I hope everyone is doing well.

At the University of Colorado Boulder, the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering department is pleased to share an opening for a funded Ph.D. position that will be focused on improving construction safety on jobsites. We have attached a flyer that provides details on the funding source, academic team at CU, and minimum qualification requirements. What makes this opportunity unique is the prospective student would be working on a project funded by an alliance of 80+ construction companies donating to further the mission to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities from the workplace. Therefore, the student would not only get to work with a dynamic team of nearly 15 faculty members and research assistants at Boulder, CO but also engage with leaders of the industry on a regular basis while conducting cutting edge interdisciplinary work. For more information, please visit:  https://www.csra.colorado.edu/.

We would really appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with your students. The flyer attached provides more pertinent details on the opportunity and how to apply. Please contact: siddharth.bhandari@colorado.edu for any questions.

Thank you,

Sid.

Dear PhD Students,

Applications due June 15, 2022

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On September 27-30, 2022, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Michigan, and Georgia Tech will co-host the 2022 NextProf Nexus future faculty workshop on Berkeley’s campus.

This program aims to diversify the engineering professoriate by bringing together 40+ senior-level Ph.D. students, postdocs, and early career scientists and researchers from across the country for an intensive 3-day workshop about becoming a faculty member.

The 2022 NextProf Nexus future faculty workshop is designed to encourage people in traditionally underrepresented U.S. demographic groups to seek academic careers. It is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents of any ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, veteran status, socio-economic status, first generation to college status, nation of origin, and/or religion.

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Dear UW leaders and partners,

I manage academic partnerships at Amazon including the new Amazon + UW Science Hub collaboration, led by Professor Josh Smith. As one of our strategic university partners, we wanted to ensure you had early awareness of a new initiative for PhD graduates. At the end of last week, Amazon launched The Amazon Postdoctoral Science(APS) program.

We appreciate your support circulating this unique opportunity with the appropriate faculty, administrators, and upcoming and recent graduates in the fields of Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Economics.

Overview of the newly-launched Amazon Postdoctoral Science program
This new program provides recent PhD graduates with a formal avenue to gain up to two years of industry experience and apply their domain knowledge as active contributors to Earth’s most Customer-centric company. The program advances Postdoctoral Scientists’ career development through industry exposure, publications, and science mentorship. Additionally, APS emphasizes engagement in the broader scientific research community through built-in weekly writing time, access to scientific peer-review roundtables, and annual financial support to present at academic conferences. Postdocs will also have the chance to interact with, and learn from, one another through cohort-based programming.

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Dear Students:

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Vermont is recruiting five Ph.D. US Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of Nation Need (GAANN) Fellows.  The title of the GAANN project is: Research and Education in Sustainable, Equitable, and Climate-Resilient Civil Infrastructure Systems.  More information about this fantastic opportunity for doctoral studies can be found at the following URL: https://www.uvm.edu/cems/cee/gaann-fellowships.  The fellowships include tuition and an annual stipend of up to $34,000 plus an annual travel, and research expenses allowance of up to $3,000 for three years.  An additional year of funding as a graduate research or teaching assistant will also be offered.  GAANN Fellows must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.  Women, underrepresented minorities, veterans, and individuals identifying with historically underserved groups (first generation college students, socio-economically disadvantaged, differently-abled, LGBTQ, etc.) applicants are particularly encouraged. Awards will be made as soon as outstanding candidates have been identified. For more information and application materials please contact Professor Luis Garcia luis.garcia@uvm.edu and Professor Eric Hernandez eric.hernandez@uvm.edu.