Graduate Research Assistant - Civil Engineering

Location 3801 W TEMPLE AVE BLDG 55,FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATION,POMONA, CA, ,United States

Base Pay $20.00 / Hour

Employee Type Student Assistant

We are currently searching for one Graduate Student Assistant to work in a research project sponsored by University Transportation Center (UTC), under the supervision of Dr. Yongping Zhang and Yangsong Gu, principal investigators.

• Assist with various research activities related to the project, including literature reviews, large-scale data processing, and analysis, mathematical and statistical modeling, and interpretation of results associated with travel behavior during California wildfire events.
• Support the preparation of research manuscripts, technical reports, project deliverables and interim and final project reports.
• Contribute to data management, visualization, and documentation to facilitate project objectives and dissemination of findings.
• Participate in research meetings and collaborate with project team members to advance project tasks and milestones.

• Must be a graduate student
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English are required
• Strong programming, statistical, and computational skills (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB)
• A positive, pleasant attitude with good problem-solving skills

• Experience developing interactive dashboards using Tableau, Power BI, or web-based visualization platforms.
• Experience with large-scale data processing, analysis, and visualization
• Experience working in interdisciplinary research environments
• Strong motivation and enthusiasm for conducting research
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises, Inc. may provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodation with the employer.