UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

The City of Santa Monica has a couple of open Civil Engineering positions, linked here . The application closes September 9, 2019.

This workshop will discuss strategies for applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Open to US citizens in the Social, Physical, and Biological Sciences, this highly competitive fellowship provides three years of fellowship funding to successful applicants. The workshop will focus on the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria for NSF grants, the structure of the research proposal and personal statement, suggestions for writing style, and tips for Fastlane submission.  Time: Friday, August 30th, 12:00-1:30 PM Location: Career Center, Room 200  (2nd floor)

The Graduate Writing Center is looking to hire writing consultants from across the disciplines to start in Fall 2019. They are very interested in graduate students who have experience with scientific writing and writing successful fellowship/grant applications for organizations such as Ford, NSF, NIH, Fulbright, or other major extramural funding agencies. Other types of writing experience are also relevant (see below). Working at the Graduate Writing Center is a great professional development opportunity for students working toward careers in academia or industry. This work provides a unique opportunity to work with other graduate students and to learn about writing and scholarship across the university. Our consultants gain valuable professional and communication skills working with fellow graduate students while making $22.50/hour. Qualifications and eligibility are described in further detail below (expand this post). Please read them before applying. This work can be combi...

About WELL Water Education for Latino Leaders (WELL), established in 2012, is on a mission to educate local Latino elected officials on water policies to promote timely and equitable actions that ensure a robust economy, healthy communities, and a resilient environment for all Californians. WELL hosts annual conferences, regional workshops, and fellowship programs to educate elected leaders on the most pressing water issues in California. Program Manager Position Description (PM) The Program Manager reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for leading, managing, and evaluating WELL’s educational programming, including annual conferences, regional workshops, and  WELL UnTapped . The Program Manager is responsible for the engagement and recruitment of elected officials t...

This workshop will discuss strategies for applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Open to US citizens in the Social, Physical, and Biological Sciences, this highly competitive fellowship provides three years of fellowship funding to successful applicants. The workshop will focus on the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria for NSF grants, the structure of the research proposal and personal statement, suggestions for writing style, and tips for Fastlane submission.    Thursday, August 1st, 3:00-4:30 PM   Location:  Career Center, room 200    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/Appointments   Please note: only UCLA graduate students are eligible for writing appointments.

The Graduate Programs in Bioscience is proud to host the Fourth Annual Grad Fair and CSU Summer Symposium at UCLA! This recruitment event will feature a Graduate Fair and CSU Poster Session. During the event, STEM PhD programs, faculty, and campus resource centers will have a chance to advertise their programs and services to local CSU students and UCLA Summer Program participants who are considering applying to graduate programs at UCLA. Following the Grad Fair, the CSU Symposium poster session will highlight research being conducted by Cal State Students who participate in capstone research programs. Event Details Date: August 12, 2019 Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM Location: Geffen Hall (B36) Agenda 1:00 – 1:20 Welcome 1:20 – 3:00 Tabling 2:00 – 3:00 Poster Session 

An opening has been listed for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate for a $1.5M X-Grant project led by Professor Wendy Jepson of the Department of Geography at Texas A&M University. This position will be ad-locked to the Bush School under the supervision of Dr. Rob Greer. Individuals with water governance experience and a social science background or economic geographers interested in finance, technology/innovation, and globalization would be very welcome. Quantitative skills, and/or experience with social network analysis a plus. Here is the posting: https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_External/job/College-Station-TAMU/Postdoctoral-Research-Associate_R-021582 Here is information on the project: https://urbanwaterpathways.org/