iFoundry students may want to get over to the Engineer Career Fair, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 from 10am-3pm at the Illini Union A, B, & C.

The event is open to all current students and alumni from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.  This year the event has attracted over 90 companies (here).

iStudents should stop by and get introduced to the world of work (WOW).

Russ Korte has posted pictures from the iLaunch activity over at flickr.com com here.

iFAs, iSAs, and iStudents prior to iLaunch (courtesy of R. Korte)

Just a reminder that E-Night is tonight.  See the earlier post here.

iTeam ESS (Engineering in Service to Society) has elected Kevin Wolz to be its Fa09 iChair.

Kevin Wolz

Kevin is a graduate of Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, IL. He plans on earning a double major in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Integrative Biology. From there he will head to graduate school, where he will merge these two fields in search of solutions to climate change and other environmental problems. Kevin is a Chancellor’s Scholar, Provost Scholar, National Merit Scholar, Matthews Scholar, and James Scholar. He runs for the Illinois Cross Country and Track Club and also hopes to become involved with local habitat and prairie restoration.

iTeam Services and Systems Engineering (SSE) picks Jenny Roderick to be Fa09 iChair.

Jenny Roderick

Although raised in small town USA (aka Taylor Ridge, IL), Jenny left to attend the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora. Her most notable accomplishments in high school include entering a research project into the Sieman’s Competition, presenting another project at the MIT-Lemelson Eureka Fest, making a remote controlled clock to speed up time in my physics class, and getting into college. Now, as a freshman in Aerospace Engineering, she’s ensured that her list will only grow by joining iFoundry.

iTeam EI (Entrepreneurship and Innovation) selects Kevin Armstrong to be its iChair:

Kevin Armstrong

Born and raised in the suburb of Wilmette, IL, Kevin is majoring in electrical engineering and planning to minor in business. At age eight, Kevin worked alongside his father in marketing his dad’s start-up firm. Early exposure to the entrepreneur’s world provided Kevin with flame of passion to pursue the path of the entrepreneur. On his spare time, Kevin plays the trumpet and trains for long distance road races.

Claire Slupski has been chosen by iTeam AED (Art and Engineering Design) to be its Fa09 iChair:

Claire Slupski

Claire Slupski is the iChair of the Art and Engineering Design iTeam (AED). Although she hails from Ohio, Claire is proud to be an Illini. In high school, Claire served as section leader for the school’s sousaphone players, was active in Honor Society, and served as one of only two youth representatives on her church’s Profile Committee. As iChair for AED, Claire plans to facilitate discussions, lectures, and outings between the students and faculty and corporations to help emphasize the importance of art and design in engineering. Claire is studying Mechanical Science and Engineering.

Bruce Litchfield, Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering and iFoundry fellow continues his series on Creativity, Innovation & Vision. Watch in the viewer below

or on the iFoundry YouTube channel here.

E-Night is like Quad Day for engineers:

Come to the Bardeen Engineering Quad Monday, August 31^st from 3:30 to 6:30 PM for this year’s Engineer’s Night! Over 40 engineering organizations will be showing off projects, events, resources, and ways for you to get involved with Engineering Council and the College of Engineering. Have fun as you take on your friends in inflatable jousting or a game of bag toss. Enjoy great food as you speak with the Deans and Engineering faculty.

Sign-in at the Welcome Tables to get your raffle ticket, which gives you access to all the great activities, and take the E-Night survey for your chance to win even more prizes.

Go to the Engineering Council webpage here for more information.

The 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) is pleased to welcome a distinguished philosopher, Joe Pitt (here), and a distinguished engineering educator, Domenico Grasso (here) to the steering committee.

More information on the fPET-2010 is available at www.philengtech.org.