Engineering News, February 7, 2005

February 7, 2005 Vol. 76, no. 4S

Events and Announcements

Engineering in Europe
The Northern Institute of Technology in Hamburg, Germany, is seeking applicants to its Global Engineering Program. The two-year program is taught in English for students who wish to go beyond their education to develop management and leadership skills. It leads to two degrees, a master of science and a master in global technology management. Deadline to apply is Feb. 28. For more information, contact Professor George Leitmann at gleit@calmail.berkeley.edu or go to http://www.nithh.de/

He's a Genius Corner winner! (again)
The answer to last week's brainteaser is the nursery rhyme, Mary Mary Quite Contrary. Many of you got it right, but ME junior Henry Lopez got it right first, for the second time in a row. Stay tuned for next week's brainteaser.

Black History Month speaker
In honor of Black History Month, Mark Dean will give a talk entitled, "Opportunities for minorities in information technology: a personal perspective." Dean is the director of IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose. He will speak on Friday, Feb. 11, noon to 1 p.m., in Bechtel 240. For more information, email humphrys@eecs.berkeley.edu.

Research clinics @ the library
Kresge Engineering Library will be offering research clinics to help students improve their online library research skills and learn new resources. Clinics run 2 to 3 p.m. in Bechtel 120A.

Fri., Feb. 18 New Compendex
Wed., Mar. 3 Moving from Current Contents to Web of Science
Tues., Mar. 15 Managing Citations with EndNote
Tues., Apr. 5 New Compendex

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