building that is welcoming to panhandlers).

tracy
3.9264

—–Original Message—–
From: John Young [mailto:johnnyy@u.washington.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:14 PM
To: Ee_all@ee.washington.edu
Cc: Tracy Erbeck
Subject: transient in the building

Hi everyone,

There was a report that there was a transient roaming the building and panhandling. Please be sure that your doors are not propped open and sensitive items are properly secured. If you encounter this transient, please notify UW police.

Officer described the individual as a dark skinned color male with a baseball cap carrying a backpack of some sort. Backpack was not a typical book bag.

Again, if you see the person, contact UWPD.

Thanks,
John Young

November 10, 2010

Undergraduate Research Opportunity

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: William Stafford Noble <noble@gs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:01 PM
Subject: Undergraduate research opportunity

Undergraduate research position in computational biology

One undergraduate research position is available in the lab of William Stafford Noble in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

The project involves developing and improving software used to interpret mass spectrometry data for use in proteomics experiments.

Our research group develops and applies computational techniques for modeling and understanding biological processes at the molecular level. Our research emphasizes the application of statistical and machine learning techniques, such as dynamic Bayesian networks and support vector machines. We apply these techniques to various types of biological data, including DNA and protein sequence data, shotgun proteomics mass spectrometry data, and a variety of high-throughput genomic data types. We also develop and maintain a variety of software to support research in molecular biology. More information is available at http://noble.gs.washington.edu.

This is a paid, part-time position; however, it is also possible for a student to perform some or all of the work for research credit. The start date is the beginning of winter quarter, though it could be earlier.

Having some background knowledge in biology would be helpful, but is not necessary for the position. Knowledge of C++ is required, and knowledge of Unix system programming and Python are strongly recommended.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please submit a letter of interest, a resume, and a copy of your transcript to Benjamin Diament (bdiament@cs.washington.edu).

November 10, 2010

Updates to degree requirements webpage – transition documents hopefully easier to understand

We have made some updates to the degree requirements webpage for the undergraduate program and more specifically to the transition document page for students under a mix of old and new 300 level requirements.

There was some confusion within the last few months that has recently been nailed down, so all transition students should look at the transition page to make certain that they understand what they are required to take.

Degree Requirements: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/ugrad/current/degree_requirements.html

If you had a graduation appointment recently and think that something on this sheet conflicts what you heard from an advisor, please contact us asap so we can clear up any confusion.

And finally, if you took a mix of old and new 300 level courses and they are not showing up on your degree audit, please send email to ugrad-advisor@cs with your student number and we can make the substitutions for you so that your degree audit should make more sense.

Let us know if you have questions,

CSE Advising

November 10, 2010

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