IEEE Exec: Re: FW: Tour for College Students (NIST)
- From: "Sean Brady" <sean.brady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ieee-exec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:51:34 -0700
NIST on 11/12 sounds good to me. Dan, if there are no objections could you
please schedule a tour for us. Should we plan to transport 30 students?
What if we can't sign up 30 students... will NIST have any objections?
Sean
On 10/14/2003 7:38 PM, "Daniel Gulick" <daniel.gulick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Uhm.
>
> I don't know about you, but missing Multimedia and Database on a Wednesday
> definitely would not bother me. I actually have some worthwhile classes on
> T/Th afternoons so I'd be all for an educational Wednesday down at the NIST.
>
> November 5, 12, or 19? (I vote 11/12/03)
>
> Glad to see everyone's still checkin this eMail thing over break.
>
> I don't know about you, but I'm excited to see what great new look
> http://www.engineering.villanova.edu/prospective/organizations/ieee.html has
> after engineering adds whatever they want to it. :^}
>
> Tis all from here. ~-*-~=#*->Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ieee-exec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ieee-exec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Kyle Comins
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:11 PM
> To: ieee-exec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: IEEE Exec: Re: FW: Tour for College Students (NIST)
>
> I personally think that the NIST sounds more interesting and like they
> have a pre-packaged tour that might be more organized than something
> we would get at Lockheed, however I'm a little concerned about how the
> available times for the NIST would conflict with classes. Seeing as
> the tours only run on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10-12, it seems to
> me it would be difficult to organize with professors so that students
> wouldn't be missing out on coursework. Maybe I'm just a dork and
> concerned about that and no one else cares, if that's the case, I vote
> NIST, otherwise, lets try to go to Lockheed some afternoon.
>
> ~Kyle
>
> P.S. - a big thumbs down for Naval Surface Warfare Center for never
> returning our email!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tara Bergstrom" <tara.bergstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 4:23 pm
> Subject: IEEE Exec: Re: FW: Tour for College Students (NIST)
>
>> Just so we realize....we can do both...one this semester and one
>> next... so we don't have to decide between them :0)
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Deepanjan De" <deepanjan.de@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 1:15 pm
>> Subject: IEEE Exec: Re: FW: Tour for College Students (NIST)
>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>>
>>> I think the GPS system would be interesting, but I?m
>>> interested to see what the NIST tour would expose us to because
>> by
>>> reading the email it seems that the NIST may have a good tour
>>> since
>>> they are geared toward college students. But I do think it?d be
>>> pretty cool to see the GPS system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Deep
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Sean Brady" <sean.brady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:05 am
>>> Subject: IEEE Exec: Re: FW: Tour for College Students (NIST)
>>>
>>>> Hey All,
>>>>
>>>> I talked to Mike Pirone about a visit to Boeing. He didn¹t
>>> think
>>>> anythingsounded promising.
>>>>
>>>> I contacted Lockheed and they said that the only unclassified
>>>> project they
>>>> could show us would be the GPS system in King of Prussia.
>> I¹ve
>>>> seen the
>>>> presentation and it¹s pretty interesting... you can also ask
>>> questions
>>>> directly to the GPS engineers, which is pretty neat. After a
>>> complete
>>>> overview presentation, they could take us to the high bay and
>> we
>>>> could check
>>>> out some real-live GPS satellites (few people ever actually
>> SEE a
>>>> satellite). This is a pretty interesting trip and isn¹t too
>> far to
>>>> travel... keep in mind that we couldn¹t bring any non-U.S.
>> citizens.
>>>>
>>>> Dan, what kind of things would we be exposed to on the NIST
> tours?
>>>>
>>>> If we want the Lockheed thing, I have to let them know ASAP to
>> begin
>>>> preparations and schedule a date, etc. Let me know what you
>> all
>>>> think!
>>>> Sean
>>>>
>>>> PS If you¹re opting out of this discussion, please reply
>>> anyway.
>>>> I don¹t
>>>> want to make any decisions if people aren¹t checking email
>> over
>>>> the break.
>>>>
>>>> On 10/11/2003 12:04 AM, "Daniel Gulick"
>>>> <daniel.gulick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is what I got. Any success from anyone else?
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a good break. Dan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Barbara Cuddington [mailto:barbara.cuddington@xxxxxxxx]
>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 4:56 PM
>>>>> To: Daniel Gulick
>>>>> Subject: Re: Tour for College Students
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Dan,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your interest in the National Institute of
>>>> Standards and
>>>>> Technology. I would be more than happy to accommodate you.
>>
>>> We
>>>> offer a
>>>>> guided tour which includes visits to three laboratories.
>> The
>>>> tours are geared
>>>>> toward the students' area of study such as: engineering,
>>>> physical science,
>>>>> mathematics, and computer science. Each tour can
>> accommodate
>>> up
>>>> to 30
>>>>> students. Student tours run on Wednesdays and Thursdays
>> from
>>>> 10:00 a.m. -
>>>>> 12:00 noon. Lunch is available afterwards in the NIST
>> cafeteria.> > >
>>>>> If this is something you might be interested in, please call
>>> me
>>>> at (301)
>>>>> 975-3999 to make a reservation and to discuss your request
>> in
>>>> further detail.
>>>>> I look forward to your call.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Barb Cuddington
>>>>>
>>>>> At 09:58 AM 10/4/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Barbara,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am part of the IEEE chapter at Villanova Unversity and was
>>>> trying to find
>>>>> out the logistics of geting a tour of the NIST facilities.
>>> The
>>>> group would be
>>>>> about 20 or so undergrad (sophmores, juniors and seniors)
>>> students.> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you could let me know the availablity of dates for a
>> tour,
>>>> and perhaps a
>>>>> little bit more into what can be shown during the tour that
>>>> would be
>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance for your time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan Gulick
>>>>>
>>>>> Technology Chair, IEEE @ VU
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