Out of Class Experiences (OCEs) are designed to help students gain a better
picture of the variety of careers available in each engineering
discipline. OCEs represent 5% of the final grade in all Freshman
Engineering courses. No one can be exempt from the OCE
requirement.
Completing the OCE Requirement
There are two different types of OCEs:
Department Visitation (DV) - Freshman Engineering
sponsored visitations of the different engineering majors.
General Out of Class Experience - Any engineering related activity that
takes place outside of class (not including projects or activities that are
already part of your grade).
While the Freshman Engineering Program will annouce DVs and other general
OCEs, it is recommended that students actively seek out
engineering programs and events on their own.
OCE Course Requirements
OCE requirements vary in the different freshman enegineering courses.
ENGR 100, 101, 102, and 199 (or any combination)
2 Department Visitations
3 General Out of Class Experiences* (1 of these can be an extra
DV)
ENGR 102
1 Department Visitation
4 General Out of Class Experiences (2 of these can be extra DV's)
*During the Fall semester, 1 of the General OCEs
must be the Freshman EngineerFEST.
OCE Credit
Attendance is tracked for Out of Class Experiences by the
Freshman Engineering Office. You can check your Out of Class Experience Attendance anytime online. It is
the responsibility of the student to periodically check the attendance record to
ensure accuracy.
OCE Opportunities - Fall 2009
EngineerFEST 2009 (Sept. 2, 2009) The Freshman Engineering Program is hosting its annual Freshman EngineerFEST on September 2, 2009 from 6:00 - 8:30 PM at the NRCEE. Make plans to come meet Engineering faculty, administrators, advisors, other students, and many Student Engineering Organizations! You will also have a chance to learn about other services offered by WVU This activity is required for students in ENGR 100, 101, and 199; and is optional, approved OCE for students in ENGR 102. Monster College Advantage (September 17, 2009) Free success presentation for freshmen being held Sept. 17, 2009. The University 101 program announced today that it will host “Monster College Advantage,” a free success presentation for first-year college students, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17 at the Mountainlair Ballrooms. "Monster College Advantage" provides first-year college students with important information on how to own their college experience and be successful both in and out of the classroom. This interactive, on-campus presentation emphasizes the importance of goal-setting, time management and strong academic performance, as well as gives students information and strategies to help them maximize their future career opportunities. Although this program targets first-year students, it is open to all students. Please encourage your students to attend as you deem beneficial. Questions can be directed to rhonda.hall@mail.wvu.edu NWV AACE/WVSPE Meeting (Sept. 23, 2009) You are invited to attend the September joint meeting of the local sections of AACE, and WVSPE. This technical meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 6:15 PM evening. We are pleased to have a special presentation from James L. Green PE, General Manager, Morgantowns Utility Board as noted below. Jim has an extensive and accomplished professional and military career. Mr. Green holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from West Virginia University in Civil Engineering and has been a registered Professional Engineer since 1977, and is a registered Land Surveyor. We are pleased Jim has accepted our invitation to talk to us about the extensive new capital improvement program MUB is undertaking in Morgantown. An overview of his presentation follows below. For more information about the Morgantown Utility Board please check out their nice website at: MUB.org. Please RSVP to: David L. Weaver PE, AECOM, (304.292.8145 ext. 1105) by 12:00 noon the day of the meeting; or send a return email to bgmcmillan@comcast.netwith the number in your party. S.P.A.C.E. Student Organization Meeting (Sept. 24, 2009) Students for the Advancement of Cosmic Exploration or S.P.A.C.E. will hold their first general meeting on September 24, 2009 in Rm. 207, ESB at 4:00 p.m. Students who are interested in learning more about internships, scholarships and research related to space exploration are encouraged to attend. ACM/FSG Student Organization Meeting (Sept. 24, 2009) The next ACM/FSG meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 24th @ 6:30pm in 801ESB. We'll be covering some club business mentioned last time [T-Shirt's & FSG Nominations] and then passing the buck to Ricky Hussmann. Lecture: Source Control w/ GIT by Ricky Hussmann, GIT is used by many popular organizations to maintain their code base. Several good examples are: The Linux Kernel, Fedora, Digg, GNOME, Ruby on Rails, Samba, Wine... and tons of others. I hope you saw at least one that you recognize or use; Goes to show how big GIT is becoming and I hope that sparks some interest. Creating our Bio-based Future (Sept. 25, 2009) Chemical Engineering will host the Dow/Union Carbide Reaction Engineering and Catalysis Seminar on September 25, 2009 from 9:00am to 10:45 am in NRCCE Assembly Room A . The lecture, “Creating Our Biobased Future” will be delivered by Seth Snyder from Argonne National Laboratory. PRT Tours (Every Thursday in October at 3:00 PM) Come tour the PRT Maintenance and Control Rooms. Learn hou it gets you from point “A” to point “B”/ How does it know which track to go on and when to stop? Sign-up in Room G109 in the Engineering Learning Center. Limited to 24 students per date. Why Coal and Gas Will Remain in the World Energy Mix (Oct. 1, 2009) J. Brett Havery, President and CEO of CONSOL Energy, will be the next lecturer in the Glen H. Hiner Distinguished Lecture Series presented by WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. The lecture will take place on October 1, 2009 at 11:00 AM in Room G-102 of the ESB. Fall Chemical Engineering Seminar Series (Friday, Oct. 9, 9:30 a.m.) Dave Walker, Herndon, VA, "HOS (High Order Statistics) for System Identification & Process Modeling" Seminar will take place in Room 401 of the Engineering Sciences Building. Math/CS seminar - Flight control and Neural Networks (Monday, Oct. 12, 3:30 p.m.) Title: Rule Extraction from a Dynamic Cell Structure Neural Networks Used in a Safety Critical Application The speaker will be Margie Darrah, Math, WVU. The meeting will be in 315 Armstrong Hall. This talk will describe an algorithm to extract rules from a dynamic cell structure (DCS) neural network and the rationale for extracting these rules. The DCS is a form of self-organizing map (SOM) neural network that was used in a real-time adaptive flight control application. The purpose for extracting rules in this instance was to show how such rules, along with other techniques, could be used in the verification and validation (V&V) of a neural network being used in a safety-critical role. My talk will explain the intelligent flight control application of the DCS, describe the method used for rule extraction, provide experimental results of the rule extraction techniques applied to several data sets, and examine the relevance of the rules to the V&V process.More information can be found at: http://www.math.wvu.edu/~pralat/index.php?page=coll_2009 Career Fair Volunteer The only way to receive OCE credit for the Engineering Career Fair is to volunteer to help. Volunteers would help the recruiters carry displays from the drop-off point to their table, and do the reverse in the afternoon. You also might be asked to do a couple small errors. If you wish to volunteer, please stop by G-109 (in the Engineering Learning Center) to sign-up for a shift. You can work one of the four shifts: Wed. October 14 from 8:15 AM to 10:30 AM, Wed. October 14 from 2:15 PM to 3:30 PM, Thu. October 15 from 8:15 AM to 10:30 AM, and Thu. October 15 from 2:15 PM to 3:30 PM. You do not receive OCE credit for going to the Career Fair, you must volunteer. WVNano Fall Colloquia Series (Monday, October 19, 2009) WVNano cordially invites you to the first speaker of the WVNano Fall Colloquia Series 2009. Dr. Aldrin Sweeney is an associate professor of Science Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning Principles at the University of Central Florida. His colloquium, " Educational Principles of the Future Nanotechnology Workforce: Issue in Secondary and Postsecondary Science Education," will be held on Monday October 19, 2009 from 4:30 to 5:30 pm; room 259 Hodges Hall. If you have any questions please contact Erica Simmons at Erica.Simmons@mail.wvu.edu. NWV AACE/WVSPE Meeting (Oct. 21, 2009) You are invited to attend the October joint meeting of the local sections of AACE, and WVSPE. This technical meeting is scheduled for the October 21, 2009 at 6:15 PM. We are pleased to have a special presentation about the new Longview Power Plant from Mr.Charles Huguenard , General Manager of LongviewPower, LLC. As you may have seen in the Dominion Post recently, construction is well under way for this new coal-fired power plant nearby, and Charlie will give us even more information about progress at this major new facility in Monongalia County. Charlie graduated from Auburn University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. The meeting will be in Room G84, Engineering Sciences Building (ESB). Please RSVP to David L. Weaver PE, AECOM, (304.292.8145 ext. 1105) by 12:00 noon the day of the meeting; or send a return email to bgmcmillan@comcast.net with the number in your party. Fall Chemical Engineering Seminar Series (Friday, Oct. 23, 9:30 a.m.) Mike Timko, Senior Engineer, Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, "Fuel Chemistry and Combustion: A Tale of Soot and the Oxides of Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur" Seminar will take place in Room 401 of the Engineering Sciences Building. WVNano Fall Colloquium Series (Monday, Oct. 26, 4:30 p.m.) WVNano cordially invites you to the second speaker of the WVNano Fall Colloquium Series 2009. Dr. Zoraida Aguilar is a Senior Scientist at Ocean Nanotech, LLC. Her colloquium, "Engineered Nanomaterials for Biological Applications," will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm; room 259 Hodges Hall. If you have any questions please email Erica.Simmons@mail.wvu.edu. Department Visitations Department Visitations will be held during the week of October 26-30 and November 2-6. Please sign up at www.cemr.wvu.edu/freshman/eventsignup. There are limited seats in each room, so plan ahead and only sign up for the ones that you can attend. Department Visitations are part of your grade in each engineering course...please refer to your syllabus or you can get a packet from the Engineering Learning Center. Fall Chemical Engineering Seminar Series (Friday, Oct. 30, 9:30 a.m.) Krista Walton, Department of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, “Synthesis and Application of Porous Inorganic-Organic Hybrids. Seminar will take place in Room 401 of the Engineering Sciences Building. 22nd Annual Pumpkin Drop (Friday, Oct. 30, 11:00 a.m.) Each Team climbs to the top of the Engineering Science Building and launches their pumpkin to see which one will survive. Rules and registration forms available in room 301 ESB, entry by pre-registration only. $10.00 entry fee per pumpkin (All proceeds go to Ronald McDonald House). Check in is from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM.To receive OCE credit, you enter and compete in the competition. WVU Electric Vehicle Association Meeting (Monday, Nov. 02, 7:00 p.m.) Featuring: WVU Formula Lighting Race Car, Checrolet S10 US Electricar, and more. Meeting will be on Monday, November 2 at 7PM in Room G83 ESB. From 6:45PM - 7:15PM we will have a show and tell in the parking lot outside ESB (next to G83) with various EVs. Guests and speakers from EPA, Eco-Structures, EVA-Washington DC, EVA-Western PA, and more. Website: http://eva.studentorgs.wvu.edu/ Flyer URL: http://eva.studentorgs.wvu.edu/r/download/46067 Math/CS seminar (Monday, Nov. 2, 3:30 p.m.) Title: Advocacy Coalescence: How Policy Beliefs and Networks Co-Evolve to Produce Community Structure
Speaker: Adam Douglas Henry, Public Administration, WVU, When: Monday, November 2, 3:30-4:30, Where: 849 Engineering Sciences Building (ESB) ,Abstract: Many social and policy networks exhibit a strong community structure, characterized by two or more groups of nodes with dense intra-group connections but sparse inter-group connections. In the realm of environmental policy, community structures often inhibit collaboration and learning between competing ``coalitions'' of policy activists, leading to suboptimal policy outcomes. An important frontier in the study of policy networks is therefore to understand why these structures emerge. According to one theory of the policy process, communities exist because of an interaction between learning processes (where network alters become ideologically similar through social influence) and homophily (where agents seek to form connections with others similar to themselves). Thus, ideological communities--or ``advocacy coalitions''--are hypothesized to emerge from the co-evolution of beliefs and networks. Unfortunately, empirical support for this phenomenon is typically based on cross-sectional survey data, which cannot rule out alternative pathways to the emergence of advocacy coalitions. This paper explores alternative pathways through agent-based computer simulation. Models reveal that the emergence of community structure is very sensitive to assumptions regarding the degree to which policy actors are ``rational'' information processors, and provide a starting point for re-thinking the role of cognitive bias in social learning. Fall Chemical Engineering Seminar Series ( Friday, Nov. 6, 9:30 a.m.) Matthew Powell, Director, Research & Development, Protea Biosciences Inc., Morgantown, WV, "Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization (LAESI) for High Throughput and Imaging Mass Spectrometry" Seminar will take place in Room 401 of the Engineering Sciences Building. Electrical Engineering Seminar (Nov. 9, 5:00 p.m.) Dr. Dimitris Korakakis will deliver a seminar entitled “Growth of III-Nitride Thin Films and Structures” at 5:00 p.m., Mon day, Nov. 9, in Room G102, Engineering Sciences Building. The seminar is sponsored by the Lane Department of CSEE and the IEEE Upper Mon Subsection. For more information, please see:
http://www.csee.wvu.edu/ieeeum/2009/Nov9.htm Freshman McNair Scholars Presentation(Wednesday, Nov. 11) Dr. Betty Mei will speck November 11, 2009 at 3:00pm and then again at 3:30 pm in room G-102 ESB about the McNair Scholarship program. Please sign up at www.cemr.wvu.edu/freshman/eventsignup. For more information about the McNair Scholars please visit www.wvu.edu/~mcnair/ Fall Chemical Engineering Seminar Series (Friday, Nov. 20, 9:30 a.m.) Stefaan Simons, Director, Centre for CO2 Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University College, London, "Accelerated Carbonation of MSWI APC Residues for the Sequestration of Flue-gas CO2" Seminar will take place in Room 401 of the Engineering Sciences Building.
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