Monthly Archives: September 2024

SPEEA ACE virtual event featuring Dr. Cecilia Aragon | Thurs, October 3rd, 5-6:30pm

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Dear Students-

SPEEA ACE is a non-profit that supports the development of the aerospace workforce in Washington state. They offer tuition assistance and childcare scholarships to students pursuing STEM degrees who are interested in aerospace careers.  They also offer free technical and professional development training events open to the public. 

Next week, they are facilitating a conversation with Dr. Cecilia Aragon, who is director of the Human-Centered Data Science Lab at UW. Attached below is the flyer for the event, and a link to register.

Event Details

Tile: From Fear to Freedom: How a Tech Visionary Overcame Fear to Soar

Date: Thursday, October 3rd

Time: 5pm – 6:30pm

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Speaker: Dr. Cecilia Aragon, Director of UW’s Human Centered Data Science Lab & first Latina pilot on the US Aerobatic Team

To Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcu-orzMtG9dxAFOWnrCUU_xtUNDGNc5i#/registration Continue reading →

2 Sustainable Innovation Events in October

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Dear Engineering Students,

Here are some upcoming events that you may be interested in:

1. Sustainable Aviation Innovation Workshop

Friday, October 11 // 9 am – 2:30 pm

Husky Union Building, 334

Register here: https://washington.startuptree.co/event/s/PBZBrmxqz3BdeLEEZ6PjpQ/Sustainable-Aviation-Innovation-Workshop

Join us for the Sustainable Aviation Innovation Workshop! This event brings UW students together for an interdisciplinary workshop with corporate leaders ideate on sustainable aviation ideas for the future.

Hear about problem spaces related to sustainable aviation from corporate leaders, then participate in ideation sessions on solutions. Students will also have the chance to participate in a Pitch Challenge at the end of the workshop with the chance to win a prize for Best Pitch! 

Solutions include hardware, software, and AI; think inside the plane (design, optimization, materials, fuel) and outside the plane (infrastructure, supply chain, and more).

Register now to get the full workshop schedule. Continue reading →

2024 EERI & Seismic Design Competition kickoff!

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Hello All!

Back for our second year, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is again building our team for Student Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)’s undergraduate and graduate student group and the undergraduate Seismic Design Competition (SDC). Come join this info session to learn about EERI and the seismic design competition and join the team! 

This undergraduate and graduate student group will offer technical seminars, networking and leadership opportunities, a national seismic design competition, social events, K-12 outreach, membership to a key professional organization, and more – there is something for everyone! Official rules for the competition will be released soon, marking the start of the design competition. 

So, if you are interested in earthquakes, structural or geotechnical engineering, want to participate in a student organization, and/or want to see our SDC building from last year, join us for our kickoff meeting next Thursday, October 3rd at 1 PM in More Hall, Room 110 to learn more and see if you would like to be involved.

(If you can’t make it but want to be involved feel free to email me and I will add you to our MS Teams channel.)

Hope to see you all next Thursday!

CEE Advising: Autumn Quarter 2024 Logistics

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Hello CEE Majors,

I hope the quarter is off to a good start!

I wanted to send a few reminders and logistics clarifications that we’ve been getting questions about:

Reminders:

  1. The CEE Career Fair Prep Session with CC@E will now be in More 234 on Tues, Oct 1 from 1230-120pm. Mark your calendars
  2. RSVP now for the CEE Kick-Off on Wed, Oct 2, 430-630pm in the HUB Games Room. We need your RSVP to know how much food to order!

CEE Undergraduate Advising Logistics

               Our CEE Undergraduate Advising website has all the information you need to connect with your CEE Advisor.

  • The CEE Advising Calendar at the top of the page shows the current month and includes most CEE related academic events including:
    • Drop-In Advising Hours: We have drop-ins on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11:00am – 12:00pm. You can attend Drop-In Advising Hours either in-person (More 201) or remote via zoom.  Drop-in advising is intended for short, 5-10 minute advising appointments.  Details can be found on the calendar.
    • CEE Events: If you click down to October, you will see the Career Fair Prep Session, the CEE Kick-Off Event and the CEE Career Fair.

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TYLin Bridge (Structural) Engineer Intern Position

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Students,

TYLin Bridge (Structural) Engineer Intern Position

TYLin has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Bridge Engineer Intern in our Bellevue, WA and Olympia, WA offices working on infrastructure projects for Summer 2025.

The Bridge Engineer Intern will have the opportunity to work on significant projects locally and/or nationally across TYLin. The project tasks to be worked on for this position will include, but are not limited to, assisting with/producing structural engineering drawings, calculations, and computer modeling in conformance with various national/state issued design codes. We structure each internship individually for our interns to ensure we are supporting you in achieving your career goals.

The individual must have a strong desire to work on infrastructure projects that will positively impact communities and a strong eagerness to learn from others. TYLin provides a meaningful place for professional and personal growth through our world class projects and industry leading professionals. We strive to provide opportunities that will enhance your educational, career, and personal development.

For more information and to apply, please click here: Bellevue and Olympia

TYLin will be tabling at the UW CEE Career Fair on Wednesday, October 16th. Please stop by to discuss our internship program with us.

HDR $10k Scholarship and Paid Internship – 2025

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All,

Looks like our friends at HDR are offering a couple of VERY GOOD scholarships ($10,000 each) to students with demonstrated interests in transportation who will be graduating this year (i.e., seniors). If you are interested, please take a look at their flier attached here.

I do not have any additional information on this scholarship, so address any questions to the e-mail listed on the flyer.

HDR established a scholarship program in 2019 that focuses on graduate level students (or graduating undergraduates going to graduate school) interested in water engineering related fields. The scholarship program includes (2) $10,000 scholarships and paid internships.

A few guidelines are:

  • Graduate student, or undergraduate degree by spring 2025 and planning on attending graduate school
  • Willing to accept an HDR internship
  • Applications are due December 2, 2024

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Mentoring Reminder, Happy Hour Announcement

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Students,

  • Reminder | Mentoring Applications due 9/23 (10/11 for UW & SU students)
  • Happy Hour | Fall Happy Hour 9/26
  • Save the Date | First Reading Group Event 12/3

Applications Open for 2024-2025 Mentoring Program

To provide support for those who work (or are interested in working) in the transportation industry, the WTS Puget Sound Chapter is kicking off our annual mentoring program. The October 2024 – May 2025 program is free and open to people of any gender and from any discipline within the transportation industry, including: planning, engineering, construction management, marketing, communications, operations, and more.

Complete the online application form using the following links for Mentees (click here) or Mentors (click here). Applications are due Monday, September 23, with the exception of Seattle University and University of Washington students. Student applications are due Friday, October 11.

Apply to be a MENTE

Apply to be a MENTOR

Please apply only if you are willing to commit to the eight-month program. Mentors and mentees will be responsible for meeting at least once a month on their own during the program – this can be face-to-face or virtually, as agreed upon by each Continue reading →

CEE Environmental and Water program Seminar this Thursday, Sep. 26 at 3:30 in More Hall 220

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Dear CEE community,

Please join us this Thursday, September 26 at 3:30 in More Hall room 220 for the environment and water program seminar. To kick-off the series, I will do a short introduction of the seminar course and give the first seminar that covers some work I and CEE PhD student Hunter Jimenez did during my sabbatical in Turkey. Abstract for our talk is below. 

You can find the fall program here: https://depts.washington.edu/watersem/

Compound impact of extremes: The 2023 Türkiye-Syria cascading earthquake hazards exacerbated by an atmospheric river (AR) precipitation event

Erkan Istanbulluoglu, Hunter Jimenez 

Cascading earthquake hazards refer to a chain of secondary hazards triggered by an initial earthquake, including co-seismic and post-seismic rainfall-driven landslides, mudflows, and floods enhanced by sedimentation in channels. Two main earthquakes, Mw 7.7 and Mw 7.6 occurred on Feb. 6, 2023 within the East Anatolian fault system nine hours apart. This earthquake triggered more than 3,600 coseismic landslides. A rare AR event swept through the central part of the Continue reading →

You’re Invited! CEE Kick-Off! – Wed, Oct 2 – 430-630pm (HUB Games Area) RSVP Below

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CEE Students, Faculty and Staff –

You are invited to the 2024 CEE Kick-Off event at the HUB Games Area on Wed, Oct 2nd from 4:30-6:30pm.

2024 CEE Kick-Off! (Wed, 10/2/24), 4:30-6:30pm, HUB Games Area
4:15 PM                Student Check-In Begins
4:30-6:30 PM Pizza, Bowling, Pool, Board Games, Arcade Games, Pool, Air Hockey, Foosball, etc.

Please RSVP HERE so we know how much food to order!

***We know there will be some classes that are scheduled to conflict with this event. If you have a time conflict, please come when you can!***

We look forward to celebrating the start of an amazing academic year!