Golden Gate Chapter

California Society of Professional Engineers

Chapter President: Julia Gee, P.E.

Chapter Secretary: Victor Keyak, P.E.

Internship Opportunity for Engineering Students

The City and County of San Francisco is seeking student interns for various architecture/engineering disciplines, to provide support to in-house Engineering · Architecture · Landscape Architecture · Planning · Surveying · GIS staff. The City Departments that employ interns are the Airport Commission (SFO), Department of Building Inspection (DBI), MTA Municipal Railway (Muni), MTA Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT), Port of San Francisco (Port), Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Department of Public Works (DPW), and Recreation and Park Department (RPD). Interns will gain on-the-job experience under the guidance of experienced professional engineers, architects, planners and surveyors. Interns will participate in various activities in the respective City Departments" - excerpt from the description of this City-Wide Summer Student Intern Program (http://www.sfstudentintern.org )

Please view the job announcement by going to the DHR website: http://www.jobaps.com/sf . Close of filing will be on
Friday, February 15, 2008

Want to get involved with CSPE Golden Gate Chapter?

Here are just some of the events that we have sponsored in the past:

Dinner Meetings

	Presentation on BART to San Francisco International Airport by Michael D. Callen, P.E., Group Manager West Bay Extensions San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
	Golden Gate Bridge Update: Seismic Retrofit and the Operation and Maintenance of the Bridge on a Daily Basis by Kary Witt, Bridge Manager & Mervin Giacomini, PE, Bridge Engineer
	Seismic Isolators and its application to the San Francisco Old Main Library/Asian Art Museum by David Dickson from Dynamic Isolation Systems, Inc.
	Professional Liability Insurance by Michel Caurant from Dealey, Renton, & Associates
	Seismic Retrofit of the Bay Bridge by Veronica Faisant from Caltrans
	Proposition 35-Public Works Projects. Use of Private Contractors (The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act) by Jim Bourgart from Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.

Tours

	Tour of the BART Main Control Room in Oakland
	Tour of the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco
	Tour of the Bay Model in Sausalito
	Tour of the Chabot Space & Science Center Observatory and Planetarium

We are a great group of engineers that like to have fun and we are always looking for new volunteers to assist with upcoming events for our members. Contact your CSPE Golden Gate Chapter officers! We would like to hear from you!

Are You Looking For Employment?

Check out the CSPE Golden Gate Chapter's website for online resources for employment!

	http://www.sanfranjobs.com/
	http://www.tenlinks.com/engineering/jobs/10jobs.htm
	http://sfgate.com/jobs/
	http://www.saccountyjobs.org
	http://www.unionpacific.jobs/omt

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Contact information:

California Society of Professional Engineers

777 Campus Commons Road, Suite 200

Sacramento, CA 95825

Phone: 916-563-7179

Email: info@cspe.com