Quantitative Skills Center UWB

Summer 2018 QSC Group Photo

Due to anticipated low demand, the QSC will be closed this (Easter) Sunday, April 16. We'll be open regular hours starting Monday, April 17 at 9:00 am!

Happy Pi Day!!

Looking for a good study break this weekend? Check out the live performance of "Calculus: The Musical" and "Tesla Ex Machina" at Bellevue College this Saturday: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=13cc57ab106ff09def6256bfd&id=0c21e8d856&e=66903f777e.

A musical, a fair, and a couple of snippets

Attention Business Students: David will have an extra shift this Friday, March 10 from 10am-2pm! So, come to the QSC to prepare for finals this Friday!

Welcome to Winter 2017! Here is a little brain teaser to get your mind in gear for this quarter:

There are 5 students who live in 5 differently colored houses. Each student has a unique major, job, hobby, and pet. Who has the fish?

Hints:
• The biology major lives in the red house
• The business major keeps dogs as pets
• The environmental science major works in career services
• The green house is on the left of the white house
• The green house's owner does research
• The person who likes to cook has birds
• The owner of the yellow house likes puzzles
• The student in the center house works in the writing center
• The math major lives in the first hosue
• The student who hikes lives next to the one who keeps cats
• The student who keeps horses lives next to the one who enjoys puzzles
• The student who works in the ARC likes to travel
• The engineering major likes cars
• The math major lives next to the blue house
• The student who likes hiking lives next to the student who is a tutor

Come visit the QSC for the solution!

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the QSC will be closing early this evening. Specifically, at 5:00 pm (January3). We apologize for the inconvenience.

The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program is an opportunity for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed upon degree completion with a Department of Defense facility. The Program will pay for all educational expenses for a B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. degree, and then provide scholars unique opportunities to work as research scientists or engineers on cutting edge technology in world class Department of Defense facilities.

SMART Scholars receive:
• Full tuition and educational fees
• Generous cash stipend ranging from $25,000 - $38,000 per year
• Paid summer internships, health insurance, and miscellaneous allowance
• Employment with Department of Defense facilities after graduation

Students pursuing degrees in the following fields are encouraged to apply:
o Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
o Biosciences
o Chemical Engineering
o Chemistry
o Civil Engineering
o Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences
o Computer, Computational Science, and Computer Engineering
o Electrical Engineering
o Geosciences
o Industrial and Systems Engineering
o Information Sciences
o Materials Science and Engineering
o Mathematics
o Mechanical Engineering
o Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
o Nuclear Engineering
o Oceanography
o Operations Research
o Physics

Basic eligibility requirements are as follows:
o a U.S. citizen at time of application (some exceptions apply),
o 18 years of age or older as of August 1, 2017,
o able to participate in summer internships at DoD laboratories,
o willing to accept post-graduate employment with the DoD,
o a student in good standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and,
o pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in one of the disciplines listed above

The application is currently open and the deadline to apply is December 1st, 2016. For more information and to apply please visit

SMART - Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation - Part of the National Defense Education Program Welcome and thank you for your interest in this exciting scholarship opportunity. The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program has been established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees i...

Nominate an instructor for a Distinguished Teaching Award!

Teaching awards nomination form | Center for Teaching and Learning University of Washington

STEM is having a seminar and mixer on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd. The seminar on the Genomics of Silver Resistance in Escherichia Coli begins at 4pm in the Discovery Hall Makerspace. The mixer begins at 5pm with games. There will be pizza!

The Physics Club at UW Bothell is hosting a Food Drive outside the 3rd Floor STEM offices. Vote for your favorite professor with your staple food donations and win them a chance to teach all day in a Godzilla suit for Halloween! The food drive has officially started and will go until the Friday before Halloween. Professors are encouraged to accept donations during their classes, the professor with the most donated items wins! All donations will benefit Hopelink, a local non-denominational non-profit organization for helping families in need. Thank you and spread the word!

Fun with natural selection: can you keep your bunnies alive and not let them take over the world?
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/natural-selection

Natural Selection Explore natural selection by controlling the environment and causing mutations in bunnies.