Check out the 2010 EWI Page! Congratulations Sophia and Linda on hosting a spectacular EWI!

There are many new scholarships added, so be sure to check out the Scholarship link under "Links" or go here.

Major Chair Professor Luncheons
When: Wed & Thurs, Feb 3 & 4, 12-1PM
Where: ESUC Lounge, Boelter 5800 (Note: Change in location!)
Description: Interested in chatting with a professor on a more personal basis about academia and industry? The SWE Major Chair Committee will be hosting lunches on Wednesday and Thursday of Week 5 featuring professors from every department! Lunch will be FREE for SWE-members and $5 for non-members.

Wednesday 2/3:
-Carey Nachenberg (CS)
-Ann Karagozian (MAE)
-Tatiana Segura (ChemE)
-John Villasenor (EE)

Thursday 2/4:
-Andrea Kasko (BE)
-Shaily Mahendra (CE)
-Esther Lan (MSE)

Note that the deadline has been EXTENDED to Tuesday, 2/2! Please email Tina Zhou at zhou.tina@gmail.com ASAP to RSVP!

SWE Valentine's Day Social
When: Thurs, 2/11, 7PM
Where: ESUC Lounge, Boelter 5800
Description: Come socialize with SWE and make a Valentine's Day card for your SWEetheart! Bring your friends and have fun with your creativity. All supplies will be provided by SWE.

Raytheon Shadow an Engineer Day
When: Fri, Feb. 19, 8AM-3PM
Where: El Segundo, CA
Description: Raytheon is again coordinating the SWE "Shadow-an-Engineer Day" for Engineer's Week. The “Shadow-an-Engineer-Day” is a popular event amongst SWE groups, so we would like to continue to offer this event to all the local schools including UCLA, USC, Cal Poly SLO, Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech, CSU-LB, CSU-LA Cal Poly Pomona, LMU, UC Riverside and UC Irvine to participate. Students will hear a prominent woman engineering leader speak during breakfast, spend the morning "shadowing" an engineer with their same major, hear from a panel of rotator engineers during lunch, and participate in a facility tour in the afternoon.

SWE-UCLA will be gathering students and going as a group for this event. If you are interested in going, please contact Grace King at grace.king@gmail.com before Wed 2/10, and indicate if you are able to provide rides or if you need a ride yourself. Please note that you must be a SWE member and US Citizen/Resident Alien with green card to attend.

Part-time Research Position at Matrix Sensors on Campus
Matrix Sensors has a part-time position for an Electrical Engineering student to carry out tests and measurements on instrumentation using resonant sensor technology.  The work will take place in a CNSI facility and will require 10-20 hours/week.  Demonstrated expertise in hands-on electronic measurements and prototype/breadboard fabrication is required as is skill at data analysis and report writing.  The ability to work independently without daily supervision is a must.  Experience with resonant circuits is desirable.  For further information, please visit the website at www.matrixsensorsinc.com.  To apply, please send a resume, a brief description of your background and any references you might have to: mcable@matrixsensorsinc.com

CGU School of Math Sciences Infosession
When: Wed, Jan 27, 5:30-6:30PM
Where: MS 5200
The Claremont Graduate University's School of Mathematical Sciences will be holding an info session on Wednesday, January 27th, at 5:30pm in MS 5200. The talk will feature the school's Director of Admissions and Professor Allon Percus. Come and learn about their prestigious graduate programs in Financial Engineering , Applied Mathematics , and more. Seniors -- It's not too late to apply! You can still complete an application in time for their February 1st deadline! Come hungry -- Pizza and drinks will be provided. For questions and additional information, contact the Undergraduate Math Students' Association at umsa@math.ucla.edu

2010 NSF-STC Summer Undergraduate Internship Program
You are invited to apply to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Science & Technology Center’s (STC) Summer Undergraduate Internship Programs. The NSF-STCs offer paid summer internships at most of our seventeen Centers, located at prestigious universities around the United States. These summer internships provide undergraduates an opportunity to conduct research in a graduate school-setting in the following fields: 1) biological sciences, 2) computer and information sciences, 3) engineering, 4) geosciences, and 5) mathematical and physical sciences. Those interested in applying are encouraged to visit the Center website at www.nsfstc.org for more information on application processes and deadlines.Please contact Wesley Uehara via email at wuehara@cens.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

DIRECTV Job Opportunity
DIRECTV is one of the companies which will be participating in this year's Evening with Industry. They would like our members to know in advance that a full time opportunity is available for software engineers! Please see the attachment for more details and directions for applying.

Volunteer Opportunity: Software developers for Haiti
In the light of the Haiti disaster, there is a group looking for software developers to help develop a disaster management tool. The skills they are primarily looking for are (you don’t need them all, any will do):

Python - the main development for SahanaPy is Python (we’re not using PHP for this instance)
web2py - Sahana uses the web2py enterprise framework for SahanaPy (I’m told it is fairly easy to learn if you’re used to Django)
OpenLayers
jQuery

Please visit the following site for more information:
http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2010/01/22/software-developers-for-haiti/

Simply Hired Job Opportunity
Simply Hired, Inc. operates the world’s largest job search engine and recruitment advertising network. It searches thousands of sites, including the leading job boards, newspaper and classified listings, social networks, content sites and company career sites so job seekers can find all of the jobs on the Web in one place for free. It operates global sites in 16 countries, five continents and in eight languages. The company provides job seekers the tools they need to find their dream job and secure the offer letter, including the ability to browse and narrow down job listings, research salaries and trends, as well as discover connections at companies through its LinkedIn integration. It also powers job search on over 5,000 partner sites and enables online publishers to create their own job boards. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Mountain View, California. They currently have several positions open and will be present at the UCLA Winter Engineering and Technical Fair on January 14th. Please see the attached files for a detailed description of the job openings.

For more information or to apply, please send your resume and cover letter directly to kevin@simplyhired.com and check out the website at http://www.simplyhired.com/a/our-company/careers

See these attachments for more info. Attachment 1. Attachment 2.