Entry Level Geotechnical Engineering Position

Yeh and Associates, Inc., a geotechnical consulting firm in Colorado Springs, Colorado is looking for an entry-level geotechnical engineer. Details about the position can be found online.

General information about the company can be found online. Interested applicants should contact OU graduate Hai Ming Lim (Ming) at 918-409-3729.

Research Opportunity in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 17, 2019 3:00PM ET

https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/FDA-ORA-2019-0003

A research opportunity is currently available with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Northeast Regional Laboratory (NRL) located in Jamaica, New York.

The fellowship is within the Northeast Regional Laboratory Facility where the following analytical techniques will be used to support critical regulatory testing and research activities: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC, UPLC), Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC), Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), Ion Exchange Chromatography, Spectroscopy (FTIR, UV/VIS, fluorescence, XRF, Raman), high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), Polarized Light Microscopy capabilities and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (NMR).

The Pharmaceutical Analytical Group has been developed in Northeast Regional Laboratory to support the regulatory needs of Office of Regulatory Science (ORS) and Center for Drug Evaluation (CDER) scientists in the area of evaluation of protein-based pharmaceuticals (nano-scale) for therapeutic safety and efficacy to safeguard patient health and wellness. This group is formed to support ORA in developing and executing NMR-based analytical methods to qualify complex drugs.

Under the guidance of a mentor, the participant will be performing NMR analyses of pharmaceutical products. In this process, they will be learning about regulatory testing, generating regulatory analytical packages that can withstand scrutiny, learning about analytical quality controls and gaining experience with regulatory laboratory processes such as maintaining sample chain of custody, preparing samples per program guidelines in a way to preserve the regulatory value of the sample. They will also learn about horizon scanning and being able to identify projects to support regulatory needs in pharmaceutical analysis area.

The FDA Northeast Regional Laboratory is located in the York College Campus of City University of New York in Jamaica, New York.  This can be conveniently reached by New York City Subway and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).

Qualifications

The qualified candidate should have received a doctoral degree in one of the relevant fields (Biochemistry, Biophysics, or All Chemistry disciplines), or be currently pursuing the degree and will reach completion by the start date of the appointment (June 17, 2019). Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.

Close familiarity with NMR, NMR maintenance, preparing and running samples on the NMR, operating the instrument, and the ability to analyze and derive information from NMR spectra is preferred.

For a full description of this opportunity and to submit your application, visit https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/FDA-ORA-2019-0003.

If you have any questions, send an email to ORISE.FDA.OC.other@orau.org.  Please include the reference code for this opportunity (FDA-ORA-2019-0003) in your email. 

Research Opportunity in Railroad Safety Data Science and Data Analytics

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 3, 2019 11:59PM ET

https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDOT-2019-0007

At the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), we believe that rail moves America forward. The FRA’s mission is to enable the safe, reliable, and efficient movement of people and goods for a strong America, now and in the future. FRA executes this mission through development and enforcement of safety regulations, investment in passenger and freight rail services and infrastructure, and research into and development of innovations and technology solutions.

As a research participant at the FRA you will (1) help develop data science products, such as models for mitigating railroad safety risk, and (2) help develop analytics tools to draw insights and knowledge from the internal and external data, to realize the potential mission impact data science and analytics tools could have at the FRA.

FRA's Office of Railroad Safety promotes and regulates safety throughout the Nation's railroad industry.  The mission of the Railroad Safety Information Management Division (RSIMD) within the Office of Railroad Safety is to plan and direct all activities relating to the management of the Office of Railroad Safety’s data. Over the last several years, FRA has increasingly focused on its safety data as a strategic resource and asset. RSIMD is piloting a data science platform to further its data-driven decision process.

RSIMD is looking for candidates to support the development of railroad safety data products. This initiative uses new data science processes, tools and technology to significantly improve accessibility and usability of FRA Safety data, reduce cost, reduce human capital for providing railroad safety data to internal and external stakeholders, and to further FRA's data-driving decision making processes. The project will include deployment of open source software to support data analytics; extraction, transformation, loading and curation of source data; and developing software libraries as well as documentation to facilitate use of the data science platform. The project includes the use of modern, cloud-based technologies, multi-resolution data fusion and analysis.

The appointment will provide training and opportunities for developing and implementing creative approaches to improve and refine the railroad safety data analytics lifecycle via scripting, programming, and other methods.  The participant will have opportunities for publications and presentations of research in professional journals and to the scientific communities and we strongly encourage these activities. Appointments are initially for one year, with the possibility of extension, contingent upon project suitability and the availability of funds.

Stipend: $60,000 - $85,000 (commensurate with education level and experience)
Professional Development/Conference Travel: $4,000
Relocation: $4,000
Health Insurance Allowance: $3,000

The start date is flexible.  You may start anytime after September 2, 2019.

The USDOT is actively reviewing applications and is looking to fill opportunities as soon as qualified applicants are identified. 

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Master’s degree in engineering, natural sciences, computer sciences, mathematics/statistics or a closely related discipline.
• Knowledge of data science technologies and tools, cloud-based analytics, statistical modeling and statistical graphics, open source data management software, data conversion, data analysis, data management, metadata and data visualization.
• Excellent communication (oral and writing) skills, and excellent organization and decision-making skills. Strong interpersonal skills and participate effectively as a team member are essential.
• Applicants should have received their most recent degree within five years prior to the start date.

For a full description of this opportunity and to submit your application, visit https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDOT-2019-0007.

If you have any questions, send an email to USDOT@orau.org. Please include the reference code for this opportunity (USDOT-2019-0007) in your email. 

ConocoPhillips Invests $1 Million in Support of OU Data Science and Analytics Institute

Paul Richardson – ConocoPhillips supervisor, Corporate Staff Analytics (left), with students from the Gallogly College of Engineering, Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy and Price College of Business (center), and Darbi Alstrom – ConocoPhillips lead, University Engineering Recruiting and Carlos Russian – ConocoPhillips senior geophysicist (right)

The University of Oklahoma has received a $1 million gift from ConocoPhillips in support of its Data Science and Analytics Institute. The OU Data Science and Analytics Institute also provides training to leading corporations to upskill their workforce across a broad spectrum of DSA knowledge from awareness to expertise and builds new tools and models to provide solutions for challenges facing our partner corporations.

“The generosity of ConocoPhillips is providing the Gallogly College of Engineering, and our partners across the university, the ability to benefit more OU students by equipping them with skills in data science and analytics,” said Randa Shehab, associate dean of the Gallogly College of Engineering. “These students will be more valuable to their future employers because they are prepared to speak the complex language of data science.”

“We are grateful to ConocoPhillips for their continued investment in our students and programs,” said OU President James L. Gallogly. “As one of our largest corporate sponsors, their long-term support of OU ensures our students are ready with the skills they need to be successful in the workforce.”

Certificate programs, intended to enhance an OU graduate’s knowledge and marketability, will be developed and implemented under the guidance of OU faculty housed in multiple academic colleges. Initial content delivery to students in both technical and non-technical degree programs in the Gallogly College of Engineering, Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy and Price College of Business is slated to begin in early 2020.