Stanford Engineering Library Blog

Plan to attend the second annual Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford University, February 22-29, 2008. Everyone is invited!

Enjoy up to 14 events throughout the week, including prestigious speakers; roundtable discussions; a mixer with venture capitalists (VCs), students and entrepreneurs; VC/student "speed dating"; and a start-up job fair.

Be sure to attend the exciting kickoff event with a keynote presentation by Stanford President and entrepreneur, John Hennessy, and world premiere of the movie, Imagine It!, an inspiring documentary featuring numerous Stanford students competing in last year's "Apprentice-style" Innovation Tournament. View the trailer.

Most events are free and open to the public. See the full schedule and get details at http://eweek.stanford.edu.

RIAA demands fines from 15 students: Recording industry serves ‘pre-litigation’ notices to Stanford http://daily.stanford.org/article/2008/1/24/riaaDemandsFinesFrom15Students

The Oregon Attorney General is questioning RIAA's data mining tactics: http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917949

BILL GATES
On Software, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, And Giving Back

Bill Gates, chairman and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, will discuss the importance of digital innovation in driving our global economy and addressing societal issues and the benefits afforded by careers based in math and science.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium
Stanford University
Doors open at 3:00 p.m. and close at 3:45 p.m.
An event for the Stanford Community

Ticket Information:

* The event is open to Stanford students, faculty, and staff.
* Free Admission. One (1) ticket per Stanford ID.
* Tickets must be picked up in person with Stanford ID at the Stanford Ticket Office.
* Limited tickets may be available at Memorial Auditorium on the day of the event.
* Stanford Ticket Office location/hours:

1st Floor, Tresidder Union
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m., Saturday.
For further event information, please call: 725-2787.

In places like Africa where clean water is at a premium and girls must often spend much time carrying it from the source to their village, PlayPump works at a nearby underground source. How does it work? It’s a merry-go-round! Five minutes of kids playing on it provides a good-size bucket of water. See the YouTube video

Source: Guy Kawasaki – The Cleverest Idea I’ve Seen In Years

Career Drop-Ins - Every Thursday afternoon

Have your resume/C.V. critiqued or quick career related questions answered every Thursday afternoon, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, at the Clark Center, Room E129 (Brainstorming Room).

Meet with Career Development Counselors in a drop-in type format at the Clark Center. This is a great opportunity for you before the Medtech Career Fair scheduled for Thrusday, Feburary 28th. These Drop-ins are co-sponsored by Stanford Biodesign and the Career Development Center.

No appointments are necessary.

Biodesign Program - http://biodesign.stanford.edu/
Stanford University

This month's Online Magazine has a feature article titled Heating Up for Global Warming Research and Policy which looks at coverage of the topics related to global warming and climate change, complete with resource lists of websites and key words and phrases that are particularly usefule in internet searching. Read the full article at:
http://www.infotoday.com/online/jan08/Stoss.shtml

Steve Wozniak, or "Woz" as he is commonly called, is best known for co-founding Apple along with high school friend Steve Jobs. Knowledge@Wharton speaks with Wozniak on a wide range of topics including founding Apple, his relationship with Steve Jobs, and his fascination with pranks.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1903

The second in a series of exhibits answering the questions, What is an Engineer?, is on display in the Engineering Library. The Winter Term exhibit features materials and project information from Exponent engineers. Exponent is a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm that demonstrates how a multidisciplinary team can provide solutions to complex technical problems. The firm, formerly known as Failure Analysis Associates, assists clients with proactive (independent third-party design evaluations) and reactive (accident/failure investigations and product recall) consulting. Exponent has over 450 consultants that hold an advanced degree, including more than 275 that have earned a Ph.D. or M.D. in their chosen field of specialization.

Exponent engineers have been proud to work on a number of significant projects, including: Boston’s “Big Dig” Construction Delay Evaluation, UK Buncefield Facility Explosion, Evaluation of Artificial Joint Design, Hurricane Katrina Damage Assessment, Las Vegas Monorail Design Review, Northridge Earthquake Structural Evaluations, Portable Power Reliability Testing and Evaluation, Roller Coaster Safety Evaluation, Vehicle Crash Testing to Evaluate Real-World Design Performance, and the World Trade Center Structural and Fire Investigation.

The exhibit displays examples of project work from Exponent’s Thermal Sciences, Buildings and Structures, Mechanical Engineering and Materials/Metallurgy, and Biomechanics practices. Founded in 1967, Exponent is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the firm. A copy of the video EX40 : an Exponent Retrospective is available at the Engineering Library. For more information about Exponent, please contact Jenny Irwin at jirwin@exponent.com or see the Exponent website at www.exponent.com

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The windmill drives a pump. This the simple is the concept behind a new form of desalinization device developed by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands. A high-pressure pump pushes water through a membrane using approximately 60 bar. This reverse osmosis membrane produces fresh water from seawater directly.
Read more about this story at Science Daily.

An international team led by Physics and Chemistry teams from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has used a controlled chemical process to make gold, silver and copper, intrinsically non-magnetic metals, magnetic.
Read the English summary article on Science Daily.