June 29, 2009

SWE Events
Edited By: Brian Goessling
Email: speednews@speedcouncil.org
Crossing Borders Symposium: SWE is Website: speedcouncil.org/speednews
holding the Crossing Borders Symposium
on June 27, 2009 from 9:00AM-1:00PM in
Vogt 311. The symposium includes various
seminars, such as Health and Beauty,
Travel Horror Stories, Project Management,
and an International Business Luncheon.
Click the following link to register (limited
registration). Visit www.louisville.edu/rso/
swe to register!
Fourth of July Luncheon: The SWE
Fourth of July Luncheon will be on July 2nd
from 11:00-1:00. Food is $5.00/plate, and
donations are also welcome. Come enjoy
good homecooked food made by the UofL
SWE members!
SWE Summer GBM: The 2nd General
Body Meeting will be held on July 9 from 3-
4 in Vogt 314! Come learn how to become Do you want your society events
posted in the Speed News?
more involved with SWE and about our up- Email Speed News at
coming events in the fall! speednews@speedcouncill.org

Student Council Calendar

For more up to date event listings, check out the Google Calendar at http://speedcouncil.org/calendar
 FE Exam Reminder
The next FE exam is scheduled for Saturday, October 24th. The deadline to
submit an application to the Kentucky State Board for the exam is August
1st. Applications are available at the Kentucky State Board web site at: http://
kyboels.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D65A9132-E41B-4A00-A8F1-688F03D25CA6/0/
fourappl.pdf

Additional information about the exam can be found at the following sites:

http://kyboels.ky.gov/
http://www.els-examreg.org/state_info.php?state=Kentucky
http://www.ncees.org/exams/fundamentals/fe_exam_specs.pdf

Speed School offers a review course during the spring semester for the April

Puzzles Answers:

Four switches can be turned on or off. One is the What can you catch but not throw?
lightswitch for the incandescent overhead light in the
next room, which is initially off, but you don't know
Cold
which. The other three switches do nothing. From the I have holes in my top and bottom, my
room with the switches in it, you can't see whether left and right, and in the middle. But I
the light in the next room is turned on or off. You may still hold water. What am I? Sponge
flip the switches as often and as many times as you
like, but once you enter the next room to check on the Arrange the numbers 1 through 9 on a
light, you must be able to say which switch controls tic tac toe board such that the
the light without flipping the switches any further. numbers in each row, column, and
(And you can't open the door without entering,
diagonal add up to 15.
either!) How can you determine which switch controls
the light? Can you place six X's on a Tic Tac
Turn on switches 3 and 4 and wait fifteen minutes Toe board without making three-in-a-
or so. Then turn switch 3 off, turn switch 2 on, row in any direction?
and enter the room. If the bulb is dark and cool,
switch 1 controls it. If the bulb is bright and cool,
switch 2 controls it. If the bulb is dark and warm,
switch 3 controls it. If the bulb is bright and
warm, switch 4 controls it.