The Taste of Research program allows undergraduate students to work with a research group to get real hands-on experience of research.
Participating second and third year students work on a 60-day project with an academic research team in UNSW Engineering. Students receive an allowance of approximately AUD 6,000 (tax-exempt) for participating in the program.
Eligibility: The program is open to second and third year students enrolled in a full-time undergraduate program in Australia or New Zealand.
Benefits: Students receive AUD 6,000 for a 60 days project (tax exempt). If the project involves industry engagement, candidates may be eligible to apply to have time spent on the project to count towards their industrial training requirements (up to 30 days).
Selection: Each applicant will be assessed based on academic merit, interest in undertaking research activities, and intended career plans. Shortlisted candidates will be required to attend an interview before being made an offer.
Project: Daily Mobility and Time-use Data Collection using Smartphone App
Description of field of Research: The aim of this research project is to collect people's daily mobility and time use diary using a mobile application. As part of our team, you will get to design a mobility and time use survey and conduct a data collection. The data collection will be advertised through social media and you will be monitoring the data collection using an online dashboard developed by our team
Research Environment: You will be supervised by Dr Amarin Siripanich and Assoc Prof Taha Hossein Rashidi. A desk can be assigned to you in one of RCITI labs at School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney. You may work remotely, if needed.
Expected outcomes: You will learn a range of skills including statistical analysis, survey design, programming, and data collection. Ideally, we would like you to be involved in writing a conference paper or a journal paper based on this project.
Research Material/Links
- Shankari, K., Bouzaghrane, M. A., Maurer, S. M., Waddell, P., Culler, D. E., & Katz, R. H. (2018). E-mission: An open-source, smartphone platform for collecting human travel data. _Transportation research record_, _2672_(42), 1-12.
- Aschauer, F., Rösel,, I., Hössinger, R., Kreis, H. B., & Gerike, R. (2019). Time use, mobility and expenditure: an innovative survey design for understanding individual's trade-off processes. _Transportation_, _46_(2), 307-339.
- Meister, A., Schoenduwe, R., Tirban, P., Winkler, C., Schmid, B., & Axhausen, K. W. (2020). TimeUse+: A multi-layered travel and time-use diary format. _Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs-und Raumplanung_, _1553_.
- https://github.com/asiripanich/emdash
Supervisory team: Dr Amarin Siripanich (a.siripanich@unsw.edu.au), Assoc Prof Taha Hossein Rashidi
How to Apply
- Contact and discuss the Taste of Research project and interests with Dr Amarin Siripanich.
- In conjunction with potential supervisor(s), formulate a project plan that includes the following:
- Project Title
- Project Description (what research will you undertake?)
- Suitability of Applicant for this project (what skills and previous experience do you bring to the project)
- Project timeline that clearly identifies the 60 days (full-time equivalent) that the candidate will commit to the project and the tasks that are expected to be undertaken over this period
- Deliverables (Note that all candidates must submit a 5-minute video explaining their project at the end of 60 days)
- Please download the Research Project Plan template here
4. Applications open now for Term 3 2021 start
5. Applications close on 16 August 2021
We strongly encourage you to contact the relevant supervisor before 9 August 2021, to give your supervisor and yourself sufficient time to formulate a sound project plan. This is mandatory and must be submitted as part of your application.
