Gig: Soil Analysis Project
UNC Charlotte Gig Training Program
Gig
Closes on Friday, January 10, 2025
Job Description
Role Type: Gig
Timeframe: Student placements will begin on Monday, February 10th (02/10/2025) and end on Friday April, 4th (04/04/2025)
Hours: 40 hours total
In-person, Hybrid or Remote: In person (McEniry Building)
EEGS’s current mission is to inspire discovery of the Earth and its inhabitants with a vision for an informed community that strives for a sustainable Earth. We create and disseminate knowledge of the Earth’s human and natural systems to adapt to an ever-changing environment
in which we live, work, and interact.
Teaching and research coalesce around six areas with community engagement and justice/equity/diversity intertwined across them:
Human-Environmental Interactions & Sustainability
Global Change and Adaptation
Environmental Hazards and Health
Atmospheric and Earth Surface Geosciences
Urban Regions and Communities
GIScience and Geospatial Analytics
Description of the project and location (in-person, hybrid, or remote) - In person (McEniry Building) - laboratory scientist to conduct soils and sediment lab analyses
and data entry
Project scope – about 50 total samples
Preferred student demographic and qualifications - Reliable, Dependable, eye for detail, comfortable or experienced in technical trouble shooting of software and machines. Able to recognize and ask when help is required. Excel experience. Lab experience is a plus.
Hours required for completion – about 40
Describe how the student will benefit from participation
Learning experience: Excel database maintenance and organization. “Real world” soil analyses to collect publication-quality soil laboratory data. Use of basic and advanced soil analyses tools and equipment.
Outline the expected outcomes Student will complete all laboratory analyses and data management required for particle size distribution on all samples (sieving, weighing, sample preparation, Laser Particle analysis,
inputting machine—derived data into Excel using an existing macro.)