Faculty and staff, and interested students, especially those in STEM studies are invited to the November 7thmeeting of TEAC, Texas Emergency Amateur Communicators.
We
have a very special guest speaker for this meeting; Dr. Elizabeth
Jensen. Dr. Jensen is a highly respected scientist who has consulted
with NASA, worked with the Green Bank Telescope, and has special
interests in solar research and the atmosphere. Time permitting, she
will give us an introduction to plasma waves.
Talk Title:“Unusual
sources, modifiers, and receivers of radio signals...from salty rocks
and plasma shocks to home wiring...and their potential applications”
8:00 AM
Christ the King Lutheran Church
3803 W Lake Houston Pkwy, Kingwood, TX
[just look in the north parking lot for all the vehicles sporting multiple antennas]
The Honors College is seeking faculty nominations of students for entrance in the spring of 2016. If you are interested in honors college, please contact one of your instructors to become nominated. Faculty nominations are being accepted through the month of November.
To become a member of the honor's college students need a cumulative GPA of 3.25 with 9+ college credit hours is required, and a nomination letter.
Benefits include:
Scholarships
Early registration and Honors orientation
Small, interactive classes and sense of community
Dedicated Honors Faculty and specialized advising
Participation in local and regional conferences
First-year experience unique to Honors
Integration of advanced academics with service learning, Model U.N., study abroad, and more
Professional/industry internship opportunities
Honors designation on transcript
Rigorous coursework, enrichment activities and leadership development
Opportunity to earn honors graduation distinction
Articulation agreements with major transfer universities
Please do not hesitate to talk to your instructors about honor's college if you are interested!
Houston Museum of Natural Science — free Thursday 3 pm – 6 pm
Children’s Museum of Houston — free Thursday 5 pm – 8 pm
Museum of Fine Arts,Houston — free Thursday 10 am – 9 pm
The Health Museum — free Thursday 2 pm – 5 pm
Houston Museum of African American Culture — 6 pm – 8 pm
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum — 1 pm – 5 pm
Holocaust Museum Houston — 2 pm – 5 pm
If you are interested in carpooling to the museums, comment below! Nov 7th
Faculty and staff, and interested students, especially those in STEM studies are invited to the November 7thmeeting of TEAC, Texas Emergency Amateur Communicators.
We have a very special guest speaker for this meeting; Dr. Elizabeth Jensen. Dr. Jensen is a highly respected scientist who has consulted with NASA, worked with the Green Bank Telescope, and has special interests in solar research and the atmosphere. Time permitting, she will give us an introduction to plasma waves.
Talk Title:“Unusual sources, modifiers, and receivers of radio signals...from salty rocks and plasma shocks to home wiring...and their potential applications”.
Here are the meeting details:
8:00 AM
Christ the King Lutheran Church
3803 W Lake Houston Pkwy, Kingwood, TX
[just look in the north parking lot for all the vehicles sporting multiple antennas]
T-W-TH Oct 20-22nd Transfer fair! Engineering and Math transfer information.
↑↑↑ please try out the links above for scholarship, transfer, internship, math, and ENGr class info! ↑↑↑
Our New SME Fliers:
Next SME meeting:
When: Thursday Oct 8th 12:30-1:30
Where: CLA114
What: Google Guest!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the recycled electronics day! We had a lot of donated printers/computers/monitors/etc. Come by CLB118 if you want to help make anything from all the salvaged parts we now have!
STEM News:
As part of Lone Star’s NASA consortium agreement, students are now eligible to apply for two exciting programs: the MARS aerospace scholars training program and NASA internships. Please go to these websites for further information.
National Community College Aerospace Scholars Program NCAS (Mars training for Community College students)
This just in -
Future S.M.E. meetings will be held in PAC 101. Sorry for the last minute room change today!
Mathematicians and Engineers unite!
S.M.E. Society of Math and Engineering
Text 81010 to @SME2 to join the message group
SME Kick-Off Meeting
Hello, and welcome to the Society of Mathematics and Engineering!
We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month, typically in CLA 114 or 214, from 12:30 to 1:15 (sometimes 1:30). Our first meeting will be September 17th, where we'll be discussing this semester's plans and playing some mathematical games Professor Reuter created. Also, make sure you check out the new engineering lab in CLB 118. It's AWESOME!
Thurs Oct 8th - 12:30-1:30 in CLA 114
"Google Culture, Impostor Syndrome and other good things" Sean O'Malley has been an engineer at Google since 2007, first on the Image Search team and more recently in Google Research. Sean's team works on the behind-the-scenes "magic" that helps computers understand the visual world like humans do, and makes the images you see in Google products look better and load faster. Sean received a BS in Computer Science from the University of Houston in 2003, and a PhD from the same school in 2007.
October 8th ENGR information session at 6:30 Nov 5th guest speaker - Dr. Phil Anderson from Huntsman on aerospace composite materials November 12th ENGR information session at 6:30pm
Nov 19th - Shelley Caraway guest speaker on understanding curriculum, and transfer information
Tuesday, April 19 Earth Day Fair
April the 23rd 1st Student Research conference
* Melvin Robinson from UT at Tyler is willing to speak to the club this semester or early spring
Interested in becoming an officer? Please answer the following questions and email to: Natalie Nobile <NNOBILE@my.lonestar.edu>
Society of Mathematics and Engineering Officer Questionnaire
An officer position in SME requires commitment throughout
the academic year. Keep in mind that a
heavy class load (over 15 credits) or work load will make it difficult to
participate in SME and maintain your officer duties.
1. Why do
you want to be an SME officer?
2.What previous experience or skills do you have
that would make you a capable officer?
3.What are your interests within mathematics and
engineering?
4.How doHow
do you go about your research, especially in unfamiliar subjects?
For anyone interested, you would just adopt an event, and help out 2-4 middle school kids that are competing in that event. The CMS Sci-Oly teams meet on Thursday from 4:00-5:00 at Creekwood Middle School which is only ~10 minutes from LSC-KW. CMS is located in the center of KW, just off Lake Houston and Sandy Forks. If you can't meet on Thurs afternoons, there might be another way to get together with your team - just let me know what event you are interested in, and what times you would be able to meet.
services that the tutoring center provides (including all locations), as well as frequently asked questions:
UH, Tyler, and Lamar have been contacted and will have info for ENGR students at this transfer fair:
When it comes to hiring new college graduates, the following 10 skills and qualities were ranked as most important to employers:
1. The ability to work in a team structure 2. The ability to make decisions and solve problems 3. The ability to verbally communicate with persons inside and outside the organization 4. The ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work 5. The ability to obtain and process information 6. The ability to analyze quantitative data 7. Technical knowledge related to job 8. Proficiency with computer software programs 9. The ability to create and/or edit written reports 10. The ability to sell or influence others
Nathalie and I are registering LSC - Kingwood for The Student Mathematics League (SML) which is affiliated with AMATYC. The registration for SML is possible using our AMATYC Institutional Membership login/password (which I have) and is free!! If any of you might be interested in joining us and the students (that we recruit) in this “league” you would be most welcomed.
I am providing information about the SML below; if you would like to find additional information please visit Student Mathematics League - AMATYC.
The Student Mathematics League was founded in 1970 by Nassau Community College in New York. The League has grown to more than 165 colleges in more than thirty-five states as well as Bermuda involving over eight thousand community college math students.
New registrations are welcome anytime during the testing year. However, to insure receiving materials in time to compete in the first round and to avoid the late fee, we must register online by September 30. (Registrations must be submitted by faculty members who intend to be the team moderator; no registrations from individual students are allowed.
Important Dates:
Dates for the 2015-2016 Student Mathematics League Math Competition
Round 1:
Friday, October 16 through Saturday, November 7, 2015
Round 2:
Friday, February 12 through Saturday, March 5, 2016
Eligibility - Colleges are eligible to enter a team of five or more students, or individual students if fewer than five students wish to compete, must be a two-year college or college that offer mathematics programs typical of two-year colleges and that do not offer four-year degrees in mathematics, science, or engineering. Any student at such a college who has not earned a two-year college or higher degree or junior standing is eligible to compete (part-time students are eligible).
Test Format - The level of the tests is PreCalculus mathematics. Questions are from a standard syllabus in College Algebra and Trigonometry and may involve PreCalculus, Algebra, Trigonometry, synthetic and analytic Geometry, and Probability. All questions are short-answer or multiple choice (multiple choice questions will have at least 4 response choices). No partial credit is allowed in scoring.
Awards - To be eligible for an individual award, a participant must compete on both exams. The team score consists of the best five scores on the exam in each round. The individual student team members may change from exam to exam. A team may consist of fewer than five students if necessary, and in this case the team's score is the sum of the scores of the students participating. The grand prize for the qualified individual with the highest total score on the two exams is a $3,000 scholarship to be used to continue his or her education at an accredited four-year institution. The top ten ranking individuals will receive appropriate prizes of a mathematical nature, as will the five highest ranking members of the first place team. The five highest ranking teams, as well as the team and individual champions from each of AMATYC's eight regions, will receive plaques at the following year’s AMATYC annual conference. In addition, certificates of merit will be awarded to the top five individuals from each participating school.
