Events - Spring 2008
Social Events / Projects
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Below you will find a list with possible projects.
Please let our Project Chair
know which one you are interested in or if you have any questions,
we will put your name & email on the list below, such that you can form a group.
Numbers of possible participants behind the projects are approximated.
- MESA (**Project is FULL, max=10**)
- Judging
- Guidance
- Lunch
- Banquet
- Middle School Competitions
- Preliminaries: March 1
- Volunteers for Preliminaries must attend an orientation
- Orientation Schedule:
- Fri. Feb. 22 Loc: ENG2-200 Time: 1-3PM
- Fri. Feb. 29 Loc: ENG2-200 Time: 1-3PM, 3-5PM
- Meeting on Friday, April 4 at 1PM in the MESA Lab
- Regionals: April 5
- Pay $50 per student
- Preliminaries: March 1
- High School Competitions
- Preliminaries: March 8
- Regionals: CSULB will not participate
- * contact Juan Casse for more info
- Active Participants:
- Juan Casse (jcasse@gmail.com)
- Andrea Smith (acsmith323@aol.com)
- Lisa Caraway (cloversncreme@hotmail.com)
- Jeffery Puz (jeffpuz@gmail.com)
- Jonathan Levitus (jaylevitus@yahoo.com)
- Bernadette Nicholas (bernadette.nicholas@gmail.com)
- Samer Khalil (samerkhalil70@hotmail.com)
- Jesus Banuelos (jbanuel5@csulb.edu)
- Alicia Nunez (youremygame@hotmail.com)
- Paul McKenzie (pmckenzi@csulb.edu)
- Organize Guest Speaker Event (individual)
- Find guest speaker and organize the event
- * contact Paul McKenzie for more info
- Active Participants:
- Paul McKenzie (pmckenzi@csulb.edu)
- IEEE Teacher-In-Service Program
- Tau Beta Pi and other CSULB student engineers train grade school teachers to teach technical topics to their pupils
- Check their website for further information
- Sample Lesson Plans
- Registration form
for an upcoming training session on April 4th/5th
- All interested parties must contact Brian Lojeck before registering
- Active Participants:
- Brian Lojeck (brian@lojeck.com)
- AIAA: Airplane Fly-Off
- Wednesday, March 12, 12:15-2PM in the VEC Quad
- Students are to construct an airplane entirely out of an 8.5 X 11 inch piece of paper using only 1'' tape and 1 paperclip (materials provided)
- Paper CANNOT be cut/altered during construction.
- Students will construct the airplane at the time of competition (approximately 15-30 min)
- Every student competing gets 3 chances to fly his/her plane, BEST score of the 3 will be used for judging.
- Winners will be judged based on accuracy of reaching on/near target, and duration of flight
- Preconstructed airplanes will NOT be allowed.
- There will be 3 winners, and will give out monetary prizes/gift certificates from our AIAA Fund
- 1st Place: $75 was won by Chris Kien (who needs directions to the office to claim the prize). Congratulations!
- 2nd Place: $50
- 3rd Place: $25
- Wednesday, March 12, 12:15-2PM in the VEC Quad
- Pizza & Soda will be served
- Active Participants:
- Kai Gemba (tbp@gemba.org)
- Haig Harboyan"
- The College of Engineering Open House
- March 22, 2008
- Setup is 5:30-8:30AM, volunteers needed
- Hosting 10:00AM-12:00PM, volunteers needed
- Contact Lily Gossage (lgossage@csulb.edu)
- Active Participants:
- Tau Beta Pi Desk:
- Steve Do (steve_do@sbcglobal.net)
- Jesus Banuelos (jbanuel5@csulb.edu)
- David Huynh (david@davidhuynh.com)
- Event at large:
- Jonathan Levitus (jaylevitus@yahoo.com)
- Jeffery Puz (jeffpuz@gmail.com)
- Christian Kessler (ckessler@csulb.edu)
- Lauren Anderson (readysetlove@mac.com)
- Brendan Kirkpatrick (mooseyontheloosy@gmail.com)
- Tau Beta Pi Desk:
- Tau Beta Pi District 16 Convention
- Saturday, April 5, 10:00AM, CalTech
- Engineering Futures
- There is a carpool being organized
- Interested parties should email Gary Okada
- Active Participants:
- Kai Gemba (tbp@gemba.org)
- Jason Corl (jcoeng@gmail.com)
- Carla Hernandez (carlaahernandez@gmail.com)
- David Thomas (EAT@mcsew2k.com)
- Christian Kessler (ckessler@csulb.edu)
- Redecorating EN2 west glass case for Tau Beta Pi
- Fri. April 11, 1PM-5PM
- Dr. Jang personally thanked Tau Beta Pi for the job. Way to go Lisa and David!
- Contact Lisa Caraway (cloversncreme@hotmail.com) for more information
- Active Participants:
- Lisa Caraway (cloversncreme@hotmail.com)
- David Thomas (EAT@mcsew2k.com)
- CSULB E-Day and Kaleidoscope
- Sat April 26, 8:30AM-5PM
- Mandatory Event for eligibles and elected officers
- 20 points for eligibles
- Contact me if you have a valid excuse
- College of Engineering Welcome Table (15)
- VEC Quad
- Contact Matt Florida (drumhero975@gmail.com) for more information
- Tau Beta Pi was specifically asked to provide volunteers
- 3 people will need to show up at 8:30am
- COE will be requesting volunteers from Matt as needed
- Check your emails and Beachboard for more details
- TBP Information Table (5)
- Upper Campus
- Note that participation at other CSULB Club involvement in
this event can apply toward TBP Information Table points - This is the secondary function of this project
- Active Participants
- Bernadette Nicholas (mailto:bernadette.nicholas@gmail.com)
- Wear a CSULB T-Shirt
- Bring your points sheet for signatures
- TBP Bent Polishing Seminar
- Mon April 28, 12PM-3PM
- Stop by EN4-124 for location information
- Anyone having problems with polishing can take this opportunity to learn some tricks
- David Thomas is something of an expert on polishing, having ground his own mirrors for his telescope
- contact David Thomas (EAT@mcsew2k.com) for more information
Officer Meetings
- Regularly scheduled meetings on Wednesdays at 1pm & 5pm, TBP Office
- All members and eligibles are welcome
Big Bent Polish
- Date: Wed., March 19, 12PM-1PM
- Date: Thu., March 20, 12PM-1PM
- **NEW** Date: Wed., April 23, 12PM-12:50PM
- **NEW** Date: Thu., April 24, 12PM-1PM
- Come hang out with other Tau Bates and new initiates during our annual BIG BENT POLISH. Even if you can't make it the whole time, be sure to drop by for as long as you can.
- Location? At the big TBP bent in front of the VEC quad area of course.
- Initiates: This is a mandatory part of the initiation process. Try to make it for at least a part of the polish. If you are still interested in initiation, make sure you come even if you have not been to any of the other events!
Initiation Ceremony
- Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
- 9:30AM: Meet at the VEC Quad area at approx.
- 9:45AM-12:15PM: Interviews and Brainteasers.
- 12:15PM: Initiation Ceremony.
- CSULB. Room(s) VEC 112
- Officer Elections to be held after initiation.
- 2PM: Celebration Banquet. Location Macaroni Grill, Seal Beach.
- Macaroni Grill
- 12380 Seal Beach Blvd.
- Seal Beach, CA 90740
TBP Group Stole and Honor Cord Order
- We are organizing a group purchase of TBP Stoles and Honor Cords, which can be worn at the graduation ceremony. Interested parties should email Kai Gemba.
CSULB Engineering Organization Activities
- Tau Beta Pi is committed to promoting excellence in engineering along with other
CSULB Engineering Organizations. Tau Beta Pi has been asked to display notices
of the following events sponsored by other CSULB Engineering organizations:
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AESB Officer Elections
- Wed. April 16, 2008, 12PM
- ECS-308
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Engineering Day 2008
- Sat. April 26, 2008, 9-4:30PM
- South Campus and VEC Quad
-
SWE Beach Bonfire
- Tues. April 22, 2008, 6:30PM-10:00PM
- Bolsa Chica State Beach
- The College of Engineering is Open House
- March 22, 2008
- Setup is 5:30-8:30AM, volunteers needed
- Hosting 10:00AM-12:00PM, volunteers needed
- Contact Lily Gossage (lgossage@csulb.edu)
- IEEE Club Engineering Sci. & Tech. Job Fair
Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls Seminar
- Wed. Feb. 27, 2008, 5PM, VEC-112
- Optimize your job fair experience
- Learn how to standout and be remembered
- Learn how to approach recruiters
- What questions to ask
- Identify the fatal mistakes that can cost you the job
- PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE!
- Free Pizza and Drinks!!!
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Engineering Science and Technology Job Fair '08
- Thurs. Feb. 28, 2008, 12-4PM
- Student Union
- Bring Resumes
- Dress to Success
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AESB Officer Elections
National Convention
- 2 Officers will be gone.
- TBA
Orientation Meetings
- Wednesday, Feb. 6th, Noon: VEC-112
- Thursday, Feb. 7th, 8 pm: VEC-112
Contact us at: tbpcaq@gmail.com
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