Did anyone see where April went? Is it warm where you are yet? Stanford is beginning to show signs of summer. Flip flops have been pulled out from under the pile of jackets on the dorm room floors. Students are shivering across White Plaza in their shorts and tank tops willing the sun to shine brighter. Here's some hot news and events here to warm you up.
The Aeronautics and Astronautics department is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a 2 ½ day program featuring lab tours, poster sessions, lectures by faculty and AA alumni, and a special reception and dinner on Friday night. Get details.
Engineering Career Workshop:
“Make a Lasting Impression: Strategies for Successfully Presenting Yourself"
Tues May 13, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Google Campus, Mountain View, CA
Whether you are trying to attract potential investors, would-be partners, or employees, you have to make an impression. Most times you have fewer than 10 minutes to make your point clearly and convincingly. Are you prepared to do that? In this highly interactive workshop, you will learn how to avoid the most common networking and etiquette mistakes, while discovering how to inspire confidence through how you look, what you say, and how you say it. This event is free and refreshments will be provided. For more information and to register, visit the Web site above.
We are welcoming in the summer with a fun event at Vino Locale. Vino Locale is unique in that the proprietors specialize in local wine, food, and art created right here in the Bay Area. Its European home-style ambiance and welcoming patio will be an ideal setting for beginning the summer celebration of warm evenings and great local wine and appetizers. We hope you click on the registration link above and sign up because we're eager to start enjoying the summer with you.
Based on requests from engineering alumni, we are offering an inaugural Next Generation Tour. This is a tour of Stanford Engineering for engineering alumni and their high school children. The tour will be led by Stanford Engineering students who can best describe Stanford live. Each tour leader will take his or her group to view 4 or 5 different labs. The inaugural tour will be limited to 20 parents and 20 students, so sign up early.
Join us as we go ‘back to the beach’ in 2008 for our second annual volunteer community project at Half Moon Bay State Beach. Last year alumni enjoyed sunny weather and blue skies as we helped restore the beach’s native habitat. This year, Professor Stephen Monismith will join us at the end of the project to discuss the research being done at Stanford Engineering to protect our environment. Children are welcome and families are encouraged to attend. For more information and to register, click on link above. This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Associates.
Camp EDAY: “Robots, Rockets & Racers” - Save the Date
Sat July 12, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Hewlett Teaching Center, Stanford
Alumni and youth (ages 10 and up) are invited to share in the excitement of engineering through accessible but intriguing presentations by faculty, alumni and students. Registration will be available online next month at soe.stanford.edu/eday08. Watch for more details.
This summer we're headed east to bring career seminars/workshops to our Stanford Engineering alumni in Washington DC and Boston. We can't wait to say, "Hello" to you all. Save these dates and watch for the e-mailed notice when registration opens.
Other Events
Check out more events in lifelong learning geared towards engineers as well as all events posted on the online events calendar.
Stanford on iTunes
If you haven't tried Stanford on iTunes recently, a lot of new tracks have been added, including faculty lectures, interviews, events, sports and music.
Engineering Faculty Receive High Honors
Stanford Engineering congratulates its newest members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dean Jim Plummer and Professor Mark Horowitz. Get details.
Professor David A.B. Miller was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Get details. Congratulations to these three distinguished scientists.
Research Profile:
CS Professor Daphne Koller is helping biologists unravel some of the many mysteries of molecular biology by creating a unique brand of artificial intelligence software that can infer steps in the complex processes that govern the functioning of genes and proteins. For her groundbreaking research she has won a major new award given by the Association for Computing Machinery and the Indian tech company Infosys.
Alumni Profile: Herve Lebret
Herve Lebret (MS 1990 EE) wants to see a more entrepreneurial culture in his native Europe and has written a recent book explaining what the continent can learn from Silicon Valley. Of course his insights and the lessons he draws might well be interesting to people in the Valley, too.
Ask the Expert: Pat Hanrahan
Professor Hanrahan is an engineer but he fully appreciates the artistic mission of his work on computer graphics rendering. In answering the question, “What roles can realistic computer graphics play in the movies?” he says the technology should always be used in whatever style best suits telling the story.
Engineering Puzzle
A new version of the find-the-antenna game. Thanks for everything, Scott Kim, our puzzle master!
A SNEAK PREVIEW
K to 12 Web Site for Young Engineers Engineering alumni, you are the first to take a look at this new Web site. Let us know what you think. Better yet, let us know what your children think. We hope that these pages will bring the excitement of engineering and scientific discovery to your children. Please write, e-mail, or phone with ideas, comments, and kind words because this site is a work in progress.
Engineering Memory of the Month Every spring Stanford Engineering honors not only the top five percent of the graduating seniors but also the teachers those students nominate as their greatest inspiration. Back in 1973, you could get your Terman award from Terman himself. As we remember the winners of yesterday, we also present this year’s best of the best.
Make a Memory!
Email us at david.orenstein@stanford.edu with your Stanford engineering memory along with pictures if you have them. We'd love to hear from you.
Alumni News
Do you have professional or career news that you would like to share with us? Read about your fellow alums and then add your own news.
Engineering Web Site Newsroom
Read more news from Stanford Engineering, including research profiles, faculty news, and more. The home page lists the top three news items of the day; the Newsroom includes many more articles and archives of older ones. The news is updated regularly so bookmark this page to keep up with the latest.
Alumni Job Board
Thinking about a new job or just curious to see who's hiring? Access our Alumni Job Board, which is an online searchable database of jobs posted by companies interested in hiring Stanford Engineering alumni. Alumni can set up automatic email notification of new job postings, apply for jobs online, and even search for positions posted specifically by Stanford affiliated companies. The service is free and can be accessed using your SAA username and password. The link is:http://soe.stanford.edu/alumni/career.html.
Engineering Career Events
We've got some great seminars and workshops in our 2008 Career Seminar Series. There's somethng there for all working engineering alumni!
Strategic Decision and Risk Management
June 16-20, Stanford
Learn how to make quality decisions that generate more value, embrace risk and uncertainty for competitive advantage, make good decisions under pressure, and understand enterprise risk from the shareholder value perspective.
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Koller sees computers' real value in their potential to infer what’s happening in complex biological systems.
Lebret's new book brings Silicon Valley lessons to Europe.
For Stanford Engineering alumni--a sneak preview of Web pages for young scientists and engineers.
