Sponsor Summaries & Table Numbers

Paid research opportunity for undergraduates interested in social science research on water and society! We will hire 4 student researchers for the 2023-24 academic year, who will use an interdisciplinary approach to investigate water-society connections, focusing on questions of governance, environmental justice, and social and environmental change. Participating students will receive a stipend, participate in research, professional development and career development, and will be supported by faculty mentors while working as part of a team. Students from environmental science and management, environmental studies, geography, anthropology, applied linguistics, or any other related discipline with interests in water-society interactions are encouraged to apply. 

Our table will offer admissions information to students who may have general questions about applying to PSU. Our booth will contain resource information that students can access to gain further insight about undergraduate programs, tuition costs, and admissions requirements for prospective first year and transfer students. Come check out our booth to learn more information about PSU, to meet with an admissions counselor, or to pick up any PSU brochures, buttons, and stickers!  

Floor23 Digital, a technology and consulting company in innovation, research, and public engagement has student opportunities in three categories:

STEM Internships: 3 types of cohort-based paid STEM Internships inclusive of research, mentorship and experiential learning.

STEM Challenges/Competitions: Opportunity to compete or have directly compensated involvement in STEM competitions or research-based challenges.

STEM Talent Exposure: Opportunity to get interviewed on the Innovation in Color podcast, or The Open Innovation blog in celebration of STEM achievement in classroom or other work. 

Interested in what a career in civil engineering and working in the construction industry looks like? Come meet us at GRI where we can chat about what our everyday work looks like, everything from investigating soil/rock behavior, and properly designing foundations based on our findings. GRI employees can expect to have a very dynamic work environment that includes: field work (working outside), working in our soil and rock testing labs, designing foundations, and runways, and working on large private and public infrastructure projects like bridges, airports, reservoirs, and hospitals, to name a few. 

HDR specializes in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists.

Have you ever been curious about how our oceans work and impact the rest of our planet? At the Applied Physics Laboratory – University of Washington (APL-UW), we conduct research to better understand our oceans, the species that live within them, and how they impact global biogeochemical cycles. We are currently seeking diverse undergraduate students, as well as students at community colleges and technical schools, interested in oceanography. Because APL-UW does all kinds of research, such as acoustics, sea-air interactions, polar science, ocean engineering, etc., any STEM field you may be studying could potentially be applicable to research conducted at APL-UW. Being a summer intern through the Diverse and Inclusive Naval Oceanographic Summer Internship Program (DINO SIP) at APL-UW will give you the opportunity to conduct your own research project, meet APL-UW scientists and researchers and other up-and-coming scientists, and learn about different career opportunities, both at APL-UW and elsewhere.

The Center for Life in Extreme Environments (CLEE) is a research center composed of 12 faculty, and and over 60 graduate and undergraduate students from Biology, Chemistry and Physics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at PSU. From Antarctic moss to hydrothermal microbes to fish that thrive in the desert, researchers in CLEE study organisms that thrive at under the most extreme conditions on Earth. As a transdisciplinary center, we recruit student researchers with a broad range of interests, including ecology, evolution, biochemistry, computer science, physics and engineering to develop new ways to study the genomics, chemistry, biodiversity, ecosystem structure/function, and physiology of organisms in extreme environments, with a forward eye to better understanding how life will function under new planetary extremes. 

Born out of the civil rights movement and founded by leaders of color, Oregon MESA was founded in 1985 on the belief that access to a STEM education and exposure to successful role models can irrevocably change the course of a student’s life. Oregon MESA is a nonprofit organization, based at the Portland State University Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, that is committed to advancing equity by providing design-centered STEM programs in over 35 schools and organizations across Oregon. We are always looking for highly motivated PSU students to come work with us--we hire Mentors each September to work with our MESA Chapters during the school year to help students with their invention projects during weekly after school meetings, hosted at local schools in the Portland Metro Area by MESA Advisors. This position is normally posted sometime in August.

The EAGLES Scholarship is for low-income PSU undergraduates in STEM with at least 2 years of school remaining. The program offers up to $10,000 per year, academic and career support, research opportunities, and a community of dedicated scholars. BIPOC, first-generation, and nontraditional students are highly encouraged to apply. Applications close on April 30, 2023.

We are students and faculty of the Geology Department at Portland State University. Information will be provided about research within the department along with Earth Science research and training for geoscience careers. We will also include information about local organizations such as AEG and GSOC and how to get involved. 

Are you curious how your civil engineering classes are applied in the real world? Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset? At Kimley-Horn, our engineering mindset plus our passion to make a difference is applied to projects spanning public, private, and Tribal clients. We will be highlighting our work with Tribal Nations at our table.

Our passion for projects starts with our people. As an employee-owned firm, we are able to provide an opportunity for our employees to flourish. 

Come learn more about how your career can start here!

Are you a student interested in STEM? Do you want to connect with like-minded peers and professionals and be part of a movement towards true diversity in the field? Join the new student chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) at Portland State University!  Our new chapter will offer opportunities for students to engage in STEM-related events, workshops, and conferences, as well as community outreach programs. We are also looking for students who are interested in holding leadership positions in our chapter and helping to shape the future of our community.

Are you a PSU student interested in a paid internship focused on climate resilience, disaster preparedness and/or water resources?  This internship cohort program focused on historically excluded undergraduate students majoring in STEM disciplines for the 2023-2024 academic year and pairs you up with a industry or community partner working in these areas. The goal of this program is to provide LSAMP students with opportunities for skill/knowledge development and professional mentoring that supports students’ post-graduation employment and/or graduate studies goals.

Located in Kelso Washington, we provide chemistry testing of soil and water samples for clients across the country. Employing over 100 people we test for a large variety of pollutants including PFAS, Pesticides, and Heavy Metals. We have multiple positions open with opportunities for growth and development. Our open positions include laboratory technicians, client services, and analytical chemists.

iUrban Teen is a nationally recognized program focused on bringing career-focused education to underrepresented teens ages 13 to 18. Youth receive hands-on exposure to a variety of careers and civic engagement that step them outside of their current boundaries. Our target demographics are African American, Latino, Indigenous and Pacific Islanders, however, the program is inclusive of all youth. We have an almost equal parity of girls that participate in our programs and also youth with special needs.  iUrban Teen programs are now in Washington, Oregon, California, and Texas.

Apply to be a paid, full time, 10-week summer intern! Oregon Applied Sustainability Experience (OASE) interns gain hand-on experience helping an Oregon business reach their pollution prevention and sustainability goals. Oregon-based 3rd and 4th year undergraduates, and graduate students, are welcome to apply for OASE internships. The mission of the Oregon Sea Grant Scholars program is to increase the number and diversity of higher education graduates who are work-ready, trained in, and able to apply marine science, policy, management, and outreach skills to the most pressing coastal and ocean issues facing Oregon and the nation.

Join Dr. Tasia Bryson for a conversation, more info coming soon!

Come learn about the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories! Located on San Juan Island in the Salish Sea, the labs are home to many marine and terrestrial science research and learning opportunities for students and researchers. Stop by to learn about courses taking place in the summer and fall of 2023 and to learn about summer 2024 research opportunities for undergraduates.

Join Denise Yates to talk about all things graduate school, professional school, and international research!  Ms. Yates’ research interests include diversity in higher education policy and administration, mentorship, retention, attrition and time to degree for ethnic minorities and others underrepresented in STEM graduate education.   For 20+ years, Ms. Yates has worked in the area of recruitment and retention for student and faculty populations underrepresented in graduate and professional education. She is a nationally certified professional counselor and has worked in mental health, marriage and family, and addictions counseling for the past 30 years and has extensive knowledge about international research experiences.

We are the local chapter of Sigma Xi, the international scientific research honor society.

It is an interdisciplinary organization, with members representing all fields of science, technology, mathematics, engineering, and medicine, and who work in academia, industry, government, non-profits, and start-ups.

Membership in Sigma Xi is by nomination, and students who present at a conference are eligible to be nominated by their faculty mentors to be Associate Members.

We sponsor a student research symposium, lectures, panel discussions, and special events. This spring we will sponsor two Sigma Xi Distinguished Lectures, one remote and one live during PSU Research Week.

We help to support students who travel to Sigma Xi meetings to present their research.

Our table will be about career and internship opportunities with the USGS (see the link to our National and Oregon public web pages below), one of the leading scientific agencies in the world. We are interested in meeting students with academic interests in the physical sciences (biology, chemistry, geology etc.), however there are also opportunities in IT and administrative careers as well. We will have a number of USGS career cards that explain specific career opportunities and the educational requirements and skills needed for those positions which we will be handing out.