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Hello!

My name is Dr. Catherine Berdanier. I am an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. I have been awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the experiences of current engineering graduate students over time in an effort to understand graduate student attrition and persistence in engineering. We are collecting longitudinal data using text-message survey methods, following participants over time.

 This research is conducted via very short surveys conducted via text message on your cell phone.  If you agree, and we select you for this study based on your screening criteria, you will receive very short surveys on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Monday and Wednesday surveys will take approximately 30 seconds. Weekly, monthly, and end-of-term (December, May, August) surveys on Fridays will take 1 to 3 minutes. 

If you are interested in participating in this study, please complete the online survey link below. The second page of the survey is the informed consent section, which includes more information regarding the study, including measures taken to protect confidentiality, and you will be able to download the full informed consent document. 

[Link to Participant Interest Survey]

Consecutive participation will be rewarded with a $10 Amazon.com gift card each month of participation (missing fewer than 2 Monday/Wednesday surveys or 1 Friday survey each month). In addition, participants who complete each of the monthly surveys and semesterly surveys each term (December, May, August) will be entered in a drawing for one of three $50 Amazon.com gift cards at the end of each term. 

Although you have the option to be removed from our study at any time, ideally participants would remain in the study for a year, at which point we will reach out to see if you would be interested in continuing your participation. Longitudinal data is extremely valuable to our research, so participants continuing in a second year will be entered into an additional drawing for an additional $50 Amazon.com gift card. 

If you have any questions about the study or how the data will be used, feel free to contact me at our lab group email (ecrl@me.psu.edu) or my university email address (cgb9@psu.edu) and we will answer any questions you have.  This study has been approved by the Penn State IRB.

Thank you for considering participation in this important study. 

Catherine Berdanier, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Shuman Family Early Career Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Pennsylvania State University

Director of the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL) 

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the post of Course Director for the Construction Engineering Master’s degree programme (CEM) at the University of Cambridge (http://www.construction.cam.ac.uk/cem-programme).

Please share this email with those who may be eligible & interested. For more details, see below:

NM27100 – Course Director

https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/30257/

Transportation faculty _ UMD-CEE Faculty Announcement 10-2021

FACULTY POSITION – TRANSPORTATION
University of Maryland’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering seeks applicants for a tenuretrack position in Civil and Environmental Engineering in the area of transportation systems. This area is
interpreted broadly to include: data science and data analytics, connected and autonomous vehicles,
shared mobility, sustainable transportation, traffic systems, traffic management, air transportation,
freight transportation, public transportation among many other topics within the area of transportation
systems. The successful candidate could have an academic background rooted in any area of civil
engineering, including transportation engineering, operations research and systems engineering. We are
seeking the best candidate irrespective of specialization. Candidates with interdisciplinary expertise are
highly desired. This includes, but is not limited to, demonstrated integration of decision support,
community engagement, equity, and/or social justice into their research and/or teaching. The
appointment is at the assistant professor level.

Minimum Qualifications
All applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Civil or Environmental Engineering or a related field by August 2022.
Candidates should demonstrate the ability to teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels,
guide an active scholarly research program, integrate with current research activities, collaborate across
discipline boundaries, and obtain funding from competitive external funding agencies. For best
consideration applications should be received by January 15, 2022, but later applications may be
reviewed. The expected start date is August 2022. Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum
vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, and four names of references with contact
information.

Program Information
The Transportation Program at the University of Maryland is internationally renowned with 5 faculty
members, and annual research expenditures of $21M. The CEE Department is home of the Maryland
Transportation Center (MTI), that brings together interdisciplinary transportation expertise from all across
campus, and the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT) that hosts the largest
transportation big data center in the nation. Please see http://www.cee.umd.edu/;
http://www.mti.umd.edu/; http://www.catt.umd.edu/ for additional information about the department,
MTI and CATT.

Diversity Statement
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with
all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of
equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual
orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured
by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
Applicants should apply electronically at (Position # 126773):
https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/89256 Best consideration date: 1/15/2022 open until filled.