FRI 9/11: The GEECS popular coffee, bagels, and sweets hour - At the usual time and place, and all are welcome. 10:00 a.m. in Ford 2.227

Saturday - Tuesday, 9/12-9/15: International Undergraduate Student Orientation Details

Tuesday, 9/15: Orientation for Incoming EECS Graduate Students . 8:30 Continental Breakfast, events 9:00 - 12:00 noon Agenda

Tuesday 9/15:p.m.: Drop-in photo session for new and returning graduate students. 2:00 - 3:00 in Ford 3.317.

Student Job Opportunities:
New:
9/10 - VenKar Trading Corporation needs C programmers (Chicago)
9/10 - Lake Partners seeks Analyst (Seattle)
9/9 - SEO project (freelance, Chicago)
Details and contact information

See also AfterCollege.com listings for EECS jobs

AfterCollege funds over 30K in scholarships - More

Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar awarded continuing Ryan Fellowship
The Ryan Fellowship supports graduate students dedicated to the exploration of fundamental nanoscale (atomic or molecular level) science and to advancing this knowledge into practical applications of benefit to society.

Founded in 2007, it is open to both incoming PhD students and continuing PhD students who have demonstrated scientific excellence. The Graduate School is pleased to announce the following continuing student awardees of the prestigious Ryan Fellowship for 2009-2010: Albert Lipson (Materials Science & Engineering), Robert MacFarlane (Chemistry), Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science), Andrew Prigodich (Interdepartmental Biological Sciences), Shuodao Wang (Mechanical Engineering), and Wei Zhou (Materials Science & Engineering).

As Ryan Fellows, they will have the opportunity to engage in collaborative research with domestic and international partners and participate in a series of activities, such as colloquia, seminars, and research conferences. Please see the Ryan Fellows website for more information.

Faculty Activities & Accolades

Randy Freeman delivered an invited lecture on September 4 in Fukuoka, Japan, for the Japanese Society of Instrument and
Control Engineers.  He also visited the Kyushu Institute of Technology on September 1-3.

Jack Tumblin traveled to California to deliver two invited talks. The first, at Qualcomm Corp in San Diego, entitled Computational Photography for Hand-held Devices"; The second talk entitled "What's Missing from HDR Methods?" was presented at the Stanford Symposium on High Dynamic Range Imaging, at Stanford University on September 10th.

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