Want to join our Team?

Are you interested in the sustainability, efficiency and resilience of our food, water, electricity, energy transportation, industrial, and/or supply chain systems?

Or are you interested in investigating and developing new technologies like microgrids powered by used EV batteries and solar panels, critical mineral recycling, RFID enabled blockchains, and digital communication platforms that can aid with sustainability, efficiency, and resilience objectives?

Do you think you can with the proper guidance and encouragement learn how develop mathematically rigorous frameworks that provide stakeholders with the insights they need to make sustainable, efficient, and resilient decisions under various uncertainties?

Then join the Sustainable and Equitable Allocation of Resources or SEAR Lab (directed by Erick C. Jones Jr.) where we combine analytics and prototyping to develop (or improve) technological systems and accompanying decision-making tools, so organizations can allocate their limited resources to maximize desired outcomes sustainably, equitably, and resiliently.

Positions

    • Undergraduate Researcher
      • Gain Research Experience
      • Research Experience for Undergraduates and UROP eligible
        • These programs come with stipends
    • PhD Student
      • Strong Stipend
      • Full Tuition
      • Benefits
    • MS Student (GEM or Other Fellow)
      • Research Assistant
      • Stipend
      • Internship
    • MS Student
      • Research Assistant
      • Can earn out-of-state tuition waivers via scholarship
      • Potential Stipend (budget permitting)
      • Postdoc or Visiting Scientist
        • For more seamless project collaboration

      As a National GEM Consortium alumnus and the UTA GEM representative I have personal interest in recruiting and training students from all backgrounds and helping them become GEM Fellows which comes with a whole host of benefits including a stipend, tuition support, and internships.

      I expect all my students after one year of classes, self-teaching, and one-on-one instruction to be able to perform:

      • Data Collection and Basic Data Analytics
        • EDA
        • Visualization
        • Data Collection
          • Public Sources
            • Census Tract
            • Department of Energy
            • Department of Transportation
          • Analyze Private / Proprietary Information
            • Bloomberg Terminal

      • Formulate & Solve Optimization Models
        • Linear Programming
        • Convex Optimization
        • Combinatorial Optimization (Integer Programming)
        • Stochastic Optimization

      • Simulate Stochastic Processes
        • Monte Carlo Simulation
        • Markov Chains
      • Machine Learning and AI
        • Common ML algorithms (e.g., regression, decisions trees)
        • Generative AI
      • Specialized Analytics
        • Visualizing Spatial Data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
        • Lifecycle Analysis (LCA)
        • Technoeconomic
          • Census Data and Equity Data
      • Understand
        • Energy Systems and how to Model them
        • Energy Sectors and their Infrastructure
          • Buildings
          • Transportation
          • Industry
          • Electricity Generation
        • Supply Chains
          • Critical Mineral Supply Chains
          • Trade Barriers
          • Optimizing Networks
          • Competitive / Cooperative Supply Chains
      • Produce Publications
        • Journal Articles
        • Conference Papers
        • Reports
        • Posters
        • SOPs

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