The Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology Student Council has had a very successful semester, and we owe our loyal sponsors much appreciation. It is because of your generous support that we have been able to achieve all of the

accomplishments highlighted in this semester’s newsletter. Thank you for your contributions.

Student Council Spring Retreat

After battling through icy roads by staying at home and attacking their homework while bundled up in blankets and sipping on hot cocoa, Student Council members needed something, anything, to get away from the monotony of the continuous schoolwork. To confront this peril, the Student Council rescheduled their previous date with the Pole Position Raceway, an indoor go-kart in Oklahoma City, to race past one another in electric-powered karts.

Upon orientation, a few student council members were apparently let down by the lack of turtle shells and banana peels. Nevertheless, they perked up upon hearing that they got to operate 18-HP go-karts going up to 45 mph (66 feet per second), all without adult supervision. Upon hearing this, every man, woman, and child knew in their heart that they were ready compete against each other in the ultimate American showdown of skill and grace—in a racecar. With the go-karts growling and tired screeching, Student Council members raced past one another, bumping for the first place. Upon mercilessly beating everyone else Austin Mitchell commented, “I would like to thank the makers of Mario Kart and Gran Turismo 3 for making me the gokart driver I am today. Couldn’t have done it without them.”

Nonetheless, the losers of the race bonded together in ways they never thought possible. President Cole Griffin (pictured right as Luigi with VP of Committees Matt “Mario” Klein) remarked that this was “one of the best ways to get to see student council members in an environment many of them had never been in before.” Austin Mitchell added, “We raced; it was fun.” Upon returning to Stillwater without any speeding tickets, members felt refreshed but could still hear echoes of the racetrack calling.

— Peter Storm, Biosystems Engineering Senior

The annual celebration of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, or CEAT Week, was held this year from March 30th to April 3rd. This week is planned and coordinated by the Student Council CEAT Week Committee, led this year by junior Paige Cloud. The celebration includes daily giveaways of CEAT branded freebies, including tshirts, water bottles, and office supply kits. To receive these giveaways, students would follow and mention @OSU_CEATStuco on Twitter, in an effort to promote our social media.

The 2nd Annual CEAT Week “Thunder Up” Dinner was hosted this year on Wednesday in the newly renovated Student Excellent Center in the Advanced Technology Research Center. For only $10, attendees enjoyed a buffet-style steak dinner from Freddie Pauls while watching the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Dallas Mavericks. Raffle tickets were sold for $1, offering the chance to win items like jewelry and tshirts donated by local Stillwater businesses. Signed memorabilia from OSU baseball, basketball, and wrestling legends were part of a silent auction, and funds from the auction, raffle, and ticket sales all went to benefit Wings of Hope, which serves victims of domestic violence.

Other events included a can crusher design competition, a lecture by guest speaker Ed Robben of FOSSIL, and the week concluded with dodgeball and basketball tournaments on Friday evening.

Student Council would like to extend a special thanks to sponsors Williams, Zeeco, Exxon Mobil, ONE Gas, and US NRC for making CEAT Week 2015 possible.

2nd Annual Pie Your Professor

CEAT Week 2015— Emily Henning, Architecture Junior

As part of CEAT Week this year, the annual Pie in the Face event took place on Thursday, April 2nd. This fundraiser is planned and coordinated by the CEAT Freshman Council, coordinated by juniors Courtney Wolfe and John Hiett, which acts as a junior council and focuses on the same principles of outreach, sustainability, and service.

On Thursday of CEAT Week, students lined up on the lawn just north of Engineering South to throw pies at their favorite (or perhaps least favorite) professors. Students could purchase these pies, with the choice of either chocolate or vanilla pie, at $3 for one pie or $5 for two pies. Many professors even offer extra credit for students’ participation. With the help of professors Dr. Robert Emerson, Dr. Camille DeYong, Dr. Ronald Delahousseaye, Carisa Ramming, Dr. Raman Singh, and Dr. Glenn Brown, who volunteered their time and allowed many pies to be thrown at them, as well as the support all of the students who participated and donated money, an overall total of around $300 was raised. This money has been donated to the Wings of Hope Foundation, benefiting victims of domestic violence in an attempt to create “peace and hope for all mankind”.

— Katy Ewing, Chemical Engineering Freshman

Club Spotlight: AIASGuest Writer — Myriah Worthen, Architecture

SophomoreThe Oklahoma State University chapter of AIAS hosted its annual design week on March 30th – April 5th. Design Week is a week dedicated to the School of Architecture’s students and faculty who participate in various events and activities. This year the studios also competed for points which were based on participation and involvement, the studio with the most points won a prize at the end of the week.Students from all the studios gathered on the front plaza every day at 1:00pm to participate in the first ever Architecture Olympics. There were many architecture related games ranging from synchronized swivel chair dancing to a hot cup of coffee relay. Each studio would send participants to compete and first, second, and third place were awarded points. The students also participated in dress up days, some of which included Twinkie Tuesday, Dress Like a Professor Day, and Redneck Friday. Students who came to class Tuesday with a twin got a Hostess Twinkie and students who got a picture with the professor they were dressed as got double points.

The talent show, held on Thursday night, gave the students the chance to show off their skills. There were many different acts ranging from singing, whistling, and even Nerf basketball dunking. It was a lot of fun and was great entertainment for the students and professors who came to watch that night. The final Design Week event was the Pig Roast. Many students and professors all met at Lake McMurtry and for a cookout and bonfire celebrating the end of Design Week. The closing ceremony for the Architecture Olympics was also held during Pig Roast and the winners were announced. Third place went to the second year studio, second place was the fourth year studio, and the winners with the most points were the third year studio.

The National Society of Black Engineers is a student-led organization that aids engineering students in college and throughout their careers. We have junior chapters, college chapters, and professional chapters around the world. NSBE’s goal, as stated before every meeting, is “to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.”

To accomplish this goal, we hold a variety of events. Many of our meetings each year introduce students to OSU career services, resume building techniques, tips for academic success, and a variety of other things. We allow students to go to NSBE’s fall regional conference and national conference free of charge. At these conferences, students attend a variety of workshops that provide tips and useful information for being more academically successful, professional, or culturally responsible. NSBE’s career fair held at the national conference is nearly twice the size of the OSU’s career fair held in the fall, and many students obtain internships and permanent positions at these career fairs. During the fall semester, we celebrate NSBE Week in which we host a game night and our traditional poetry night, which has always had a great turnout.

At the end of the day, NSBE is there to serve the people. All of our events are free of charge because we want to students to enjoy themselves and be well informed. At the end of our endeavors, we hope that our actions increased the number of engineers in the world.

Club Spotlight: NSBEGuest Writer— Mykale-Jamal Holland, Mechanical/

Aerospace Engineering Senior

Club Spotlight: Cowboy MotorsportsGuest Writer — Taylor Cole, Biosystems Engineering

Junior

The 2014-2015 Cowboy Motorsports Team is actively working on getting the tractor built for this summer’s competition. This summer, the team will be traveling to Peoria, Illinois for the annual competition from May 28-June 1. The team hopes their improvements will make the difference needed to excel at competition. CMS is currently purchasing parts needed to finish the tractor, all design work is finished, and the reports are submitted. This year the team is also taking last year’s tractor as an X team tractor. The X team is composed of younger members and allows them to get a more hands on experience while learning about designing and building a tractor. X teams are required to modify a previous tractor at least 20%, and our X team has gone above and beyond that requirement to make much needed changes. To learn more about this year’s Cowboy Motorsports team or provide technical or financial assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact the club director, Taylor Cole, at taylor.cole@okstate.edu. Also, if you’d like to keep up with team goings on, feel free to visit our updated website at www.cms.okstate.edu.

Club Spotlight: AEIGuest Writer — Jose Esparza, Architectural Engineering

SophomoreArchitectural Engineering Institute has had a tremendous semester. We were able to send students to the AEI National Conference in Milwaukee, which also doubled as a competition in architectural engineering. The AEI National Conference is a great opportunity for our students to build connections to fellow members that are already in the field and build relationships with companies, not just for individual gain, but also for the school.

We were able to host a ping pong tournament on April 2nd. It is a fundraiser that we host annually. This year we even opened it to the whole school of engineering as a CEAT event. The ping pong table is open all throughout the semester for anyone to use, but a little competition as a tournament is always fun, and funds help support our chapter of AEI.

AEI also hosted its annual truss competition on April 1st, in conjunction with the timbers design course, where students are given a 150 popsicle sticks and are allowed to only use tacky or wood glue to construct a truss system. The truss has to meet certain dimensions in height width and length, along with a hole in the middle to allow access for a rod to fit to allow testing in the Structural Stress Analyzer 1000. The winning truss, constructed by junior Choua Vang, broke the school record by holding over 800 pounds.

Club Spotlight: EWBGuest Writer —Blake Jordan, Mechanical Engineering

Senior Engineers Without Border is a student led-organization that strives to help communities foreign and domestic. In the past, we have traveled to Honduras for a water filtration project (below). Due to the success of the Honduras project, we have decided to “close” the project and start a brand new project in Guatemala. A group of students will be traveling to Los Chilitos and La 46 located near Guatemala City in hopes to evaluate communities and come up with a solution going forward. Domestically, we are involved with Habitat for Humanities (above left) and host an annual Coffee Concert in the fall. Coffee Concert is great for seeing the local artists and musicians around town and continues to get better each and every year. This spring we are working with Mission of Hope to build a storage shed for them to store food in. To raise money for this we are having the first ever EWB 5K fun run which will be April 12th at 2pm at Boomer Lake.

As a club, we are trying to build a legacy for a better university. The community outreach we are involved in gives students the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world. For further information or questions please contact ewb.osu@gmail.com.

Club Spotlight: SPEGuest Writer — Dakota Murdock, Chemical Engineering

Junior

In the fall of 2014, the Society of Petroleum Engineers hosted its first annual golf scramble. The event was hosted the day before the Career Fair giving members an upper hand during recruiting season by putting them face to face with recruiters they would be talking with and interviewing with over the next few weeks. The scramble was a relaxed atmosphere to contrast with the professional atmosphere of the career fair the following day. This allowed both students and recruiters to see both sides of the other party. The event served as a great fundraiser for our chapter to provide more opportunities for the members throughout the year.

In April of 2015, the Society of Petroleum Engineers will host the SPE Regional Student Paper Contest. In January, a schedule for the next 10 years was published, and our chapter was lucky enough to receive the first opportunity to host. This event is huge for Oklahoma State’s young petroleum program. Much of the upstream oil & gas industry does not know that we have a petroleum engineering program, or they do not know the strength of it, so hosting this regional event will allow us to showcase our strength for our entire Mid-Continent Region, which consists of about 10 universities. On April 25th, 18 of the top researchers in petroleum engineering from the undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. levels will converge on Stillwater to present in the contest. It will truly be an extraordinary event and opportunity.

SPE is currently looking for speakers for the upcoming school year. For more information about OSU Society of Petroleum Engineers or to contact, please visit www.spe.okstate.edu.

Club Spotlight: SHPEGuest Writer —Edgar Viveros, Computer and Electrical

Engineering SophomoreFrom March 7th to 8th, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers chapter at OSU hosted the Region 5 Service Regional Outing. We dedicated the first day to holding social events including a cookout, sports competitions, and a dance for our guests from chapters across the region. On the second day, we dedicated our time to service. Half of the SHPE members went to help at the OSU Botanical Gardens while the other half collected trash at Boomer Lake. After that, we held a closing ceremony and bid farewell to our SHPE family. It was an amazing experience making new friends from different schools and being able to team up with them to give back to the community.

Club Spotlight: AOEGuest Writer — Hannah Dudeck, Electrical Engineering

FreshmanAlpha Omega Epsilon, a sorority for women in engineering and technical sciences, founded a colony at Oklahoma State University in August, and after only 8 months, we were chartered as a chapter on Saturday, April 11th. With 21 members, we have managed to overcome obstacles and become more involved with campus life. We have had sisterhood retreats, ritual week events, and even professional events. We are looking forward to having two recruitment sessions in April, and will be hosting our first AOE Mom’s Day. For more information about AOE, contact michelle.lopez@okstate.edu.

Special Announcement: CEAT AmbassadorsThe CEAT Ambassador program is undergoing an overhaul for the fall, including the addition of 14 new student ambassadors. These students, representing all of the majors within the college, will act as the spokespeople for CEAT to prospective students, alumni, and donors for the upcoming school year. Congratulations to the newest faces of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology!

Alex BenavidesPrice BuckleyPaige CloudGracie Coen

Josh ColeMakenzie Darby

Andrea HannEmily HenningMallory HoseyAnthony Minor

Emma OrthAdrian Saenz

Returning Ambassadors New AmbassadorsChase Barrow - Broken Arrow, OK

Mechanical/Aerospace EngineeringZachary Brundage - Southlake, TX

Electrical EngineeringJordan Burns - Wichita, KS

Chemical EngineeringSeth Cleary - Lindsay, OKBiosystems/Agricultural Engineering

Kamran Coulter - Elk City, OKElectrical Engineering

Alexandra Lopez - Tulsa, OKBiosystems/Agricultural EngineeringBriar Lostlen - Enid, OKElectrical Engineering Technology

Justin Mott - San Luis Obispo, CAFire Protection/Safety Technology

Shawn Parsons - Idabel, OKMechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Clay Patterson - Georgetown, TXComputer/Electrical Engineering

Jessica Robertson - Pauls Valley, OKIndustrial Engineering

Link Strickland - Tulsa, OKMechanical Engineering

Alexandra Thompson - Sugarland, TXFire Protection/Safety Technology

Christopher Waite - OKC, OKCivil Engineering