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2000 SVEC Newsletter Articles |
• Science Fair Judges
• Instructional Technology Intern
• Lockheed Martin Engineering Societies Open House
• Piedmont School Science Fair
• “Horns, Bells & Whistles In Engineering Private Practice”
• AIChE Symposium Announcement And Call For Papers
• VTA’s Aerial Guideway
• ESDiscovery 2000 9th Annual Tutorial & Exhibition
• Desmond “Q” Llewelyn, 007 Gadget Engineer
St. Nicholas School in Los Altos is hosting a Science Fair and they are inviting judges to participate. They would appreciate it if you would query your staff for possible candidates and allow them to participate. The judging will be at St. Nicholas School on El Monte Avenue (across Foothill Expressway, on the left just before Highway 280).
Judges may view the exhibits on the weekend prior.
Contact: for further information contact St. Nicholas School at 650-941-4056.
Instructional Technology Intern
On behalf off the Instructional Technology program at San Jose State University, I invite your organization to participate in our Instructional Technology Practicum program. The program places graduate students in real-world instructional technology work environments. As a part of their degree requirements, students are required to complete a ninety (90) hour non-paid internship.
Instructional Technology practicum students may be utilized in the following roles:
Please visit our website at http://sweeneyhall.sjsu.edu/depts/it/Home.html to learn more about the Instructional Technology program. If you are interested in hosting a practicum intern for the Spring 2000 semester, please send me a job description detailing the available internship by January 28, 2000.
In an effort to meet the needs of your organization, please complete and return the attached survey along with your intern job description. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Lockheed Martin Engineering Societies Open House
Lockheed Martin is an enthusiastic participant in the 2000 National Engineers Week activities! As part of this celebration, Lockheed Martin welcomes your society to Building 157 of the Sunnyvale facility on Wednesday, February 23, 2000, from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm.
Your society will be provided with one table and two chairs at no cost. The displays will be in Building 157 Litrium (first floor). Each Society that participates is required to bring the following:
A deli buffet lunch will be hosted by Lockheed Martin Executive Management. To attend, you must request registration by calling Dave Licata at 408-742-6390 or email to dave.licata @ lmco.com. Spaces are limited!
Last year, the Piedmont Middle School Science Fair in San Jose was a huge success with over 800 students participants and over 1000 people attending. The community loved the science fair and want it back again. We would like to duplicate last year’s science fair and we like you to help and provide your expertise in giving classes to families. You would present two classes of 50 minutes each with no more than 30 students in each class.
We are very open to the type of class or talk you would want to give. This is a science family night with both parents and their children. The average age at our school is 12. The students have 3 years of science. Every classroom has a Macintosh or PC computer and a VCR hooked to a monitor. We can also get other supplies, like microscopes, if needed.
The fair begins at 5:00 pm with a free dinner for presenters. First session is at 6:10 pm and the second session is at 7:10 pm. Several student science projects are on display from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
If you like to help us, please contact Mel Ausman at 408-923-1945 (day) or 408-923-2358 (evenings), or email at mausman @ telis.org
SCVS ASME Small Business Forum
“Horns, Bells & Whistles In Engineering Private Practice”
This is a panel discussion by very knowledgeable and successful local businessmen with experience in engineering and related fields. The program will consist of brief presentations from each panelist relating to their expertise and business experience, with a liberal organized question/answer forum for attendee participation afterward.
Panel Members will be:
Reservations are not necessary. In consideration of our speaker and host, we suggest that you arrive early and take advantage of the fine meal and beverage selections offered by Harry’s Hofbrau for your dinner.
For additional information contact Don Isaac at isaacd @ asme.org or at 650-563-9077.
2000 Northern California AIChE Symposium
Announcement And Call For Papers
The Northern California Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers is hosting its 38th annual one-day symposium. This year’s symposium theme is:
The Semiconductor Industry: Challenges and Solutions for the 21st Century
The symposium will address the technological revolution underway in Silicon Valley and will cover the fundamentals of semiconductor processing, novel materials, lithography solutions, environmentally benign processing, transistor structures and the role of equipment and material suppliers.
For more information, see the Nor Cal AIChe webpage at http://www.aiche-norcal.org. For information on Semiconductor Equipment Displays, call David Cohen at 925-847 6906 or Andre Da Costa at 650-328 2228. For information on Symposium Sponsorship, call Ravi Upadhye at 925-423 1299.
ASCE March Meeting
VTA’s Aerial Guideway
This meeting will discuss the design of the VTA’s Aerial Guideway structure. It is scheduled to start construction in June 2000, and stretches from Milpitas to San Jose. This structure will be a 1.25-mile-long aerial guideway that will support two sets of light rail tracks. It is a major element of VTA’s Tasman East Light Rail Extension Project. This presentation will highlight design considerations for what will be the largest structure in the Silicon Valley. For more information, call Barry Butler at 650-967-2365 or email to bbutler @ lowney.com
This event will feature tabletop exhibition and a number of 1 to 2 hour seminars on ESD basics, packaging materials, basic ESD on-chip protection, auditing for ESD control, electrostatic measurements, ionization, ESD testing for ICs and MR heads, and ESD issues in magnetic recording. For more information, visit the SiVa EOS/ESD website at http://www.esdsv.org or call toll free 1-888-4EOS-ESD (1-888-436-7373).
Desmond “Q” Llewelyn
007 Gadget Engineer
The actor who played the engineering gadget expert “Q” in almost all the James Bond films died in December 1999. In the latest Bond film a new engineer character was introduced by the name of “R.” Bond film producers had felt that actor Desmond Llewelyn, who played Q, would either pass away or retire before the next 007 film came to be made.
The cars designed by Q were equipped with ingenious defensive weaponry and provided safety systems that ensured that James Bond would live to play in the next 007 film. Karen Hoppe of the Microwave Products Digest said that Q’s designs provided “spectacular protection against damage of any kind” and “safety measures beyond imagination.” In her eyes Mr. Lllewelyn’s portrayal of the character Q provided inspiration for thousands of engineers to duplicate or improve these gadgets and make them part of everyday life.