SULI - ESIA - Lodico, Catherine - 2.27.26
About The Position
This internship will develop a framework to quantify and visualize key resource flows (carbon, energy, and water) across energy system pathways represented in the R&D GREET model. The goal is to create a Sankey-diagram–style tool that uses R&D GREET datasets to clearly depict how resources move and transform across process stages, enabling transparent accounting from upstream production through conversion, distribution, and end use. By assessing these flows, the framework will help quantify material and energy conversion efficiencies, identify bottlenecks and loss points, and evaluate environmental implications at each stage. This capability will provide a quantitative basis for comparing alternative technologies, communicating results to various audiences, and supporting research and decision-making that relies on R&D GREET outputs. The intern will extract and organize the required process-level information from R&D GREET, process and compile the data into a consistent structure suitable for flow analysis, and integrate the results with a newly developed visualization tool that can generate pathway-specific Sankey diagrams on demand. The work will require a solid understanding of energy system supply chains and hands-oncoding to build the data pipeline and visualization framework (with AI-assisted development as appropriate). Expected deliverables include a documented dataand extraction workflow, a working prototype visualization tool, examplediagrams for selected pathways, and guidance for integrating the approach intofuture R&D GREET releases. Education and Experience Requirements The entirety of the appointment must be conducted within the United States. Applicants must be: ‒ Currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studies at an accredited institution. ‒ Graduated from an accredited institution within the past 3 months; or ‒ Actively enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited institution. Must be 18 years or older at the time the appointment begins. Must possess a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Must be a U.S. citizen or Legal Permanent Resident at the time of application. If accepting an offer, must pass a screening drug test
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studies at an accredited institution.
- Graduated from an accredited institution within the past 3 months; or
- Actively enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited institution.
- Must be 18 years or older at the time the appointment begins.
- Must possess a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or Legal Permanent Resident at the time of application.
- If accepting an offer, must pass a screening drug test
- Solid understanding of energy system supply chains
- Hands-on coding ability to build data pipelines and visualization frameworks
Responsibilities
- Extract and organize process-level information from R&D GREET.
- Process and compile data into a consistent structure for flow analysis.
- Integrate results with a visualization tool to generate Sankey diagrams.
- Document data extraction workflow.
- Build a working prototype visualization tool.
- Create example diagrams for selected pathways.
- Provide guidance for integrating the approach into future R&D GREET releases.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
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