SWE is pleased to announce that Professor Alice Agogino will be the keynote speaker at this year's Region A Awards Banquet. For more information, please visit the banquet page.

Region A Awards Banquet

Host: UC Berkeley's Society of Women Engineers

Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009

Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm

For more information and the registration form, please click here.

SWE Officer Application now open!
Due Wed, April 22


Apply now to be an officer for the 2009 - 2010 school year! Look through the attached positions to see which position is right for you. It is a short application and there is no previous experience necessary. Email swe.berkeley@gmail.com with any questions.

SWE Officer Application

Officer Structure and Descriptions

How to Vote:

1) Click on this link!
2) Choose a person for each position! You may only vote for one (1) person for each position, but you may vote for the same person for multiple positions if you wish. To read each candidate's statement, click here.
3) Write-in Candidates: You may type in a new candidate for any / all positions if you wish. Write-in candidates must still be eligible. Anyone who has been a SWE officer or chair is eligible. You may find a list of officers under the 'Contact Us' tab of the website. Chairs include: Kelsey Boulanger, Sara LaVigna, Vini Mani, Melinda Ngo, Katie Ramp, Constance Lu, and Elaine Tu.
4) Note on the names: Only the Teller's Committee (a graduating senior who is unbiased and not a part of the nominating committee) will be counting the votes. We ask for your name only to ensure that Stanford's SWE section isn't sabotageing us and forcing us to elect Rosie the Riveter, Amelia Earhart, Madam Curie, and some EVIL Stanford person as our SWE execs. If you've ever been to any kind of UC Berkeley SWE event, are a current student, and have no realized plans for world domination, you can vote. You do NOT have to be a national member to vote.

Event: Tea with SWE!
Location: 120A Bechtel
Time: 2-3PM
Date: Cal Day (Saturday, April 18, 2009)


Prospective Students (of any age),

Even if it won't be a few years until you apply or if you've already been accept to come, we hope you are coming to Cal Day to see what Berkeley has to offer. If you will be here for Cal Day, join us for a cup of tea! All engineers and their families are welcome! This is our second year holding this event and we are excited to meet you! Come with lots of questions (about anything) and we will try our best to answer them. This is a great chance to talk to Berkeley engineers and hear each of our unique perspectives. It is a meet and greet format so come whenever you can and stay for however long you'd like to.

If you have any questions beforehand or won't be visiting Berkeley on Cal Day, fee free to email us at any time: swe.berkeley@gmail.com.

Can't wait to see you there,

SWE Officers

Interested in grad school? Members interested in taking a MCAT/LSAT/GMAT/GRE prep course can receive $100 off a Princeton Review classroom preparation course! This offer cannot be combined with any other offers; for more information please go to www.princetonreview.com .

The Challenge: With a group of up to 10 students, build a working "catapult" to launch water balloons at opposing teams. Don't be restricted to the traditional catapult design, focus on functionality, ease of use, and the "Wow!" factor.

Teams will be evaluated on their catapult's accuracy, creativity and team spirit.

The purpose behind this event is to provide a chance to apply many of the principles learned in class to a "real"-world application, show off Berkeley's engineering superiority at Cal Day and allow students to bond by devising a weapon of mass precipitation.We hope to to have 3 teams and 3 catapults to demo in the woodchip area in front of Evans Hall on Cal Day to our prospective students. Assembly of the physical catapult will take place as one of the events during E-Week and will be sponsored by the Engineer's Joint Council. Building materials will be subsidized up to $100 but materials must be purchased by the teams. Teams must submit their first draft of construction plans along with a list of materials by March 30th. Designs will be evaluated for safety before construction can begin and a bulk shopping trip for materials may be organized. Water balloons will be provided on Cal Day for each team and at least two team members will be expected to be present to demonstrate their catapult on Cal Day.

The attached .PDF file summarizes the event and construction timeline.

To sign up send an email with your name, major and year of graduation to eweekbuild2009@gmail.com by this Friday March 20, 2009. If you have group of friends you would like to work with submit your names in one email. From those who sign up, teams of 10 will be formed and lists will be sent out the first weekend of spring break so teams can begin brainstorming ideas.

Join the Society of Women Engineers as we celebrate the end of stress (temporarily of course) and the start of spring break!!

Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: 502 Davis

We will be watching a movie TBD...so be sure to bring any movies you are dying to see and we'll vote there.

It's a really chill event, so even if you haven't made it out to SWE all semester...or ever, don't worry! Now is a great time to start, so invite your friends.. Everyone is welcome!

Applied Materials Info-Session & HES General Meeting
When: Thursday, March 12, 6PM
Where: 126 Barrows


Food will be provided. BRING RESUMES.

Applied Materials is hosting the HES general meeting this Thursday, and I would like to invite you and your members to come and join us. They will be collecting resumes and are highly interested in hiring May 2009 Graduates in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering. This is a great opportunity for those who are interested.

Shadow an Engineer is a great opportunity for students to gain a first hand perspective of what it is like to work in industry. While at the job site, students will have the chance to network, learn more about the company, and maybe even get an internship! During this event, students will "shadow" an engineer or a group of engineers for a day to get a better understanding of how the company operates and what exactly the company does. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the application and rank your top 3 companies.

Shadow an Engineer is a great opportunity for students to gain a first hand perspective of what it is like to work in industry. While at the job site, students will have the chance to network, learn more about the company, and maybe even get an internship! During this event, students will "shadow" an engineer or a group of engineers for a day to get a better understanding of how the company operates and what exactly the company does. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the application and rank your top 3 companies.

Practice your networking skills and give EWI a test run one week before!

Pre-EWI Mock Dinner
November 13th, 6:30-8pm @ Wozniak Lounge in Soda Hall


Sign up by November 6th for a seat.
Please e-mail eveningwithindustry08@gmail.com with your name, year in school, and intentions for going to EWI 2008 (Looking for an internship? Full-time job? Yummy food?)

EWI tickets are available for purchase at the SWE table in front of Bechtel at the following times:

Mon 11/3 - Weds 11/5: 11am - 2pm
Mon 11/10: 12 - 1pm (2nd floor of Cory)
Wed 11/12: 12 - 2pm
Thurs 11/13: 11 - 2pm

Cost: $5 for National SWE members, $10 for everyone else.

Apple is offering a $5000 iPhone scholarship to the members of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). If you win the scholarship, you'll also receive an iPhone 3G and could be offered an internship position at Apple.

If this sounds exciting and engaging to you, we're off to a good start. For rules and application instructions, watch for email messages from your officers or drop a line to iphonescholarship@apple.com. Then show us your best stuff. And may the best engineer win.

Note: To be eligible, you must be enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley and be an active and paid member of SWE.

The proposed bylaws to be voted on at the 3rd GM are available here for reference. Please direct questions or concerns to Monica.

Oct 8th
5-6pm
120 Bechtel

Recent Cal grads Michaela Eddy and Scott Moura will be hosting an information session on Wednesday evening about attending graduate school. They will be providing the uncensored truth about the advantages and disadvantages of an advanced degree. They will also focus on the differences between pursing masters and doctoral degrees, including finding financial aid, formulating research topics, and maintaining a healthy social/extracurricular life, with special emphasis on the opportunities at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. There will also be FREE FOOD!

Sept 15th
6:30-7:30pm
Alumni House

GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES! You’ll find out who we are and what we do. We are looking to hire recent graduates and soon to be grads for full time positions, anyone with an engineering or computer science related degree that is interested in a non-traditional software engineering position. Refreshments will also be served. Please RSVP to this event through the Callisto site. Thank you!

Berkeley Engineers and Mentors (BEAM) is a 2-3 unit decal where students have the opportunity to mentor elementary, middle or high school students on a weekly basis. Through BEAM, you will inspire interest in science and engineering through hands-on activities such as bridge building and Lego Mindstorms robots. Go to beam.berkeley.edu for more information or contact us at beam.teach@gmail.com.

The first decal meeting will be on Monday, September 8 from 6-7 pm in 79 Dwinelle.

Cisco is awarding two $2000 scholarships to SWE members this semester! More details and the application can be found here.

Application must be submitted to UC Berkeley SWE no later that OCT 31st. Please email completed applications to swe.berkeley@gmail.com .

Thank you to everyone who attended our final GM and participated in officer elections! Here is your officer core for next year:

President - Monica Tanza
Vice President - Michelle Lew
Secretary - Kathryn Cook
Treasurer - Katrina Uychaco
Public Relations (PR) - Clarissa Harrison and Isa Cruz
Outreach - Jessica Watkins and Romy Fain
Student and Campus Relations (SCR) - Tahani Zeid
Marketing and Corporate Relations (MCR) - Nancy Huynh
Intersocietal Liaison - Katrina Harrison
Social Coordinators - Michelle Vu and Courtney King
Historian - Jessica Radon
Webmaster - Kavitha Ratnam
EWI Chairs - Connie Lim and Katie Ramp

Special project chairs:
Engineering World - Wendy Gu
HS Research Training - Madhvi Venkatesh
Shadow Chair (Spring) - Melinda Ngo
JSSC (Spring) - Elaine Tu