Penn State University · 13 hours ago
Undergraduate Research Assistant in Flood Risk Mapping- GEOSCI
Penn State University Park
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad
$20/hr - $20/hrPenn State University is seeking an undergraduate research assistant in the Geosciences department to contribute to a project focused on flood risk mapping in Baltimore. The role involves searching for risk data, using GIS tools for mapping, and integrating flood modeling results to build a comprehensive flood risk map.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Searching for risk data across the city
Using GIS tools to map out risk factors
Integrating flood modeling results
Qualification
Required
Curious and ready to learn more about risk analysis
Prepared to learn to clean data and configure datasets for import
Preferred
An interest in climate science, environmental studies, data science, or related fields
Prior experience with QGIS or ArcGIS, specifically importing and visualizing spatial datasets
Basic coding experience
Company
Penn State University
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