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I SSUE 2 OCTOBER 2014 VOLUME 2

the SSOE
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MONT HL Y UP DAT E S AND UP C OMI NG E VE NT S HE L D B Y S T UDE NT
OR GANI Z AT I ONS I N T HE S WANS ON S C HOOL OF E NGI NE E R I NG
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CALENDAR ......... 2

AICHE .............. 3

ASCE ............... 3

ESW ................. 3

EWB................. 4

IEEE ................ 4

PHI RHO ............ 4

SPE ................. 6

SWE................. 6

THETA TAU ........ 6

TRIANGLE .......... 7
It's October and that means scary costumes, pumpkin carving, and the
ESC Rocky Horror Picture Show! For those of you who do not know,
Rocky Horror is a live, interactve play that is sure to get you up of of
your seat and having a great tme. This year, Rocky Horror will be held in
the Assembly Room in the William Pit Union. Showtme is Tuesday, Oc-
tober 28th @ 8 PM; doors open at 7 PM. We have 500 tckets to give out
at the door, frst come frst serve. We will also be giving out popcorn and
prop bags to be used during the show. There will be a cash box for dona-
tons; ALL proceeds will go to the United Way Foundaton. So come out
for a FREE, spectacular show that will keep you entertained all evening!
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IEEE: GBM,
7pm BEH 226
SPE: GBM
ESC: GBM,
9pm BEH G30
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SWE: Girl scout
engineering day
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SWE: Cofee
Hour
Interview Tips
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ESW:
Guest
speaker,
7pm BEH
G30
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AIChE: GBM,
5:30pm BEH
102
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IEEE: GBM,
7pm BEH 226

ESC: GBM,
9pm BEH G30
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IEEE:
Quarter
zip or-
ders due
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SWE: Elemen-
tary Engineer-
ing Extravagan-
za
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Theta Tau:
Boys and Grils
Club, 4-7pm
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ESC: Fall
Fest, BEH
Pato
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SWE: Post
Grad Op-
tons Fair
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ESC: Rocky
Horror Picture
Show, 8pm,
WPU Assem-
bly Room
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IEEE: GBM,
7pm BEH 226

ESC: GBM,
9pm BEH G30
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Phi Rho:
Bake sale,
1st foor
BEH lobby
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October 2014
SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
STUDENT ORGANIZATION CALENDAR
Theta Tau Bake Sal e
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Positon engineers as global leaders, building
a beter quality of life
ASCE has already had two general body meetngs and several competton team
meetngs for Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge, among others. Thank you to all 86
students who have already submited membership forms
and will be receiving free t-shirts soon. Stay tuned for a
sneak peek at this year's t-shirt design! If you stll have not
submited your membership form, it's not to late. Please
visit our website for
more informaton: www.PitASCE.weebly.com

Other events ASCE has partcipated in so far this year:
The 1st Annual Pit ASCE Pirate Game & Tailgate
Networking and social event at the Pit football game
with the Civil Engineering Alumni Club
eMont Kickof Dinner with the ASCE Pitsburgh Secton
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers (AIChE)
Promotng the awareness and understanding of the
applicaton of nuclear science and technology.
The American Insttute of Chemical Engineers will be holding our
second general body meetng Tuesday, October 14th at 5:30pm in
Benedum 102. Join us for informaton about our upcoming events and how to become in-
volved. Food will also be served!
[email protected] ** htp://pitaiche.wix.com/pitaiche ** htps://www.facebook.com/pit.aiche
Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)
This month, ESW-Pit will be hostng Anthony Stewart, CEO & Director of DECO Resources
LLC. Stewart will be speaking on Thursday, October 9th, at 7:00pm in room G30 of Bene-
dum Hall. There he will be discussing his sustainability consultng frm and several projects
theyre currently taking on. DECOs projects range from community to energy and address
sustainable practces every step along the way. For additonal informaton concerning
DECO and all things ESW, please contact: [email protected]
Non-proft network dedicated to building a more
sustainable world for current and future generatons.
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Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
The worlds largest professional
associaton for the advancement of technology.
Pit IEEE is the student chapter of the Insttute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, open to all
ECE and CS students! This month we will be having meetngs on October 1, October 15, and October 29 at
7:00 in 226 Benedum Hall. Keep an eye out for events happening this month, including a game night, mov-
ie night, pumpkin carving and study sessions. Orders for ECE quarter-zip sweatshirts are due by October
17, and we will be collectng $40.00 in cash or check before seminars, at meetngs, and on the Ground
foor of Benedum on October 17.
If you need tutoring in the following classes, email us and we can set you up with a tutor: Circuits
1&2, Digital Logic, Computer Organizaton, and ECE 0257
Email any questons you have to [email protected]!
Be sure to visit our new website! ssoeieee.wix.com/piteee
Like and follow us on Facebook and Twiter @Pit_IEEE for other updates!
Phi Sigma Rho
Phi Sigma Rho will be having a bake sale on Thursday, October 30th in
the 1st foor lobby. Stop by for some Halloween themed baked goods!
Social Engineering Sorority
Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
The University of Pitsburgh Engineers Without Borders Student Chapter hosted our frst Panther
Run 5k last month in Schenley Park. Our top fnishers, Ryan Heckman and Hannah Giomacin, (Both Pit
Engineering Students!) fnished with tmes of 17:09 and 26:22 respectvely.
This month we are gearing up to send 5 students to the Engineers Without Borders Natonal Con-
ference in Reston, Virgina. This Engineering freshman, Katrina Weinmann received a Northeast Regional
scholarship to atend the natonal conference this month.
We are currently looking for project mentors and sponsors. If interested
email [email protected]. For more informaton about our current Water Project visit
pitewb.wordpress.com.
International, non-profit, humanitarian organiza-
tion dedicated to improving the quality of life in
developing local and worldwide communities
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Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Empowering women to advance and succeed in
the feld of engineering
Its fnally fall, and we have lots of excitng announcements!
NEW WEBSITE www.pit.edu/~pitswe
EVENTS
1. Girl Scout Engineering Day (Saturday, Oct. 4) go to our website for info on volunteering
2. Cofee Hour: Interview Tips (Tuesday, Oct. 7, 10am-11am) Student org. lounge, just show up!
3. Elementary Engineering Extravaganza (Saturday, Oct. 18) go to our website for info on vol-
unteering
4. Post Graduate Optons Fair (Monday, Oct. 27, 6-8pm) Do you know what your optons are
for afer graduaton? Theres more out there than just industry and research! Email
[email protected] if youre interested in atending.
SOCIETAL CONFERENCE
Our EBoard and some of our members will be atending the WE14 Societal Conference Oct. 23-25
in Los Angeles, CA!
SCHOLARSHIPS
Congratulatons to Stephanie Cortes, who earned a scholarship through Societal SWE!
Good luck to everyone who submited an essay for the Stletos to Steel Toes scholarship!
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Thank you to everyone who came out to our frst General Body Meetng/
cookout as well as those who came to the Calfrac informaton session. The
event went very well and the turnout was excellent. Our next General Body
Meetng will be held on Wednesday, October 1st, where electons for next
years ofcer positons will be held. We have a busy month coming up in Oc-
tober. On October 1st, ExxonMobil is coming in for an informaton session, and Schlumberger and Halli-
burton are coming for informaton sessions onOctober 13th and 14th, respectvely. On October 6th and
7th, Carbo Ceramics will be hostng a training session on FracPro which is a sofware commonly used in
the upstream oil and gas industry for the purposes of fracture analysis, design, and modeling. Then,
on October 8th, they will be hostng an informaton session focused on the company as well as the hy-
draulic fracturing process. OnSaturday, October 18th, we will be partcipatng in a tour hosted by Vulcan
Oilfeld Services. On this tour, we will visit the Drake Well (which is the frst commercial oil well). Afer
that, we will visit a well site serviced by Vulcan. Thank you to all of our members partcipaton at our
General Body Meetngs and events. We are looking forward to a busy and excitng rest of the year.
Theta Tau ()
Pitts professional engineering fraternity
Theta Tau is heading to Boys and Girls on Oct. 22nd for our monthly visit from 4-6 PM and
5-7 PM. We will help the kids with homework and afer school actvites.
Email [email protected] or [email protected] if you would like to join
our brothers in helping the community.
Halloween Bake Sale: all week the week of 10/27 in Benedum. Stop by our table and grab
some fall treats!
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ESC OFFICE HOURS (G32B):
MON: 2pm-3pm, 5pm-7pm
TUES: 9am-1pm
WED: 2pm-3pm, 5pm-7pm
THURS: 11am-12pm
FRI: 3pm-4pm

To submit an event for the SSoE news-
letter, please send an email to
[email protected] before the 1st of
each month with a short description of
your event!
Triangle Fraternity
Engineers, Architects, and Scientists
On the weekend of September 27
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, 2014, the Brothers of Triangle Fraternity traveled
to Laurel Hill State Park for their semesterly Brotherhood Retreat. They spent the
weekend remembering what it means to be a Brother, and what Triangle personally
means to them. The retreat started with actvites that compared their individual values with those of Tri-
angle, and ended with the premier of a Member Development program. The Brothers had an amazing
tme camping in the woods, and came back to Pit ready to tackle the rest of the semester!

Triangle hostng its "Tour of Duty" philanthropy event
When: Saturday October 18th, 12 pm - 2 pm
Where: Soldiers and sailors
For: Wounded Warrior Program
Cost: $20 for teams of 2-4 people
Details: Its an amazing race style event where partcipants
will solve riddles that will lead them throughout Oakland.
The team that completes all of the riddles frst will have
$75 donated to the charity of their choice