SEAS Weekly 4/2/07

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In SEAS Weekly THIS WEEK

-Mr. & Ms. SEAS! Nominations are IN! VOTE!!!

-Engineering Events

-Science & Engineering Library Workshops

-Penn Events

-Interesting Courses

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HIGHLIGHTS

-Vote for Mr. & Ms. SEAS

-ROPE Research Opportunity & Summer in France

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VOTE for Mr. & Ms. SEAS!

Now that you've nominated people for Mr & Ms SEAS 2007, it's time to VOTE!

Who will you see at the final competition? Bring your favorite nominees to the event by casting your vote.
Click now, click here, the last vote is accepted on Friday April 6th at 4:59:59pm, so vote vote vote while you can!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=241813610071

Don't forget to mark your calendars for the actual event:
Mr & Ms SEAS 2007
Tuesday April 10th 6pm
Harold Prince Theater

Annenberg

Engineering Events

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

6:30 pm
Mentoring Dinner
Please RSVP to mentoring@weisstechhouse.com ** NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

===== INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE =====
Marilyn Montross, QVC's Director of Vendor Relations will take you on a behind the scenes tour of QVC's business model. Last year, the company generated over $7 billion in retail sales. In addition to being a  retailer, QVC is a television channel, a marketing powerhouse and a  virtual community. Learn how this company has successfully rolled all four businesses into three little letters.
Location: Weiss Tech House

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

5-6:30pm

Penn Nanotech Society Presents: Opportunities and Trends in Nanotechnology
Scott Livingston is a managing director and leader of the Livingston Group, a leading boutique investment bank focused on nanotechnology. He will talk about current trends in the industry and the potential that nanotech holds. Light refreshments served.

Location: Huntsman Hall G50

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Lawrence D. Burns, General Motors Vice President Research & Development and Strategic Planning on "The Reinvention of the Automobile".
Larry Burns will be focus on  GM's work on advanced technology, in particular GM's new two-mode hybrids (several models will be coming o the market throughout the this year), plug-in hybrids (GM unveiled the Chevy Volt concept in Jan. at North American Auto Show), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and bio-fuel vehicles (e.g., E-85 ready vehicles, already on the market).
Larry Burns also leads GM's efforts to make vehicles safer through use of telematics; for example, GM is working on vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems that enable drivers to avoid crashes.

Location: Wu & Chen Auditorium

Wednesday, April 11th 2007

6 PM – 8 PM

Tau Beta Pi Building Competition

The team to build the highest structure out of spaghetti and marshmallows which can support an Organic Chemistry Book will win the competition and the gift certificate to the book store. For more information contact George Scangas at gscangas@seas.upenn.edu

Location: Raisler Lounge

Attention: ALL SEAS Students
From: SEAS Staff Recognition Award Selection Committee:

University of Pennsylvania

Science & Engineering Libraries Workshops

To register go to: http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/2656

Citation Indexes--ISI Web of Science

Apr 04, 2007, 03:00 PM-04:30 PM, Chemistry Library Computer Lab

Learn to search the Web of Science, an excellent multidisciplinary database covering the top most highly cited journals in science, medicine, and engineering. Topics include: accessing the database, navigation, basic searching, cited author searching, and print/save techniques.

Patent Research

Apr 16, 2007, 03:00 PM-04:30 PM, Chemistry Library Computer Lab

Patents are a crucial source of cutting edge technical information. Learn to use Derwent Innovations Index, USPTO, and esp@cenet to access the full text of patents, use patent families to find English language equivalents of foreign patents, and learn to use classification codes and do cited patent searches.

Penn Events

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

To ALL Penn Students:

Please sign up to donate blood next Wednesday at the Nursing School

Go to penn.givesblood.org and choose "Nursing School" as the location.

http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=48

Any questions? E-mail laurmmc@nursing.upenn.edu

Laura McWilliam

Community Service Chair, Student Nurses at Penn

laurmmc@nursing.upenn.edu

Location: Fagin Hall Lower Lobby (The Nursing School)

Monday, April 9, 2007

6:15 PM-7:45 PM

Venture Capital 101 with Vincenzo LaRuffa, Susquehanna Growth Equity

Come hear Wharton and College alumnus Vincenzo LaRuffa speak about his experiences in venture capital. Pizza and drinks will be served. BIO: Vincenzo joined Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) in 2006. He currently sits on the board of 29West and previously was board observer to Clean Air Power. Prior to joining SGE, Vincenzo invested in technology companies with NGP Energy Technology Partners in Washington, D.C. and EnerTech Capital in Wayne, PA. During that time, Vincenzo was involved in more than $100 million of private equity investments in early to late stage growth companies in the U.S. and the U.K. Vincenzo began his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Deutsche Bank in New York, NY. Vincenzo's prior investments include Clean Air Power Ltd (LSE: CAP), Catalytic Solutions (LSE: CTS), Atraverda Ltd, The NanoSteel Company, and Renewable Energy Group. Vincenzo graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from The Wharton School and a BA in Classics from the School of Arts and Sciences.

Contact: varya@seas.upenn.edu
Sponsored By: Wharton Undergraduate Finance Club

Location: JMHH G92

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

6PM-7:30PM

Secrets of Wall Street Panel

Learn about Street life, strategy, and career tips from the VPs and Managing Directors of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Bank of America!

Contact: worlando@wharton.upenn.edu
Sponsored By: Wharton Undergraduate Finance Club

Location: JMHH F85

Please join us for the final Penn Night at the Wilma of the year!  Pass on to any student, staff, faculty or alumni lists and publish.
The Life of Galileo By Bertolt Brecht Translated by David Edgar Directed by Blanka Zizka
Penn Night - April 20, 2007 at 8pm (Call by April 13 for reservations)
Please make your reservations with Julie Rossnagle at 215-893-9456 x124
Faculty, Alumni and Staff: $40.00 ($5 off) Students: $22.50 (1/2 off)
*Price includes pre-show pizza party with the dramaturg or director, an intermission
cookie/beverage reception, and the discounted ticket to the event!

This program is generously supported by Antonio Muniz, Wharton ‘86 and brought to you by
the Platt Student Performing Arts House and the Wilma Theater.

The Wilma Theater has wanted to produce Brecht's masterpiece about reason, religion, and power for years: David Edgar's sparkling new translation for an age of fundamentalism, cloning, and climate change convinced us that now was the time. Edgar, author of the Tony and Olivier winning The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby, has produced a version The Daily Telegraph calls "crystal clear, breathing vitality into the question of science's relation to ethics...the issues are more relevant than ever." Are there limits to the freedom of inquiry? Galileo strives to bring reason to a world in which power is concealed as faith. His epic struggle continues to resonate across the centuries.
http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/platthouse/wilma.pdf

1-Q-3 Dance!
Learn to dance in a loose and fun atmosphere.  Beginners encouraged and all are welcome.
Third Wednesdays of each month from 7-9p at the LGBT Center [3907 Spruce St]
Wednesday, April 18, 2007: Latin
Le Truong
Dancing since he was born, Le is a junior SEAS student who will be teaching samba, rhumba, and cha-cha.
For more information or if you have questions, please contact the LGBT Center at <center@dolphin.upenn.edu> or call 215-898-5044.

Center for Africana Studies presents

Life in the 51st (dream) state
Master Class with Acclaimed poet, theater and recording artist Sekou Sundiata

Part I

Tuesday, March 27th

12 noon

Part II

Tuesday, April 10th
5:30 p.m.

Please RSVP to 215-898-4965.

For a full description and schedule, visit our website at www.sas.upenn.edu/africana

Life in the 51st (dream) state was triggered by Sundiata’s response to the September 11th attacks and  the post-9-11 world.  In this two part series, participants will read and discuss interviews, poems, and other texts collected in the process; and view and discuss various scenes from the 51st (dream) state. Participants will be invited to write and read original writing in response to the class. A concert of material from and related to the 51st (dream) state will be the culminating event.

Sekou Sundiata is a poet, theater and recording artist, and professor at the Eugene Lang College/The New School.  He has been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry, and in the Bill Moyers’ PBS series, The Language of Life. He released his first recording of music and poems, the Grammy nominated, The Blue Oneness of Dreams, in 1997 and his second, longstoryshort, in 2000.  Sundiata and his band completed a national tour with Ani DiFranco in the summer of 2001.  His one-man show, blessing the boats, has been touring since 2002, traveling to more than 30 cities. His new music/poetry theater work, the 51st (dream) state, premiered in New York at the Next Wave Festival at BAM in 2006.

FREE and Open to the Public

Location: G17, Logan Hall, 249 South 36th Street

FIRST ANNUAL PENN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FORUM
"THE UNIVERSITY AS AN AGENT OF GLOBAL CHANGE"
WHEN:    Thursday, April 19, 2007, 5:30pm - 8:15pm
               Friday, April 20, 2007, 9:00am - 5:15pm                                             
WHERE: Jon M. Huntsman Hall
A FULL PROGRAM AND ONLINE REGISTRATION ARE AVAILABLE AT:   www.gdi.upenn.edu
Keynote speakers: 
Timothy Unwin, University of London, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D
Wadi Haddad, World Bank, Former Deputy Secretary        
Vanessa Tobin, UNICEF, Deputy Director of Programs

Welcoming remarks:
President Amy Gutmann, Dean Stanton Wortham, and Dean Richard Gelles

The Penn Global Development Initiative (Penn GDI) is an interdisciplinary faculty-student collaborative committed to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The First Annual Penn GDI Forum will feature speakers from UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank, as well as expert panelists from the U.S. Department of State, Save the Children, World Health Organization, Academy for Educational Development, Research Triangle Institute, and Penn's global faculty, staff and students from across the University. The special focus of this year's Forum will be on the ways that Penn and other research institutions can play an increased role in international development issues here and abroad.

*Organized by Penn GDI faculty and students, with funding support from co-sponsors:
Office of International Programs, Graduate School of Education, School of Social Policy and Practice, International Literacy Institute, School of Nursing, School of Engineering and Applied Science, South Asia Center, African Studies Center, Center for East Asian Studies and Middle East Center.

Interesting Courses

*Course Announcement*

EAS 401/501 - Energy and its Impacts: Technology, Ecology, Economics, Sustainability.
Fall 2007 - TR 6-7:30pm, Dr. Noam Lior

The objective is to introduce students to one of the most dominating and compelling areas of human existence and endeavor: energy, with its foundations in technology, association to economics, and impacts on ecology and society.  This introduction is intended both for general education and awareness and for preparation for careers related to this field, with emphasis on explaining the technological foundation.  The course spans from basic principles to applications.  A review of energy consumption, use, and resources; ecological impacts, sustainability and design of sustainable energy systems; introductory aspects of energy economics; methods of energy analysis; forecasting; electricity generation systems (steam and gas turbine based power plants, fuel cells), energy for transportation (cars, aircraft, and ships); nuclear energy and wastes; renewable energy use: solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass; prospects for future energy systems: fusion power, power generation in space.

No prerequisites.  Any university student interested in energy and its impacts, preferably at the upper level undergraduate and non-engineering graduate level of maturity.  Students taking the course as EAS 501 will be given assignments commensurate with graduate standing.

Note:  This is an approved "Technology in Business and Society" course.  Students interested in the relationships among technology, business, and society may choose to substitute up to two of the required social science and humanities courses with selections from the Technology in Business and Society category.  They may not, however, be used as engineering electives.

Feel free to contact the instructor, Dr. Noam Lior (lior@seas.upenn.edu; 898-4803), if you would like more information
on the course.

Law Classes Are Not Just For Law Students

Interested in learning more about the law or a specific legal topic?
Penn Law welcomes you.

Check out the sample Spring 2007 course selection below
or our website: www.law.upenn.edu/registrar/lawcourses.html

Any Questions?
E-mail Sherita Ragins, Coordinator for Cross-Disciplinary Programs, sragins@law.upenn.edu