Engineers E-Week, Feb. 20-24

February 17, 2017

The Shiley School of Engineering is celebrating Engineers E-Week from February 20 to 24, and all members of the campus community are invited to take part in the fun and festivities. A sampling:

Monday: IEEE Soldering Competition Shiley 310, 1-2 p.m.; SEDS pace Trivia, Shiley Main Lobby, 3-4 p.m.; Daimler CEO Talk, BC Auditorium, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday: Global Engineering Initative Filter Competition, Shiley Main Lobby, noon to 1 p.m.; Alumi Panel (ME/EE), Shiley 319 and 301, 7-8 p.m.
Wednesday: ASCE Structural Challenge, Shiley Main Lobby, noon-2 p.m.; MESA Foil Boat Experiment, Shiley Main Lobby, 2-4 p.m..; Mobile App Development Trivia Night, 5:30-7 p.m., Shiley 101
Thursday: Robotic Challenge, Shiley Main Lobby, noon-1 p.m.; TBP Chili Cook-off, Shiley Main Foyer, 1-2 p.m.; Award Presentation Shiley Main Lobby, 3-4 p.m.; 53rd Annual E-Week High School Program 4-8:30 p.m., Lloyd Center; Alumni Panel (CE/CS) Shiley 319 and 301, 7-8 p.m.
Friday: Society of Women Engineers Career Fair, 1-4 p.m., Shiley Hall, all floors.
Saturday: Franz Center Create-a-thon, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Franz 120

For more information on engineering events contact the Shiley School of Engineering at 7292 or stroheck@up.edu. For information on the Create-a-thon contact the Franz Center at rachor@up.edu.

Sam Holloway, business, was interviewed by Brews News for a feature, “Beer Is A Conversation: Sam Holloway,” which can be found at this link.

The University of Portland was featured in “32 Reasons to Love Portland Right Now,” an article in Willamette Week for the week of February 10-16. UP was named the no. 7 reason for “The University of Portland Continues to Turn out Some of the Best Women’s Soccer Players in the World,” as if we didn’t know that already here on The Bluff. See the article using this link.

Brian Adams, business, was interviewed for a segment of Marketplace, titled “The State of the Two-Week Notice Rule,” which aired on February 11, 2020, on WNYC FM radio. He was also quoted in an article, “Fed Chair Flags Corporate Bond Risk,” in Advisor News on February 11, 2020.

Bryan Rookey, sociology & social work, presented his paper, “Drugged Driving and the Opioid Crisis: Status Differences in Opioid Misuse” at the Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, Phoenix, AZ, February 2020.

John Orr, English, wrote a book review of Teaching Representations of the First World War, ed. Cohen and Higbe, in The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945 vol. 15, November 2019.

Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts, recently conducted two honor bands: the Lower Columbia Community College Honor Band (January 11 in Longview) and the North County Honor Band (February 1 in Hockinson). In total, over 150 students from 18 different high schools participated. He was also the guest clinician for the Oregon Music Educators Association District 2 conducting workshop on February 6, where he mentored middle and high school band directors. In addition, the UP Wind Symphony performed to a capacity crowd at the Soreng Theater in the Hult Center in Eugene, as featured performers at the 2020 Oregon Music Education Association Conference on January 17.