The purpose of the Graduate Equity Fellowship is to encourage and assist students in their pursuit and completion of master’s degrees and careers. This fellowship is available only to California resident students admitted and enrolled in a master’s degree program. Credential-only candidates are not eligible.

As primarily a needs-based scholarship program, students must demonstrate a minimum financial need of $1,000.  In order to find out if they are eligible to receive financial aid, students must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) via http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ and submit it to the Financial Aid Office.  A copy of the FAFSA form must be attached to the Graduate Equity Fellowship Program application form.

Under the Graduate Equity Fellowship Program, awards of up to $3,000 are made to graduate students admitted and enrolled in a master’s degree program at San José State University for the 2013-2014 academic year.  Students must be enrolled in both academic terms and complete a minimum of 6 units in each term.  These 12 units must appear on the special Petition for Advancement to Graduate Candidacy designed expressly for this fellowship program.  Further requirements are set forth in the application.

Applications will be reviewed by the Graduate Fellowship Program Committee and eligibility will be assessed on the basis of financial need and scholastic excellence.  If applicable, any educational barriers the applicant overcame will be considered.  Research interests/experience and service to the community (including the campus community) will also be considered.  The completed applications are due in Graduate Studies & Research, Administration Building, Room 223B, no later than Monday, June24, 2012, at 4:00 pm.   Fellowship awards will be announced by Monday, August 26, 2013, and are subject to funding availability.

Instructor: Prof. Slobodan Simic, simic@math.sjsu.edu

Time and place:  MW 1:30-2:45 in MH 234

Prerequisite: Math 133A or instructor consent

Textbook: M. W. Hirsch, S. Smale, and R. L. Devaney, Dierential Equations,
Dynamical Systems and an Introduction to Chaos, 3rd edition, Academic
Press (Elsevier), 2013

What this course is about: It has long been known that only a miniscule fraction of dierential equations can be solved explicitly. Since the sciences and engineering – as well as mathematics – abound in important “unsolvable” differential equations, we need other ways for understanding their solutions. This is where geometry, topology, and computers come to the rescue! Following pioneering ideas of Poincare, we focus on qualitative analysis and ask: what is the asymptotic behavior of  “typical” solutions? In Math 134 we will view dierential equations as dynamical systems, i.e., systems which change with time. We will explore the van der Pol oscillator, the Lorentz attractor (both pictured above), the Solar system, and many more. After taking Math 134 you will nally be able to understand how Ian Malcolm the Chaos Expert from \Jurassic Park” saved the world from dinosaurs!

Web page: Go to http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~simic/ and click on Math 134.

Note:  This class is not offered very often.  So sign up for it this semester.

Hello College of Science!

I just wanted to remind you that the Job and Internship EXPO ’13 is next Tuesday, February 26^th.  Event info is below and attached is the final list of employers and the positions for which they are recruiting.

Some particular employers of interest may be:

Central Contra Costa Sanitary District

NASA Ames Research Center

Symantec Corporation

Brocade Communications Systems

Recruiting for such positions as:

Environmental Laboratory Co-op (73964)

Associate Business Analyst (73824)

Internships

For full position descriptions, students may sign into SparaJobs.

EXPO ‘13 Job & Internship Fair

Get Connected! Meet with employers anticipating internship and/or career opportunities in business and technical fields. Open to SJSU students and registered alumni in all majors. Complete the online Job Fair Success webshop by 2/25 @ 5 p.m. to increase your marketability and to obtain Early Bird Access. Business casual or professional business dress strongly recommended. The Job & Internship Fair will take place at the Event Center.

TU  2/26 Noon–2 p.m. SJSU Students & Registered Alumni   with Early Bird Access only *

2 p.m.–5p.m.**  All SJSU Students & Registered Alumni *

* Tower Card or Career Center Membership Required

** Last Admittance at 4:30 p.m.

Best,

Megan Bradley

San José State University, Career Center

One Washington Square

San Jose, CA 95192-0032

(408) 924-6019

http://careercenter.sjsu.edu