Wind Tunnel Modeling Support

The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a full-time contractor position; Wind Tunnel Modeling Support with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Salary: $23.84 per hour.

Travel: Travel is not required.

Required Skills:

• Familiarity with laboratory measurements and practices;
• Strong written, oral and electronic communication skills; and
• Experience programming in Python and R or other scripting languages.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education

• Experience using FORTRAN and dispersion models.

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years of age and
• Have earned at least a bachelor’s degree in the fields of engineering, atmospheric science, meteorology, environmental science, or a related field from an accredited university or college within the last 24 months and
• Be a citizen of the United States of America or a Legal Permanent Resident.

EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program.

What the EPA project is about

The missions of the Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling (CEMM) is to develop, evaluate, and apply measurements and models to characterize the sources, occurrence, transformation, transport and effects of pollutants and stressors in the natural environment. Within CEMM, the Atmospheric & Environmental Systems Modeling Division (AESMD) conducts research to advance EPA’s ability to characterize atmospheric and environmental processes that impact the transport, transformation, and fate of environmental contaminants in the air and the multimedia linkages of air pollutant emissions in support of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

AESMD scientists develop, evaluate, and apply state-of-the-science modeling tools that are used to manage air quality at local, state, regional, and global scales. Models developed by AESMD estimate the contributions of various air emission sources to ambient air pollution and inform human/ecological exposure and effects assessment. In addition, they study emission impacts from alternative energy pathways that can improve the cost-effectiveness of air quality management approaches and identify potential implications of energy system changes on air quality and other environmental media. AESMD scientists also conduct research that advances the science of atmospheric modeling tools to support robust air quality management policy decisions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a recent Bachelor’s graduate to collaborate with EPA’s research team. Research experience includes:

• Preparing wind-tunnel and field-study databases for dispersion model evaluation exercises;
• Building and installing physical wind-tunnel models for use in dispersion studies;
• Data analysis of wind-tunnel and dispersion modeling studies using the R programming language; and
• Networking and exploring many career paths at EPA.

Interested in this research opportunity? If so, follow the link below to apply. Questions? Email EPANSSC@ORAU.org