About Jeffry Handal

Jeffry is an LSU graduate who serves as a mentor to the student branch. In his spare time he enjoys flying planes and eating cheeseburgers.

XSEDE Student Engagement Program

The XSEDE Student Engagement Program is seeking undergraduate and
graduate students for a 10-week project experience for this summer.
Working with XSEDE researchers and staff, students will make meaningful
contributions to research, development and systems projects that benefit
the national scientific and computational community. In exchange,
students will be provided with travel support for project orientation
and to attend the XSEDE’12 conference in Chicago, IL in July, and a
small stipend.

Projects for 2012 address a wide variety of computational needs. Most of
the projects allow students to work remotely (from their home or home
institution), although some require the student to be onsite at their
supervisor’s institution. All projects will have well-defined work
plans, established collaboratively at the orientation meeting. Students
are also expected to participate in surveys and other evaluation
activities, to help XSEDE track the effectiveness and impact of the program.

Available projects are listed at
https://www.xsede.org/student-engagement-projects. To apply, complete
the form below and email your current resume and current academic
transcripts to outreach-stueng@xsede.org. Your application will not be
considered until all material has been received.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Application Deadline: April 2, 2012
Interviews: April 9-16 (via conference calls)
Student Notification: April 23
Orientation:  May 29-June 1 (location(s) to be determined)
XSEDE’12: July 16-20 (Chicago, IL)

Questions can be send to outreach-stueng@xsede.org.

Cajun Code Fest 2012

Dates: April 27-28, 2012
Location: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Research Park
What: Create, Innovate, and Celebrate with us!

Why: $25,000 Grand Prize and U.S. Health Datapalooza Entry for
Winning Team!

http://www.cajuncodefest.org/

DETAILS:

The Cajun Code Fest 2012 is a two-day code-a-thon — a coding
competition.

The coding competition focuses on transforming “big data” into
health care solutions, with a focus on childhood obesity.

This exciting coding marathon will bring together undergraduate
and graduate students from universities across the region along
with professional software developers, designers, innovators,
health care leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs.

Participants will organize themselves into teams, either before
arriving or during the event, and over a 36-hour period will build
exciting new prototypes and tools for improved health care.

Teams compete against each other in a throw-down of sorts, for
huge bragging rights, $25,000 in cash-prize and a qualifying entry
in the US Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C. in June 2012.

The inaugural Louisiana Code-a-thon focuses on childhood obesity,
one of the most challenging problems we face as a nation!

The event will feature a number of excellent tech talks and
buzz-worthy speakers including:

* Todd Park, United States Chief Technology Officer;
* Bruce Greenstein, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and
Hospitals;
* Eric Dishman, Intel Corporation Fellow and Director of Health
Innovation and Policy, Digital Health Group;
* Jay Walker, Founder of Priceline.com and curator of TEDMED.

This inaugural two-day event runs in conjunction with Festival
International de Louisiane, the largest outdoor, FREE Francophone
event in the U.S.

Each year performing, visual and culinary artists from Europe,
Africa, Canada, the Caribbean and the Americas share their talents
with Louisiana artists, residents and visitors.

Cajun country is known for its awesome food, music and innovation!
You will have lots of all three.

HOW DO I REGISTER?

Registration is FREE.

Seating is limited to 100 participants, so reserve your seat.

Visit

http://www.cajuncodefest.org/

for details.

FOOD/ACCOMMODATIONS/TRANSPORTATION:

Your FREE registration also includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and
a special invitation to a Cajun Crawfish Boil on Friday and
Saturday.

For overnight stay, we have made arrangements for you to crash
– at no cost to you – in our Student Housing so you can
experience our student life, Cajun style.

If you’d rather skip the adventure, hotel rooms are available at
subsidized rates.

Parking is free in the UL Research Park. There will be free
transportation from the Hotel and on-campus housing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Henry Chu
hchu@cacs.louisiana.edu
337-482-6309

Microsoft Imagine Cup – Ideas for Senior Design

This is the 10-year anniversary of Microsoft Imagine Cup, the world’s premier student technology competition. For a decade, students have shown the world their innovative solutions to help improve and change the lives of people around the globe. This year, we’re celebrating by making joining the Imagine Cup community even more fun and rewarding.

For more information, please visit http://www.imaginecup.com

Region 5 Student Competitions

Every year, IEEE Region 5 offers students in the region the opportunity to compete in different activities. They include a paper competition, ethics, and robotics competition. This is a great opportunity for you to get some cash and represent your alma mater. For more information and rules, please visit:

http://www.r5conferences.org/

Location: Tulsa, OK

Date: April 21, 2012

For funding requests, contact your Electrical Engineering Chair Dr. Ajmera and request funds from Student Government. Good Luck!

Internship

The Indiana Center for Network Translational Research and Education (InCNTRE) at Indiana University is pleased to announce the 2012 Summer of Networking internship program. The 10-week program offers:

Hands-on experience in cyberinfrastructure projects such as:
Advanced networking
Supercomputing
Network Security
Programming for OpenFlow networks
Real-world training from industry-leading networking professionals
Professional development via a fundamentals course and seminar series
Housing and a $2,000 stipend

Application deadline: February 24, 2012

For more information, visit: incntre.iu.edu/summer

CDI Engineering: Part Time Work Available

CDI Engineering is considering to employ an EE student or two on a part time basis at the Baton Rouge Office in the Electrical and Instrument Department.   The main duties would be to apply sound engineering principles to assist with fundamental engineering such as gathering data & records, updating list, preparing specifications, simple calculations, reading engineering drawings, developing basic sketches, etc with direction from a lead engineer.

The candidate must have ability to read/comprehend instructions and write correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations is a plus.  Must possess knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software.  Ability to use AUTOCAD is a plus.

They will be located in the Baton Rouge Office however they may periodically be required to travel to client job-sites (usually local less than day trip), usually heavy industrial (refinery/chemical) production facilities and will be required to pass background, drug test and safety training.  They will also need to be able meet physical demands to perform functions of job which may involve some climbing.

If interested, please send resume and contact info to:

Robert Walker, PE
E & I Dept Mgr
CDI Engineering Solutions
4041 Essen Lane, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, La. 70809-7318
Office (225) 663-4530
E-mail: robert.walker@cdicorp.com

Winter 2012 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs in Baton Rouge

The Winter 2012 ESCC /Internet2 Joint Techs is being hosted by the Louisiana Optical Network Intitiative (LONI) at the C.B. Pennington Jr. Building, C. B. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, from Sunday afternoon, January 22 through Thursday, January 26. Event URL:

http://events.internet2.edu/2012/jt-loni/

If you are a student interested in networking or telecommunications, this might be worth your while attending or even submitting a proposal. Joint Techs is a highly technical conference and lets you learn a lot from peers. The added benefit is that if you are an undergraduate or graduate student, the cost of attendance is only $25!  To register, please send an email to Marie Modrell mmodrell@internet2.edu and indicate you are a student interested in attending the conference.

Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) – 2012 Summer Program

The NREIP application is officially open as of October 6, 2011. Please see their website for all of the details at http://nreip.asee.org/. The following changes have been made to the program this year:

Stipend increases: Undergraduate Sophomores receive $5,250.00 and Juniors and Seniors receive $7,880.00, Graduate students will receive $10,500.00

Deadline set for January 6, 2012

Eligibility:

Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Dual citizens may be accepted ONLY at Naval Research Laboratories.
Students graduating in the Spring 2012 semester are eligible to apply.

Applicants must be a Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or Graduate student to apply.  If you are a freshman you may still apply but you must have reached sophomore status before starting at the lab.

Applicants should have majors relevant to the research interests of the laboratories.

Rising Sophomores now eligible to apply!!!!!!!

If you have any questions regarding the program, contact Ed Linsenmyer, 850-234-4161.