Spring Study Day is here!
Oral Presentation Help for Viterbi Students Available
Research Opportunity with Pinball Project
Scholarships and Fellowships
Congratulations to Viterbi's Women of the Year!
Congratulations KIUEL Senior Design Expo Winners!

Come join other Viterbi undergrads and get ready for finals! Looking for study space, motivation, or tips on how to prepare for finals? Spring Study Day is for you!

Spring Study Day will be held on May 5th in Ronald Tutor Hall.
    •    10:00am-1:00pm: Study sessions will be held for AME 204, Math 125, 126, 226, 245, and Phys 151, 152. Upper class study partners will be on hand to answer questions.
    •    1:30pm-2:30pm: Workshop on how to manage your study time and handle test-taking anxiety.
    •    3:00pm-5:00pm: CSCI 101 Review Session. Study space available in VARC and CED.

Snacks and care packages will be provided to participants.

Stop by VARC, CED, or the WIE office for more information!

Oral Presentation Help for Viterbi Students Available

Advice and assistance is available for students preparing oral presentations required by any undergraduate or graduate Viterbi course.

Feedback will be given on presentation style, organization of ideas, and group presentation issues. Students can seek help while planning presentations and/or can rehearse with the consultant.

Available dates and times:
Tues May 5: 4pm - 7pm
Wed May 6: 4pm- 7pm
Tues May 12: 4pm -7pm
Wed May 13: 4pm – 7pm

Consultations are usually 45 min - 1 hour and will be held in OHE 114 or in the Engineering Writing Program office (OHE 106).  Location of appointment will be confirmed via email.

If these dates and times do not work, please email suggested dates and times.

Appointments are recommended.

This free resource is provided by the Engineering Writing Program.

Please send requests to engrspeech@vsoe.usc.edu

Research Opportunity with Pinball Project

We are looking for one or two undergraduate students for the Pinball Project for Summer 2009 and/or Fall 2009. The objective of these jobs is to interface a PC to a 2003 Lord of the Ring pinball machine by Stern, to develop a game development environment that allows game designers to quickly prototype new pinball games and to demonstrate this environment by developing a new pinball game. We have already developed a prototype interface and demonstrated it with a very first game. We do not yet have a game development environment in place. See here for a video on our current status and further information:

http://idm-lab.org/project-n.html

We are looking for students who are able to maintain and improve the hardware interface and/or develop the game development environment. The jobs require either good computer science knowledge (including C/C++ and Linux) or electronics knowledge. The jobs are open to all USC undergraduate students from computer science, engineering or related areas. They are for pay or independent research credit. If you are interested, please contact Sven Koenig (skoenig@usc.edu) for further information.

Scholarships and Fellowships

2009-2010 SAP North America Scholarship Program - Visit website for deadline information
www.easymatch.com/sapscholarship

Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities - Application Deadline - June 1, 2009
 www.google.com/jobs/scholarships 

For more information please contact Colonel Al Ingersoll at 213-740-1848 or his assistant Lieutenant Matt Thatcher at 213-740-1844 or stop by the Physical Education Building (PED) 101.

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For a listing of additional scholarship opportunities please view the Viterbi Scholarship Board at http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/finaid/scholarship-board.htm

Ashley Sullivan, Sarah Ferguson, Jenn Louie, Ann Jun, Jessica Lin, Paloma Paredes, Nora Shnorhokian, Malika Kirksey, Sarah Nothnagel, Stephanie Berry, Alison Lind, Andrea Brown, Stephanie Angkadjaja, Lily Aung, Laura Corralez-Diaz Pomatto, Mary David, Penny Ishizuka, Laura Klein, Jeannette Chang, Robin Hartman, Brittany Daniels.

Congratulations to all Viterbi women on a great semester and GOOD LUCK with final exams!

 

Congratulations KIUEL Senior Design Expo Winners!

The first annual KIUEL Senior Design Expo was a big success thanks to all the great projects displayed. Here are the projects and teams voted as winners:

1st Place: Thermoacoustics: Sounds Cool, by Benjamin Paul Bycroft (AME 441)

2nd Place (3-way tie):
    >Design of a Liquid Propane Rocket Engine by Frederic Cline (AME 441)
    >Microsoft Surface for Hotel Lobbies, by Alex Kaminiski, Brandon Kelch, Jeff Schultz, Linda Cho, Mary David, Nathan James Richardson, Peter Hsieh, and Michael Rapp (CSCI 477)
    >Nike iPhone Golfing Application and Social Networking Application, by Ryan Moran, James Marsh, Dennis Caserza, Ben Hartard, David Richardson, Keegan Mosley, Robert Sur, and Romulo Salazar (CSCI 477)

Favorite Faculty Project: Microsoft Surface for Hotel Lobbies

Favorite Student Project: Nike iPhone Golfing Application and Social Networking Application

For a full list of participants and photos, check the KIUEL website at viterbi.usc.edu/kiuel in the next few days.

If you have any questions or have a submission for the Viterbi Undergraduate Update, please feel free to contact viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu or visit http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/.