Recently, the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) was awarded a proposal by the the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) to perform Enterprise Architecting research during the Fall semester. The goal of this research is to evaluate the Massachusetts Health Information Highway (HIway) to help further advance Massachusett's goal to electronically connect all of its health care community. We have Research Assistantship opportunities to cover full tuition and stipend for the Fall Semester. If you are interested in working on this incredible opportunity, please email Andrea Ippolito (ippolita@mit.edu) with your resume and interest in working on this project. Thank you!
Group Leader: Prof. John E. Fernandez, Building Technology Program, Dept. of Architecture, MIT
Position: RA
Term: Academic year 2012-2013, with possible extension.
Applications will be Reviewed: Sunday, September 9, 2012, 5pm. This is a hard deadline and will not be extended.
Description:
Urban metabolism is the study of material and energy flows arising from urban socioeconomic activities and regional and global biogeochemical processes. The characterization of these flows and the relationships between anthropogenic urban activities and natural processes and cycles defines the behavior of urban production and consumption. Urban metabolism is therefore a deeply multi-disciplinary research domain focused on providing important insights into the behavior of cities for the purpose of advancing effective proposals for a more humane and ecologically responsible future.
As a field of study, urban metabolism is the result of the convergence of work in the characterization of sociometabolic regimes, social metabolism, regional and national material flow analysis, urban economics and selected elements of urban and infrastructure engineering and planning. All of these fields are actively contributing to the emergence of theory and methods defining the urban metabolism canon. Many urban metabolism researchers count themselves as members of the industrial ecology community.
The tripartite content and scope of the work for this open RA position is composed of the following:
- Completing the final stages of a literature review by providing annotations of key elements of the collection.
- Editing various unpublished writings of the group into a coherent set of position papers to be posted online.
- Investigating a particular topic of current interest to the group. This topic may include well-defined and bounded contributions to urban typological classifications based on resource consumption, development of regional urban metabolism characterizations, assembly of a shortlist of alternative urban technologies oriented toward radical transformation toward city sustainability, or other. The specific area of research selected will be the result of an agreement between Prof. Fernandez and the researcher selected for the position.
Specifications of Application:
Please send your application of interest to Prof. Fernandez at fernande@mit.edu.
Please include the following elements in your application:
- Current degree program and a CV,
- Any examples of writing and/or publications,
- A brief statement outlining your interest in the area of urban metabolism and any evidence of your capacity to fulfill the scope of the position as listed above. In particular, please specify any previous work in completing a formal literature review, experience in editing and research writing, and any particular expertise in urban issues. None of these competencies are absolutely required but should be noted if you have them.
Posted: September 7, 2012
Apply by: Email Prof. John E. Fernández (mailto:fernande@mit.edu?Subject=URBMET RA APP – YOUR LAST NAME&Body=1.%20Name%3A%0A2.%20Daytime%20Phone%3A%0A3.%20Level%3A%20Masters%20or%20PhD%0A4.%20Current%20degree%20program%3A%20%0A5.%20A%20brief%20statement%20outlining%20my%20interest%20in%20the%20area%20of%20urban%20metabolism%20and%20my%20capacity%20to%20do%20the%20work%20as%20outlined.%20%28Mention%20any%20formal%20literature%20review%20experience%2C%20editing%20and%20research%20writing%2C%20expertise%20in%20urban%20issues.%29%3A%0A%0AAttached%20%28limited%20to%205MB%29%3A%20%0A1.%20CV%0A2.%20Any%20examples%20of%20writing%20and/or%20publications%0A%0A%28Please%20do%20NOT%20attach%20portfolios.%29%20) ASAP if interested. SEND YOUR APPLICATION IN AN EMAIL WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT LINE, "URBMET RA APP – YOUR LAST NAME". Please do not attach portfolios. Also please limit the size of attached documents to 5MB, total. If this is absolutely not possible let me know. I can make exceptions.
Informed: All applicants will be informed of the final selection decision by September 14, 2012.
Posting from:
J. E. Fernández
Associate Professor
Director, Building Technology Program
Department of Architecture, MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm 5-418
Cambridge, MA 02139
Position: RA
Term: Fall, possibility for extension
Applications will be Reviewed: Immediately. Continuing until position is filled.
Description: An RA for a newly funded NASA NIAC project with Draper Labs. See quad chart.
Qualifications:
- Mechanical engineering, aero/astro engineering, or electrical engineering & computer sciences background
- strength with dynamics and controls
- interest/expertise in human spaceflight
Posted: August 27, 2012
Apply by: Email Prof. Dava Newman ASAP if interested.
Position: RA
Term: Fall 2012
Applications will be Reviewed: Immediately. Continuing until position is filled.
Description: RA for a new project on social acceptance of nuclear facilities projects.
Qualifications:
Posted: August 22, 2012
Apply by: Email Prof. Michael Golay ASAP if interested.
Position: 100% master's-level RA
Term: Fall 2012
Applications will be Reviewed: Immediately. Continuing until position is filled.
Description: The RA would work as part of a team on a research project supported by the NIH – on work force planning.
Qualifications: Any ESD Masters students having broad interests and background.
Posted: August 17, 2012
Apply by: Email Prof. Richard Larson ASAP if interested.
Position: 100% TA
Term: Fall 2012
Applications will be Reviewed: Immediately. Continuing until position is filled.
Description: One more slot is available for a TA for this fall's 6.170, a software engineering course taught as a design studio. We have some radical innovations planned; for a current draft of our plans, click here.
Qualifications:
- passion for elegance and simplicity in design
- familiarity with web technologies
- knowledge of Rails, or willingness to learn it quickly
- good grades in 6.005 and 6.170, or equivalent
Posted: August 15, 2012
Apply by: Email Prof. Daniel Jackson ASAP if interested.
Openings: 2 full-time RA positions
Term: September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2013
Applications will be Reviewed: Immediately. Continuing until position is filled.
Description: The sponsor is a government organization that is sponsoring this research to create future enterprise architecture. Prospective tasks are listed but not limited to:
1) Develop and validate an agent based / discrete event simulation model for life cycle of military personnel
2) Analyze complex data and present it to stakeholders in a relevant, understandable and actionable manner
3) May develop location-allocation models to identify staffing needs to create better health delivery system by using mixed integer programming
Qualifications:
1) Strong quantitative skills required.
2) Previous hands on experience in discrete event and agent based simulation modeling required.
3) Previous experience on dealing large data sets is preferred.
4) Previous experience in supply chain, network optimization and mixed Integer programming preferred.
5) SQL and SAS skills a plus.
Announced: March 27 Posted: March 28
More Info: Any inquiries about the positions should be directed to Dr. Mehmet Erkan Ceyhan at eceyhan@mit.edu
Complete Listing: Research Assistant-Modeling Test.pdf
Term: Spring 2012+
Applications will be Reviewed: Immediately. Continuing until position is filled.
Description:
The US DOT Federal Railroad Administration is supporting a two year study to develop a real-time scheduling decision support display and a heads up display concept for high speed rail applications. Goals are reduced operator workload, improved situation awareness, and increased safety and efficiency. The research includes a evaluation of existing techologies, hybrid cognitive task analysis, stakeholder interviews, display design, and ultimately human testing via cognitive walkthroughs and human-in-the-loop evaluations in a rail simulator.
Humans and Automation Laboratory and Man Vehicle Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Qualifications:
Background in human factors engineering (e.g. 16.400), human subject experimentation, and/or programming (IPad or PC platforms, C/Objective, C/Java) helpful.
Reporting to: Dr. Andrew M. Liu & Dr. Charles M. Oman
Apply By: Email
Announced: Nov 1 Posted to ESD: November 8
More Info: Contact Dr. Andrew M. Liu, amliu@mit.edu, 617 253-7758 or Dr. Charles M. Oman, coman@mit.edu, providing a copy of your resume.
