Dear Berkeley Engineer:

It's midterm season at Berkeley Engineering, but that's not stopping the Engineering Student Council from hosting Engineers' Week (EWeek) next week, March 7 - 12, 2011. Engineers' Week is a week-long celebration that showcases our students' academic excellence and distinguished leadership capabilities and encourages collaboration across departments. EWeek activities range anywhere from team building competitions to evening socials, from research show-and-tell sessions to a day-long engineering outreach event for children in grades 4-6, Engineering 4 Kids: https://e4k.berkeley.edu. If you would like more information about EWeek please email esc.berkeley@gmail.com. 

Four faculty members from UC Berkeley have been awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships, given annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to scientists, mathematicians and economists who are at an early stage of their research careers. Included among the recipients are Koushik Sen and Pieter Abbeel, both assistant professors of electrical engineering and computer sciences. Each professor will receive a $50,000 grant over the next two years to pursue any line of research they choose.

CalTV recently featured CalSol, a student-run organization competing in the 2011 World Solar Challenge, an international solar powered vehicle race spanning the continent of Australia.  The CalTV report spotlights the team's innovative efforts regarding design, fabrication, assembly and fund-raising for their new solar car, "Impulse." View the report here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4YgI9pMMU. Come to campus for the unveiling of "Impulse" on Cal Day, Saturday, April 16. Contact Will Drevno at wdrevno@berkeley.edu for more information.

Would you like to share your experiences as a Berkeley Engineering student with newly admitted students on Cal Day, Saturday, April 16? If so, Berkeley Engineering Student Services is hosting an information table from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in front of the Bechtel Engineering Center. Join us for an opportunity to share your past experiences here at Cal and to tell our visitors and potential students that all the hard work was worth it! We need volunteers for 1-hour time slots between 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. To volunteer, email the 1-hour time slot you're available to: bears@berkeley.edu.

Want to network with fellow alumni? Interested in mentoring a current student? Have a job or internship you would like to advertise to Berkeley Engineers? Join the Berkeley Engineering Alumni LinkedIn Group!

GO BEARS!

Dawn Kramer
Associate Director, Events & Programs
College of Engineering
UC Berkeley
(510) 643-7828 ph
http://coe.berkeley.edu/alumni
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Berkeley Engineering Alumni and Friends Social Hour
Thursday, March 3
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Duke of Edinburgh, 10801 N. Wolfe Rd, Cupertino, CA
It's time to celebrate the spring and meet some fellow Berkeley Engineering alumni. In this job market, networking is more important than ever! Join Bay Area Engineering alumni at Duke's - a British pub - for a no-host bar in the back area of the restaurant. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Chris Apple (EECS '75) at: chris@applehome.com.

Haas School of Business Women in Leadership Conference
Saturday, March 5
8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
The Haas School of Business Women in Leadership Conference is dedicated to leaders who have challenged the status quo; celebrating women who have created their own paths, become pioneers in their fields and achieved both professional and personal successes. With three inspiring keynote addresses, industry panels, a networking lunch and evening reception and personal development workshops, this conference will help attendees redefine traditional leadership styles and make their own. For more information or to register visit: http://www.WILconference.org.

7th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech Conference (BSCC7)
Saturday, April 9
10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
PG&E Headquarters, 77 Beale St., San Francisco, CA
BSCC7 will explore the topic of green jobs and the greening of the economy and how China and the U.S. will collectively (and competitively) create green jobs from perspectives of policy, business, and technology.  Dr. Steven Chu, the United States Secretary of Energy, will give the keynote address. The Friday preceding the conference includes a business plan competition, the Berkeley Stanford Cleantech Launchpad, for local professionals and students. Tickets for BSCC7 include entrance to the Friday night Launchpad event. For more information and to register visit: http://bscleantech.org/bscc7.

Synthetic Biology Institute Launch
Monday, April 25
5:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley Campus
Come to the Synthetic Biology Institute Launch for a fascinating panel discussion with a reception to follow. Global pioneer in this field, professor Jay Keasling, Director of the Physical Biosciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, will participate on the panel moderated by Bioengineering Department Chair, Matthew Tirrell. For more information and to register contact Jayne Anderson at: jmanderson@berkeley.edu.