<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Temple University is
seeking multiple highly motivated Ph.D. students for a research assistant
positions in Environmental Engineering.
Applicants should be enthusiastic and motivated and should have strong
verbal and written communication skills.
Preference will be given to applicants who already have an M.S. in a
relevant field, and laboratory or analytical chemistry experience. Potential projects are shown below: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PFASs leaching from
sewage sludges and biosolids as affection by physicochemical and biological
factors (NSF funded; McKenzie and Suri in collaboration with Drexel); the
selected student may also interact with wastewater treatment plant
operators. Spring 2019 preferred start
date; contact Dr. McKenzie (</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:ermckenzie@temple.edu" style="color:blue">ermckenzie@temple.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) with inquiries.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PFASs accumulation in
biological systems (SERDP funded; McKenzie and Suri in collaboration with
Drexel); the selected student will participate in laboratory and field
efforts. Fall 2019 preferred start date;
contact Dr. McKenzie (</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:ermckenzie@temple.edu" style="color:blue">ermckenzie@temple.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) with inquiries.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Advanced water and wastewater treatment methods
(e.g., ion exchange, adsorption, ultrasound, electrocatalysis, and other AOPs)
for emerging contaminants of concern, such as dealing with PFAS, AMR, etc, in
the NSF Water and Environmental Technology (WET; </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="http://www.nsfwetcenter.org/" style="color:blue">http://www.nsfwetcenter.org/</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) Center. WET Center director: Dr. Suri (</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:rsuri@temple.edu" style="color:blue">rsuri@temple.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">).</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contaminants in Green
Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) including nutrients, metals, and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PennDOT/AECOM funded; McKenzie and Ryan in collaboration
with a larger Temple and Villanova team); the research will likely include
field, laboratory, and modeling efforts. Fall 2019 preferred start date;
contact Dr. McKenzie (</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:ermckenzie@temple.edu" style="color:blue">ermckenzie@temple.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) with inquiries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Application review
will start immediately for Spring 2019 applicants and on December 1<sup>st</sup>
for Fall 2019 applicants. For
consideration, applicants should:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Complete the unofficial
application google form (</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/7cwPSydXrpHYiZCI2" style="color:blue">https://goo.gl/forms/7cwPSydXrpHYiZCI2</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Complete the Temple
University application for graduate admission and submit all required
supplemental documents. More information on the graduate admissions process is
available at: </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://engineering.temple.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions" style="color:blue">https://engineering.temple.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. Questions regarding the admissions process
should be directed to </span><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:gradengr@temple.edu" style="color:blue">gradengr@temple.edu</a></span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Only fully completed
applications will be considered. Documents; applicants are encouraged to plan
ahead to ensure that all materials are received in a timely manner. </span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="_gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Philadelphia has been ranked among the top cities in which to
reside or visit. The Temple University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering includes approximately forty
graduate students engaged in research on a variety of topics. </span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br><br>***********************************************************************<br>Erica R. McKenzie, Ph.D.<br></div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Assistant Professor</span><br><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1947 N. 12th St., Philadelphia, PA, 19122<br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Phone: (215) 204-6093<br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Fax: (215) 204-4696<br><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>