SWE Minutes from 1-24-05

Upcoming Events
-Prof dinner with Martinosi, 11-10 @ 6 pm
-Dinner with Qualcomm speaker, 11-16
-Opportunity Day, 11-17 @ 4:30 to 8:15 pm
-Boeing site visit 11-18
-Winter break site visits, 1-12 and 1-13?
-WEST, Saturday 3-4-06

Prof Dinner
-reread list of people signed up for prof dinner with Martinosi
-no one will cancel, SWE can pay for Sana (the prefrosh) to come along
-everyone is still available to go
-Lindsay will send out a reminder

Winter Break Trip
-will most likely be the Thurs and Fri before school starts
-Mudd conference will be that Saturday
-all details will be finalized by the Monday before Tgiving
-Amgen, QUALCOMM, and Medtronic

Upcoming Site Visits
-Boeing site visit 11-18: some interest
-Southern California Edison 12-2: no real interest

Opportunity Day
-this Thursday 11-17 @ 4:30 pm to 8:15 pm, dinner @6:45 pm to 8:15 pm
-need lots of SWE people to go to dinner
-can fill out the form and choose who you want to sit with from a list of companies
-small commitment and very important to the companies
-get friends to go
-need 10 people as absolute minimum, can list to 5 choices
-Jamie can email the form and company information to anyone interested
-dress business casual
-return forms to Jamie by Wednesday

WEST Profs
-Need a list of professors to do workshops for WEST and students to be their liaisons
-Biology: Ahn, Bechtel, McFadden, and Williams
Williams did it last year-- before, Ahn and Adolf did it
Make Williams first choice: Lindsay will be the contact
-Chemistry: Baker and Karukstis (Ivey no longer here)
Bassman knows a chem post-doc at Pomona if can't find someone
Logan would be great! Mention that to Baker and see what she thinks.
Make Baker first choice, Zane will contact
-Computer Science: Alvarado, O'Neill, Sweedyk, and Thom
Make Alvarado first choice, Mackenzie will contact
-Math: dePillis, Gu, Ward, Martinosi, and Nanda
Ward did it last year and it was good, but said someone else/new should do it if they want to (meant Martinosi)
Make Martinosi first choice, Tia(?) will contact
-Physics: Chen, Esin, Hoeling, and Sparks
Make Sparks first choice, Jamie will contact
-Engineering: Bassman, Cardenas, Orwin, Yang, S. Harris, and Lape
Bassman could do it, but says hers are always just okay—can help someone else
Lape: Sara
S. Harris: Anu
Cardenas: Jowene
Orwin: Michaela
Yang: Lily
-Everyone email profs by Friday to get yes or no
-We will give them more info later

Woman Prof Booklet
-should email all the women we want first to see if they'd be willing to do it
-people contact profs for WEST can also interview them for the booklet
-Jamie will do Bio dept
-Alice will do Karukstis
-Gena will do CS
-Tia will to Physics
-Diana will do Gu and Ward
-Shen will do dePillis and Nanda
-should wait to interview until Sara gives the OK and the form

Young Black Scholars
-people from SWE helped out at YBS
-will talk to Blanche about funding

WEST Keynote Speaker
-found Jill Tietjen at SWE National Conference, and she agreed to be our speaker
-environmental engineer, community leader, and business professional
-researches great women in history

Dinner with Seminar Speaker
-Mackenzie, Alice, Sheri, Cassy, Lindsay, Jamie, and Gena are signed up
-dinner will be right after the seminar