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WHAT: Students from the UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering put their undergraduate education to the test when they showcase year-long, commercially viable projects designed to solve everyday challenges at the fall 2009 Senior Design Competition.

WHEN: Wednesday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
All projects will be on display for the duration of the event, with a scheduled break from noon to 1 p.m.

WHERE: Dr. William R. Wells Great Hall (Engineering Complex) at UNLV

DETAILS: The Senior Design Competition is the culminating project for undergraduate engineering students at UNLV. The event, which is judged by local industry representatives, will display novel projects developed by senior students in the electrical and mechanical engineering departments. With thousands of dollars in prize money on the line, the competition also serves to introduce students to the spirit of entrepreneurship and the benefits of commercial application.

A complete list of all 15 projects is available online at http://engineering.unlv.edu.

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The Oscars for business. That’s how Selim Bassoul, president and CEO of food-service equipment maker Middleby describes Ernst & Young’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award program, a multimillion-dollar extravaganza designed to recognize stand-out business leaders regionally, nationally, and internationally. A winner in the distribution and manufacturing industry category in 2004, Lebanese-born Bassoul was asked to serve as a judge the following year and has been doing so ever since. He points out that the program doesn’t limit the definition of entrepreneur to founders. Any active owner or manager primarily responsible for a private or public company’s recent performance who applies will be considered, with growth and profitability in mind. Bassoul say the recession didn’t diminish the quantity or quality of this year’s applications, which amounted to more 1,500 entrepreneurs. Read full story:

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Several government programs are providing grant and funding opportunities for early-stage technology programs and businesses. According to GlobalCrossroadsCapital.com, some areas receiving consideration at this time include

(1) Anti-Cancer Agents
(2) Cancer Biomarkers
(3) Nanotechnologies
(4) Proteomics
(5) Health Information Technology
(6) Pharmacodynamics Assay Development
(7) Manufacturing Processes
(8) Device Development
(9) Detection and Characterization of Proteins, Peptides, and microRNAS
(10) Detection and Evaluation of Chemical and Biological Carcinogens
(11) Technologies and Software to Support Integrative Cancer Biology Research

One such resource for entrepreneurs to research information on available funding opportunities is www.Grants.Gov.

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Save the dates – March 12-13, 2010

 

Nevada Small Farm Conference – Farming for the 21st Century

Fallon Convention Center & Western Nevada College Fallon Campus

This conference is a collaborative effort between WNC Specialty Crop Institute and several Nevada agricultural organizations to provide the best in workshops and speakers.

Conference details and registration forms will be available by early January.

For more information, contact Ann Louhela, Project Director, WNC Specialty Crop Institute
(775) 351-2551 (phone & fax) or visit www.wnc.edu/sci.

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The Internet, the information system that has changed the way we learn, conduct research, do our jobs and connect socially, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

What is now a worldwide phenomenon sprang from a humble network of four university computers, which were part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPANET) created after the Soviets beat America in the space race with the 1957 launch of Sputnik.

“In 1969, it was largely a communication tool for a select number of users who primarily were working in research and defense, and there was no real belief that it would have application beyond top researchers using one computer to communicate with another,” said Steven Zink, vice president of Internet technology at the

University of Nevada, Reno.

Today, it’s a tool for people around the globe to expand their knowledge, embarrass politicians on YouTube, share information with buddies on Facebook and watch Netflix without turning on the TV.

In the future, computers could project holograms and respond to our brain waves, Zink said. The Internet could even transmit information and messages through devices implanted in or worn on our bodies. Read full story:

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