UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

  Strategic Reading Workshop on 09/27/2024 and 10/01/2024 Feeling overwhelmed by your reading lists? Concerned that you are missing the point of what you have just read? Are you taking pages of notes for every article you read? This workshop will cover effective reading and note-taking strategies so that you read more efficiently, assess your reading with a critical eye, and annotate each work so that important concepts are easily accessible. Note: This workshop does not teach speed-reading techniques. (1) Friday, September 27th, 12:30-1:45 PM RSVP on Handshake to receive an invitation:  https://ucla. joinhandshake.com/edu/events/ 1573526 (2) Tuesday, October 1st, 5:15-6:30 PM RSVP on Handshake to receive an invitation:  https://ucla.joinhandshake. com/edu/events/1573527 GWC Writing Appointments If you would like to schedule a free one-on-one writing appointment with a writing consultant, please use our online reservation page:  https://gwc.gsrc.ucla. edu/Appoin...

Halliwell is hiring an entry level forensic structural engineer! Halliwell specializes in forensic engineering.  "We work primarily with Insurance Adjusters, Insurance Companies, and Attorneys. They retain us to determine the cause and extent of damage to structures (existing and under construction) damaged by natural and man-made events such as: water, fire, wind, snow, hurricane, hailstorm, earthquake, tree impact, vehicle impact, construction vibration …etc. We normally perform site inspections, and our deliverable is an engineering report of findings. We often (≈35% of the time) have to travel within California as well as out-of-state to the affected structures to perform inspections. My region includes the following states: CA, OR, WA, AZ, NV, and ID. I occasionally travel outside of these states. Forensic engineering is a unique lucrative niche within structural engineering that not many engineers are familiar with. Moreover, Halliwell is a growing company in the western reg...

  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine administers postdoctoral and senior research awards at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the U.S. Space Force (USSF) under the   Air Force Science & Technology Fellowship Program (AF STFP) .   We are seeking highly qualified candidates who are U.S. citizens and hold, or anticipate earning, a doctorate in a variety of fields of science or engineering.   Application deadline dates (four annual review cycles): February 1 May 1 August 1 November 1 Awardees have the opportunity to: Conduct independent research in an area compatible with the interests of the Air Force laboratories Devote full-time effort to research and publication Access the excellent and often unique Air Force research facilities Collaborate with leading scientists and engineers Awardee benefits: Base stipend starting at $95,000/year; ...