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Student opportunities
ACI Scholarship Opportunities
The ACI Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of the American Concrete Institute, is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 Fellowship and Scholarship Program! Fellowship recipients receive an educational stipend valued at $7,000-$10,000, in addition to travel/expenses for participation in two ACI conventions, assignment of an industry mentor, and the opportunity for a summer internship. Scholarship recipients receive an educational stipend of $3,000.
If you are an undergraduate or graduate student studying for a career in the concrete industry, the ACI Foundation encourages you to check out our many different Fellowship and Scholarship opportunities available to you by visiting www.scholarships.concrete.org.
Don't delay! The deadline to apply is Oct. 18, 2012. Fellowship and Scholarship requirements and application instructions can be found at our website: www.scholarships.concrete.org.
Contact Michelle Totin with questions:
Michelle Totin
ACI Foundation
Student Activities Liaison
Phone: 248-848-3179
E-mail:scholarships@concrete.org
Online: www.students.concrete.org
Fall 2013 EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduates:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), invites applications for the Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for undergraduate environmentally-related study for bachelor's level students. The closing date is December 5, 2012. Subject to availability of funding, the quality of applications received and other applicable considerations, the Agency plans to award approximately 40 new fellowships in the summer of 2013. The fellowship provides up to $20,700 per year of academic support and $8,600 for internship support for a combined total of up to $50,000 over the life of the fellowship. The GRO program enhances and supports quality environmental education for undergraduates, and thereby encourages them to continue their education beyond the baccalaureate level, and pursue careers in environmentally-related fields, such as biology, health, the social sciences, and engineering. The actual amount awarded per year will vary depending on the amount of tuition and fees and the number of months the stipend is required. This fellowship is intended to help defray costs associated with environmentally-oriented study leading to a bachelor's degree. See the GRO Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study website for more information.
Well Drillers Offer $5,000 in Scholarships:
The South Dakota Well Drillers Association is offering scholarships totaling $5000 to be divided between two students. Applicants must be residents of South Dakota or relatives of an individual employed by a SDWDA member company in good standing and a full-time student of an accredited South Dakota university or technical school with a major related to the well water/groundwater industry. Applications must be received by Dec. 1, 2012. For information and application requirements, email Dennis Duvall atdennis@dakotaenv.com.
Research Associateship Programs:
The National Research Council of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awards include generous stipends ranging from $42,000 - $75,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, and higher for additional experience. Graduate entry level stipends begin at $30,000. These awards provide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped and staffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.
Detailed program information, including online applications, instructions on how to apply and a list of participating laboratories is available on the NRC Research Associateship Programs Website.
Questions should be directed to the NRC at 202-334-2760 (phone) or rap@nas.edu
There are four annual review cycles.
November; Opens September 1 - Closes November 1
February; Opens December 1 - Closes February 1
May; Opens March 1 - Closes May 1
August; Opens June 1 - Closes August 1
Applicants should contact prospective Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities.
Municipal Civil Engineering Job Opening:
DeWild Grant Reckert and Associates Company (DGR) is a growing, multi-discipline consulting engineering firm with offices in Rock Rapids and Sioux City, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. DGR currently has an immediate opening in the Sioux City office for an entry level engineer.
DGR's Sioux City office specializes in the design infrastructure improvements for both private development and municipal applications. Typical projects include gravity sewer collection system design, water main distribution system design, storm water drainage and detention design, street layout and design for new construction and reconstruction, and site design for development from individual lots to residential, commercial, and industrial subdivisions.
We are seeking Civil Engineering graduates (BS or MS) with an emphasis in municipal and transportation course work. Typical work assignments involve design, plan preparation, drafting, construction administration, and construction observation for all phases of Civil Engineering related projects. Knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D is desired. Applicant must possess good communication skills and have the ability to work with a wide variety of clients.
Our firm offers a competitive salary and benefits package with opportunity for advancement in a challenging and professional work environment. Qualified individuals should email a resume and cover letter with available start date to bmastbergen@dgrnet.com.
2012 Eastern South Dakota Water Conference:
Join colleagues from across the region in attending the 2012 Eastern South Dakota Water Conference held on the campus of South Dakota State University in the University Student Union on Tuesday, October 30.
The purpose of the Conference is to bring stakeholders in water resources, including policy makers, industry, agriculture, officials from federal, state, and local governments, universities, engineers, interest organizations and the citizens of the state together to exchange information, discuss solutions to current and emerging water resources topics, define new policies and network to form professional relationships. In addition, a large number of college-level students from engineering, agronomy and other biological sciences typically attend the conference to engage in water-related discussions of relevance to the state and the region and meet with prospective employers.
Information about the conference, including the program, registration, travel scholarships, workshop is available through the conference website. Travel scholarships are available. Please contact Trista Koropatnicki at 605-688-4910 or Trista.koropatnicki@sdstate.edu or Jeppe Kjaersgaard at 605-688-5673 or jeppe.kjaersgaard@sdstate.edu for questions or more information regarding the conference.
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