UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

Library Digital Research StartUp Partnerships: Summer 2018 The UCLA Library is excited to announce that Digital Research StartUp Partnership Program, DResSUP, will return this summer. The six-week program will take place July 9 – August 17 . Applications are due May 25, with first notifications on June 1. Watch the DResSUP website for application forms. Spring Advanced Research Series Workshops The UCLA Library collaborates with the Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) and the Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) to bring you an exciting series of technology workshops in the Spring Quarter. Some workshops will showcase library content, others will introduce tools, methods and workflows in order to demonstrate ways to design research projects or processes from collecting (or finding) data, through analysis, and, eventually sharing or publication. Most workshops are scheduled on Wednesdays in YRL’s Research Commons Classroom ...

TRI-COUNTIES DINNER  MEETING Monday, April 30, 2018 Networking, Dinner & Presentation Mulligans Cafe & Bar 3500 McCaw Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93105  REGISTER PRESENTATION: COMMON STRUCTURAL ISSUES OBSERVED IN PLAN CHECK   Massoud Abolhoda, S.E., will discuss common issues encountered in plan check of lateral design of wood, steel, concrete and masonry buildings.   SPEAKER: Massoud Abolhoda, S.E. Building and Safety Manager County of Santa Barbara Massoud Abolhoda is a California licensed Structural Engineer. He received his Masters of Science in structural engineering from UCLA in 1981 and his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in 1980. Massoud practiced structural engineering for 8 years before joining the public sector. He led the Building and Safety Divisi...

Monday, March 26th, 12:45–2:15pm Getting Started on the Dissertation This workshop will focus on identifying and improving dissertation structure. We will examine common dissertation structures and discuss strategies for improving organization and flow both within and across articles/chapters of the dissertation. We will also discuss writing process in the sciences, project management, and time management strategies. Please bring an outline of your dissertation or dissertation proposal if you have one. Recommended for people working on their dissertation proposal and people at the early stages of writing their dissertation articles/chapters, but all are welcome.| Biomedical Library Classroom (Center for Health Sciences, 12-177) Tuesday, March 27th, 2:00 – 3:15pm Strategies for Writing Scientific Papers This workshop will focus on strategies for good structure and style in scientific writing. We will review in depth tactics for improving flow, clarity, and...

http://www.cee.ucla.edu/events/cee-200-sec-1-seminar-zheng-yi-wu-special-day-time/ UCLA Civil & Environmental Engineering Department C&EE 200 Section 1 Seminar Structural, Geotechnical and Civil Engineering Materials  Advanced Sensing and Modeling for Infrastructure   Zheng Yi Wu, Ph.D., F. EWRI Bentley Fellow, Bentley Systems, Incorporated With the aging infrastructure in the developed countries and the massive construction of new infrastructure in the developing countries, infrastructure performance is of great concerns on nations’ sustainability. Monitoring and modeling the performance of various infrastructure systems are critical but challenging tasks. This seminar will present an overview of Bentley’s research within the context of infrastructure asset performance modeling, elaborate on our endeavor in developing computational intelligent methods for facilitating monitoring/field testing, extracting information from large datasets, inverse modeling for a...

Top 3 ethical summer volunteering opportunities Volunteering makes you feel great and will spark interest from future employers. When done ethically, you make a direct, positive impact on the people you help. At Quest Overseas, we work together with our local project partners to ensure that our teams of international volunteers work efficiently and responsibly. It’s a two-way deal, you learn to work with African or South American local project staff who open your eyes to their distinct cultures, as you share yours with them. We still ...