From CE Club

Note: We now have Engineering Paper again! $5.00/pad, in blue only.

Note: We now have ice cream sandwiches again! 75 cents each.

Geer Week Theme Approved: CompE Python

Contents 1 Connect With Us 1.1 Forums 1.2 IRC (Chat) 2 News and Updates 2.1 Wed, Oct 21, 2009 2.2 Thurs, Oct 8, 2009 2.3 Sat, Oct 3, 2009 3 Upcoming Events 4 Club Stock 4.1 Frozen Food 4.2 Snacks/Candy 4.3 Drinks 4.4 Other Stuff 5 Club Members 6 Club Executive 7 Documents/Meeting Minutes 8 What Is Computer Engineering?

Connect With Us

Forums

Come say hi in the forums. Discuss the club, Geer Week and everything else!

IRC (Chat)

We have an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel that we hang out in!

1. Download X-Chat (Windows/Linux)
   Download X-Chat Aqua (MacOS)
2. Connect to irc.freenode.net: /server irc.freenode.net
3. Join #ceclub: /join #ceclub

News and Updates

Wed, Oct 21, 2009

Thanks to everyone who showed up at Dewey's for the movie script writing session. We got over 15 people out and came up with some awesome ideas over jugs of beer and platters of sweet potato fries!

Filming will take place this weekend on Saturday and Sunday (Oct 24 - 25) from 10:00am - 4:00 pm each day. Meet in the CE Club!

Thurs, Oct 8, 2009

Our BBQ was a huge success! Despite being below 0 degrees AND snowing outside, we still sold out (over 240 hamburgers)!

Thanks to all who came out and helped!

Sat, Oct 3, 2009

Our table at the U of A Open House garnered a lot of interest from people passing by. Lots of people were asking questions about Computer Engineering and how it differs from Computer Science and others were wondering about our demo.

We had an infrared system set up where you could put on a pair of glasses and move around and the scene on a screen in front of you would adjust according to which direction you were looking, how close you were to it, whether you were crouching or not, and so on. All done with 2 little IR emitters and a Nintendo Wii romote!

Thanks to all who came out to help!

Upcoming Events

(None at the moment)

Club Stock

Here's our list of goods!

Frozen Food

• Pizza Pops: $1.50 for 2
• Mini Pizzas: $1.50
• Ice Cream Sandwiches: $0.75
• Corn Dogs: $0.75
• Mini Pizzas: $1.50
• Chimichangas: $1.25
• Teriyaki Chicken Bowl: $3.50

Snacks/Candy

• Chips: $0.50
• Chocolate Bars (Various): $1.00
• Granola Bars: $0.75

Drinks

• Canned Pop (Various): $0.75
• Bottled Water: $0.75
• Jones Soda (Various): $1.25
• Red Bull: $2.00
• Jolt Energy Drink: $2.00
• Mango Juice: $1.00

Other Stuff

• Engineering Paper: $5.00
• T-Shirts: $10.00

Club Members

• All Computer Engineering students at the University of Alberta are automatically members of the CE Club. There are roughly 150 of us at the moment, spanning numerous special programs such as:

 * Hardware
 * Software
 * Nanoscale System Design

Club Executive

• President - Peter Roland, Curtis Sand [president@ceclub.org]
• VP External - Graham Swan [vp.external@ceclub.org]
• VP Finance - Eric Fath-Kolmes [vp.finance@@ceclub.org]
• VP Internal - Nancy Khunkhun [vp.internal@ceclub.org]
• VP Social - Hector "The Mexican" Nunez [vp.social@ceclub.org]
• Grad Rep - "First Year" Josh (Ibach) [gradrep@ceclub.org]
• Geer Week Coordinators - Graham Swan, John Hermary [geerweek@ceclub.org]
• 5th Year Rep - Mike Ivey [year5@ceclub.org]
• 4th Year Rep - Zach Byrne [year4@ceclub.org]
• 3th Year Rep - David Durksen [year3@ceclub.org]
• 2th Year Rep - Nicole Stodola [year2@ceclub.org]
• Co-op Rep - Kevin Au [cooprep@ceclub.org]
• Clothing Rep - Scott Hewson [clothingrep@ceclub.org]
• Stock Rep - Karl Jensen, Brian Rose [stockrep@ceclub.org]
• Couch Bums - Mark _______, Andrew Ovens, Daniel Johns [couchbums@ceclub.org]

Documents/Meeting Minutes

• Meeting Minutes from the AGM on Sept 24, 2009 (rtf)
• Constitution (pdf)

What Is Computer Engineering?

Computer Engineers aren't just programmers. We're designers. We're developers. We're architects.

We are many things.

The easy way to differentiate between Computer Scientists and Computer Engineers is this:

* Computer Scientists: They are programmers, systems administrators and network specialists.
* Computer Engineers: We are the people who design systems, architect system code, integrate software and hardware and manage teams of developers.

What kind of classes will you be taking in Computer Engineering? Click here to see the U of A's course listings (for all branches of CompE).

Are you a first year whose curious about CompE? Stop by our club office (down the ESS hallway in ETLC Level 2), say hi and ask any questions you may have!