PhD Research Assistant
- Employer
- East Carolina University, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
- Location
- Greenville, North Carolina
- Closing date
- Feb 20, 2020
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- Discipline
- Near Surface Geophysics
- Career Level
- Student / Graduate
- Education Level
- PhD
- Job Type
- Internship
- Relocation Cost
- No Relocation
- Sector Type
- Academia
The Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at East Carolina University (ECU) is seeking a PhD student to play a leadership role in a project funded by the U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP). The project will examine the rates, causal mechanisms, and spatial variability of estuarine bluff retreat in Coastal North Carolina and the implications to local communities and planners. A variety of remote sensing techniques will be used to capture atmospheric, hydrologic, topographic and bathymetric data. These data will be analyzed using spatial and data science analytics as well incorporated into numerical hydrodynamic models to examine the potential causes of bluff erosion.
The student should be willing to aid in establishing real-time data sampling networks, UAV surveys and other means of collecting topographic and bathymetric data. We are keen to have a student with experience in coastal hydrodynamic modeling or interested in learning numerical modeling immediately to aid in completion of the project.
The student involved in the project would need to enroll in the Ph.D. Program in Integrated Coastal Sciences (ICS) at ECU (https://coastal.ecu.edu/coastalstudies/integrated-coastal-sciences/). The ICS, Ph.D. program is a research-intensive doctoral degree program at ECU that educates students to resolve complex problems facing coastal systems, using multidisciplinary solutions that integrate across both natural, and health and social science disciplines. March 1 is the priority deadline for fall semester admission in the ICS.
Interested students should contact Dr. Thad Wasklewicz (wasklewiczt@ecu.edu) for further information.
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