Hey again guys,
We're so excited to be back here posting again. Looks like the time spent coding this summer was well worth it! Although it was a bit of a roller-coaster ride, we finally submitted our final submission to the Google Android Developer Challenge (ADC) about a month ago. The results have just been released, and Ecorio (formerly Eco2go) has placed in the Top 10 out of the Top 50 in the Google ADC! (http://code.google.com/android/adc_gallery/index.html)
We are incredibly excited about the opportunities to come in the next few months, and really look forward to seeing our work installed on Android phones in time for the holiday season.
Thanks to all of you who have sent your congrats, and to those of you who tested (or offered to, but ran out of time) - Fahd, Shruthi, Cheng, Kristen, Karen, Yoyo... forgive me if I've missed anyone!
Stay tuned to our website ecorio.org for new updates!
Rob
Taneem
Jeff
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
08sys wins Google Android Developer Challenge
Hey Everyone,
I hope you're all enjoying your vacation. :-)
I justed wanted to let you all know that three of your classmates have made it to the Final 50 of the Google Android Developer Competition (ADC)! We were selected out of 1700+ competitors from around the world and are very excited about our prospects for future app development. In the next few days, we're going to update our website at http://eco2go.org a bit to tell you all what our app is about.
Just wanted to thank you all for your feedback and support. The learning opportunities that Systems Design, and you have provided to us over the past years has been invaluable. Wish us best of luck for the next round!
See you at Convocation! :-D
Rob
Taneem
Jeff
eco2go.org
I hope you're all enjoying your vacation. :-)
I justed wanted to let you all know that three of your classmates have made it to the Final 50 of the Google Android Developer Competition (ADC)! We were selected out of 1700+ competitors from around the world and are very excited about our prospects for future app development. In the next few days, we're going to update our website at http://eco2go.org a bit to tell you all what our app is about.
Just wanted to thank you all for your feedback and support. The learning opportunities that Systems Design, and you have provided to us over the past years has been invaluable. Wish us best of luck for the next round!
See you at Convocation! :-D
Rob
Taneem
Jeff
eco2go.org
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Mel, Graeme and Phil's summer travel blog
Hey everyone,
As some of you know already, Graeme, Phil and I will be doing some extensive traveling this summer. I have been putting together a blog that we will be using this summer... It's under construction at the moment, but feel free to have a look. It'll document our travels and our stories for the summer, so have a look and enjoy!
http://asummerofadventures.blogspot.com/
Melissa
As some of you know already, Graeme, Phil and I will be doing some extensive traveling this summer. I have been putting together a blog that we will be using this summer... It's under construction at the moment, but feel free to have a look. It'll document our travels and our stories for the summer, so have a look and enjoy!
http://asummerofadventures.blogspot.com/
Melissa
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Design projects
Just as a quick survey, how far is everyone in their design projects? Like timeline wise, how much work do you think is left before your particular project is ready for demo day? Post in the replies.
For those not in our class, Systems Design students spend their entire fourth year in school developing innovative projects that range from process improvements to software platforms that demonstrate stuff they've learned in class and on coop. You can read more about them here:
http://www.systems.uwaterloo.ca/workshop_index.htm
For those not in our class, Systems Design students spend their entire fourth year in school developing innovative projects that range from process improvements to software platforms that demonstrate stuff they've learned in class and on coop. You can read more about them here:
http://www.systems.uwaterloo.ca/workshop_index.htm
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
What to do, What to do.....
First off:
Kudos to Andrew for getting this going - if there's a class that could keep 90 people in touch, it's definitely 08SYS.
Where am I headed - likely Mechanical Building Design around the Golden Horseshoe region with affiliates around the world. Entertainment complexes, stadiums, arenas, rec. centres. It's my hand in the Entertainment industry. It's not quite behind a video camera as I had imagined it back in Grade 11, but after 5 years of Systems, I can't see myself doing some nerdy engineering work.
Oh, Life...
How important it is to keep in touch while our paths diverge - just think of the memories we'll be able to joke about during reunions.
Speaking of memory preservation, how appropriate that I'm currently working on the Yearbook and on the Class Video.
It's going to be amazing. We have shared so many awesome memories together. Too many to fit in 14 pages of yearbook nor 20 mins of video!
Kudos to Andrew for getting this going - if there's a class that could keep 90 people in touch, it's definitely 08SYS.
Where am I headed - likely Mechanical Building Design around the Golden Horseshoe region with affiliates around the world. Entertainment complexes, stadiums, arenas, rec. centres. It's my hand in the Entertainment industry. It's not quite behind a video camera as I had imagined it back in Grade 11, but after 5 years of Systems, I can't see myself doing some nerdy engineering work.
Oh, Life...
How important it is to keep in touch while our paths diverge - just think of the memories we'll be able to joke about during reunions.
Speaking of memory preservation, how appropriate that I'm currently working on the Yearbook and on the Class Video.
It's going to be amazing. We have shared so many awesome memories together. Too many to fit in 14 pages of yearbook nor 20 mins of video!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Introductions
Alright, so to start off (and as an intro for future blog readers), I guess we could each start with a quick overview of our last few years in school, anything interesting we've been involved in and our plans for at least the immediate future (or a discussion about the alternatives we're considering). So, here goes (please feel free to write something else if you don't feel like intro-ing yourself):
I'm Andrew (some call me Drew, or Dr. U if you're really old school). The last 5 years have definitely been the highlight of my life. Got the chance to know some fantastic people, live and work in some cool places and develop some new interests.
A play a little saxophone (tenor), guitar and sing (blues). I've played basketball and soccer since I could walk, and recently got into scuba diving, rock climbing and dragon boating (while at UW).
I picked up the travel bug on my 3rd workterm when I went to Kaufbeuren (read: tiny Bavarian farm town), Germany. I went on weekend trips to Poland, Austria, Switzerland, France and Czech and then hit the further away spots after I finished work. In 3rd year, I went on exchange to Singapore, and managed to attend school between trips to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, China and India.
This summer, I'm planning on spending a few weeks volunteering with Global Vision International in South Africa, helping researchers with a predator tracking project. After that, I'm hoping to work as a Program Assistant at Shad Valley in July, head to the UK for a couple of weeks and then start my job at consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Toronto in September.
Here are some stats for record keeping:
Co-op terms
General Motors - Truck Plant Project Engineering Student (Winter & Fall 2004)
Sensor-Technik Wiedemann - Electronics Designer (Summer 2005)
Xerox Research - Materials Research Instrumentation Designer (Winter 2006)
PricewaterhouseCoopers - Corporate Finance/M&A Analyst (Fall 2006)
McKinsey& Company - Summer Business Analyst (Summer 2007)
Recommended Electives
KIN 100 (Human Anatomy: Limbs and Trunk - cadaver labs are super cool and useful
KIN 255 (Intro to Psychomotor Behaviour) - very interesting, very easy
KIN 301 (Neuroanatomy) - very interesting labs, but one of the hardest courses I've taken
KIN 341 (Injuries in Work and Sport) - cool course if you've ever been hurt playing sports
PHIL 226 (Ethics and the Life Sciences) - awesome course taught by Brian Orend
ECON 101/102 (Intro to Micro and Macroeconomics) - gotta do them with Larry Smith
HE 303, exchange (The Chinese Economy) - great course if you're headed to NTU in Singapore
MSCI 421 (Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation) - probably the most worthwhile MSCI course I've come accross
BUS 432W (Consumer Behaviour) - fantastic course with Shirley Lichti at Laurier
SYDE 556 (Simulating Neurobiological Systems) - great prof, cutting edge material, very hard assignments
I'm Andrew (some call me Drew, or Dr. U if you're really old school). The last 5 years have definitely been the highlight of my life. Got the chance to know some fantastic people, live and work in some cool places and develop some new interests.
A play a little saxophone (tenor), guitar and sing (blues). I've played basketball and soccer since I could walk, and recently got into scuba diving, rock climbing and dragon boating (while at UW).
I picked up the travel bug on my 3rd workterm when I went to Kaufbeuren (read: tiny Bavarian farm town), Germany. I went on weekend trips to Poland, Austria, Switzerland, France and Czech and then hit the further away spots after I finished work. In 3rd year, I went on exchange to Singapore, and managed to attend school between trips to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, China and India.
This summer, I'm planning on spending a few weeks volunteering with Global Vision International in South Africa, helping researchers with a predator tracking project. After that, I'm hoping to work as a Program Assistant at Shad Valley in July, head to the UK for a couple of weeks and then start my job at consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Toronto in September.
Here are some stats for record keeping:
Co-op terms
General Motors - Truck Plant Project Engineering Student (Winter & Fall 2004)
Sensor-Technik Wiedemann - Electronics Designer (Summer 2005)
Xerox Research - Materials Research Instrumentation Designer (Winter 2006)
PricewaterhouseCoopers - Corporate Finance/M&A Analyst (Fall 2006)
McKinsey& Company - Summer Business Analyst (Summer 2007)
Recommended Electives
KIN 100 (Human Anatomy: Limbs and Trunk - cadaver labs are super cool and useful
KIN 255 (Intro to Psychomotor Behaviour) - very interesting, very easy
KIN 301 (Neuroanatomy) - very interesting labs, but one of the hardest courses I've taken
KIN 341 (Injuries in Work and Sport) - cool course if you've ever been hurt playing sports
PHIL 226 (Ethics and the Life Sciences) - awesome course taught by Brian Orend
ECON 101/102 (Intro to Micro and Macroeconomics) - gotta do them with Larry Smith
HE 303, exchange (The Chinese Economy) - great course if you're headed to NTU in Singapore
MSCI 421 (Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation) - probably the most worthwhile MSCI course I've come accross
BUS 432W (Consumer Behaviour) - fantastic course with Shirley Lichti at Laurier
SYDE 556 (Simulating Neurobiological Systems) - great prof, cutting edge material, very hard assignments
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Welcome
Hey everyone,
Welcome to our blog. This project was started as a project by the University of Waterloo Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) graduating class of 2008 and will hopefully serve at least 3 purposes:
1) A resource for prospective students interested in knowing what SYDE students do once they leave Waterloo.
2) A resource for current SYDE classes who want to know what opportunities await them
3) An avenue for our class to keep in touch, keep tabs on each other and hear about each others' adventures and careers as they develop
As a bit of background, we received our iron rings just over a week ago and just got back from reading week. Our class traveled to such exciting destinations as Cuba, Hawaii and even downtown Kitchener.
We are now in the home stretch of our degree, finishing up our 4th year design projects and planning our lives after graduation (applying to jobs, grad schools or planning travels). This is an exciting time for all of us and we'll keep you up to date on how it turns out.
Welcome to our blog. This project was started as a project by the University of Waterloo Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) graduating class of 2008 and will hopefully serve at least 3 purposes:
1) A resource for prospective students interested in knowing what SYDE students do once they leave Waterloo.
2) A resource for current SYDE classes who want to know what opportunities await them
3) An avenue for our class to keep in touch, keep tabs on each other and hear about each others' adventures and careers as they develop
As a bit of background, we received our iron rings just over a week ago and just got back from reading week. Our class traveled to such exciting destinations as Cuba, Hawaii and even downtown Kitchener.
We are now in the home stretch of our degree, finishing up our 4th year design projects and planning our lives after graduation (applying to jobs, grad schools or planning travels). This is an exciting time for all of us and we'll keep you up to date on how it turns out.
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