UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

Conference Proposals and Presentations in the Sciences Thi s workshop will cover strategies for presenting at conferences. We will address how to effectively prepare the abstract, figures, and PowerPoint slides as well as appropriate structure, content, and format for a conference presentation. We will specifically discuss the 10-minute talk format and how that structure can also be adapted for longer talks.  Tuesday, May 5th, 5:10-7:00pm Location: Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center (basement level)

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Last Workshop of Spring 2015 Academic Services will offer the last ETD workshop of the school year.  The session will address both Master’s and Doctoral filers on policies and procedures related to filing. Even though the session is sold out, please feel free to attend the session.   Tuesday, April 28, 2015 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Royce Hall 314

CDM Smith is a full service engineering and construction firm and specialize in providing lasting and integrated solutions in water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities to public and private clients worldwide.   Currently their Carlsbad, CA Office is looking to hire and Environmental Engineer on to their team. They are looking for an upcoming Bachelor’s or Master’s graduate in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering who also has a strong interest in the water industry. This individual would be assisting on various water based projects performing civil design work utilizing design programs such as AutoCAD.    Link: https://jobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25038&siteid=5223&AReq=14796br&code=professorreferral  

2015 Commencement Reminder Ticket Ordering starts April 28th and ends May 12th. Link: CLICK HERE

Self-Editing Strategies for Non-Native Speakers of English This workshop will provide concrete strategies and online tools to enable non-native speakers of English to make appropriate vocabulary choices and approach issues like article and preposition usage in their own writing projects. Friday, May 1st, 12:00-1:45pm Location: Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center (basement level)  

Dear UCLA Graduate Students, The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is currently reviewing the University of California, Los Angeles' compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, known as "Title IX." Title IX prohibits sex discrimination, including sexual harassment. Sexual violence, such as rape, and sexual assault, battery, and coercion, is a form of sexual harassment. Universities are required to respond promptly and effectively to address sexual harassment, including sexual violence, and also to take certain steps to prevent it. OCR staff will be on the UCLA campus April 28-30, 2015 to hear from students. OCR plans to speak with certain student groups during pre-scheduled meetings. OCR also invites all students to drop in and meet with OCR staff during office hours. I am writing to you because OCR has scheduled focus groups for Graduate students at the following times: Teacher Assistants-Wed, April 29 at 9:00 a...

When: April 25 th  2015 – 12:00PM – 5:00PM Where: UCLA - Boelter Hall - Room: Penthouse -  http://goo.gl/maps/0CCV2   Registration: http://leadinggreen.ca/UCLA Interested in getting involved in the Green Building Industry? Opportunities are plentiful in the field of sustainable design and LEED is at its forefront.   LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is simply a green-rating point system, or a scorecard. The more energy efficient and sustainable a building is, the more points it will earn. To date, this course and its materials have proven to be instrumental in helping over 3000 students pass their respective exam at a 100% pass rate. This course is offered at a quarter of the price and time as the competition and is geared at allowing students to graduate with letters after their name!   Just as Buildings can be LEED certified, people in the sustainable construction industry can become LEED Prof...

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of twenty-six cities and water districts that provides drinking water to nearly 19 million people in Southern California.   Metropolitan’s mission is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high quality water to meet current and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way.   Metropolitan’s facilities include the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct, five conventional water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 2.6 billion gallons per day, nine surface water reservoirs, 800 miles of pipeline, and 16 hydroelectric power plants. The Supply Acquisition Team is seeking a highly-motivated individual who will focus on the implementation of water recycling and groundwater recovery projects, water supply purchases, storage programs, and water exchanges.   This position will be involved in many facets of water resource planning, including assisting in the p...

Please join us this Thursday, April 23rd from 3-4pm at the UCLA Career Center (3rd Floor of the Strathmore Building) for a "Writing your CV for Graduate Students workshop! This workshop will cover the basic strategies for writing a strong CV for academic positions. Topics will also include the difference between a CV and resume, how to convert your CV into a resume and how to prioritize sections within your CV. You may RSVP for this event through your Bruin view account ( https://secure.career.ucla.edu/BruinViewLogin/Login.aspx ).

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute UCLA Student Chapter seeks graduate student president for upcoming year: UCLA's EERI student chapter will hold the final meeting of the year on Thursday (4/23) in 4275 Boelter Hall at 6pm. You do not need to be an EERI member to attend. Officer elections for the 2015-2016 academic year will be held, and the President position must be held by a graduate student conducting earthquake engineering research. Please attend the meeting if you are interested, or contact Ben Turner ( benjt11@gmail.com ) for more info. Other officer positions are available as well. In addition to the officer elections and free dinner, this meeting serves as our first annual "Seismic Research Showcase." Three UCLA PhD students conducting seismic research will give brief presentations on the importance of their work and will be available to answer questions for undergraduate students considering pursuing a research degree: Sunai Kim, ...

NASA is extending an opportunity to college and university teams to propose small spacecraft technology projects that they can conduct in collaboration with NASA researchers. The Smallsat Technology Partnerships solicitation is being issued by the Small Spacecraft Technology Program as an appendix to the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s NASA Research Announcement for 2015. NASA expects to competitively select about eight projects from among those proposed by university teams, which can form proposal partnerships with researchers from any of NASA’s ten field centers. Awards for each project will include up to $100,000 to each university team per year. In addition, NASA will fund the time for one NASA employee to work with each selected team. Project funding is for one year with the potential to continue for a second year. Proposed projects could involve laboratory work to advance a particular spacecraft technology or the development of a new smallsat. NASA will be accep...

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese welcomes UCLA graduate students interested and qualified to teach a Spanish or Portuguese course at UCLA to complete and submit the TA application. Please email ceesao@seas.ucla.edu for the application. Submissions are due Friday, May 1, 2015 at 4:00pm.

2015 Commencement Deadline Approaching Special Request to Participate in Commencement form is due April 24th! Form is required for students who will graduate in Summer or Fall 2015.  Link: CLICK HERE

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni. We created an online form for you to easily communicate your achievements or the achievements of other CEE constituents to the department so that we may provide recognition. Where is the form located? CEE Department Website > Resources Tab > Achievements http://www.cee.ucla.edu/resources/achievements Who should use this form? Alumni, Faculty, Post-Docs, Students, Student Organizations, Visiting Scholars, and other CEE constituents How long does it take to fill out the form? Less than 3 minutes! How will the submitted information be shared? The CEE SAO may share the submitted information on the CEE Department Website, on the CEE Graduate Student Blog, with CEE faculty, in various CEE publications, and more! May I submit a form on behalf of someone else? YES! Should I submit past achievements? This form is meant to share current achiev...

2015 International Institute Graduate Student Conference April 17th, from 8:30AM-4:15PM in Kerckhoff Hall Reception will follow UCLA's International Institute Graduate Student Conference will be held on April 17th, from 8:30AM-4:15PM in Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon and State Rooms.  Numerous papers will be presented throughout the day by UCLA graduate students of all fields whose work is related to the international and transnational scope of the International Institute. Papers presented will primarily tackle issues of Regional and Area Studies, International Relations, International Development, Transnational Approaches to Domestic Issues, and the Humanities in a global context. The event will be open to the public, and all interested parties are encouraged to attend. A reception will be held following the conclusion of the event at 4:15PM. Please RSVP by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. More info: http://web.international.ucla.edu/insti...

UCLA Civil Engineering Alumni is looking for graduate students who are interested in transportation research in summer at Cal Poly Pomona under my supervision. Each student will receive $3,000. The program is for nine weeks that also includes workshops where the student will learn traffic safety and management, traffic simulation and operation, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), and mobile applications in transportation.  Applications are due on May 15. For details, here is the link. http://www.ucconnect.berkeley.edu/workforce-development/ucconnect-summer-research-program-cal-poly-pomona

UCLA's  Green Screens Film Festival   JAMES BRIDGES THEATER AT UCLA Come learn about important ​sustainability topics! April 21st- 24th (doors at 7 pm) Q & A to follow every film Fun  giveaways Opening night gala Food on select dates FREE  & Open to the public! Trailer:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6uVFVb1N6M&feature=youtu.be Faceboo k:  https://www.facebook.com/events/366095986924036/ Eventbrite:   h ttp:// www.eventbrite.com/e/green-screens-an-environmental-film-festival-at-ucla-tickets-16419057844 This student-run event is hosted by the GSA Sustainable Resource Center, GSA Melnitz Movies, and E3!

Preparing a Conference Poster in the Sciences This workshop will cover strategies for preparing and presenting a poster at conferences. We will address how to write an abstract for a poster presentation and general content and structure of presented posters. We will also discuss how to use PowerPoint to format a poster.  Tuesday, April 21st, 5:10-6:15pm Location: Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center (basement level)  

ATTN Grad Students Opportunity to partner with a current MBA student I'm looking for a technical co-founder to commercialize any existing patents, products, and/or research in a new venture. My name is Audrey and I'm an Anderson MBA grad. The end goal of the business is IPO or exit via strategic buyers with a timeline of 3-7 years with early stage fundings. I have successfully helped multiple business get listed on NYSX and TSX. I'm looking for a new venture and a co-founder with the same dedication and passion for brining disruptive technology to push the business forward. Anyone having ideas, skills and/or products, please feel free to contact me at Audrey.wang.2015@anderson.ucla.edu .

Featured UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Gil Hurwitz, PhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering Principal Research and Applications Engineer Water Planet Engineering Dr. Gil Hurwitz has been a UCLA alumnus since 2006 when he graduated with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering. He continued his studies at UCLA, which culminated in both MS and PhD degrees in Environmental Engineering. Since his graduation in 2012, Gil has been working for the water technology start-up firm Water Planet Engineering as their Principal Research and Applications Engineer with the focus of providing novel technology for the treatment of heavily polluted industrial wastewater. Gil is one of the primary inventors of a novel treatment control software as well as the lead developer for their line of produced water treatment systems. Keli Callahan, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Vice President, Project Manager, Carollo Engineers, Inc. Ms. Ca...

Writing the Personal Statement This workshop will cover strategies for writing personal statements for fellowship applications, internships, and Ph.D. programs. Among other topics, we will discuss organization, introductions and conclusions, and use of examples. Students from all schools and departments are welcome to attend. If you are currently working on a personal statement, we encourage you to bring your draft to the workshop. Thursday, April 16th, 5:30-7:00pm   ( ical ) Location: Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center (basement level)  

The Bruin Career Connections Fair on Wed. 4/15 (11am-3pm, Ackerman Grand Ballroom) will feature over 20 employers seeking interns or entry-level employees for Engineering positions.  Employers include Belkin, NASA, Thales, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Boeing, Materia, and many more.  Don’t miss out on the last career fair of the year! Employers Hiring for Engineering Positions: Organization Name (Sorted Descending) Overview Majors Recruited Degree Levels Recruited Position Types Job Function Belkin International, Inc. Belkin International, Inc., is an American manufacturer of consumer electronics that specializes in connectivity devices. Headquartered in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California,[2] it sells various consumer and commercial product lines, including routers, iPod and iPhone accessories, mobile computing accessories, surge protectors, network switches, hubs, (USB and computer network) cables, KVM switches...

ATTN CEE Graduate Students If you plan to graduate and walk in the 2014-2015 commencement ceremony and/or would like to be included in the commencement publication please read the below post thoroughly and carefully as there are items that require your action . ___________________________________________________________________________________ Who may participate in the 2014-2015 Commencement Ceremony? Students with graduation term... Summer 2014: Eligible, if did not participate in 2013-2014 ceremony via special request Fall 2014: Eligible, if did not participate in 2013-2014 ceremony via special request Winter 2015: Eligible, as long as you completed Civil Engineering degree requirements Spring 2015: Eligible, as long as you will complete Civil Engineering degree requirements by end of Spring term Summer 2015: Eligible via special request Fall 2015: Eligible ...

Nominations are now being accepted for 2014-2015 student awards! Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Outstanding Student Awards Details: One award each: BS, MS, PhD Student Instructions: If you are interested in being nominated for one of these awards please contact a faculty member to complete the nomination process. E ligibility: CEE student with minimum GPA of 3.50 at time of nomination. Must be a Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Winter 2015, or Spring 2015 degree candidate. Student must display superior academic achievement and have made significant contributions to the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. Process: Faculty must submit nomination form (all CEE faculty were emailed form) with supporting documentation to BH 5732-A, Jesse’s mailbox in BH 5732, or via email to CEESAO@seas.ucla.edu by April 17, 2015 . Documents to be submitted with nomination : Nomination form (all CEE faculty were emailed form), supporting letter from faculty, studen...

WINTER 2015 GRADES AVAILABLE APRIL 12, 2015 First day to obtain GPA for term grades through MyUCLA!

  Important Enrollment Deadline: Friday, April 10, 2014 This Friday, April 10th at 5:00pm your study list will become official.  It is important that you double check your enrollment by logging into MyUCLA . Friday is the LAST DAY: - To change Study List (add, drop courses) without fee through MyUCLA - To enroll in courses for credit without late Study List fee through MyUCLA - To file graduate leave of absence petition with Graduate Division Academic Services    For questions contact the CEE SAO, Jesse Murphy, at CEESAO@seas.ucla.edu