** For all ENV E juniors! **
It was recently brought to our attention that CEE 356: Quantitative and Conceptual Tools for Sustainability conflicted with AA 260: Thermodynamics, which many of you still need to take, in Spring 2024.
To get around this conflict, we’ve moved the time for CEE 356 to MW 1:30-3:20. The new time should allow you to take CEE 356 without overlapping with other required courses.
If you have any questions or concerns about this time change, please let us know.
Dear Students,
I wanted to circulate our annual call for summer internship applications at the USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center (GHSC) in Golden, CO and Albuquerque, NM. The application window will be open for two weeks, starting now through February 12. The links to apply either as a current undergraduate or graduate student are below, and there are opportunities for students ranging from 1st/2nd-year undergraduates all the way up to doctoral candidates. Please see the project opportunity page for a list of projects spanning all areas of GHSC research and operational efforts (earthquake, landslide, geomagnetism) this year. Applicants will have the opportunity to indicate specific projects they are interested in contributing to in their application. Links to the application pages for undergraduate and graduate students are provided below, and see here for a summary of the USGS pathways internship program.
GS-3/4 for undergrads: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/773141100
GS-5/7 for grads: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/773141200
I would specifically highlight a number of earthquake engineering-specific projects related to the National Seismic Hazard Model and its use in building codes, ground failure forecasting efforts, seismic source and ground motion characterization, and real-time earthquake monitoring, among many others. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
Andrew <amakdisi@usgs.gov>
Hi CEE community,
Please join us this Thursday, February 2 at 3:30 in More Hall room 225 for this week’s water seminar where CEE PhD candidate George Darkwah will present on techniques used to monitor the thermal impacts dams have on rivers (and the aquatic life living in them) within the Columbia river basin. See the abstract for his talk below!
Saving the Fish in Regulated Rivers with Satellites & Data-Driven Techniques
Abstract
Our world today has reaped numerous benefits from dams. These benefits, such as irrigation, hydropower, water supply, and flood control, have aided in the rapid development of nations as well as protecting lives and properties. Unfortunately, the operation of dams also affects riverine ecosystems in diverse ways including significant alterations to the thermal regime of rivers. The rivers are home to fish, which are not only a source of food, but also a highly endeared treasure for many cultures and livelihoods.
Therefore, to understand the thermal impacts of dam operation on rivers and fish, we harness the long-term historic data from Landsat to develop a means to estimate river temperature in a temporally and spatially continuous manner along rivers in the Columbia River basin. This water temperature data could serve as a gateway to understanding the thermal impacts of dam operations on rivers. It is our goal to help save fish and the aquatic ecosystem by operating dams in an ecologically and culturally sound manner while reaping the benefits of dams.
Hello,
We have an exciting opportunity that we would like you to be aware of!
Note: We are doing another review for this position as it has not been filled.
The Shorelands & Environmental Assistance (SEA) program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Regional Section Manager (WMS Band 2) position. This position is located in our Headquarter Office in Lacey, WA. Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.
Ecology established the Coastal Monitoring & Analysis Program (CMAP) in 1996 and has recently added complementary work units including a Shoreline Mapping Unit and Coastal Engineering Team as part of the newly titled SEA Applied Coastal Research and Engineering (ACRE) Section. Collectively the team performs state of the art research to better understand physical changes along Washington’s beaches, bluffs, and nearshore zones to enhance their management, protection, and restoration while reducing coastal hazards and increasing community resilience. Climate impacts are rapidly increasing in frequency and intensity, changing Washington’s marine areas. This is a unique opportunity to manage a multi-disciplinary team of professional staff who lead research, engineering, mapping, monitoring, data analysis, and technical assistance to support state and local efforts to collaboratively shape a resilience future for communities and the environment.
This Section Manager position offers a unique opportunity to join a dynamic and collaborative team – Washington State’s Applied Research and Coastal Engineering (ACRE) Section – focused on documenting, understanding, and forecasting coastal processes and change on Washington’s high-energy ocean shorelines as well as the sheltered shorelines of coastal estuaries and the Salish Sea. In this role, you will engage with a wide variety of key issues regarding coastal community and ecosystem resilience, including chronic coastal erosion and flood hazards, climate change impacts on coastal hazards, shoreline and bluff retreat, natural and nature-based multi-benefit coastal projects, process-based restoration projects, and the application of morphodynamic approaches to nearshore habitat and ecosystem services studies. Continue reading
Students,
We will be having another UW ASCE Lunch & Learn this Tuesday, 1/30 in MOR 234 from 12:30-1:20pm with Huitt-Zollars!
Huitt-Zollars, an architecture and engineering consulting firm, will share about who they are and what they do as a company. They will give an overview of the types of projects they’re working on in their Seattle office and present on a recent project that’s currently under construction! They will step through the timeline of the project and discuss what it takes to facilitate a project from concept development to construction, and share successes and challenges experienced on the job.
RSVP for Huitt-Zollars: https://forms.gle/XT9W5Bfxrt4JHVFGA
Hope to see you there!
RSVP for Kimley-Horn next week: https://forms.gle/iXofMYB6c1YHiYZP9 (more info to come later)
Hi CEE Friends,
We hope you are doing well as midterms begin,
We are posting to hopefully gain your insight on the CEE 440 Professional Practice course. We’re completely revamping CEE 440 Professional Practice to potentially become a very different course. As we take on this transformation, we’re aware that there are numerous aspects to consider, but we can’t cover everything. That’s where you come in – we want your input on what matters most to you.
Please fill out this form so we can work towards building a course that suits you and your needs. Thank you in advance for all your feedback!
https://forms.gle/9355sRxqVSuvmNce9
If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Carmen, Lexi, Anna Peter, Lucas, Matthew
Hi all,
Ryan Anderson (UW BSCE 2008) from Kiewit will come to our CEE 307 course to talk about Kiewit’s work on the Link Light Rail Federal Way Extension project. We are in a 70-seat classroom with a class size of 35 so there are plenty of seats. All are welcome.
What: Ryan Anderson, Kiewit talks about Sound Transit Federal Way Link Extension project and life as a construction engineer
When: Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 10:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
Where: More Hall, room 220
Why go: learn about the project:
Managing costs on a $3 billion dollar design-build project
Hello CEE Students,
The CEE Structures lab is in need of student helpers.
General Tasks:
Good Afternoon,
Just a quick reminder to share the Hiring for Hydro event with your students again, please, and thank you. The deadline to apply is this Friday, Jan. 26th! Hiring for Hydro™ Student Application (google.com)
Hello UW CEE Students!
Register and join us for todays’s 2024 Student Showcase hosted by SEAW YMG. Hear from your fellow students Miguel Gonzalez about his research “Structures, Composites, and Additive Manufacturing: A Study into the Design and Development of Marine Energy Technology“ as well as Sofia Lim and Anna Klein about their group “Engineers In Action: University of Washington Chapter“.
