We will be having our first meeting of the semester Friday, February 3rd. We will be discussing the following topics:
After the meeting, Kevin will be conducting a seminar on programming the Lego Mindstorms NXT robots.
The tour demonstrated 4 major sections of research that use technology in most of our fields. These areas are in order: Microscopy, Crystallography, Robot Research Lab, and Biotech and Bioinformatic. Unfortunately, I was unable to get any pictures of the Biotech/Bioinformatic lab, but those who would want more information about these departments can contact me.
When
Thursday December 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM CST
Where
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105
Agenda
Optional Tour: 2:00-3:30
Cure4Kids for Professional 3:30-4:30
Break 4:30-4:45
Cure4Kids for Kids and Teachers 4:45-5:30
Door Prizes and Dinner at 5:30
Informal Networking 5:30-6:00
St. Jude Technical Tour
Take a tour designed to interest professionals in biomedical engineering. On the tour you will hear brief overviews from researchers at each of the stops. Highlighted on this tour will be (1) the Hartwell Center (link), a unique integration of high-throughput biotechnology resources, bioinformatics resources, and academic programs designed to provide St. Jude with state-of-the-art tools for discovery; (2) the Electron Microscopy Facility of the Cell and Tissue Imaging Center, a highly specialized resource utilizing advanced techniques in electron microscopy imaging and one of the largest in the country (link); (3) X-Ray Crystallography Lab of the Department of Structural Biology where researchers compute the 3-dimensional structure of proteins to understand the mechanisms of disease and design new drugs to treat these diseases; (4) the robotic arms of the High-Throughput Screening Facility which employs state-of-the-art automation and assay technologies to screen large collections of small molecules for the discovery of pharmacological tools and drug candidates; and (5) a visit to the cyclotron and future home of the proton beam center.
Cure4Kids for Professional
Established as a part of the International Outreach Program (IOP), the Cure4Kids® program provides online continuing medical education and collaboration tools to thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide. With a focus on pediatric cancer, Cure4Kids (www.Cure4Kids.org) presents content in the form of online seminars with audio narration; instructor-led or self-paced online classroom courses with full LMS (learning management system) features for student engagement, testing, and tracking of achievement; electronic full-text books and journals; and interactive case discussions in our Oncopedia℠ section. The educational materials and tools of Cure4Kids are available at no cost to registered pediatric healthcare professionals, scientists, and researchers regardless of geographic location. This presentation will provide an overview of Cure4Kids, the software architecture, and some new innovations such as Cure4Kids for mobile devices.
IEEE Recently co-hosted its first game day with SPS and SME! We had a small Halo: Reach tournament, with prizes for the winners. SPS was kind enough to let us use the Physics Lounge for our event. We had a good turnout, and much fun was had. We even claimed the life of a chair at some point.
We recently did a demonstration for Mrs. Atkinson’s ACAD class. The students were challenged to build a bristle bot that could travel in as straight a line as possible. They were given multiple attempts, and were allowed to make modifications between attempts. They were judged on total distance travelled before they encountered a wall. We had one team with a record distance of almost a meter travelled!
Social Event – CBU
Ben has tax ID info.
Speaker + tour from/of LSI.
General T-shirt idea: infographic for engineering dress code
Membership cost?
Part shop – should be up a running in 2 weeks
Funds – approx $1800 excluding Brother, $2000 from Brother
Anything cool?
Jan 15th & 22nd try to keep free – USFIRST, build day on campus?
Smart Grid meeting – house meters being replaced with cellular connection equipped systems to analyze and provide lower bills…
Power Society has two more meetings coming soon. One was TVA and Dave doesn’t remember the other. Should be on the IEEE Pro Calendar…
Résumé & Interview Workshop details…
Tasks:
Goals:
Microcontrollers:
2:15 Getting Started
In Attendance:
Dave Kennedy
Jon Olson
Justin Moseley
Evan Simelton
And 3 others
Jon talked over Kerri’s discussion from last meeting.
Dave demonstrated his senior project bot.
Jon showed the possible t-shirt logos…
Jon drew a plausible org chart circuit.
2:03 Meeting begins
Introductions
2:10 President presents amendment on where IEEE funds will go incase the organization were to fold.
Vote on amendment taken. Unanimously in favor.
2:13 Corporate Sponsorships
Discussion on funding.
2:15 New Office announced: ET 210
2:17 Up ‘Til Dawn announced.
Need an incoming person to chair. We have a volunteer!
2:20 Late comers to the meeting introduced themselves.
2:22 Call for volunteer for SGA representative. Ben Avants and Matt Roberson volunteered.
2:23 IEEE Professional EXCOM mentioned. Networking opportunities abound… and free food to boot.
2:25 T-Shirt competition team discussed. Several interested.
2:29 Seminars, call for ideas.
Call for parts and old electronics.
2:30 Midsouth Makers discussed.
2:32 Social events Dave opened with a BBQ at his house.
Lasertag proposed.
2:33 Robot announced.
Kerri quickly gave a synopsis of this year’s competition goal.
2:39 Shadowing people needed for the seniors in the group.
2:40 Kohn discussed USFIRST, and a few of his other projects.
2:44 Call for questions…