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Microsoft Professional Development, Networking and Recruiting Event
When: Saturday, April 29th, 2010
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: MSFT Bldg. 34 Café, 3720 159th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052
What: The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility in Central Washington
Free event for SHPE PSC registered members!
For more information please visit: NSHMBA.org
Energy Future
The University of Washington (Seattle) is hosting a free public lecture series on sustainable energy, "Energy Future", in the spring term of 2010. Several of these free lectures may be of direct professional or personal interest to your Seattle area members.
The "Energy Future" lecture series brings world-renowned experts to address:
*Solar power (April 1)
*National and Global‐scale planning for sustainable energy (April 20)
*The next generation of nuclear power plants in the U.S. (May 13)
*Genetically engineered organisms for biofuel production (May 18)
*The environmental impact of sustainable energy projects (June 3)
Full details are at http://courses.washington.edu/efuture Tickets are free, but attendees are recommended to reserve a seat with the free online ticketing system linked at the lecture series website. All lectures start at 6:30pm in Kane Hall 130 on the UW Seattle campus.
Grand Challenges for the 21st Century
The University of Washington is pleased to host the Seattle “Grand Challenges for the 21st Century” Summit on May 2-3. The conference is one of a series across the U.S. that will bring together engineers, scientists, community leaders, and innovators of all kinds to grapple with “grand challenge” issues – problems identified by the National Academy of Engineering that must be addressed and solved in order to maintain our national security, quality of life and sustainable future. The Seattle Summit will focus on challenges related to engineering better medicines and engineering the tools of scientific discovery.
For a detailed schedule and registration, please visit http://www.engr.washington.edu/naesummit
EXPERIENCE EGYPT AT ITS BEST
When: Thursday, April 15th – 26th, 2010
Where: Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Hurghada
What: 2 week super packed, 5 star ALL inclusive trip to Egypt accompanied with real Egyptians for under $1990 + air fare
For More Information, Please visit www.thetasteofegypt.com.
UW Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB‐UW) Needs Mentors!
We are currently looking for geotechnical or roadway engineers interested in traveling with our team to Bolivia this summer. We would be delighted if you know any professionals who would be interested (official SHPE members or not)! It’s a great, fun, and rewarding experience, and we have lots of happy previous mentors to show for it!
We need to decide on a mentor by April 18th, so hopefully we can work it all out by then!
Project/Timeline
The project aims to prevent the only road access to multiple remote communities in Bolivia from being blocked during the rainy season due to washout. We would like 1‐2 mentors who would be willing to travel during the month of July for 2‐4 weeks. (We need one on‐site during all heavy construction, so we need either one mentor for the whole month, or one mentor for each half – approx July 1st – 15th & 16th‐ 30th.)
Role
The role of the mentor of an EWB project is to provide experienced technical insight to ensure the safety and success of the projects. We (the students) work closely with mentors during the entire project. Students handle all of the logistics of the project and prepare designs etc. beforehand. It’s a great process, and both parties come away learning.
Qualifications
The minimum requirement (mandated by our parent organization, EWB‐USA) for a mentor is five years of "related experience," which for our project means with retaining structures, preferably with regards to roadway construction. We are specifically working with gabions and possibly MSE structures, in addition to drainage crossings (though this area is much less technical). I think this requirement is flexible, and we are not doing extremely large structures, so a general background in geotechnical or road engineering may certainly suffice.
We are especially excited to reach out to SHPE because of your members’ (presumed) Spanish abilities ‐ this will both enhance their experience and make their role much easier during construction situations. I would be happy to meet personally or speak with any interested engineers to discuss the project more in depth! We also have project meetings (typically) on Thursday evenings. Also, just to let you know, we have other projects later in the summer and are always seeking mentors, so even if someone cannot come with us in July, still please to contact us. For our other projects, the technical experience requirement is less strict, though a P.E. is typically desirable.
Please contact:
Dean Chahim
Project Lead
Roads Project, EWB‐UW
206.234.4610
dchahim@uw.edu
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