Hi everyone!
Thanks to everyone who came to the Winter Ball, I hope you all had an amazing time. Nothing too crazy planned for this week, just a few office hours:
Best of luck through these last few weeks of the quarter.
Love,
John
http://uwashington.uberflip.
thanks!
hank
There will be a CSE undergraduate “pizza lunch with the chair” this week — Wednesday (March 2nd) — from 12 to 1 in the Gates Commons (691). As usual, this is an opportunity to eat pizza, ask questions about the program, eat more pizza, and find out what’s going on.
This is for current CSE undergrads only.
See you there!
hank
The Graduate School Office of Fellowships and Awards & the Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards will offer the following information sessions this spring:
o Thursday, March 31, 1:30-3:00 p.m., Allen Auditorium (room 181L)
o Tuesday, May 10, 2016; 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon, Allen Auditorium (room 181L)
o Tuesday, April 12, 2016; 3:30-5:00 p.m.
o Wednesday, April 27, 2016; 7:00-8:30 p.m.
o Tuesday, June 21, 2016; 4:00-5:30 p.m.
NSF GRFP is one of the premier opportunities to fund graduate study. It provides 3 years of funding that you can use in a 5 year time frame. This includes a $34,000 annual stipend and full cost of tuition/fees covered.
For UW graduate students, GAIP health insurance is also covered.
Eligible fields include the “usual suspects” (e.g., life sciences, engineering, math, etc.), but there are also a surprising number of social science disciplines included in the eligibility list, including STEM education, Political Science, Public Policy, Communication, Anthropology, History, and Sociology, among others. We encourage all students in these fields (or planning to be in) for their graduate research to consider applying for this fellowship.
Seniors and alumni who are planning to attend graduate school can apply in the fall and take the funding with them to whatever school they attend. UW graduate students who will are starting graduate school in autumn 2016 are also eligible as are (usually) graduate students beginning their second year of studies in autumn 2016. This year’s application cycle will be for funding starting in fall 2017.
The information sessions will cover the application process, strategies for successful applications and more details regarding how the fellowship operates. Application deadlines are usually late October.
Even though the official announcement may not come out until August, students are encouraged to start early on this process.
Basic eligibility criteria:
*research in an eligible NSF research area (includes several of the social sciences)
*US citizens or permanent residents by the application deadline
*students in their first year of graduate study or at the beginning of their second year of graduate study (with some limitations)
*students who have not earned a previous graduate degree
*graduating senior undergraduates and alumni who plan to apply to begin graduate studies in fall 2015
Additional details are available at http://www.nsfgrfp.org/ and http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/fa/nsf/index.shtml.
Please feel free to contact us for questions and application support, based on your student status:
Undergraduate students: Robin Chang, scholarq@uw.edu
Graduate students: Marilyn Gray, megray@uw.edu
WSDOT and the College of Engineering are collaborating to host an event on Thursday, March 24th (8am-1:30pm) for 200 high school students to learn about the SR 520 bridge construction and hear about engineering majors at UW. We are trying to recruit as many engineering students as possible to act as mentors to the high schoolers during this one day event.
As a thank you, all volunteers will be given first priority consideration for internships with WSDOT and other engineering companies involved in the SR 520 construction. All event detail such as event date and time are listed in the linked sign up form.
Sign up form:
Want to learn more about the 2016 – 2017 animation course series? Attend an info session!
www.cs.washington.edu/
research/ap When:
Where:
Paul G. Allen Center room 691 (Gates Commons, 6th floor)
What:
Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) and the Animation Research Labs invite you to an information session on the Animation Production undergraduate course sequence at UW Seattle. This sequence runs from Summer 2016 (A term) through Spring 2017. The Summer course, Story Design for Computer Animation, is highly recommended but optional.
The Animation Capstone culminates in a very professional and exciting collaboratively produced digital short film, similar in process to Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks productions. Examples of previous award winning films produced in the dept will be shown and questions regarding applications and admission, etc. will be addressed. We look forward to seeing you there. Light refreshments will be served.
Questions: Contact emc29@cs.washington.edu
Hello, majors! Your classmate Colin is currently one of the team leads for UWashington Hyperloop (click here), and would love for you to check out their team:
UWashington Hyperloop recently finished top 20 out of over 1200 teams internationally and made it into the final round as part of a SpaceX hosted competition to engineer the “5th mode of transportation.” As such, they are expanding the size of their team and are looking for engineers. Specifically good systems engineers! Interested students can reach out to Colin at colinxs@uw.edu or to the email included with the following /!
ENGR498C, Social and Environmental Impacts of Consumer Technology, is a new course exploring significant social and environmental impacts of technology with particular emphasis on consumer products. The course will cover a broad range of technologies from the production of plastics to the use of cell phones, in terms of how these technologies impact people, culture, ecosystem, and public health.
What happens to all that plastic used in our every day lives? What happens to your old phone when you get a new one? How has technology changed the way we think, focus, interact, and relate to the world? In this course, we will look at these and other similar questions raised by our design, use, and distribution of consumer technology. Technology is often far more than what initially meets the design engineer’s eye. Join us as we explore the consequences of its use and disposal around the world.
When: Spring Quarter 2016
Where: EEB 026
Time: Tuesday, 3:30-5:20 p.m.
Credits: 2 (I&S)
Instructor: Denise Wilson
Hi everyone!
Here’s a quick outline of this weeks events.
Are you interested in working in Silicon Valley, but unsure about what to expect or how to prepare? Come meet with a few of our Engineers to participate in a Mock Interview. We’ll discuss resumes, technical interviews, and debunk or confirm crazy rumors about Valley culture. Bring your hardest questions–you won’t get meaningless answers.
Interviews will be scheduled in 023 and 025 on Tuesday, February 23rd. To schedule a time, please email uwashington@palantir.com.
As usual, check out the ugrad advising calendar for more information. Also, perhaps the most important event of the entire week:
THE GREAT GATSBY WINTER BALL IS ON FRIDAY. COME AND GET WEIRD.
Love,
John
Are you interested in working in Silicon Valley, but unsure about what to expect or how to prepare? Come meet with a few of our Engineers to participate in a Mock Interview. We’ll discuss resumes, technical interviews, and debunk or confirm crazy rumors about Valley culture. Bring your hardest questions–you won’t get meaningless answers.
Interviews will be scheduled in 023 and o25 on Tuesday, February 23rd. To schedule a time, please email uwashington@palantir.com.