Attention undergrad students! This is a great opportunity for undergrad students to be involved in ongoing campus sustainability projects and get great experience (including improving English for ESL students)!!! SPARTA (Students Planning Advanced Retrofit Technology Applications) is a registered student organization in College of Engineering that focuses on applying the most cost effective retrofit technology applications for the targeted buildings around MSU campus. Join SPARTA, you will work with other undergrad students, grad students, engineering faculties (Dr. Richard Lunt and Dr. Rubbeca Anthony), and school policy makers on real world projects that will reduce energy consumption of campus buildings with innovative technology such as solar energy. This year, we have 4 projects: 1. Solar Planning: using MATLAB to simulate the electricity generation and comparing to measured data. 2. Window Film: using the knowledge of energy balance and measured data to create a model for calculating the energy saving by using window film. 3. LED Lighting: developing MATLAB script and analyzing measured electricity usage data. 4. Data mining: choosing appropriate load monitoring devices to collect electricity consumption. We also need a website editor (you do not need to be a professional, just have the basic blogging knowledge is enough.) All the projects are in different developing phases and the work can be easy or difficult. We will find the right work to fit your interests and skill sets, and we will teach you things that you have not known. Just be passionate and curious! Please email me back at [log in to unmask] if interested, or attend our regular meeting at 4:30pm Mondays and Wednesdays in Room 2555D in the Engineering Building. All level and majors are welcome!!! Thank you! Yunhua -- Yunhua Ding Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering Michigan State University Email: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] ================================================================ To Subscribe or Unsubscribe CSSAMSU mailing list, please go to: http://list.msu.edu/archives/cssamsu.html Click "Join or leave the list". For further assistance, please contact Jerry McAllister [log in to unmask] ================================================================