EECS Announcements 3/6/08

General Events/Programs
UC Berkeley SAGE Scholars Program, Career Center Announcements, Student Diabetes Technology Meeting, BASE-a six-week total business immersion program, The Blueprint Leadership Program

Upcoming Infosessions and Workshops
Sponsored by the Career Center, Alsop-Louie Partners

Internships
Health Service Internship Program (HSI)

Fellowships/Award Information
Sydney Ehrman Fellowship, Dam Safety Scholarship Program

Career/Job Information
St. Jude Medical, Inc., Berkeley Center for Law and Technology

General Events/Programs (Back to Top)

UC Berkeley SAGE Scholars Program
Now Accepting Applications!

I want to share a great opportunity for students to join the SAGE Scholars Program. The SAGE (Student Achievement Guided by Experience) Scholars Program prepares low-income undergraduates of ALL MAJORS for the professional world and puts them on a path towards self-discovery. SAGE consists of motivated students with demonstrated financial need (PELL Grant recipients), a minimum GPA of 3.0, and leadership potential. To ensure the success of its participants, the SAGE Scholars Program provides:

Professional Development Training - SAGE Scholars receive training through a professional development 2-unit course sponsored by the Haas School of Business. Classes are led by experts in their fields including Chancellor Birgeneau, Emmy Award Winning ABC News Anchor Cheryl Jennings, and many others. SAGE Scholars are also encouraged to participate in its professional Advisory Board meetings to gain additional professional environment exposure.
Internships - SAGE prepares its students to put the courses formal teachings and theories into practice through internships with a range of sponsoring companies, such as Merrill Lynch, Genentech, Novartis, Patelco and many other companies and organizations. Partnering organizations contribute to the student's tuition AND provide well-paid workplace experience.
Professional Coaching - SAGE Scholars are matched with professional coaches to help students overall progress and assisting with providing greater focus and awareness of choice, and creating greater life-balance. Coaches concentrate on where the student is now and challenges them to develop a plan to ensure that their future goals and dreams will continue to be realized.
Various Events - SAGE Scholars are frequently interacting with professionals at various SAGE events throughout the year where students have the opportunity to engage with high level professionals in all fields.
Mentoring - SAGE Scholars give back to the community and mentor high school students from the same socioeconomic backgrounds and attend mutually rewarding events.

The SAGE Scholars Program is currently accepting applications from interested students. The deadline is March 17h. You can download the application and find more information regarding the program at http://sagescholars.berkeley.edu/.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at or (510) 642-2203.

Thank You, Melinda Masters Associate Director SAGE Scholars Program

Career Center Things:

Online Interviewing Workshop:

In the event that you see students worrying about their upcoming interviews this may be a valuable resource. The material is similar to what we have covered in the past, however, because it is now available online and at their convenience we are hoping that students will find it is easier to access. In order to get to the link, students should log onto CalJobs and they will find a link in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. I'm also including the link if you would like to view it: http://career.berkeley.edu/MM/successinterview/successinterview.html

This spring the Career Center is piloting "Resume Books" as another tool to aid students in the job search process. If you have students who you believe would be interested in uploading their resume to one of the books, please feel free to give them this link for more information: http://career.berkeley.edu/Jobs/ResBook.stm

Last On Camera Practice Interview workshop (below) for this semester space is limited. Sign-ups begin 3/4/08

On Camera Practice Interviews
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
3: 00 PM to 5: 00 PM
104A Career Center

Practice your interviewing techniques while being recorded on camera in a small group setting. Space is limited and registration is required.
To attend, please RSVP through Caljobs using the url below and select "Programs, Workshops & Employer Info Sessions"
Sign-Ups begin 3/4/08.

Web: https://berkeley-csm.symplicity.com/students/

ECO (Environmental Companies and Organizations) Career Fair
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
5: 00 PM to 7: 00 PM
MLK Student Union, Pauley Ballroom, 3rd fl

The College of Natural Resources (CNR) and the Career Center have formed a partnership to present the ECO (Environmental Companies and Organizations) Career Fair. Employers will recruit students for full-time or summer jobs in environmental consulting firms, government agencies, nonprofit agencies or other settings related to the environmental field. Students from all majors are welcome to attend and bring your UC Berkeley SID and resumes.
Web: http://career.berkeley.edu/Fairs/ECO.stm
Sponsored by: Career Center and College of Natural Resources (CNR)

Organizations seeking CS majors:
ICF International
Taoit, Inc.

Organizations seeking Engineering majors include:

Allterra Environmental, Inc.
ATC Associates Inc.
CA State Energy Commission
CA State Water Resources Control Board
City of San Jose
ENSR
Environmental Risk Communications, Inc. (ERCI)
ERM
ICF International
NRC Enviromental Services
Parsons
Philip Williams & Associates, Ltd.
Professional Service Industries, Inc. (PSI)
Restoration Resources
Stillwater Sciences
Taoit, Inc.
Treadwell & Rollo

Student Diabetes Technology Meeting
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City, California Deadline for free registration is March 15, 2008

For more information and to register for this meeting visit: www.studentdiabetestechnology.org

Developed in cooperation with: (in alphabetical order)

Stanford University Department of Pediatrics
UC Berkeley Department of Bioengineering
UC Davis Department of Nutrition
UC Merced School of Natural Science
UC San Francisco Diabetes Center
UC Santa Barbara Department of Chemical Engineering
UC Santa Cruz Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Who should attend:
Graduate and Undergraduate students interested to learn about technologies to fight diabetes, including glucose monitoring, drug delivery, artificial pancreas, telemedicine, nutrition, genomics, and tissue engineering.

BASE is a six-week total business immersion program that enables non-business majors to take business courses while earning nine units of academic credit. Some former BASE students have gone on to earn MBA degrees, while others have accepted jobs in marketing, product development, and consulting with Google, McKinsey & Co., IBM, and others.

BASE is the only premier business summer program where students can earn units.

The ideal participant of the BASE Program is an undergraduate student who will have recently completed his or her sophomore, junior, or senior year, and who has already gained a solid foundation in liberal arts, sciences or engineering.

For 2008, BASE will run from July 7 until August 15, 2008.

Applications for BASE are now being accepted. The application deadline is March 31, 2008.

To download the application or for more information please visit our website at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/BASE/

Dear Cal Student Leaders,

Everyone is a leader. Whether it's through holding an office in an organization, taking an active part in a community, or being a good role model for others, we all have it within us to lead. It can be hard to see that potential within you, but it's there. The Blueprint Leadership Program exists to help you foster the emerging leader within so that you enhance your ability to serve. As a student, you came to this campus to learn and to make change. Take advantage of this cutting edge program and enhance your ability to make a difference in your community.

This year, I found myself involved Blueprint as a freshman. Blueprint has expanded my understanding of leadership and given me insight on the meaning and promotion of social justice. My involvement in this program has elevated my sense of community and helped me feel more at home at UC Berkeley. The Blueprint Leadership Program is a yearlong leadership experience, creating diverse a network of students and leadership coaches. Through a series of fascinating workshops, small group interactions, one-on-one leadership coaching, and the creation of a social justice project, students will graduate from the program with a better understanding of the leader within and how to make a positive impact in the world.

So I encourage you to seize this opportunity. For more information, feel free to explore the Blueprint Leadership Program website at http://blueprint.berkeley.edu or contact us at if you have any questions. We hope to see more of you!

Maggie Dunbar
Blueprint Participant 07-08 and Student Leadership Intern
Center for Student Leadership

Upcoming Infosessions and Workshops (Back to Top)

UPCOMING EMPLOYER INFORMATION SESSIONS
Refreshments will be served at the below sessions, to RSVP, login to CalJobs (https://berkeley-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php?s=event&_ksl=1&cck=1&au=&ck=) and select Programs, Workshops & Employer Info. Sessions

A. Redback Networks, March 4, 5:30-6:30pm, Faculty Club, Heyns Room
B. McMaster-Carr, March 5, 7:00-8:30pm, Faculty Club, O'Neill Room, Management Development position
C. Research In Motion Corporation, March 6, 5:00-7:00 pm Faculty Club, O'Neil Room CS, EECS, for Software Engineering Co-op positions
D. Raytheon, March 13, 5:30-7:30, Faculty Club, Howard Room - Engineering, math, and physics students are invited to attend to learn about full-time opportunities.

MEET: justin.tv, Cake Financial, Kinfo, Ribbit (Silicon Valley's first phone company) and Redux, founded by Cal Undergrads

Alsop Louie Partners
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008
Location: Wozniak Lounge, 4th Floor, Soda Hall
Event: Infosession with finger sandwiches, chips and cookies
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Co-Sponsored by CSUA

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Want to apply what you've learned in class to the real world? Interested in Public Health? Apply to the Health Service Internship Program (HSI)! HSI is a 3 unit Pass/Not Pass class, sponsored by the School of Public Health, which places its interns at various Bay Area public health organizations according to the interns? interests. All majors are welcome, and there are no pre-requisites.

For more info: Come to our Info Night on Monday, 3/10 from 6:30-8pm in 101 Moffitt, or check hmap.berkeley.edu (applications also found here).

Applications are available at: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~hmap/HSI/hsi.php. The deadline to turn in completed applications is Wednesday, April 2nd at 4pm outside of 309 Eshleman!

Fellowships/Award Information (Back to Top)

The Sydney Ehrman Fellowship is open to undergraduate seniors and graduate students in any field of study at Berkeley as well as students who hold a bachelor's degree from Yale University and wish to study at Kings College in Cambridge. Students who receive the fellowship must provide evidence that they will attend Kings College before leaving in the fall. Students must apply separately to Kings College for admission. This is not a campus exchange program.

Winners will receive a stipend in the amount of $30,000 for the academic year 2008-2009.

Applications are available online at http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/financial/pdf/ehrman_application.pdf

The deadline for applying is Wednesday April 30, 2008

For further information, contact Nancy Paniagua by phone (642-0672) or by email ()

Thank you.
Nancy Paniagua
Graduate Fellowships Office
318 Sproul Hall
510-642-0672

The Association of State Dam Safety Officials is pleased to announce its 2008 Dam Safety Scholarship Program. As a national association dedicated to furthering dam safety in the United States, ASDSO has an integral interest in developing future leaders in the field of dam safety engineering.

Please see the attached link for more information about or Association and the scholarship program http://www.damsafety.org/community/students/?p=61c91bdd-f19b-42e0-aac2-d62d424ab2b9. Up to $10,000 is available for the 2008-2009 school year. Applications are due on March 28, 2008 and winners will be announced in June. Students planning to graduate in May/December 2009 are eligible to apply for the scholarships.

You may call ASDSO at 859/257-5140 for additional forms.

Career/Job Information (Back to Top)

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) is a global leader in the design and development of cardiac management devices such as pacemakers and implantable defibrillators. Our products help save lives in more than 130 countries and we have over 20 operations and manufacturing facilities worldwide. We were Ranked # 1 by Fortune Magazine as Most Admired Medical Products and Equipment Company for 2007. At St. Jude Medical we offer a stable and ethical work environment where you can build a challenging and rewarding career.

We have several openings for EE new grads. Below lists are two hiring needs (each have multiple openings)

1.) Hardware Development and Verification Engineer (Sunnyvale, California - 2 openings)

We are seeking a MSEE new graduate or BSEE graduate with at least one year of work experience to join our Electrical Characterization & Verification Group in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. This person will work on products that help save and pro-long people's lives. Within the first six months, this person will become familiar with pacer and ICD products through hands-on bench testing, communication with team members inside and across groups, and supplement training classes. Within twelve months this person will understand what it takes to effectively characterize and verify implantable devices and gain knowledge of pacer and ICD product design including exposure to electrical, mechanical, firmware, ATE, system, and clinical areas. This position offers a tremendous opportunity for growth and career development.

Required Skills:

BSEE, at least one year work experience, very comfortable with using lab equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, frequency generators, etc.), knowledge of C coding language, understanding of basic analog and digital circuit concepts, enjoys hands-on work, actively engages with team and across functions, motivated to learn about and contribute to biomedical product development, ability to pick thing up quickly and desire to take things on independently.

Desired Skills:

MSEE, very comfortable with using lab equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, frequency generators, etc.) and programming of lab equipment through GPIB, knowledge of C coding language, understanding of basic analog and digital circuits, experience in system level simulation for analog, digital, and/or mixed-signal level, experience with biomedical devices, enjoys hands-on work, actively engages with team and across functions, motivated to learn about and contribute to biomedical product development, ability to pick thing up quickly and desire to take things on independently, advanced knowledge of Word and Excel (e.g. can create macros, etc.).

To apply:

Please send resume as WORD attachment to jmgray@sjm.com along with answers to the following questions:

Experience with testing and lab equipment?
Experience with basic analog and digital circuits?
If hired, how soon can you start and are you able to provide legal right to work documentation?

2.) ATE Engineer (Sunnyvale or Sylmar, California - 3 openings)

Do you enjoy the challenge of blending hardware and software? St. Jude Medical's Automated Test Engineering (ATE) organization is hiring at both our Sunnyvale and Sylmar California locations. We develop and maintain automated testing of ICs, multi-chip modules, and final devices. Applicants must have: A solid understanding of electronics. A BS degree in Engineering such as BSEE, BSEL, BCSC, CPEE, or equivalent. Bench test and measurement experience such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, and power supplies. Programming languages and software such as C/C++, National Instruments, or driver level knowledge. TestStand, CVI, or LabView are a bonus. Demonstrated verbal and written analytical/problem solving, circuit troubleshooting, accuracy, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills. Demonstrated teamwork is important.

To apply:

Please send resume as WORD attachment to jmgray@sjm.com along with answers to the following questions:

Experience with bench test and measurement experience (such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, and power supplies)?
How much background in C++ and Labview?
If hired, how soon can you start and are you able to provide legal right to work documentation?

Student specialist

The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology is seeking to hire 1 or 2 undergraduate computer science or engineering majors to work as specialists on research related to start-up companies. Primary tasks will include programming (the creation of a web-crawling application will be key) and other data-collection projects. We anticipate the student(s) will work between 10-15 hours per week. The pay will be between $10.00-14.00/hour, depending upon skills and experience.

Interested candidates please supply a resume, transcript (may be unofficial), and statement of interest to: Dr. Stuart Graham Berkeley Center for Law and Technology sgraham@law.berkeley.edu