UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

POSTDOCTORAL TEACHING/RESEARCH FELLOW - The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo invites applications for full-time postdoctoral fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year spanning the domains of Transportation, Structural, and Construction Engineering. The positions will be appointed at 80% combined teaching and research with a 20% release for efforts in course development, instructional training, and ad hoc department advising needs. The postdoctoral fellow will engage with campus entities including Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), Office of University Diversity and Inclusivity (OUDI), Grants Development Office (GDO), and Center for Service in Action (CSA) to enhance their teaching and scholarship. We are seeking candidates with expertise in the one or more of these areas: transportation modeling and simulation, travel behavior and forecasting, data science applications/programming, GIS, database and visualization tools, susta...

The campus deadline is  4pm PDT, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021.   All materials, including the two letters of recommendation, must be received by this time at  uclafellowship@grad.ucla.edu .   This is the call for the  2021-22 Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association International Scholarships.  There will be  one  awardee from UCLA, receiving a stipend of $1,000.  The application and faculty recommendation form are attached, as is the application checklist.   Selection criteria: a.       The award is intended for international students  completing  their graduate work.  At UCLA, preference will be given to students formally advanced to doctoral candidacy at the time of application and who plan to return to their home country upon completion of the degree.  Students are only eligible for one award (i.e., previous recipients cannot apply again).  b.       Awardees are expecte...

This is a new position for undergraduate or graduate students that is opening up in the UCLA Biomedical Library. The title is Data Literacy Specialist, it is a part time position of approximately 10 hours/week with an expected duration of 1 academic year, with the possibility to continue. More information can be found in the attached flyer.   Students can apply online and learn more using the following link:  http://bit.ly/ UCLADataLitSpecialist . Deadline to apply is June 1, 2021.

ENGR 160 Assistant/Associate/Full Teaching or Professor of Practice Appointment Type: Faculty Job Description: The College of Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU) in collaboration with the Departments of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE); Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE); and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE), seeks candidates for three full-time term faculty positions at the ranks of Assistant, Associate, or Full Teaching Professor, or Professor of Practice. The primary responsibility for these positions is to teach ISU’s core engineering problem solving/programming course for undeclared engineering majors (ENGR 160, Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving and Computer Applications). Secondary responsibilities for each position are to teach engineering courses that support one of the above department’s undergraduate programs. The successful candidate is an enthusiastic, inspiring, and patient educator who is able to appropriately...

  INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT ANALYST Hazen and Sawyer (Hazen) is a nationally and internationally recognized environmental engineering consulting firm, specializing in the engineering and management of wastewater collection, pumping, treatment, and disposal, stormwater management, water resources, solid and hazardous waste management. The firm has provided water resource related planning and engineering services to clients worldwide for more than 60 years. Hazen’s reputation is based on client service and a continued commitment to quality.  Since 1951, Hazen has been assisting clients facing challenges common among water and wastewater utilities across the country.  Rising costs, aging infrastructure, increasing regulatory requirements, environmental complexities, and a changing workforce; all while continuing to deliver a committed level of service at the lowest life-cycle cost to its customers. Hazen’s Asset Management (AM) services group has assisted numerous clie...

The Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP) is hiring Raters (graduate students) for the 2021-2022  academic year. The TOP is an exam used to test the oral English ability of prospective international graduate student teaching assistants. You are compensated for your time (Raters - $31.25/hour) and get an inside look at instructional development at UCLA. Please see the TOP Rater Position flyer for more information.   If you are interested in this position, please e-mail your application materials as outlined in the flyer to the TOP coordinator ( top@teaching.ucla.edu ) by June 25 th , 2021.

  How to Make an Argument (STEM Focus) This  workshop  will focus on the components of creating an argument. We will talk about incorporating arguments into writing and examine examples of argument structures. Thursday, May 13th, 5:15–6:45 PM This  workshop  will be conducted remotely via Zoom. RSVP on Handshake to receive an invitation:  https://ucla. joinhandshake.com/events/ 733213 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.