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New Graduate Student Orientation Environmental and Water Resources Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

New Graduate Student Orientation Environmental and Water Resources Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering. Friday, August 19 th Engineering Center CR 211. Schedule. 9:00 am Welcome 9:15 am New Student Introductions

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New Graduate Student Orientation Environmental and Water Resources Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

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  1. New Graduate StudentOrientationEnvironmental and Water ResourcesCivil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Friday, August 19th Engineering Center CR 211

  2. Schedule • 9:00 am Welcome • 9:15 am New Student Introductions • 9:45 am Meet the Department Staff/ Graduate Students Logistics • 10:00 am Graduate Degree Requirements • 10:15 am Break • 10:30 am Meet the Faculty • 11:15 am Courses and Registration • 11:45 am Libraries • noon Lunch • 2:00 pm Current Graduate Students • 2:30 pm Engineering Center Tour • 3:30 pm RA and TA Responsibilities • 3:45 pm Final Questions

  3. Welcome Professor JoAnn Silverstein Chair Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  4. New Student Introductions Who are you, where are you from, where did you go to school, what are you going to do here? Water Resources, 6 new students Environmental, 18 new students

  5. Meet the Department Staff Jan DeMay (janet.demay@colorado.edu) Graduate Coordinator, CEAE Cyndi Alvarado (cyndi.alvarado@colorado.edu) Office Supervisor, CEAE Wayne Morrison (wayne.morrison@colorado.edu) Accountant, CEAE http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  6. Graduate Degree Requirements • Master of Science, Civil Engineering • Plan I (“thesis”) • courses, 24 credits • thesis, 6 credits • Plan II (“course work”) • courses, 30 credits • up to 6 credits of independent study http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  7. Graduate Degree Requirements • Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering • Courses, 30 credits • 21 credits transfer from CU M.S. • 15 credits transfer from other M.S. • Preliminary examination • Comprehensive examination • Dissertation • Defense http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  8. Graduate Degree Requirements • Undergraduate Prerequisites • Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Equations (four semesters) • Physics (two semesters) • Solid Mechanics • Fluid Mechanics • General Chemistry (two semesters) • Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering • Engineering Geology • Construction Methods Water Resources Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering, EDC http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  9. Break 15 minutes Celestial Seasonings Real McCoy Grill (closed until Monday, just vending machines)

  10. Meet the Faculty Environmental Angela Bielefeldt (on sabbatical) Mark Hernandez (traveling) Diane McKnight Joseph Ryan JoAnn Silverstein Scott Summers (traveling) Michael Hannigan (MCEN) Jana Milford (MCEN) Shelly Miller (MCEN) http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  11. Joe Ryan • Jobs:Professor, CEAEDirector, EVENAffiliated Faculty:Environmental Studies Program (ENVS) Center for Science and Technology Policy Research Center of the American West • Office:Engineering Center OT 517 • Contact information:phone: 303-492-0772email: joseph.ryan@colorado.eduweb: http://www.colorado.edu/ceae/environmental/ryan/http://civil.colorado.edu/environ/ http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/even/

  12. Joe Ryan – Teaching • CVEN 3454 Water Chemistry (every spring) • CVEN 4424/5424 Environmental Organic Chemistry (every fall) • CVEN 6414 Aquatic Surfaces and Particles (now and then) • EVEN 1000 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (fall) • EVEN 4830/ENVS 5100 Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Abandoned Mine Remediation (fall 2006?)

  13. Joe Ryan – Research • Mobilization of Colloids in the Unsaturated Zone • NSF, DOE • Ned Turner (MS), Tim Dittrich (PhD) • James Saiers (Yale University) • Microbe Transport in Saturated Porous Media • EPA, USGS, NSF • Rula Abu-Dalo (PhD) • Ron Harvey (USGS) • Mercury Binding by Natural Organic Matter • NSF, USGS • Chase Gerbig (PhD), ??? (PhD) • George Aiken (USGS) • AMD Metal Fate and Transport • Outreach • Susan Bautts (MS), Brianna Shanklin (MS) Lumbricus terrestris Giardia lamblia Alligator mississippiensis Prospectus mineralus

  14. Meet the Faculty Water Resources John Crimaldi Vijay Gupta Roseanna Neupauer Harihar Rajaram Kenneth Strzepek Balaji Rajagopalan http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  15. Courses and Registration • Catalog (online) • Schedule (online) • Registration (PLUS) http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  16. Courses and Registration • CVEN 5834-001Special Topics – Environmental Graduate Seminar (1 credit) • CVEN 6393Water Resources Seminar (1 credit) http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  17. Courses and Registration • CVEN 5834-002Special Topics – Environmental Engineering Processes (2 credits) • CVEN 5834-003Special Topics – Appropriate Treatment Technology CVEN 5834-004 (3 credits) http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  18. Courses and Registration • CVEN 6833-001Special Topics – Modeling of Reactive Transport (3 credits) • CVEN 6833-002Special Topics – _____ (3 credits) http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  19. Courses and Registration • CVEN 5830-003Special Topics – Sustainable Building Design (3 credits) • CVEN 5830-006Special Topics – Energy Technology and Policy (3 credits) http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  20. Courses and Registration • EVEN 4830-010Special Topics – Environmental Sampling and Analysis (3 credits) • graduate credit http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  21. Libraries Jack Maness, Engineering Library Chinook Library Catalog http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  22. Lunch Two Hours (resume at 2 pm) University Memorial Center (student center) “The Hill” http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  23. Current Graduate Students • Water Resources • 22 M.S. students • 16 Ph.D. students • Environmental • 35 M.S. students • 28 Ph.D. students • Total • 101 students • 215 total in CEAE http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  24. Engineering Center Tour Classroom Wing ITS computer labs Office Tower CEAE office, Faculty offices Civil Engineering Wing Bechtel Laboratory, grad offices Stores and Labs Wing Research labs http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  25. RA and TA Responsibilities • Research Assistantships • responsibilities • laboratory (experiments, data, instrument maintenance, lab management, computer management) • dissemination (writing, presentations) • outreach (recruiting students) • 50% appointment • 20 hours per week • funding from research grants • working with and for a professor • thesis http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  26. RA and TA Responsibilities • Teaching Assistantships • responsibilities • preparation (researching, copying, managing laboratory) • teaching (recitation, office hours) • grading • funding from Department • working for a professor and CEAE • 50% appointment • 20 hours per week • move into RA, thesis

  27. Final Reminders and Questions • Email lists • Environmental (envgrad@lists.colorado.edu) • instructions for joining the list on the program web page: http://civil.colorado.edu/environ/notices.htm • unmoderated list, open only to subscribers, faculty on the list • Water Resources • Web pages • http://civil.colorado.edu/environ/ • http://civil.colorado.edu/web/grad/water/ • Advising • temporary advisors were assigned according to interest • choose advisor(s) • create course plan http://ceae.colorado.edu/

  28. Glad You’re Here!

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