Young Member’s Panel this THURSDAY: 5:30-7pm

Come eat some FREE DINNER (not pizza) and hear what young professionals have to say about their first few years in industry.  Register HERE.

From 5:30-7 this Thursday, Feb 18th, in More 230, ASCE will be hosting a panel to answer questions about how to handle the first few years out of college.  The panelists will also be able to shine some light on internships and what they thought was the most beneficial. This is a fantastic networking opportunity, with representatives from companies such as AECOM, WJE, Turner Construction, WSDOT, and more.

email asce@uw.edu with any questions

Alumni Class Gift Scholarships

Applications are now open for three alumni class gift scholarship programs for UW undergrads in all fields at all three campuses. All applications have deadlines of April 8, 2016.

Class of 1962 Endowed Scholarship

  • The Class of 1962 Endowed Scholarship provides financial assistance to
    current undergraduate students at UW.  The donors to this endowment,
    members of the University of Washington Class of 1962, wish to target
    support to students who may not qualify for financial aid but for whom the
    cost of attending the University poses significant financial challenges.
    The donors aim to fund “the gap”: the growing number of middle-class
    students, many of whom do not qualify for federal funding or Husky Promise
    and must take out student loans and work full- or part-time to support
    their education.

To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be:

  • Undergraduates – freshmen, sophomores, juniors and non-graduating
    seniors (seniors are not eligible unless they intend to enroll as
    full-time students in at least summer or fall quarter 2016),
  • Washington State residents
  • Have a 3.3 minimum GPA
  • Demonstrate academic merit, leadership and service
  • Students who don’t qualify for most (or any) forms of free financial
    aid, must take out student loans and work full- or part-time to support
    their education, and for whom the cost of attending the UW poses
    significant financial challenges.

Application

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SPE Distinguished Lecturer Meeting

The Distinguished Lecturer Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers on Tuesday, February 16th, 2015.
The scheduled Distinguished Lecturer is Daniel Tormey who is an expert on energy and water at Environ Corp. Daniel will present the lecture entitled “First-Ever Comprehensive Environmental Characterization of Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Oil and Gas Production”

  • Date: February 16th, 2016 at 12:30PM– 2:00 PM.  Please RSVP – via e-mail.
  • Location: The meeting will be held at the University of Washington in More Hall, room 110.
  • RSVP: Please e-mail your RSVP to PN@spemail.org if you are planning to attend.  Please call Chris May at (517) 507-9937 if assistance is needed on the day of the lecture.

For Tormey’s bio and more information about the meeting

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Apply for the Alene Moris National Education for Women’s Leadership Institute

The University of Washington’s Women Center is gearing up for the 2016 Alene Moris National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Institute.  Every year, the Women’s Center hosts the institute for undergraduate and graduate women to provide them with skills and training to be leaders in their communities to improve women’s representation in leadership positions in the non-profit, private and political sectors. Any undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a 2-year or 4-year program in Washington is eligible. Out-of-state students with Washington residency are also eligible to apply.

When: June 13-18, 2016

Where: UW – Seattle Campus

Application deadline: April 3rd, 2016. Link to the application here.

Spring 2016: Socio-Environmental Data Analysis Workship (ENVIR 495C)

This course (open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students) is a practical workshop on analyzing socio-environmental data. Students will explore methods for analyzing quantitative and qualitative data ranging from social and environmental topics in this upper-level data analysis course. Students are expected to have a basic understanding of data types and collection methods prior to taking this course.

Key topics to be covered include:

  • tabulation of data and descriptive statistics
  • charting data and visualization
  • hypothesis testing
  • correlation and regression
  • analysis of qualitative data
  • spatial analysis

The overarching objective of this course is to practice quantitative and qualitative reasoning skills and be able to present a scientifically informed narrative based on research data.

Questions? Contact the instructor, Yen-Chu Weng at yweng@uw.edu

NASA Summer Internship Online Recruiting Fair

Interested in interning with NASA this summer? NASA is hosting an online recruiting fair on Wednesday, February 17, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (PST).

All NASA facilities will be participating. The fair will be a text chat environment, with each NASA center having a virtual booth, staffed with engineers, scientists, and education specialists from all over the agency.You will be able to ask the engineers and scientists about their exciting work. You will also be able to ask the education specialists about how to apply for internships and what you can expect during their internships.

To register please click here

Help Organize the Next System Seattle Teach-In at UW!

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is collaborating with the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement for an event April 28th called the Next System Teach-In.
 
An Info Session will be held on February 11th for faculty, student groups, staff and community partners who are interested in getting involved.
When: February 11, 2016, 4.30 – 5:30 pm 
Where: University of Washington, Communications Building, CMU 126
 
The Next System Project is an ambitious multi-year initiative aimed at thinking boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic challenges the United States faces. This includes a call to universities for a nationwide teach-in on providing a space that offers such .
 
The teach-in goals are to:
  • Increase collaboration among teachers, learners, and movements for system change.
  • Start a conversation about moving beyond the current political stalemate to envisioning a new future for our community and the world.
  • Dig deep and focus on generating ideas about the next system, and how to create change.

Hope you can attend!

Spring 2016 – Special Topics (CEE 498) courses

Special Topics (CEE 498) courses galore in spring quarter!  Here are your choices:

CEE 498B:  Microbiology of Earth and Human Systems (SLN 11912)  Professor Seana Davidson.

The course takes a systems-level approach to developing understanding of microbial processes that influence natural systems and systems altered by human activity and infrastructure.  The content mission is to broaden student awareness and understanding of microbial processes central to the functioning of human and environmental systems.  Students will learn about nitrogen and carbon cycling, applications of microbiology to engineered systems, and the importance of microbial communities to plant, animal and human health, among other topics.  Recommended Prerequisites:  CEE 540, or MICROM 301/410 and/or Biol 200; basic organic and inorganic chemistry  **MAY BE TAKEN AS A “W” COURSE**

CEE 498E:  Traffic Simulation (SLN 11914)  Instructor: Tony Woody

This course provides an in-depth discussion of microscopic traffic simulation models, their attributes, strengths, and weaknesses. It is designed to provide engineering and planning students the necessary background to understand how to develop and operate simulation models, as well as how to evaluate and present results from simulation models. Microscopic traffic simulation theory and hands-on course projects will be presented in this course.  The VISSIM traffic microsimulation software package will be used for this course.  Prerequisite: CEE 327; MS Excel and CEE 410 recommended.

CEE 498H:  Geohazards  (SLN 11917)  Professor Joe Wartman

This advanced, upper-level undergraduate/graduate course will provide students with the background and applied training needed to perform a geologic hazard (or “geohazard”) risk assessment. The class will be structured in a problem-based learning format, with a focus on a detailed risk assessment and mitigation case study for the La Conchita Community located near Ventura, California. This community has been subjected to a number of landslides over the past decades resulting in both human and capital losses. Although this case study pertains to landslides, the hazard and risk assessment techniques we will employ are appropriate for the assessment of a wide range of natural hazards including earthquakes, ground subsidence, volcanism, and floods, among others.

The main topics of the course will include (i) an introduction to geologic hazards, (ii) development of an engineering geologic/geotechnical site model, (iii) landslide hazard modeling [including analytical modeling and also probabilistic assessment of seismic and precipitation triggers], (iv) evaluation of risk mitigation strategies, and (v) vulnerability and consequence assessment. In addition to these technical topics, we will also discuss some of the broader societal aspects of geologic hazards.  Prerequisite: CEE 367

CEE 498I:  **NOTE: This class will soon be listed as CEE 482 Wastewater Treatment, Reuse, and Resource Recovery** (SLN 11918) Professor Mari Winkler    For course description, see CEE 482. Resource Recovery will be included in this Wastewater Treatment and Reuse course.

CEE 498J:  Environmental Analysis (SLN 11919)  Professor Ed Kolodziej

A unifying concept in environmental engineering is the use of experimental data and metrics to define the scope of, and solutions to, water, air, and soil pollution problems.  This course will develop your understanding of fundamental physical, chemical, and biological principles used in environmental engineering while applying your knowledge to experimental design, data collection, and analysis.  For example, to solve any problem in environmental engineering, we must first find the answers to these questions: How do we know there is a problem?  How do we measure the magnitude of the problem?  What do we need to do to fix the problem?  How do we know when the problem is solved?  Solutions to these questions can be found by identification, measurement, and monitoring of the proper water, soil, or air quality parameter.  This advanced, upper-level undergraduate/graduate course introduces you to the above concepts through a series of laboratory experiments typical of those commonly encountered in environmental engineering practice.

This course will provide students with experience in water quality assessment, data analysis, and data presentation. The class will be structured around an exploration of chemical metrics of water quality in the laboratory, focusing on high priority issues in environmental engineering, including both environmental characterization and pollutant mitigation efforts.  The water quality parameters selected for analysis are most appropriate to the practice of environmental engineering; however, the concepts utilized in this analysis are applicable to the collection and presentation of a wide variety of experimental data. Working in small teams, students will collect data, conduct a range of data analyses to explore the physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms that explain the data, and then communicate their analysis in a technical report format.  Meeting these deliverables requires the application of experimental design, independent investigation of relevant mechanisms and processes, and clear, coherent communication of the data and related implications for environmental health.  Recommended prerequisites include the full range of introductory courses in environmental engineering and environmental chemistry. Prerequisite:  CEE 357;  and recommended: CEE 462, 482/483, 489, or 496.  

 

 

UC Berkeley Urban Innovation Summer Program

UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design is now accepting applications for Disc*2016 (Design & Innovation for Sustainable
Cities)! Disc* is an intensive five-week program offered July 5 – August 5, 2016.

With Disc*, students will be led by UC Berkeley faculty, Bay Area urbanists, designers, makers, and entrepreneurs to learn how to control the most pressing challenges of global urbanization with design-based studios.Through design and digital fabrication studio sessions, lectures and talks, demos and workshops, field work and site visits, students have the opportunity to develop and test their own creative ideas while working with some of the most renowned researchers and practitioners from the Bay Area design community.

Click here to get started on your application!

Disc* program website