Dr. Andrei's Blog

This message is to remind all interested persons that the deadline for submission of paper abstracts  for the  International Symposium on Testing and Specification of Recycled Materials for Sustainable Geotechnical Construction  is April 15.  The symposium website is      http://www.astm.org/d18symp0211.htm  

Committed to Sustainability: Green Government Summit Less Than a Week Away! From water conservation and climate change to electric cars and energy efficiency – sustainability has moved from concept to implementation. California government is leading the way - and in many cases, sustainability is either being mandated or highly incentivized. The 2010 Green California Summit, the largest green government conference and exposition, is taking place at the Sacramento Convention Center March 15-17. March 15 is a pre-Summit day with in-depth full-day workshops and other special events. March 16 & 17 are the Summit and Expo dates. The Green California Summit is the place to learn directly from the policy makers, government agencies, facilities managers, architects, engineers and product suppliers what the path ahead looks like and how to make the most of what’s coming. Educational sessions will cover topics ranging from California’s new green building codes, to plans for a “smart grid,...

Interested in a career in the transportation industry?  Submit your resume for the 2010 WTS-LA Transportation Resume Book! WTS-LA will be accepting resumes from undergraduate and graduate students, both male and female, who are graduating in 2010 and seeking full-time employment in the transportation field after graduation.  The deadline for resume submission was originally Friday, March 12, 2010, but has been extended to Friday, March 19, 2010 . The resume book will be distributed in CD format throughout the first week of April to our WTS-LA sponsors for use in their employee recruitment process.  WTS-LA sponsors include transportation agencies responsible for the most interesting projects in Southern California, and consulting firms involved in local and national projects.  WTS is accepting one-page resumes from graduating students who have focused on transportation in the following disciplines: Urban transportation planning or urban/city planni...

Engineering/Hi-Tech Job Fair Fri, Jan 29 10 AM – 2 PM Kellogg Gym Companies looking to fill full-time, part-time, and internship positions include: Fluor, Northrop Grumman, Valero, Amway, Anning-Johnson, DIRECTV, Garmin International, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, General Electric, L-3 Communications, McAfee, Parsons, Precision Castparts Corp, Raytheon, Southern California Edison, W.E. O’Neil Construction, multiple government agencies and departments, and more! For a complete list of companies, visit the Career Center’s website at http://www.dsa.csupomona.edu/career/ and click on Student Services then Career Fairs. Engineering/Hi-Tech Resumaniac Thurs, Jan 28 11 AM – 6 PM Career Center Corporate recruiters as well as career counselors will be on hand to critique resumes and cover letters. No appointment necessary. Participants must bring a hardcopy of their resume.

Dear Department Chair : We are announcing a unique grant opportunity for your department’s faculty and students - EPA’s P3 - People, Prosperity and the Planet - Program. Through this design competition, student teams and their faculty advisors apply for $10,000 grants to design scientific, technical, and policy solutions to sustainability challenges in the developed or developing world. The challenge addressed by these projects can be in any of these areas: • energy, • built environment, • materials & chemicals, • agriculture, or • water. Past P3 teams have explored more efficient ways to produce biofuels, developed simple water treatment technologies for developing communities, produced a technology to measure real-time energy use in buildings, reduced hazardous substance use in laboratories through improved information and purchasing practices, designed and built an educational “learning barge” for the Elizabeth River, VA , and designed an innovative system for the bio...