Hourly Research Assistant – Prescribed Fire & Smoke Exposure Modeling

Fort Collins, CO

$32K

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Department of Mechanical Engineering seeks a part-time hourly Research Assistant (student or non-student) to support the SOGES-funded ECO-FIRE project, which develops an integrated modeling framework to quantify the air quality, public health, and environmental equity trade-offs between wildfires and prescribed fires.

Develop and evaluate optimized prescribed-fire ignition methods, techniques, and pattern designs in collaboration with project partners.

Conduct smoke exposure analysis and investigate how ignition pattern design affects downwind smoke exposure outcomes.

Develop and maintain Python-based data processing and analysis workflows, using high-performance computing resources where applicable, and document methods to ensure reproducibility.

Prepare and draft a...