Daily Archives: February 29, 2016

ASME Mechanical Engineering Career Fair 2016

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Come to the 2016 ASME Mechanical Engineering Career Fair this Tuesday, March 1st ! They will be hosting great companies such as Paccar, Alaska Airlines, Port of Seattle and more! Attached, you can find the company descriptions for this year and instructions for uploading your resume onto HuskyJobs. It is also encouraged that you bring an extra resume to leave at the front door of the event as they will be scanned to send out after the event.

  • When: March 1st, 2016
  • Time: 1pm – 4pm
  • Where: HUB Lyceum
  • For a list of companies attending the event, click here.

Job Position with CRH Engineering

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CHR Engineering, PLLC is a small civil engineering consulting firm located in Skagit County, WA currently seeking a highly motivated entry level Civil Engineer to work from their home office in Sedro-Woolley:

Responsibilities: Engineering design and contract administration of municipal improvement projects such as; roads, sidewalks, water systems, sanitary sewer system, storm sewer systems, and building structures. Day to day activities will include ensuring that designs are completed to codes and standards set forth by the governing authority and in accordance with industry standards, technical report writing, reviewing technical documents, acting as an on-site representative, and monitoring construction activities.

Minimum requirements:

  • Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited college/university
  • Familiarity and experience with AutoCAD CIV3D 2010 or newer, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Self-starter who is resourceful, creative, and can work independently as well as with team members
  • Problem solving abilities with a positive attitude
  • CHR Engineering offers a competitive pay and benefit package. Prior military, engineering, or construction experience is highly desired.

Interested individuals should send a PDF letter of interest and resume to : admin@crheng.com by March 13 for initial consideration. Start of work is flexible but is anticipate in June of 2016. Successful candidates will be contacted by March 18 to schedule a follow-up in person and/or phone interview.

 

Summer Field Technician Position

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Explore Fairbanks images on FlickrStarting in May/June 2016, the Hydro-Biogeochemistry Group at the University of Washington in Seattle has an opening for a summer field technician!

The technician will be working at a field site located in Fairbanks, AK on a project investigating methane production and methane oxidation in a thermokarst bog. The site is in the Bonanza Creek LTER research forest and is part of the Alaska Peatland Experiment (APEX).

The technician will live in Fairbanks over the summer, and will travel back and forth to the site by car. S/he will assist the field efforts of a postdoctoral researcher working at the site, will be responsible for conducting methane flux measurements and analyzing collected samples, and will be expected to backpack heavy loads of equipment into the site (~1 mile distance).

If you are interested, please contact Rebecca Neumann (rbneum@uw.edu) with a cover letter, CV or resume, and the names of three individuals able to provide a letter of recommendation.

Job Opening with California EPA Air Resources Board

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Read on to learn about this upcoming job opportunity. Keep checking back on the site for future postings as multiple job openings will be available in the coming weeks:

  • Job Title: Air Resources Board
  • Work Location: Sacramento County, CA
  • Job Type: Permanent/Full-time
  • To Apply: Complete Application Packages (Applications and any applicable or required documents) must be submitted electronically through your CalCareer account at www.jobs.ca.gov.
  • Questions? Visit the Department Website or contact Lisa Nguyen, Human Resources Contact at 916-445-5630 or the EEO Contact Lori Lopez at 916-323-7053

Job Description:The Off-Road Diesel Analysis Section is looking for an enthusiastic Air Resources Engineer (ARE) to join a team that creates and maintains mobile source inventory models and provides technical expertise on ARB’s regulated industries. The job is dynamic and requires a self-motivated candidate with the ability to adapt to a wide range of roles, including (1) evaluating industry sectors and reviewing data, (2) leading studies, contracts and workgroups composed of ndustry members and regulatory divisions, (3) programming and model development, and (4) working closely with multiple groups to develop policy and regulatory concepts. The mobile source inventories provide the scientific foundation for much of ARB’s work including fleet regulations, the State Implementation Plan (SIP), the Freight Plan, and the Scoping Plan. Most of the responsibilities require someone who is comfortable being a project lead and guiding a team through a lengthy technical process (or capable of learning how to do so). Continue reading →

STAR Career Day

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Read on to learn about this great upcoming event! Several engineering departments at UW use STAR-CCM+ for their fluid dynamics simulations:

Oil and Gas Marine CFD simulationAre you still undecided on an engineering job after graduation? Could you use a resume review, interview tips, and guidance from hiring managers in your industry? If so, this FREE career workshop is for you. Executives from PACCAR, Boeing, Daimler, Pacific Northwest National Labs, and CD-adapco will discuss what they look for in new graduate hires. Get real-world advice on the skill sets, training, interview scenarios, and resume content hiring managers expect for positions involving advanced engineering simulations.

  • Resume critique & advice
  • Mock interviews
  • Industry-specific interview questions
  • Mentoring sessions
  • Industry Q & A
  • Career Networking

By attending this student career event, you will gain insight in the hiring process of industry leaders in Aerospace, Ground Transportation, Enterprise Software, and National Laboratories. Get a competitive advantage by hearing a “Day in the Life” perspective from speakers about engineering roles in their company. This event is free but space is limited. Register today!

*Lunch will be provided

Design/Build in Croatia Info Session

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Read on to learn about this upcoming info session for Croatia Design/Build, Fall quarter 2016:

Upcoming Info Session:

Thursday, March 15th, 2016  at 12:00 PM in Gould Hall Room 132

Design|Build Fall 2016: Community Therapeutic Garden

Program Description: This program will be in collaboration with students and faculty from the University of Rijeka, Depts of Physical Therapy, Fine Art, Engineering and Pedology. We will be living and working in Rijeka, Croatia in the Karvner region on the Adriatic sea. We will be creating a sensory therapeutic garden for use by those who are blind or with compromised vision, disabled adults, kindergartners and high school students on the grounds of a former monastery and a Catholic church. We will also create a master plan for Dom Turnic, a residential facility for disabled adults. Students will all work together to explore and implement principles of therapeutic environmental design, cultural place attachment, traditional building techniques of Croatia, and ecological design to create this sensory garden and master plan.

Eligibility: Undergraduate, graduate, and non-matriculated students in landscape architecture, architecture, fine arts, and engineering are preferred. Other fields may also apply.

Application Due: March 15th, 2016

Questions? Contact Prof. Winterbottom (nina@uw.edu) or visit the Study Abroad Website and search for Landscape Architecture Croatia: Design/Build Rijeka, Croatia

Important Advising Note for CEE Juniors

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CEE Juniors:

I hope that your spring quarter registration is going well. Your spring quarter registration should be pretty simple if you are “on track.” You should have the remaining two 300-level CEE courses and CEE 456 (if you are interested in structures) or a graduation requirement or elective. Please run your degree audit and review your progress.

You need not worry too much about senior year planning at this point. You will do this with faculty mentors in the month of April. We will provide you with more information about this after all students have registered for spring quarter. In the meantime, here is an overview:

Senior-Year Planning Session with Faculty Mentors — In April

  • During the month of April, faculty from the various areas (Transportation, Structural, Construction, etc.) will schedule group sessions to meet with CEE majors to help you learn about their field and to help you select appropriate upper-division coursework and prepare for post-graduation. We will advertise these session widely, and post the meeting time on the CEE Advising Calendar.
  • After you attend the group session of your choice, you can follow up with individual faculty members of our choice to discuss your specific interests and goals, and to talk about appropriate coursework and preparation for post-graduation for you.
  • It is extremely important for rising seniors to attend sessions to meet faculty, to hear about preparation for senior year from faculty (not staff advisers), and to get to know faculty members–and to have them get to know you– so when you return in the fall of your senior year, you have people you can approach for reference letters and/or to be your mentors and supporters.
  • Enter your intended courses on MyPlan, print out a copy, and have a faculty member sign anywhere on the sheet (Note: Please be sure to print the print-friendly version of your 4-year plan which will include your name and UW ID number, not a screen shot of the MyPlan page, which omits student name and ID number).
  • Turn the signed copy into Brian or Mariko’s mailbox in More Hall 201 by the end of spring quarter. This will be considered your “graduation plan”. Your graduation plan can be modified, but it is important to plan your senior year coursework in advance, accounting for core courses and university requirements.

“Preparing for Graduate School” Session (April 8, 2:30-4pm, Room TBA) Continue reading →