2012 CIE Young Achiever Award (YAA) – Now Accepting Application
The Young Achiever Award (YAA) is a CIE’s traditional charter of encouraging the young generation (students of 10th and 11th grades) of our CIE members to achieve excellence in academic performance; to participate in extracurricular activities and community services; and to develop leadership skills in early stage of their life. The YAA program is designed to encourage them by recognizing those young students, who have demonstrated so far that they have exceeded in achieving these goals. This particular recognition has proven to be very beneficial to the YAA recipients in their applications to university entrance and also as a good credential record for their career and life. The YAA Committee of CIE/USA DFW is now accepting applications, and its deadline of application is June 29, 2012. For detailed information, please visit http://www.cie-dfw.org/event/2012Events/2012%20YAA/2012_YAA or www.cie-dfw.org. For inquiries, please contact Ms. Sylvia Tong at CIEYAA2012@gmail.com.
CYLC 2012 Junior Leadership Seminar – Now Accepting Registration
The CYLC 2012 Junior Leadership Seminar will be held on May 19, 2012 (Saturday) from 12:45pm to 4:15pm at DFW Technology (1200 Executive Dr. East, Richardson, TX 75081). The targeted audiences are 9th through 12th grades students. The speakers of the seminar are Ms. Kelly Stone and Ms. Halen Yu. There will also be a panel discussion at the end of the seminar.
The seminar is free. The deadline for registration is May 16, 2012. No walk-in registration is allowed. Please contact Sandy Lui at sandyluiusa@hotmail.com for registration information. You may also pick up the registration form at Dallas Chinese Community Center (400 N. Greenville, #12, Richardson, TX 75081). Junior Leadership Seminar is limited to the first 70 students on a first-come-first-serve basis.
2012 CIE MathComp/MathFun – Now Accepting Registration!
The 2012 CIE MathComp/MathFun is now accepting registration for students who are in Grade 1 to 7! MathComp/MathFun is the annual flagship youth program organized by CIE/USA-DFW, which attracted participation of almost a thousand students, parents, educators and volunteers. It will be held on June 2, 2012 (Saturday) 12 – 5:30 pm at the Collin College, Spring Creek Campus at the Conference Center. The participation required registration at: https://secure.jsohosts.com/cie-dfw/eventregistrationyouth_mathcomp.php?eventname=51. The fee is $10 for non-member parents, and $5 for member parents. Event T-shirts will be provided. The registration deadline is May 28, 2012.
MathComp (Math Competition) provides young students the opportunity to demonstrate their math problem solving skills. The students will be participating in an exam session under different grade levels. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, and 3 honorable mentions will be given to each grade. They will be awarded a trophies, and their names will be published in the local newspaper, and on the CIE website.
MathFun is an interactive program allowing parent/children to work together in solving math and engineering quizzes and games which stimulate the students’ interest in mathematics. This year, we have more than 10 schools, companies and organizations bringing interesting math and engineering materials to the site to interact closely with the students.
For the parenting seminar, his year we are honored to have Mr. David Cordeiro, Manager at HP Enterprise Services, to talk about ”21st Century Success: Beyond Math Competitions”. The problem solving and discrete math skills students learn to be successful in elementary and middle school math competitions are necessary but not sufficient for success in the rapidly emerging fields of the 21st Century. Universities and employers seek deep thinkers and innovators who can understand and adapt quickly to the technology and market trends that can make fortunes or bankrupt companies. As a leader in the HP Enterprise Cloud Services business unit, David Cordeiro faces the challenge of recruiting people with the unique skill set to solve challenging problems and to work across his global development team. As a parent and the parent coordinator of the Metroplex Math Circle and the Circle of Circles, Mr. Cordeiro sees the solution to this global problem in a new generation of students whose parents provide them a broader and deeper mathematical education than has ever been offered by a single school.
The following is the detailed agenda of the event:
12:00 – 1:00 PM: MathComp Check-In
1:00 – 2:30 PM: MathComp Test (Grade 1-7)
1:15 – 2:15 PM: Parenting Seminar – “21st Century Success: Beyond Math Competitions”
2:30 – 4:00 PM: MathFun (Collin College Atrium Area) – Open to Public
4:00 – 5:30 PM: Award Presentation Ceremony
The event is not restricted to any ethnicity group. Don’t miss out this great opportunity to get your kids involved in the world of math and engineering! Please contact Dr. Chinpei Tang and Dr. Juan Zhao at ciemathcomp2012@gmail.com for inquiries.
UTD CAN Grand Opening Ceremony and Career Development Series
You are invited to the first event hosted by the University of Texas at Dallas Chinese Alumni Network (UTD CAN):
Grand Opening Ceremony and Career Development Series
When: April 7th 2012, Saturday
Time: 1:30pm-5:20pm
Where: Galaxy Room 2.602, Student Union, The University of Texas at Dallas
Keynote Speakers:
Wilson Zhu, Executive Vice president of Michaels stores
Robert Hsueh, Chair, Board of Directors of DFW International Airport
Attendees will have a chance to receive special gifts! Refreshments will also be provided. Please register at http://utdcanfirstevent.eventbrite.com before April 4th if you would like to attend.
Notes:
1. Business casual please.
2. Children under 12 are not allowed to join the event.
2012年4月7日，UTD CAN华人校友会将举办盛大启幕活动及首次职业发展系列论坛之“职场”篇，我们热切的盼望您能在这一天重回母校，和过往的校友同僚叙旧，和新生代校友交流联谊，聆听优秀华人如Mr. Wilson Zhu ( Executive Vice President of Michaels Stores Inc.)和Mr. Robert Hsueh( Chair, Board of Directors of DFW International Airport) 讲述他们在美国叱咤多年的心路历程，此外Mr. Wilson Zhu 还会在活动中免费签送他的新书，和我们一起分享他在美国生活上和职场上的成功经验，并且来自诸多知名华人组织,如 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association of Chinese Professionals, Great Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Institution of Engineers等的代表们也会和我们共聚一堂，分享交流，共同庆祝校友会的启幕活动。职业发展论坛系列活动之“创业”篇也正在策划中，预计会在今年下半年举行，欢迎您届时参加。
关于4月7日活动的详细信息我们会随后发出网络邀请:
如果您还没有收到我们UTD CAN的官方网站注册，请您在此http://www.utdcan.org/ 注册。（我们不会收取任何会费或注册费，同时我们会保护每一位会员的个人信息，保管者将签署保密协议，您的所有信息我们会妥善保管），注册后，我们会根据您所注册的电子邮箱与您保持沟通。
如果您有意向参加UTD CAN在4月7号的启幕及职业发展系列论坛活动，请您在http://utdcanfirstevent.eventbrite.com/ RSVP，以方便我们统计出席人数，谢谢您的合作！
For more info, please contact:
Email: utdcanmembership@gmail.com
联系电话： 会长孟晋 214-298-4849
会员部副会长 葛超 972-207-0684
办公地点：UTD MC Library1.310 F
2012 Youth Engineering Fair (YEF) – A Huge Success!
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The CIE/USA-DFW 2012 Youth Engineering Fair (YEF) was successfully held at UT Arlington, Nedderman Hall on March 24, 2012 12:30 – 5 pm. The fair is one of the important CIE youth programs supported strongly by UT Arlington College of Engineering, and sponsored by Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments, AT&T and Oncor. The major goal of the fair was to promote creativity among youths, to inspire youths’ interest in engineering and technology, and to encourage the youths to choose engineering as their career in the future.
The fair attracted more than 160 registered students from Grade 1 to 12 to participate in various engineering fun and competitions. The fair featured two major segments in parallel. The first segment was the on-site “Chair Building Grand Challenge” competition for the students in Grade 7 to 12. During the competition, the students were required to work in a team of two. The teams are given limited supply of newspaper and tapes to accomplish challenging engineering task of building the tallest and strongest chair within specific duration of time. The competition focuses on the students’ teamwork, creativity, and resourcefulness in their comprehension of science and engineering. The competition was judged in two major categories, i.e. Category A for Grade 7‐9, and Category B for Grade 10‐12. A total of 36 students participated in this challenge, and 18 highly creative and impressive chairs were built!
In the second segment, an engineering fun event was held for the younger students, who are in Grade 1 – 6. The students accomplished small engineering fun projects with various kits provided. The students will build engineered “product” according to specifications with their own flare of creativity, either individually or in a team. The activities held include the Aluminum Boat Shaping, Paper Airplane Fun and Bridge Building Fun for students in Grade 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6, respectively. Even though the students were very young in age, they were able to show their impressive creativity skills to build various interesting “products”.
CIE/USA-DFW is proudly to announce the winner of the competitions:
Tower Building Grand Challenge:
Grade 7 – 9
First Place: Stephen Peng and Nathan Sims
Second Place: Kevin Wang and Tiger You
Third Place: Ewin Tong and Isaaq Rasul
Honorable Mentions: Josiah Budiman, Darion Foster, Marcus Deng, Henry Wang, Christine Huynh, Sarina Wu and Joseph Yin
Grade 10 – 12:
First Place: Tyler Hostetter
Second Place: Tomothy Foster
Third Place: Catfish Alexandar
Honorable Mention: Kristi Quintero
Aluminum Boat Fun:
First Place: Rishab Parthasarathy
Second Place: Andrea Wang and Maggie Yan
Third Place: Neda Rasul and Anay Gupta
Honorable Mention: Zachary Tian, Leonard Yu, Allison Chen, Stephanie You, Amanda Sun and Willa Liou
Paper Airplane Fun:
First Place: Aaron Weng
Second Place: Sophie Robertson
Third Place: Thomas Kuo
Honorable Mention: Ray Chang, Srikar Talluri and William Zhang
Bridge Building Fun:
First Place: William Vo and Patrick Lin
Second Place: Justin Jiang and Jerry Chen
Third Place: Michael Shen and Eric Peng
Honorable Mention: Eric Chen, Ethan Moore, Anana Prasatporn, Sydney Tay, Christina Liveret, Daniel Zhang, Daniel Chen and Derek Zhou
A number of robotics competition groups were also visiting during the event to motivate students. They included the VEX Robotics group from the Mandarin Chinese School, FIRST Robotics group from UT Arlington, and FIRST Lego League group from Technicbots. The parents and students were enthusiastically discussing with these groups to see how robotics‐based projects can help stimulating students’ interested in engineering and technology during early ages. Dr. Kyung Kim, a Lockheed Martin’s fellow, gave a brief speech during the award presentation session to the audience to inspire the kids to be successful in their long term career.
The event was strongly supported by the Prof. Carter Tiernan, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs of UT Arlington, to provide the excellent facility for the event. The event chairs of the event was Mr. Steve Hwang and Ms. Rutu Shah from Lockheed Martin. The fair also received help from over 50 volunteers, who enthusiastically assisted in the organization of the event.
The photo album of the event can be found at: https://picasaweb.google.com/108624248079044826005/2012CIEYouthEngineeringFair
CIE/USA is a non-profit professional organization dedicated in part to promote the public interest in science, engineering and technology. Every year the DFW chapter offers free public seminars and symposiums to keep local professionals abreast about the latest trends and progress in the various fields. The CIE Youth Programs are a significant component of the CIE services portfolio to the local communities. In 2011 alone, more than 1600 youths and their parents benefited from the CIE services through many youth programs. CIE/USA-DFW is currently actively organizing math competition, math camp, summer camp, speech context, English essay competition and some other programs for this year. Please check the official website at www.cie-dfw.org to register and participate in these exciting events!
2012 Spring Technical Symposium – Cloud Computing
Please join us for the CIE (Chinese Institute of Engineers) DFW Spring Technical Symposium to discuss cloud computing! In addition to the valuable networking and high quality speeches on Cloud Computing featured in this symposium, our very own Rahul Bajpai (Specialist Leader from the Dallas office) will be presenting and Charles Chow (Specialist Master from the Dallas office) will be moderating.
Keynote speeches include:
1. “Cloud Computing and Its Impact on Business Education” by Dr. Hans-Joachim Adler, Clinical Professor & Director at UT Dallas
2. “Cloud Computing: A 360 Perspective” by Mr. Ron Batra, Cloud Services Product Director, AT&T
3. “Cloud Opportunities: Technology, Media, and Technology” by Mr. Rahul Bajpai, Specialist Leader of Telco/Cloud network, Deloitte Consulting
This is a free event that is open to the public, but online registration is required ahead of time.
Time: 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Fees: Free public event but online registration is required
When: Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Where: University of Texas at Arlington – School of Engineering Auditorium, Nedderman Hall: 500 UTA Blvd, Arlington, TX 76010
If you have any questions, please contact Charles Chow (chachow@deloitte.com). Also, please feel free to forward to anyone you think might be interested, and we hope to see you there!
UT-Dallas Chinese Alumni Network
亲爱的UT-Dallas校友、现任学生、教职工、访问学者、博士后们，我们终于有自己的家了！
家在哪？
UT-Dallas CAN 德州大学达拉斯分校华人校友会（成立于2012年2月）
什么是UT-Dallas CAN(Chinese Alumni Network)?
CAN是UT-Dallas Naveen Jindal管理学院旗下的一个教育性质的、非营利的组织。是由管理学院GLEMBA系主任张志诚携9名管理学院在读学生和校友为服务所有UTD的华人校友而创办的。
谁是校友？
CAN珍视每一位校友，无论您以任何方式与德州大学达拉斯分校（UTD）产生过联系，无论UTD曾经在您的生命中留下过如何重要的一笔，无论您现在身处美国亦或是中国，还是世界上任何其它国家，我们都希望您来CAN的网站注册，如果您期盼能与有相同背景的朋友交流经验的机会，或是与老朋友叙旧缅怀旧日的同学友情，CAN都将竭诚让您梦想成真！
如何回家？
轻松到点击鼠标，来CAN的官网里留下您的信息，我们将随后把活动详细信息发送您电子信箱里。从现在开始到2012年4月1日前注册会员者：免会员费
CAN的网址：www.utdcan.org
联系人：
孟晋（会长）
+1 214-298-4849
iswmkj@gmail.com
葛超（会员部副会长）
+1 972-207-0684
gesteven@gmail.com
