Dear all,
There are the following three research positions open at Cornell University, working with Prof Oliver Gao
Opportunity 1: Travel demand and transportation network analysis: advanced econometrical/mathematical models and data analysis for the demand and distribution (e.g., over space and time at both macro and meso-scopes) of passenger and/or freight transportation. A better (e.g., more realistic and accurate) understanding and characterization of such activities under various policy and event shocks can be further combined with advanced emission and AQ models for the holistic evaluation and optimization of transportation/energy systems.
Opportunity 2: Statistics/Econometrics: modeling and analysis of transportation and environment monitoring data and on-board vehicle emissions testing data for more accurate assessment of transportation systems and their impacts on air quality and energy consumption (candidates with strong background in applied statistics or econometrics are desired)
Opportunity 3: Investment and incentive structure optimization (e.g., survey design and data analysis, operations research, modern portfolio theory, dynamic optimization, industrial organization) in strategic transportation/environmental systems planning (e.g., control of air pollutant and green-house-gas emissions by improving energy efficiency through demand management, advanced information and technology systems, emissions trading and other market-based approaches). Candidates with strong background in transportation networks, freight transport, resource/environmental economics, market research, or computational economics are desired.
Cornell University Transportation and Environmental Systems (CUTES) Group is a fast-growing research team which takes innovative cross-disciplinary systems approaches to solving transportation and its associated environmental/energy/economic problems. The Group involves faculty and grad/undergrad students from Civil and Environmental Engineering, Statistics, and Applied Economics and Management, Systems Engineering, Earth and Atmospheric Science. Research projects in the Group expose students to solving the above-mentioned problems by focusing on the nexus of transportation and air quality, energy, and climate change concerns.
These posts will start in the summer of 2008. This will be a fantastic research experience where you will work closely with faculty and graduate students in the development of statistical/econometrical methodologies, resource/environmental economics models, computing software, and decision supporting systems for both government environmental policies and firm growth strategies. The advising faculty will have close interaction with the researchers through weekly meetings. You will be expected to develop and adapt econometric methods and techniques and/or advanced modeling methods with the aim of evaluating the economic viability of transportation emission control strategies. Knowledge in statistical and/or econometrical modeling (e.g., ANOVA, regression, longitudinal data analysis and generalized linear models, panel data analysis, duration models or survival analysis, mixed models, multiple time series analysis, spatio-temporal statistics, etc.), mathematical modeling for optimization, or training in resource/environmental economics and transportation network economics is desired. Proficiency in general programming languages (e.g., C++/Java, FORTRAN, Matlab), statistical analysis packages (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS, GAUSS), and ArcGIS is a plus.
If you are interested in any one of them, please contact Professor H. Oliver Gao and send your CV with the contact information of three references) to:
H. Oliver Gao School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Phone number: (607)254-8334
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Please free to circulate it.
Kind regards,
Ying-en
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Ying-en (Ethan) GE, PhD
Research Fellow in Transport Modelling
Transport Research Institute (TRi)
Napier University, Merchiston Campus
Edinburgh EH10 5DT
Tel: +44 (0) 131 4552951 (TRi General Office)
Fax: +44 (0) 131 4552953
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