| e-Day 2012 | Advising Office ENGR 101 |Tour of Motive Power| e-Trash | Work-Study Awards|Energy Technology Sector|Course Evaluations|ENGR 120 and 130|Open Seats Chem111 or Physics211 | Idaho Shakespeare Festival|NAWIC Scholarship Application|ERC-Students Complete Fire Restoration Planting| Student Cluster Competition 2012| Jobs|
e-Day 2012
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers student group hosted e-Day, a one-day camp for 7th-10th graders interested in learning more about engineering careers. Thirty participants and eighteen SHPE members enjoyed four hands-on activities including Motor Mania, Angry Birds Catapult, Helicopter Design and Drop, and Water Resources. Thanks to Eric Booth, faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering for facilitating Motor Mania! Funding provided by the Idaho NSF EPSCoR Program and by the National Science Foundation.
Advising Office, ENGR 101
Did you know that the College of Engineering Advising Office has three computers that students can use any time. We provide academic advising, tours, and career resources. Please stop in any time and let us know how we can help you!
Tour of Motive Power
Engineering students invited to Motive Power Tour on Friday, April 27, 2-4pm. This is limited to 30 students, so rsvp to laburusa@boisestate.edu if you are interested.
e-Trash
Seeking electronic products that you don’t want for e-Camp activity. The participants of e-Camp get to take electronic products apart and see what’s inside. Cell phones, computers, fax, printers, radios, cameras, etc. If you have products that you’d like to get rid of please drop them off in ENGR 101.
Deadline To Accept FY 2012-2013 Work-Study Awards
Students who have been offered work-study awards for FY 2012-2013 must accept them by May 1st or the award will be canceled. If you have students working for you using work-study funding and they were offered a work-study award and you plan to have them work for you next year, please remind them to accept their work-study award before the deadline. An email was sent to the students, however, I also wanted to make you aware of this important deadline so you don’t miss out on having your students work for you using work-study funds if they failed to read the email and missed the deadline.
Register for Meet The Employers: Energy Technology Sector on April 23!
Meet and engage with the valley’s major players in the energy sector. Up to 80% of jobs aren’t advertised, so making that personal connection is essential.
Click here to register. You MUST register and be selected to attend.
Course Evaluations for Spring 2012
Provide feedback for your Spring 2012 College of Engineering
Courses. Feedback will be completely anonymous, and will go directly to faculty and department chairs. The survey can be found here http://coeneval.boisestate.edu
Introduction to Engineering ENGR 120 and ENGR 130
When registering for classes, students have 2 class options to choose from to satisfy the Introduction to Engineering Class required for all Civil, Electrical, Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering Students. The first option is ENGR 120 which is 3 credits and includes 2, 50 minute lectures per week and 2, 75 minute labs a week. The second option is ENGR 130 which is an undergraduate service learning class. ENGR 130 is 4 credits and includes the same 2, 50 minute lectures as ENGR 120 but the two labs are 30 minutes longer or 105 minutes each resulting in the extra credit.
For the first half of the semester the ENGR 120 and ENGR 130 students complete the same projects including units on consumer products, manufacturing and electrical engineering. The second half of the semester the ENGR 120 students will complete units on composites, bridges and mousetrap car design while the ENGR 130 students work on a service learning project.
The ENGR 130 students will experience the satisfaction in solving a client’s real-world problem as they apply the engineering design process to design and deliver a solution, not to mention it looks great on your resume! More information is available at http://coen.boisestate.edu/fuse/ or Click to Watch a Video on ENGR 130. Contact ENGR 120/130 Coordinator Carol Sevier carolsevier@boisestate.edu or 426-1089 if you have any questions.
Looking for open seats of Chem 111 or Physics 211?
Some of you may benefit from looking at the Learning Communities being offered this Fall. Learning communities are simply a combination of two or more courses designed to maximize student engagement. When you see a familiar face in more than one class, you might be more apt to form study groups, which can be an effective method of learning course material.
Fall learning communities include various class combinations such as: Math 170 and Chemistry 111 (75860 and 75855) or Math 175 and Physics 211 (75854). For those of you switching to the Fall 2012 catalog there is a University Foundation 100 combination with Engineering 120 (75857).
See the flyer for more information on how to find Learning Communities.
Idaho Shakespeare Festival
An event on June 20 with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival
A special event tailored for the local engineering community, scheduled for June 20. It will include discounted ($28) tickets to see Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap, but the special part is that this will be preceded with a tour of the ISF Scene Shop and Costume Shop and other technical aspects of the ISF that are not generally available to the public. Tickets for this event are limited to 100 because of capacity of the tours, and it is likely that they will sell quickly. Details about the event and how to purchase tickets are available at http://coen.boisestate.edu/bobhay/engineeringshakespeare/.
NAWIC scholarship application due April 30
PNCWA Scholarship due May 1:
Subject: Scholarship opportunities May 1 deadline
PNCWA 2012 Environmental Stewardship Scholarships Applications must be postmarked/faxed by May 1.
Do you know or know of a student interested in a career in the Water Environment?
The PNCWA Scholarship Committee intends to award three $1500 scholarships in 2012.
One $1,500 award will be specifically for a PNCWA member or an immediate family member of a PNCWA member. The member must be in good standing for at least one year at the time of application submission.
No more than two awards of $1,500 each are open to any student (including graduate students) that meets the listed criteria.
For all applicants:
The applicant must enroll as a full-time student in an environmentally related program that allows them to pursue a professional career in the water environment field.
High school seniors/returning college students (currently not enrolled) must enroll at a college or university by September 2012 or be a student in good standing at a college or university who will
begin the next year by September 2012.
All applicants must be residents of Idaho, Oregon, or Washington and must be U.S. citizens.
See applications for additional eligibility requirements.
PNCWA Scholarship Application 2012 PNCWA Scholarship application – fillable form https://pncwa.memberclicks.net/assets/Committees/Scholarship/2012-2013/2012%20pncwa%20scholarship%20application%20-%20fillable%20form.docx
2012 PNCWA Scholarship application https://pncwa.memberclicks.net/assets/Committees/Scholarship/2012-2013/2012%20pncwa%20scholarship%20application.pdf
Engineering Residential College Students Complete Fire Restoration Planting
On March 10, 2012, seventeen residents from Boise State University’s Engineering Residential College, a Living Learning Community, planted hundreds of sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings in an area east of Boise, where a human-caused fire last summer burned critical winter range for big game. Civil engineering sophomore Jacob Norris organized and coordinated the volunteer activity through the Idaho Department of Fish & Game. The group received an award for their service to the community. The 2011-2012 Engineering Residential College includes sixteen freshmen, four sophomores, program assistant Jacob O’Brien and also faculty in residence professor Janet Callahan and teen in residence Ben (who also volunteered that day).
Other service activities that the 2011-2012 Engineering Residential College have enjoyed include a wide variety of hands-on activities, from outreach with hundreds of young people during Discover Engineering Day, to helping build for a day for Habitat for Humanity and readying the Bogus Basin Nordic trails lighting system for the season.
Student Cluster Competition 2012
SC12 is the one of the most widely known international High Performance Computing (HPC) conferences and I am seeking 5 undergraduate students for me to prepare a proposal to SC12 for the parallel programming competition scheduled on November. I already announced this in Computer Science and I want to reach out entire college of engineering undergraduate students who know how to write C/C++ program. It is NOT required to know how to write parallel program since I can teach them how during summer.
Please contact (uh@cs.boisestate.edu) if you would like to participate. The travel will be supported by the SC12 conference if the proposal is selected.
For more information visit http://sc12.supercomputing.org/content/student-cluster-competition
Jobs
BRONCO JOBS – find details on the following jobs at http://career.boisestate.edu
The McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) is seeking undergraduates
interested in a residential internship this June and July. Interns will be paid $1000, and get free room and board, and a great
experience! This would look great on your resume. See flyer for details.
Gary S Thompson III
University of Idaho’s
McCall Outdoor Science School
208.310.7085
http://www.mossidaho.org
http://www.facebook.com/mossidaho
PKG seeking Electrical Engineers and CS intern: send resume to jbedsole@pkguis.com
PKG designs and fabricates user interface devices. These range from simple membrane switches to complex assemblies including injection molded bezels, touchscreens, pc assemblies and all software required to drive them. We are looking for a computer science engineer ( CSE ) or electrical engineer ( EE ) that can step in and contribute quickly. This engineer would be responsible for board design, design qualification, software and firmware, test setup, manufacturability, etc. required for a successful release of our newest products. At PKG, exciting things are happening and we are looking for a motivated, skilled person to join our growing engineering team.
Note: At this time, we have 2 positions open and will look at both entry level and experienced applicants.
Education: Computer Science or Electrical Engineering degree.
Skills Required:
- Strong initiative and ability get the job done with minimal supervision.
- Ability to perform complete printed circuit assembly design.
- Ability to create firmware and software in conjunction with hardware design.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to be creative and resourceful in finding solutions to design challenges.
- Capable of handling multiple assignments and responsibilities.
- Experience with 8, 16, and 32 bit microcontrollers
- Proficient in developing embedded, real time applications
- Able to develop test software to support manufacturing testing capabilities
- Proficient in C, C++, and C#
- Experience in various communication protocols especially SPI, I2C, RS485, etc.
- MS Office skills: Excel, Word, Project, Power Point, etc.
- Strong team skills. This includes working with others effectively, being a positive influence on team members, working through issues proactively with others, sharing progress and status freely.
- Ability to help set and manage all elements of electrical design schedule including design, procurement, assembly, and manufacture.
Skills Preferred:
- Experience with Altium Designer
- Familiar with Medical, Avionics or Industrial products
- Manufacturing Engineering experience.
- 5-10 years product design experience.
- Project Management experience.
- Ability and desire to perform project management in the future.
Responsibilities:
- Perform engineering design and verification activities according to customer requirements, design standards and manufacturing capabilities.
- Coordinate design activities and schedule with the Project Manager ( Responsible Design Engineer ) according to planned schedules.
- Resolve product issues discovered by the customer.
- Prepare new design for manufacturing.
Posted on BroncoJobs:
email resume to melinda@bullydog.com
Electrical Engineer
Engineer(s) will develop various automotive performance products.
Engineer(s) will focus on software development, product development/maintenance/support, and reverse engineering.
Successful Candidates will have general abilities in the following areas:
- Operate test tools, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, etc.
- Ability to build specific tools to cater to unique situations
- General skills in assembly, C#, C++, .net, windows application development, etc.
- Working knowledge of the following applications: Microchip MPLAP, C18, C30, Embedded Linux, QT
- Familiarity with automotive communication busses: J1939, J1708, J1850, etc.
- Understanding of the software reverse engineering process: console exploits and video game hacking helpful.
Successful Candidates will have the following:
- A cheerful, energetic, resourceful, and unrelenting personality/demeanor.
- Be self-motivated with the ability to function with little guidance.
- Ability to conduct thoughtful and thorough research with little initial documentation.
- Strong interest in automotive performance.
- BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
Apex Manufacturing Solutions has an immediate opening for a Controls Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity to join a nationally respected System Integration firm located in Boise, ID.
Job requirements:
- Design and development of electrical control systems, equipment, and machinery
- Experience with installation and programming PLC based hardware and software to include Siemens and Rockwell
- Experience in ensuring systems and processes operate properly, effectively, efficiently, and safely.
- Strong written and oral communication skills are a requirement.
- Engineering degree or 3 years experience in the Controls industry.
Job Responsibilities:
- Designing, developing, programming, installing, managing, and maintaining PLC and SCADA systems in various production facilities.
- Work on project teams to support project requirements.
- Interface with coworkers and customers.
Additional helpful skills include:
- AutoCAD
- Electrical Knowledge
- Certifications in Siemens and/or Rockwell hardware and software
Please send resumes to jobs@apexmfgsolutions.com
This was posted on BroncoJobs.
To view and apply to this posting, please visit the Photronics.com Career Page:
http://www.photronics.com/plab/north-america/
Required Experience:
- The ability to successfully interact and brainstorm within Lithography and cross functional teams
- Build successful relationships and collaborate with colleagues.
- Experience manipulating data in Microsoft Excel along with some programming, training or experience, particularly in VBA is preferred.
- Some experience navigating within a Unix environment preferred.
- Ability to resolve a wide range of issues in imaginative as well as practical ways.
- Proficient with experimental design and analysis
Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree in a Science or Engineering field or equivalent experience required.
Description:
Photronics, Inc., a global leader in high-tech reticle manufacturing, is seeking a talented professional to be the “subject matter expert” for Lithography engineering support at our state-of the-art nanoFab in Boise, Idaho.
Job Description:
As a Lithography Engineer with Photronics, your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Deriving and applying accurate writing parameters for electron beam and laser lithography tools to achieve optimal Critical Dimension (CD) targeting, CD uniformity, and registration.
- Continual monitoring of tool and process data, as well as photomask metrology data, such as CD targeting, CD uniformity, registration, defectivity, and phase and transmission.
- Understanding the impact and interrelationship of all processes, such as blank preparation, coat, write, bake, develop, etch, cleans, and metrology.
- Extensive use of Microsoft and other software packages to analyze data and make presentations.
- Generating new, improved methodologies for analyzing data, as well as implementing solutions, provide data, write parameters, and make process changes for surface preparation, develop, bake, etch, clean and more to improved CD targeting, CD uniformity, registration, defectivity, or cycle time.
- Evaluating new tools and/or new materials, develop processes for new resists, write tools, process tools, or metrology data, writing efforts, and defect reduction.
- Conducting the process engineering for write tools, resist coater(s) and coat processes, develop tools(s) and develop processes, and clean tools and associated processes.
- Performing periodic test of equipment to assure SPC compliance.
- Training operators on proper tool, process or technical concepts
QTI seeking intern:
We are looking to hire an intern (preferably a Mechanical Engineering junior) that would work possibly full-time this summer and then part-time during the school year. If we found the right person
this could become a full-time position after graduation. See the attached job description. The job would likely be at our manufacturing plant in Nampa (not here in Boise) so I realize that may make things more difficult during the school year but we’re open to working around school schedules and could possibly arrange for work to be done in Boise.
A little bit about QTI:
Quality Thermistor, Inc. (QTI) was founded in 1977 to meet the increasing demand for high quality electronic components for the aerospace industry. Since then, QTI has exceeded the requirements of some of the most stringent high cost of failure applications, changing the landscape of the supply chain for the entire industry. Today, QTI continues to maintain its leadership position for mission-critical applications as well as for medical and industrial applications by supplying the world’s top companies with innovative products and services.
Please have interested applicants send a resume to my attention (bcoleman@thermistor.com).