Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
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The Geographic Information Systems Intern will work closely with the various members of the Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH) lab to assist in a wide variety of tasks related to mapping and analyzing environmental health data. Some of the projects that the intern would be working on include:
● Assessing the relationship between the proximity of confined animal feeding operations to well water, and its effects on mental disabilities and school performance in Delaware
● Examining spatial disparities in the distribution of chicken farms in Mississippi
● Updating analyses on differential burden of environmental hazards near urban gardens in Baltimore
● Mapping food infrastructure within Prince George’s County
● Analyzing data from stationary and mobile air quality monitors
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Minimum Qualifications:
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The preferred candidate will have intermediate to advanced skills in geospatial analyses (including buffer analysis, cluster analysis, spatial regression, and Moran’s I) in addition to the specified requirements below:
● Currently enrolled graduate student at UMD (masters or PhD)
● Expertise in ArcGIS, R, and other geovisualization programs
● Experience with basic statistics including linear regression
● Ability to use interpolation techniques such as kriging and cokriging
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Preferences:
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● Experience with land-use regression models.
● Eligibility for 2+ years as a graduate student in the position is desirable, but not required.
Position is needed for Spring 2020 semester
Position pays $22 an hour and average hours are 10 a week.
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Monday, February 10, 2020
GIS Spring 2020 Intern position for Graduate Students
