GIS & Fisheries Social Science Internships

Post date: Mar 27, 2018 11:56:35 PM

The University of Maine at Machias GIS Laboratory and Service Center is hiring TWO summer intern for summer 2018 to work on initiatives funded by NASA’s Maine Space Grant Consortium and the Maine Coastal Program. The project involves identifying and addressing mapping needs of shellfish managers, buyers, and harvesters related to shellfishing closures due to pollution and/or harmful algal blooms. The internships will run from June 4 through August 15, 2018 with possible part-time extensions through December 2018. Most work will be done on-site at the UMM GIS Laboratory, with some travel throughout the State of Maine required. Summer interns will be expected to work 25 to 35 hours per week, hourly pay rate determined by student pay grades, but will be around $9.00 per hour.

To apply, send a resume, cover letter (including preferred position), unofficial transcripts, and a relevant writing sample to GIS Director Dr. Tora Johnson at tjohnson@maine.edu.

Fisheries Social Science & Mapping Internship

Duties:

• Conduct analysis of survey data for interactive mapping needs for shellfish stakeholders
• Develop visualization techniques for prototype analysis and map products, create draft support and training materials
• Conduct focus group interviews to assess preliminary mapping products

Qualifications:

• At least one year of college-level coursework in GIS (required)
• At least one year of social science coursework (anthropology, sociology, economics, social psychology or related field (required)
• Familiarity with shellfisheries of the Maine coast (preferred)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (required)
• Experience with web-based mapping (preferred)
• Experience with design, deployment, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative surveys and interviews (preferred)
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record (required)

Remote Sensing Internship

Duties:

• Develop prototype models for downscaling and integrating hyperspectral, multispectral, and sampling data for use by shellfish managers, buyers and harvesters
• Translate closure descriptions from the Maine Department of Marine Resources into spatial data for use in online maps
• Develop prototype online, interactive GIS mapping systems for use by shellfish managers, buyers and harvesters for closures related to rainfall and harmful algal blooms currently provided in PDF format.

Qualifications:

• At least one year of college-level coursework in GIS, including significant raster analysis and model building (required)
• Coursework in remote sensing and image analysis, including use of ArcGIS Spatial Analyst image processing tools and/or Global Mapper (preferred)
• Experience in processing and analysis of multispectral and/or hyperspectral imagery (preferred)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (required)
• Familiarity with shellfisheries of the Maine coast (preferred)
• Experience with web-based mapping (preferred)
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record (required)