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Spring Engineering Career Fair at Colorado State University
Students interested in the North Front Range Transportation Research Internship Program (NFR-TRIP) at Colorado State University had an opportunity to meet potential employers during the Spring Engineering Career Fair.
NFR-TRIP, an MPC supported program at CSU, is an activity co-sponsored with the Metropolitan Planning Organization for northern Colorado. The College of Engineering hosted more than 150 companies at the Spring Career Fair Feb. 13-14 and more than 1,000 Colorado State engineering students visited with prospective employers across all career fields.
The fair offered students a great setting in which to interview the companies, see what career choices they offer, and find out what they seek in applicants. The North Front Range-MPO shared a booth with the Northern Colorado Branch of ASCE and informed interested students about the internship program and other job opportunities in transportation-related fields. Many of the employers at the event emphasized internship experience and a strong resume as key factors for strong job applicants. The employers noted that applicants that are friendly and outgoing also have an advantage.
CSU Professor Reflects on Year in Iraq
Steve Abt, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado State University, will present "Reflections – A Year's Experience with the U.S. Embassy in Iraq" to the CSU campus community April 17 at 4 p.m. in the Lory Student Center.
In May 2006, Abt was mobilized by the U.S. Army and deployed to Iraq to serve as the Director of Operations, Iraq Reconstruction Management Office within the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. His responsibilities encompassed the project selection, approval, allocation and accountability of nearly $3.5 billion of reconstruction funds and $1.5 billion of security and capacity building funds. These project funds supported over 1,200 projects to build/rebuild Iraqi infrastructure in the areas of electrical generation and distribution; oil production and distribution; rail, roadway and air travel systems; hospitals and health clinics; water and waster water treatment plants; and fire, police and postal stations. Abt supervised nearly 100 civilian subject matter experts and technical staff. During his tour, he routinely worked with Iraqi national ministers and director generals, and the leadership of the U.S. Embassy and Multi-National Force-Iraq. He traveled to over 140 project sites throughout the country and left the Green Zone visiting the Iraqi leadership over 150 times during his tour.
Abt will discuss the events leading to his deployment, provide insights in the unity of effort between U.S. Embassy and Coalition Military leaders, and present a brief overview of some the projects in which he was directly linked.
TLN Hosts Airport Planning Course
SDSU assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering Hesham Mahgoub is teaching a course on airport planning and design via the Transportation Learning Network. The network uses interactive technology to offer the graduate-level course to students across the nation. Topics covered in the course include history of airport engineering; aircraft technology; traffic control systems; airport master planning; airport configuration design; airport airside capacity analysis; geometric design of airport facilities; terminal configurations; environmental factors; pavement design; lighting and marking.
