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May 2004 -- VOLUME III, ISSUE V

"OSU ENGINEER" HOT OFF THE PRESS!

We are pleased to announce that this month's issue of "MOMENTUM! @ OSU Engineering" points you to our 2004 print newsletter, "OSU Engineer." This annual ink-and-paper newsletter is hot off the press and now available for viewing and download at the link below (some of you might have already received your printed copy in the mail this week). Inside, you'll read stories about the following, and more:

  • OSU professors using a Segway to inspire students and enhance curriculum
  • computer software that is helping count real bugs that live in moving water
  • a new company founded on campus by entrepreneurial students
  • how our six research clusters are taking off
  • student-designed devices to help eliminate landmines
  • a new relationship with Hewlett-Packard that the company has offered to only one other academic institution: MIT
  • a woman from Valdez, Alaska who brought her 80-hour/week work ethic to OSU Engineering where she is now a senior
  • a professor who is developing flexible electronics
  • a message from the dean
  • and more!

To view or download the entire OSU Engineer, go to: http://engr.oregonstate.edu/news/engineer.html

Next month "MOMENTUM!" will return to its regular format, where you'll read lots of exciting news about the people, ideas, and innovation at OSU Engineering.

U P C O M I N G   E V E N T S @ OSU Engineering

May 27 ONAMI Grand Opening. Oregon’s first signature research center, the Oregon Nanoscience & Microtechnolgies Institute (ONAMI) will be temporarily housed in a building on Hewlett-Packard’s Corvallis campus. ONAMI is a unique collaboration between OSU, Portland State University, the University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and many industry partners. Learn more about his unprescedented research initiative that taps the strengths of Oregon’s academic and business players. http://www.onami.us

June 4-6 Golden Jubilee, a reunion for the OSU graduating classes of 1954, 1949, 1944, and 1939. Visit with faculty and alumni of the College of Engineering during a reception on Friday, June 4, 3:30-5:00 p.m., CH2M HILL Alumni Center http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/reunions/index.html

June 13 OSU Commencement, Reser Stadium, Corvallis. With this year’s graduating class, the OSU College of Engineering will have graduated more than 27,000 engineers! Astronaut John Glenn will give the commencement address. http://oregonstate.edu/events/commencement

July 16-18 Da Vinci Days, Corvallis, Oregon. This year, the College of Engineering will be sponsoring the festival’s “Wireless Village,” where many exciting aspects of our educational and research programs will be on display. http://www.davinci-days.org

July 28-29, Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference 2004, Sheraton Portland Airport. A meeting of researchers, technology developers, industrialists, venture capitalists, and others to share ideas, build collaborative networks, create working groups, and set agendas for developing new microproducts. http://www.pnl.gov/microproducts/conferences/

I M P O R T A N T  L I N K S @ OSU Engineering