UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

Great panel discussion TONIGHT on future of biking in LA Come hear about the future of biking in LA in an event with free food and an amazing panel... Panelists: Erick Jansen of the LA County Bicycle Coalition, Lauren Grabowski at LA Metropolitan Transportation Authority , Nat Gale of LA City Department of Transportation, and Professor Suzanne Paulson of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. The panel will be moderated by UCLA Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer Bonny Bentzin. Time: TONIGHT Wednesday the 16th. Refreshments will be served at 6 pm, panel begins at 7 pm.  Location: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2355 Organizer: UCLA Bike Coalition Refreshments will be served at 6.

Join The Green Initiative Fund as we celebrate innovation in sustainability! This quarter, student teams have been developing proposals covering a range of on-campus sustainability project. At our Demo Day, they will present their proposals for a panel of judges who will choose one team to receive up to $50,000 to implement their project! *Engage with on-campus sustainability organizations* *Activities and raffle prizes*   *Food will be served!* Facebook event RSVP here

The HHMI undergraduate researchers of The Ozcan Research Group at UCLA will present their most recent work on Monday at CNSI. This seminar-style-event will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and free to everyone at UCLA.

  SPRING EDUCATION PROGRAM Join Us For A 1 Day Education Event focused on   Updates in the Wood Code and Design Innovations and ASCE 41-17 Updates and Examples  Friday, June 1, 2018, 8:00am-3:40pm   Registration Opens at 7:30am. Continental Breakfast and Lunch is provided    The Grand Event Center  4101 East Willow Street, Long Beach, CA 90815 Cost: $215 Member | $430 Non-Member Sponsorship: $500: Tabletop Exhibit Display **Students with valid ID receive 50% discount off Member price**    Click Here to Register or Visit website at www.seaosc.org   Updates in the Wood Code and Design Innovations: The wood presentations will commence with an overview of significant changes and commonly overlooked provisions in the 2016 CBC, 2015 NDS & SDPWS and provide an overview ...

At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, our own Judea Pearl will be giving a talk at the Young Research Library as part of the UCLA Library Writer Series . Judea has a new book, intended for a general audience: “The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect.” This is a special occasion to hear about an emerging line of research from one of our most distinguished faculty members. As engineers and computer scientists, we’re familiar with writing research papers, conference proceedings and even textbooks in our specific fields. Much rarer is it to step beyond those familiar boundaries and write for a broad audience. But that’s what Judea has done here – connecting the science of causality with everyday lives and explaining how experts in disparate fields can start to use these insights. For those of you not familiar with Judea , he is one of the world’s most influential figures in computer science, in particular in artificial intelligence, dating back to when he joined ...

  SPRING EDUCATION PROGRAM Join Us For A 1 Day Education Event focused on   Updates in the Wood Code and Design Innovations and ASCE 41-17 Updates and Examples  Friday, June 1, 2018, 8:00am-3:40pm   Registration Opens at 7:30am. Continental Breakfast and Lunch is provided    The Grand Event Center  4101 East Willow Street, Long Beach, CA 90815 Cost: $215 Member | $430 Non-Member Sponsorship: $500: Tabletop Exhibit Display **Students with valid ID receive 50% discount off Member price**    Click Here to Register or Visit website at www.seaosc.org   Updates in the Wood Code and Design Innovations: The wood presentations will commence with an overview of significant changes and commonly overlooked provisions in the 2016 CBC, 2015 NDS & SDPWS and provide an overview of the changes in the 2018 IBC and NDS. The second part ...

UCLA First-Gen Graduate Student Council Presents: A First-Gen Graduate Student Celebration - Rewriting the 1st-Gen Identity Being a first-generation graduate student is an accomplishment that should be acknowledged. Come celebrate your experiences and achievements as we rewrite what it means to be first-generation in grad school. Tuesday, May 8, 2018 5:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Weyburn Commons (Graduate Student Housing) - Village View Room (4th Floor) (Section C7/C8 of the UCLA campus map ) Free Dinner and Giveaways! Free T-Shirts for First 75 Attendees! Space is limited.  RSVP here . UCLA campus map The nearest parking to Weyburn Commons is in Structure 32 (Section D8 on the map) or Lot 36 (Section D8/D9) If you already have a UCLA parking permit, you may park in either structure after 4:30pm.   For questions, please contact:  firstgengradbruins@gmail.com . First-Gen Graduate Student Celebration Flyer.jpg