Winter Break- Out of the Office December 24-January 4.

Hi EE Majors!!!

I will be out of the office from December 24-January 4th.  I  will be back in the office on January 5th.  I will have limited access to the internet during the break. Any emails sent will be answered when I return in January.

• Spring 2015 graduates, please apply for graduation the first week of the spring semester

End of Semester Deadline Dates

Important Dates:

Drop or Add a course or Withdraw from all courses by College Petition	December 10
Classes End	December 10
Honors Theses due to College Advising Offices	December 10
Reading Days (no classes)	December 11-12
Final Exams	December 13  and December 15-19
Commencement (Dates of graduate and professional school commencements can vary. Please refer to the official schedules. Dates/times of all ceremonies will be posted when officially scheduled.)	December 19-20
Degree Status Available (late night, on ISIS)	December 23
Final Grades Available (Transcript view, on ISIS)	December 24

NASA- Kennedy Space Center

MSM Information Session

Interested in Diversifying Your Skills?

The Master of Science in Management (MSM) program is designed specifically for individuals with NON-business academic backgrounds/degrees. Students gain a solid business foundation and strengthen transferable skills to open up advancement opportunities within their undergraduate major field or business sector.  The program offers Traditional, Combined (bachelor/master) and Dual Degree (Master/PhD) options. MSM Combined (bachelor/master) students can save time and money by “double counting” credits between the bachelor and master degrees.

Join Us at an Upcoming Event to Learn More!

MSM Information Session

• October 29^th from 7-8 pm in Hough Hall 120
• November 19^th from 7-8 pm in Hough Hall 120

The information session will provide you with an overview of the MSM program and admission process. You will have an opportunity to meet current students and to learn about their experiences.

Visit our website for more information:  http://warrington.ufl.edu/graduate/academics/msm.

Please email us at MSM@Warrington.ufl.edu if you have any questions.

Exascale computing research at CHREC

The NSF Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC,www.chrec.org) will be inviting a few undergrads to join our research team funded by the US Department of Energy to study, emulate, and evaluate supercomputers of the future (known as Exascale) that are thousands of times faster than any machine ever built.  We seek dedicated, hard-working, and self-motivated students to learn and grow with this new program.  Strong programming skills in C or C++ and Linux/Unix experience are desired, as well as completion of EEL4744C.  This opportunity includes potential funding on campus as well as invitation to intern in the summer at a US national lab for hands-on work on world-class supercomputers.

Interested students should please submit resume and a summary of computer background and skills to ngee-mgmt@chrec.org.

Best wishes,

Dr. Alan George, Dr. Herman Lam, and Dr. Greg Stitt

Principal Investigators for this program on Exascale Emulation

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Dr. Alan D. George, Professor of ECE and DirectorNSF Center for High-performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC)

University of Florida, Dept. of Electrical and Computer EngineeringRoom 327, Larsen Hall, 968 Center Drive, POB 116200

Gainesville, FL 32611-6200
Office: (352)392-5225, Fax: (352)392-8671, Lab: (352)392-9038
Email: ageorge@ufl.edu or george@chrec.org

Web: http://www.chrec.org/george/

Lockheed Martin at UF

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Orlando, FL will be recruiting on the University of Florida campus October 21^st-23^rd.  We are hiring both full time and summer interns in Engineering for 2015.  Our majors of interest are Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Math, and Physics.  We are interested in all years (freshmen – seniors). We will be holding 2 info sessions during our time on campus. 

Students please bring your RESUME to the Information Session

·         Tuesday October 21^st 6:30PM-7:30PM CSE E221

·         Wednesday October 22^nd 6:30PM-7:30PM TUR 2350

Biomedical Engineering Seminar

J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR

Karim Oweiss, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UF

Monday, October 27th
4:00 p.m.
Communicore, room C1-9

Reverse Engineering the Brain: Implications for Clinically Viable Brain Machine Interfaces

Our ultimate understanding of the brain as a complex system is reflected in our ability to predict its dynamics in the normal state and eventually control these dynamics in the pathological state. Interest in reverse engineering the brain - the process of identifying its building blocks and revealing how they're networked together - has been surging, primarily due to striking advances in neural interface technology intended to measure and manipulate brain dynamics at exceedingly high temporal and spatial resolutions, and to characterize the ever changing interplay between the brain's structure and function.



In this talk, I will discuss our recent efforts to characterize the neural ensemble correlates of somatosensory and motor coding in the brain, and demonstrate how inferring the connectivity between constituents of an ensemble may be key to rapid learning of neural decoders that translate thoughts of neurologically impaired subjects into reaching and grasping behavior of natural or artificial limbs. Complementing this view is our framework to reverse engineer the thalamocortical pathway in order to facilitate perceptual learning of artificial sensory feedback such as touch and proprioception through electrical or optogenetic stimulation. I will conclude by shedding some light on key questions that have to be addressed for brain-machine interfaces to have a long lasting impact on basic and clinical neuroscience.


UPCOMING BME SEMINARS:
November 3, 2014 - Dr. Martha Campbell-Thompson, Professor, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, UF
**November 10, 2014 - Dr. Maryellen Gigier, A.N. Pritzker Professor of Radiology and the College Vice Chair for Basic Science Research, University of Chicago**
**November 17, 2014 - Dr. Mark Saltzman, Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering & Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Yale University **

**Leadership Distinguished Lecturer
http://www.bme.ufl.edu/bme_seminars<http://www.bme.ufl.edu/bme_seminars/>

The UF Career Resource Center will host its annual Graduate and Professional Schools Fair 10/22/14

The UF Career Resource Center will host its annual Graduate and Professional Schools Fair from 10:00am to 2:00pm this Wednesday, October 22nd in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. This event provides an opportunity for UF students and alumni to visit with school representatives from across the country and abroad.

Thank you and have a great week!

CRC Career Events Team

Advance Registration Spring 2015 Updated

Advance Registration for Spring 2015 will begin November 3rd, so it is time to schedule an appointment to clear holds and discuss your upcoming schedule. The schedule of courses is available to view for all students at www.registrar.ufl.edu/soc. Please review the course listings before you arrive for your appointment.

Please review your degree audit to find out what courses you have remaining to complete for the BSEE degree. The EE major also has the online adviser located at http://advising.ece.ufl.edu/. You can also use that system to plan preliminary schedule. If you are using the online system, please remember your user id.   

I will be seeing students by their class classification (5EG, 4EG, 3EG, 2EG) beginning October 20th. For postbac students they will be seen with the 4 and 5 EG’s.  For AIM and Honor students, please send an email at undergradadvising@ece.ufl.edu for assistance.

Timetable for classification to schedule an appointment

4-6 EG's: October 20-31^st

4-3 EG's: November 3-14^th

3-2 EG's: November 18-December 2^nd

For students that are planning to graduate in Spring 2015, you will complete your graduation check during your scheduled appointment.  

Directions for scheduling an appointment:
When entering your information please enter information as directed.   Your class (2-6), should be entered in the section that is listed as Company. Also list your spring 2015 schedule in the first text box. In the section text box list all questions.

If you are 5 minutes late, you will forfeit your appointment and will have to reschedule your appointment for the next available appointment on a different day. Please select one day and time for your appointment.

 

Please click on the link below to schedule a time (you can also cut and paste link)

https://www.timetrade.com/book/G3D4M