Don't Forget - Game Night TONIGHT in PV 147 @ 5:00 pm

You are all invited to the Computer Systems Society's Unreal Tournament 3 game night this Friday at 5:00 pm in PV 147. Pizza will be provided!

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Makeover (Electric) with Prof Long, Josh Dutton, Jeff Conradt, and John Hayes

ASHLAND — A gas-powered 2006 Ford Ranger that might have otherwise been destined for a wholesale auction will find new life as an electric vehicle. Ashland electric-vehicle company Ambiente Motors will install the electric power train in January, splitting the cost with SOU, and a team of researchers from Oregon Institute of Technology will compile data on the truck's operations.

Once the electric engine is ready to go, our very own professor Jim Long, along with software engineering students Josh Dutton, Jeff Conradt and John Hayes, will install software to track the Ranger in real time!

You can learn more about this exciting project in this article or by talking with either Jim, Josh, Jeff, or John.

There is also talk that if the project goes well they may be converting Todd's Spyder in the spring!

Game Night - Friday @ 5:00 pm - PV 147

You are all invited to the Computer Systems Society's Unreal Tournament 3 game night this Friday at 5:00 pm in PV 147. Pizza will be provided!

Thanksgiving Lunch @ OIT

On Thursday, from noon to 2:00 pm all students are invited to a FREE Turkey lunch in the CU. Please feel free to join other students, faculty, and staff for a great lunch!

Register NOW!

Hopefully by now you have registered for your classes for next term. If not, please do so immediately as we have begun the process of reviewing class sizes and enrollment and will start looking at consolidating and dropping courses where appropriate. Please, make it a point to register immediately!

Resource Fee Grants

We have just been notified that our department has received funding for all of our Resource Fee Grant requests. These requests included funding for replacing all the PC's in PV 228, purchasing some Mac Mini's for placement in one of our labs, and funds for helping to develop the cath lab simulator.

Mike Force - Presentation TUESDAY @ 2:00 pm CU

Mike Force, Oregon Tech alumnus and successful aerospace engineer, gives a poignant reminder of the value of an Oregon Tech education in his presentation “The role of an Oregon Tech education on a successful career” on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. in the Oregon Tech College Union Auditorium. The presentation is free and open to everyone. Learn how an education from Oregon Institute of Technology contributed to the trajectory of Mike Force’s exceptional career as an aerospace engineer.

Force graduated from Oregon Tech in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering technology. He credits his Oregon Tech education as the launch pad for his exceptional career which spans the gamut of industry, military and academics.

He is currently employed by The Boeing Company and supports all Boeing airplane models in electrical systems projects and performs regulatory compliance approvals for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

His past industry experience includes working at The Boeing Company in aircraft systems design and development work on the Boeing 737, 747, 767, 777, and 787 programs. He also spent three years on the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) team at Honeywell.

Force also teaches aviation safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he earned his M.S. in aeronautical science. He is also a retired commander in the Naval Air Reserve.

Force’s private company, Aircraft Certification Specialists, LLC is a growing business with projects supporting Learjeat, Hondajet, and Eclipse Aviation.

Listen to Mike Force’s presentation and learn how your Oregon Tech education can take you farther than you ever dreamed.

TODAY - New Transfer Students Meeting @ noon

Transfer Students Advising Meeting - Friday @ noon - Pizza Provided

Mars Reach Program - JP presentation WED @ 4 - 5 pm -- PV 208

The Mars Reach Program at Oregon Tech launches and tracks weather balloons for various high altitude experiments. As part of a Junior Project, a team of 4 CSET students created a software system to be used to solve the problem of dynamically tracking and predicting weather balloon flight paths. The flight of the balloon was mathematically modeled and coded into the system. The system used altitude estimations together with wind data from the flight to continuously update the estimated landing location of the payload.

Wednesday Nov. 3^rd, 4 - 5 p.m. in Purvine 208, we will describe the software and mathematical components of the project and we will discuss the results including recommendations for future prediction systems.

Anyone interested is encouraged to attend.

Winter Term Schedules NOW Available

The schedule for Winter term, 2011 is now available on the web! Advanced registration will begin Monday, November 8th. See your faculty advisor soon.

Intel Plaque

New plaque placed outside PV 120 - thanks Intel!