New Graduate StudentOrientation
Environmental and Water Resources
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
Friday, August 19th
Engineering Center CR 211
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
Welcome
Professor JoAnn Silverstein Chair Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
Department
http://ceae.colorado.edu/
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 studentsEnvironmental, 18 new students
Meet the Department Staff
Jan DeMay ([email protected]) Graduate Coordinator, CEAE
Cyndi Alvarado ([email protected])
Office Supervisor, CEAE
Wayne Morrison ([email protected])
Accountant, CEAEhttp://ceae.colorado.edu/
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
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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
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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
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Meet the Faculty
EnvironmentalAngela Bielefeldt (on sabbatical)
Mark Hernandez (traveling)Diane McKnightJoseph RyanJoAnn SilversteinScott Summers (traveling)
Michael Hannigan (MCEN)Jana Milford (MCEN)
Shelly Miller (MCEN) http://ceae.colorado.edu/
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: [email protected]: http://www.colorado.edu/ceae/environmental/ryan/ http://civil.colorado.edu/environ/ http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/even/
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?)
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)
Giardia lamblia
Prospectus mineralus
Alligator mississippiensis
Lumbricus terrestris
Meet the Faculty
Water ResourcesJohn Crimaldi
Vijay GuptaRoseanna NeupauerHarihar RajaramKenneth Strzepek
Balaji Rajagopalan
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Courses and Registration
• Catalog (online)
• Schedule (online)
• Registration (PLUS)
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Courses and Registration
• CVEN 5834-001Special Topics – Environmental Graduate Seminar (1 credit)
• CVEN 6393Water Resources Seminar (1 credit)
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Courses and Registration
• CVEN 5834-002Special Topics – Environmental Engineering Processes (2 credits)
• CVEN 5834-003Special Topics – Appropriate Treatment Technology
(3 credits)
CVEN 5834-004
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Courses and Registration
• CVEN 6833-001Special Topics – Modeling of Reactive Transport (3 credits)
• CVEN 6833-002Special Topics – _____ (3 credits)
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Courses and Registration
• CVEN 5830-003Special Topics – Sustainable Building Design (3 credits)
• CVEN 5830-006Special Topics – Energy Technology and Policy (3 credits)
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Courses and Registration
• EVEN 4830-010Special Topics – Environmental Sampling and Analysis (3 credits)– graduate credit
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Lunch
Two Hours (resume at 2 pm)
University Memorial Center (student center)
“The Hill”
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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
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Engineering Center Tour
Classroom WingITS computer labs
Office TowerCEAE office, Faculty offices
Civil Engineering WingBechtel Laboratory, grad offices
Stores and Labs WingResearch labs
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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
– thesishttp://ceae.colorado.edu/
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
Final Reminders and Questions
• Email lists– Environmental ([email protected])
• 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
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