A manuscript entitled “Efficient thermal management of Li-ion batteries with a passive interfacial thermal regulator based on shape memory alloy,” co-authored by Professor Scott Moura, was recently accepted for publication into Nature Energy. The co-authors include CEE PhD student Saehong Park, and Mechanical Engineering colleagues Dr. Menglong Hao and Prof. Chris Dames.
Berkeley Lab’s Human Resources Division has an opening for a Program Operations Analyst. Working under the direction of the HR Shared Services Business Process Manager, this position will provide ongoing program and project coordination support for several key initiatives.
What You Will Do:
• Research, interpret, analyze and synthesize requirements and data with minimal oversight.
• Draft, edit and proof a variety of project, program and process documentation, including process flow documents, training materials, presentations, reports and correspondence.
• Coordinate with Program Managers, Project Managers, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and stakeholders to collect and analyze information and resolve problems, issues and concerns.
• Monitor and coordinate scheduling and task performance under the direction of the project team.
• Support Change Management activities in coordination with the project team.
• Perform assessments and causal analysis by applying various analytical tools to investigate and analyze issues and risks; identify causes of issues; develop/recommend corrective actions; and evaluate implementation of corrective actions.
• Perform analysis of issues, risks, and program, process and metrics performance through the collection, monitoring, analysis and synthesis of performancerelated data for reports and presentations.
• Perform database management/administrator duties for various databases including entering and updating data, reconciling data, ensuring data quality, developing and running reports, following up with and/or providing information and solutions to stakeholders
On September 5, Professor Kenichi Soga gave a webinar sponsored by the Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Watch: "Large Deformation Modeling"
Recent graduate, Zahra Amini (PhD '18) received the Best Student Paper Award at the August, 2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The paper was co-authored with Samuel Coogan, Christopher Flores, Alexander Skabardonis and Pravin Varaiya. It was titled, "Optimizing Offsets in Signalized Traffic Networks: A Case Study."
Professor Allen Goldstein received the 2018 David Sinclair Award by the American Association for Aerosol Research.
The David Sinclair Award recognizes sustained excellence in aerosol research and technology by an established scientist still active in his/her career.
Watergate Community Association is interested in partnering with the University to offer a select group of your engineering students the opportunity to observe and assist on upcoming construction projects at our property, Watergate Commons in Emeryville. We work with a number of different Architectural and Engineering groups throughout the region and have several ongoing projects that potentially offer a student a “real world” experience into how a project goes together, progresses and is “closed out”. Our property has several interesting engineering challenges that require calculations and documentation in the engineering field including; structures built on unstable ground, structures with post tension slabs, salt air impact on structural and architectural elements.
The person would be working with the Construction Manager and the Assistant Construction Manager in this position. They would act as an assistant to these two positions and be assigned work on specific projects. The duties would include some or all of the following;
·document work progress
·seek / provide information as to specifications and drawings
·review and note addendums and change order details
·coordinate/ follow the structural engineers
· draft owner related documents (RFI’s, RFQ’S ) relevant to the work
·job costing and financial analysis
This opportunity is potentially a part time paid position and the pay will be based on an agreed amount with the educator(s) supporting the endeavor. We are willing to have more than one student working with us at a time based on the number of upcoming projects. Our current projects include;
·Sewer and Drainage replacement
·Post tension cable replacement
·Seismic preparedness / rehabilitation from minor quakes
·Soil and land degradation recovery
Please contact Greg Collins at gcollins@watergatehoa.com or 510-428-0118 to apply or for further questions.
CEE researchers have created a new way to remove contaminants from storm water, addressing the needs of water-stressed communities searching to tap the abundant and yet underused source of fresh drinking water.
“The way we treat storm water, especially in California, is broken. We think of it as a pollutant, but we should be thinking about it as a solution,” said Joseph Charbonnet, CEE graduate student.
