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Research Assistantships in Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis invites applications for research assistantships at the M.S. and Ph.D. level. The assistantships are in the area of structural engineering and provide a stipend and tuition coverage.

Current topics of research interest for the structural engineering faculty are earthquake engineering with an emphasis on risk assessment using HAZUS-MH (FEMA’s Software Program for Estimating Potential Losses from Disasters).

Start date for these positions is spring semester of 2008. See the Department of Civil Engineering web page for admission requirements and application procedures. Any questions related to these assistantships should be directed to:

Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Memphis
104 Engineering Science Building
Memphis, TN 38152-3180
Phone: (901) 678-2746, FAX: (901) 678-3026
E-mail: cvcamp@memphis.edu

Geotechnical Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis invites applications for research assistantships at the M.S. and Ph.D. level. The assistantships are in the area of geotechnical engineering and provide a stipend and tuition coverage.

Current topics of research interest for geotechnical engineering faculty are engineering behavior of silt, unsaturated soil behavior, lightweight fill in roadway embankment applications over soft ground and in slope stability applications, and geosynthetics.

Start date for these positions is fall semester of 2008. See the Department of Civil Engineering web page for admission requirements and application procedures. Any questions related to these assistantships should be directed to:

Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Memphis
104 Engineering Science Building
Memphis, TN 38152-3180
Phone: (901) 678-2746, FAX: (901) 678-3026
E-mail: darellan@memphis.edu