Scott Hoaby Presentation

Back in September we had the privilege of hearing former NDSU graduate Scott Hoaby talk about strategic product innovation - how engineers succeed or fail in sustaining technology companies. If you would like a copy of the video or power point from the event, email us at ieee.ndsu@gmail.com.

Master the Mainframe

The 2009 IBM Master the Mainframe Contest is underway, but it's not too late to participate.

From the website:

This fall semester, IBM is running the 2009 Master the Mainframe Contest for college and university students across the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec). High school students are also encouraged to compete!

No experience with mainframes is necessary. In fact, the contest is designed for students with little or no mainframe experience, increasing with difficulty as the contest progresses. Students just need to bring drive and competitive spirit, and they will be ready to compete.

2009 Earthzine Student Essay Contest

Earthzine invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit an essay for the 2009 Student Essay Competition: Sustainability through Earth Observation and Engineering. Earthzine, an online environmental journal, is encouraging students to creatively examine the benefits that new technological systems in Earth observation and engineering can have on sustainability. Students should submit essays by October 17 that follow one of the two dominant themes in sustainability: social equity and environmental protection. Essays should also be related to one or more of Earthzine’s focal topics.

Finalists will lead a blog about their essay and participate in blogs of competing essays. Winners will be determined based on the quality of the essay and the quality of the blog. Prizes sponsored by the IEEE Foundation are: first place ($500), second place ($250), and third place ($150).

Queries and final essays should be sent to David Mullins, Ph.D., Associate Education Editor, at any time (dmullins@sf.edu). The deadline for submission is October 17, 2009. Blogging will occur November 15-December 15. Winners will be announced on Earthzine on December 21. Check for more information on Earthzine.

MATLAB Seminars

The MathWorks is offering a pair of free MATLAB technical seminars on campus next week. These free technical sessions will demonstrate how MATLAB can be used as a flexible platform for technical computing and application development in engineering, math, and science curricula and research

There will be two sessions, one geared toward non-users and newer users, the other toward existing users. Image processing examples will be used in the first session, but the concepts presented generalize to a wide variety of technical and scientific computing challenges. The other session offering advice on improving MATLAB code and includes a discussion of parallel computing with MATLAB.

The agenda is as follows:

When: Wednesday September 23rd

8:30 AM to 10:45 AM - Introduction to Technical Computing with MATLAB - application focus Image Data

12:45 PM to 3:00 PM - Speeding up MATLAB Applications and intro to Parallel Computing with MATLAB

Where:

Both sessions will be held at: Research 1 - room 148/154, North Dakota State University, Fargo ND

Red River Valley Section Meeting

Our regional IEEE section will be having dinner and a meeting on Thursday, September 24th @ 6:00 PM at the Ramada Inn in Fargo. This meeting is a great opportunity to network with area engineers and see what's going on in the industry.

During the meeting Gary Ellingson will present on the challenges in upgrading KFNW's antennas from a two tower directional system to a four tower array. He will also discuss some of the unplanned side effects that came about because of the change.

Students' cost for attendance is $5.00. If you're interested in attending, please email us at ieee.ndsu@gmail.com before 5:00 PM on Monday, Sept 21, 2009, and we'll provide you with a contact person to whom you can send your RSVP.

MEAL CHOICES:

Beef, Champagne Chicken, Stuffed Porkchop, or Vegetarian

Phoenix International Presentation

On Thursday, September 17th, two engineers from Phoenix International will present to our group about their company and its parent company, John Deere. Dustin Schmidt and Chris Giese, representing the electronic design and software design departments respectively, will talk about what it's like to work at Phoenix as well as what job/internship opportunities are available at Phoenix and John Deere. This meeting will provide a great opportunity to network with the engineers and to learn more about John Deere's upcoming recruitment events. The meeting will take place at 7:00PM in ECE 125.

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