2020 SCC Internship Job Descriptions

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Smart Cities for All

Engage with all four Georgia Smart Communities in pursuit of bettering Information and Communications Technology (ICT) accessibility and improving the digital inclusion of persons with disabilities and older persons in these cities as technologies advance and become more and more important in our everyday lives.
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Georgia Tech Research Partner:

Columbus Consolidated Government

Developing Smart technologies for their Uptown district to promote safety, security and an intelligent transportation system through a coalition for data sharing and infrastructure improvement.
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Georgia Tech Research Partners:

Macon-Bibb County

Developing a Smart Kiosk system to integrate existing mobile applications and smart solutions.
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Georgia Tech Research Partner:
  • Dr. Arthi Rao, Research Scientist, Georgia Tech Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development


City of Milton

Developing a smart-interactive app for smart phones to provide real-time group communication for parents of kids who want to walk to school in a group with other kids, also known as a “Walking School Bus”.
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Georgia Tech Research Partners:
  • Dr. Kari Watkins, Georgia Tech Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Dr. Angshuman Guin, Georgia Tech Senior Research Engineer - School of Civil and Environmental Engineering


City of Woodstock

Developing a masterplan and a Smart Corridor Study for optimizing infrastructure needs and modeling land use changes to reduce their traffic congestion and improve parking.
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Georgia Tech Research Partner:

US Environmental Protection Agency and Georgia Department of Economic Development

Develop sustainability tools with the US EPA, the Georgia Dept of Economic Development (GDEcD), and Georgia communities as part of the "Community-driven Application Development Using USEEIO Models" project to build open-source community web applications that use an EPA life cycle model of the economy (USEEIO) along with Georgia community data to assess community sustainability and economic development.
Intern #1: Community Material Flow Tracking and Analysis | Job Description
Intern #2: New Technology Scenario Analysis | Job Description

Supported by: General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)

Research Mentors:
  • Dr. Wesley Ingwersen, Principle Investigator at US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
  • Loren Heyns, Programmer Analyst, Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Tech Research Partner:
  • Dr. Valerie Thomas, Georgia Tech Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering


City of Douglas

Smart Economic Development for Douglas

This internship will accept up to 3 interns for this summer 2020 program.

Research best practices of similarly sized cities who have implemented a comprehensive talent-driven economic development strategy. Review all community and economic development plans for The City of Douglas from the last five years to determine which recommendations are still relevant and prioritize potential projects based on available funding and leadership. Survey young people in Douglas about housing, expected amenities, and quality of life, quantifying the available housing options for lease in Douglas, and benchmarking this information to other similarly sized cities around the southeast. Ideally, interns will also identify technology and tools that other cities use to address the challenges of diversifying employment, and growing jobs and housing simultaneously. The project may also include working with South Georgia College and other business leaders to research successful innovation centers and entrepreneurship incubators in communities.
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Georgia Tech Research Partner:
  • Nancey Green Leigh, Associate Dean for Research - College of Design, Professor - School of City & Regional Planning