New Graduate Student Orientation Environmental and Water Resources Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Friday, August 19 th Engineering Center CR 211

Schedule 9:00 amWelcome 9:15 amNew Student Introductions 9:45 amMeet the Department Staff/ Graduate Students Logistics 10:00 amGraduate Degree Requirements 10:15 amBreak 10:30 amMeet the Faculty 11:15 amCourses and Registration 11:45 amLibraries noonLunch 2:00 pmCurrent Graduate Students 2:30 pmEngineering Center Tour 3:30 pmRA and TA Responsibilities 3:45 pmFinal Questions

Welcome Professor JoAnn Silverstein Chair Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department

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

Meet the Department Staff Jan DeMay ( ) Graduate Coordinator, CEAE Cyndi Alvarado ( ) Office Supervisor, CEAE Wayne Morrison ( ) Accountant, CEAE

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

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

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

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

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)

Joe Ryan Jobs: Professor, CEAE Director, EVEN Affiliated 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: web:

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 Resources John Crimaldi Vijay Gupta Roseanna Neupauer Harihar Rajaram Kenneth Strzepek Balaji Rajagopalan

Courses and Registration Catalog (online)online Schedule (online)online Registration (PLUS)

Courses and Registration CVEN Special Topics – Environmental Graduate Seminar (1 credit) CVEN 6393 Water Resources Seminar (1 credit)

Courses and Registration CVEN Special Topics – Environmental Engineering Processes (2 credits) CVEN Special Topics – Appropriate Treatment Technology (3 credits) CVEN

Courses and Registration CVEN Special Topics – Modeling of Reactive Transport (3 credits) CVEN Special Topics – _____ (3 credits)

Courses and Registration CVEN Special Topics – Sustainable Building Design (3 credits) CVEN Special Topics – Energy Technology and Policy (3 credits)

Courses and Registration EVEN Special Topics – Environmental Sampling and Analysis (3 credits) –graduate credit

Libraries Jack Maness, Engineering Library Chinook Library Catalog

Lunch Two Hours (resume at 2 pm) University Memorial Center (student center) “The Hill”

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

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

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

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 lists –Environmental instructions for joining the list on the program web page: unmoderated list, open only to subscribers, faculty on the list –Water Resources Web pages – – Advising –temporary advisors were assigned according to interest –choose advisor(s) –create course plan

Glad You’re Here!