paid internships

GSP-MCD-04: Municipal Plastic Waste Management in Coastal World Biosphere Reserve of Nam Dinh, Vietnam (Phase 2)

Nina COMPLETED ,
GSP-MCD-04: Municipal Plastic Waste Management in Coastal World Biosphere Reserve of Nam Dinh, Vietnam (Phase 2)

BACKGROUND

Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD) is a leading Vietnamese NGO in the field of coastal and marine ecosystem conservation and community livelihood development. MCD’s focus of works includes environment & natural resources management, community sustainable livelihood development, communications and policy advocacy, in which climate change response, disaster risk reduction, gender equality are the cross-cutting issues.

MCD would like to engage RMIT students in one of its on-going projects which aims to contribute to more effective solid waste management and a significant reduction of plastics waste pollution of the marine environment in Nam Dinh Province. The project provides technical assistance to the governmental authorities and raises community awareness, directly targeting 109,000 people whose livelihoods and health depend on the rivers and the sea.

AIM:

In this project, students will conduct a research and test technology solutions for low-cost locally available systems of riverine trash collection (i.e. trash trappers/trash nets) in Nam Dinh province. The research can be conducted at RMIT Melbourne but will require one short trip to Vietnam to undertake field work.

DELIVERABLES:

No. Main Deliverable Description Estimated Timing
1 Project Plan Students discuss with MCD and RMIT academic supervisors about a detailed project plan. May 2019
2 Literature Review Students work under their academic supervisors to review relevant literature. June 2019
3 Field work Students travel to Vietnam and work with MCD project team:

–  Activity 1: Piloting of practical models for collecting and treating solid waste from waterways and estuaries (which were designed in Phase 1).

–  Activity 2: Data entry and analysis (into the database which was designed in Phase 1).

 1-21/7/2019
4 Field work report Field work report to be submitted to MCD. Early August 2019
5 Project report Project report to be submitted to RMIT for assessment. June 2019[1]

DESIRED STUDENT ATTRIBUTES:

  • Activity 1: Final year/Honours Environment Engineering and/or Sustainable Systems Engineering students
  • Activity 2: Final year Data Analytic/Data Science students

FUNDING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

  • Students need to enroll in one of the relevant courses at RMIT.
  • Travel grants (AUD3,000) are available for eligible students[2] to support the field work. Students may be required to contribute up to AUD500 to cover all the costs.

[1] RMIT academic supervisor may add more activities for an Engineering Capstone Project and the deadline for the final report will be end of semester 2 (end October 2019).

[2] Australian citizen or Permanent resident undergraduate students who haven’t got any New Colombo Plan short-term grants before.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

* Submit your expression of interest at our website together with your CV and recent academic transcripts.

* If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you to come for an interview where we can discuss options for the enrolling course and potential start date as well as the potential project that you are interested in (note: the projects will relate to marine waste management)

* Selected students are required to pay $150 deposit. This amount will be returned to students after they start the internship. If the students withdraw from the program at late notice (2 weeks before the start date), this amount will be considered as a financial penalty.

GSP-MCD-03: Municipal Plastic Waste Management in Coastal World Biosphere Reserve of Nam Dinh, Vietnam (Phase 1)

Nina COMPLETED ,
GSP-MCD-03: Municipal Plastic Waste Management in Coastal World Biosphere Reserve of Nam Dinh, Vietnam (Phase 1)

BACKGROUND

Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD) is a leading Vietnamese NGO in the field of coastal and marine ecosystem conservation and community livelihood development. MCD’s focus of works includes environment & natural resources management, community sustainable livelihood development, communications and policy advocacy, in which climate change response, disaster risk reduction, gender equality are the cross-cutting issues.

MCD would like to engage RMIT students in one of its on-going projects which aims to contribute to more effective solid waste management and a significant reduction of plastics waste pollution of the marine environment in Nam Dinh Province. The project provides technical assistance to the governmental authorities and raises community awareness, directly targeting 109,000 people whose livelihoods and health depend on the rivers and the sea.

AIM:

In this project, students will conduct a research and test technology solutions for low-cost locally available systems of riverine trash collection (i.e. trash trappers/trash nets) in Nam Dinh province. The research can be conducted at RMIT Melbourne but will require one short trip to Vietnam to undertake field work.

DELIVERABLES:

No. Main Deliverable Description Estimated Timing
1 Project Plan Students discuss with MCD and RMIT academic supervisors about a detailed project plan. February 2019
2 Literature Review Students work under their academic supervisors to review relevant literature. March 2019
3 Field work Students travel to Vietnam and work with MCD project team:

–  Activity 1: Designing and testing the operation of the trash trappers and trash nets at the project site (pilot model).

–  Activity 2: Developing a database structure for accommodating the waste data from the pilot model.

–  Activity 3: Monitoring of waste routes and their impact factors (e.g. weather, water flow…)

 13-28/4/2019
4 Field work report Field work report to be submitted to MCD. Early May 2019[1]
5 Project report Project report to be submitted to RMIT for assessment. June 2019

DESIRED STUDENT ATTRIBUTES:

  • Activity 1: Final year/Honours Environment Engineering and/or Sustainable Systems Engineering students
  • Activity 2: Final year Data Analytic/Data Science students
  • Activity 3: Final year geo-spatial science students

FUNDING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

  • Students need to enroll in one of the relevant courses at RMIT.
  • Travel grants (AUD3,000) are available for eligible students[2] to support the field work. Students may be required to contribute up to AUD500 to cover all the costs.

[1] RMIT academic supervisor may add more activities for an Engineering Capstone Project and the deadline for the final report will be end of semester 2 (end October 2019).

[2] Australian citizen or Permanent resident undergraduate students who haven’t got any New Colombo Plan short-term grants before.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

* Submit your expression of interest at our website together with your CV and recent academic transcripts.

* If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you to come for an interview where we can discuss options for the enrolling course and potential start date as well as the potential project that you are interested in (note: the projects will relate to marine waste management)

* Selected students are required to pay $150 deposit. This amount will be returned to students after they start the internship. If the students withdraw from the program at late notice (2 weeks before the start date), this amount will be considered as a financial penalty.

GSP-MCD-02: Municipal Plastic Waste Management in World Heritage Ha Long Bay, Vietnam (Phase 2)

Nina COMPLETED ,
GSP-MCD-02: Municipal Plastic Waste Management in World Heritage Ha Long Bay, Vietnam (Phase 2)

BACKGROUND

Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD) is a leading Vietnamese NGO in the field of coastal and marine ecosystem conservation and community livelihood development. MCD’s focus of works includes environment & natural resources management, community sustainable livelihood development, communications and policy advocacy, in which climate change response, disaster risk reduction, gender equality are the cross-cutting issues.

MCD would like to engage RMIT students in one of its on-going projects which aims to address the gaps in the existing municipal solid waste management system in Ha Long City, Vietnam. The primary goal of the project is to improve the effectiveness of the current plastic waste collection, sorting and treatment processes, hereby contributing to a significant reduction of plastics pollution of the UNESCO World Heritage Ha Long Bay marine environment.

AIM:

In this project, students will conduct a research and test technology solutions for low-cost locally available systems of marine trash collection (i.e. trash trappers/trash nets) in Ha Long. The research can be conducted at RMIT Melbourne but will require one short trip to Vietnam to undertake field work.

DELIVERABLES:

No. Main Deliverable Description Estimated Timing
1 Project Plan Students discuss with MCD and RMIT academic supervisors about a detailed project plan. May 2019
2 Literature Review Students work under their academic supervisors to review relevant literature (topic: promotion of reducing plastic waste with service sector, e.g. small hotels, cafes, restaurants) June 2019
3 Field work Students travel to Vietnam and work with MCD project team:

–  Developing a communication plan for promoting waste reduction in service sector.

 1-21/7/2019
4 Field work report Field work report Early May 2019[1]
5 Project report Project report June 2019

[1] RMIT academic supervisor may add more activities for an Engineering Capstone Project and the deadline for the final report will be end of semester 2 (end October 2019).

DESIRED STUDENT ATTRIBUTES:

  • Final year communication and media students

FUNDING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

  • Students need to enroll in one of the relevant courses at RMIT.
  • Travel grants (AUD3,000) are available for eligible students[2] to support the field work. Students may be required to contribute up to AUD500 to cover all the costs.

[1] RMIT academic supervisor may add more activities for an Engineering Capstone Project and the deadline for the final report will be end of semester 2 (end October 2019).

[2] Australian citizen or Permanent resident undergraduate students who haven’t got any New Colombo Plan short-term grants before.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

* Submit your expression of interest at our website together with your CV and recent academic transcripts.

* If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you to come for an interview where we can discuss options for the enrolling course and potential start date as well as the potential project that you are interested in (note: the projects will relate to marine waste management)

* Selected students are required to pay $150 deposit. This amount will be returned to students after they start the internship. If the students withdraw from the program at late notice (2 weeks before the start date), this amount will be considered as a financial penalty.

IMAGE: Zach Mahone . Travel Vietnam. Flickr.com. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ynakanishi/15334040051/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic Licence.

GSP-MCD-01: Municipal Plastic Waste Management in World Heritage Ha Long Bay, Vietnam (Phase 1)

Nina COMPLETED ,
GSP-MCD-01: Municipal Plastic Waste Management in World Heritage Ha Long Bay, Vietnam (Phase 1)

BACKGROUND

Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD) is a leading Vietnamese NGO in the field of coastal and marine ecosystem conservation and community livelihood development. MCD’s focus of works includes environment & natural resources management, community sustainable livelihood development, communications and policy advocacy, in which climate change response, disaster risk reduction, gender equality are the cross-cutting issues.

MCD would like to engage RMIT students in one of its on-going projects which aims to address the gaps in the existing municipal solid waste management system in Ha Long City, Vietnam. The primary goal of the project is to improve the effectiveness of the current plastic waste collection, sorting and treatment processes, hereby contributing to a significant reduction of plastics pollution of the UNESCO World Heritage Ha Long Bay marine environment.

AIM:

In this project, students will conduct a research and test technology solutions for low-cost locally available systems of marine trash collection (i.e. trash trappers/trash nets) in Ha Long. The research can be conducted at RMIT Melbourne but will require one short trip to Vietnam to undertake field work.

DELIVERABLES:

No. Main Deliverable Description Estimated Timing
1 Project Plan Students discuss with MCD and RMIT academic supervisors about a detailed project plan. February 2019
2 Literature Review Students work under their academic supervisors to review relevant literature. March 2019
3 Field work Students travel to Vietnam and work with MCD project team:

–  Activity 1: Designing and testing the operation of the trash trappers and trash nets at the project site (pilot model).

–  Activity 2: Developing a database structure for accommodating the waste data from the pilot model.

–  Activity 3: Capturing the project story through creative writing/media and communication

 13-28/4/2019
4 Field work report Field work report Early May 2019[1]
5 Project report Project report June 2019

DESIRED STUDENT ATTRIBUTES:

  • Activity 1: Final year/Honours Environment Engineering and/or Sustainable Systems Engineering students
  • Activity 2: Final year Data Analytic/Data Science students
  • Activity 3: Creative writing and/or professional communications students

FUNDING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

  • Students need to enroll in one of the relevant courses at RMIT.
  • Travel grants (AUD3,000) are available for eligible students[2] to support the field work. Students may be required to contribute up to AUD500 to cover all the costs.

[1] RMIT academic supervisor may add more activities for an Engineering Capstone Project and the deadline for the final report will be end of semester 2 (end October 2019).

[2] Australian citizen or Permanent resident undergraduate students who haven’t got any New Colombo Plan short-term grants before.

 

APPLICATION PROCESS:

* Submit your expression of interest at our website together with your CV and recent academic transcripts.

* If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you to come for an interview where we can discuss options for the enrolling course and potential start date as well as the potential project that you are interested in (note: the projects will relate to marine waste management)

* Selected students are required to pay $150 deposit. This amount will be returned to students after they start the internship. If the students withdraw from the program at late notice (2 weeks before the start date), this amount will be considered as a financial penalty.

IMAGE: Zach Mahone . Travel Vietnam. Flickr.com. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ynakanishi/15334040051/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic Licence.

GSP-NSBS-01: Sustainable and Affordable Housing in Myanmar

Nina COMPLETED ,
GSP-NSBS-01: Sustainable and Affordable Housing in Myanmar

Paid internship in Myanmar

Project title: Sustainable and Affordable Housing in Myanmar

Industry partner: NS BlueScope 

Project details:

* Dates: 12 weeks, starting any time from 01/01/2019 to 30/06/2020. Students can start during summer semesters (Jan-March/2019 or Nov/2019 to Feb/2020); or during the semesters if they can manage to undertake other courses online.

* Places: Yangon, Myanmar

* Number of internships: 2 paid internships

As a leading provider of steel solutions with advanced technologies like Smartruss and Smartframe, Purlins, Bondek II, and Trimdek roof profiles, NS BlueScope is currently exploring a sustainable and affordable solution for the housing estate shortage in Myanmar. NS BlueScope would like to engage RMIT students in a research project around this topic. In particular, this mobility project will consists of two main components:

  1. Design: students will be engaged in research activities such as: (i) market study on current situation and demand for housing in Myanmar; and (ii) solutions for sustainable and affordable housing, including both technical designs and financial analysis.
  2. Construction (focusing only on the safety of roof installation): students will study best practices and assist NC BlueScope safety professionals to develop a suitable training program for local roof installers.

RMIT will mobilise students from business and engineering disciplines to implement this mobility project.

Eligibility:

* A minimum GPA of 2.5 and higher; and

* Paid internships (fully covered) are only available for undergraduate and Australian citizen students.

Academic credit:

Students can gain 12 or 24 credit points depending on the course they enrol in and the project they with implement during their internship.

Program Costs (fully covered):

* Airfares and accommodation (12 weeks) will cost about $3,000

* Other expenses (e.g. food, local transport, logistic arrangements…) will costs about $2,000

Other Costs to consider:

* RMIT Tuition Fees

* Personal expenses

* Immunisations

Application Process:

* Submit your expression of interest at our website (https://sites.rmit.edu.au.au/gps) together with your CV and recent academic transcripts.

* If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you to come for an interview where we can discuss options for the enrolling course and potential start date.

* Selected students are required to pay $150 deposit. This amount will be returned to students after they start the internship. If the students withdraw from the program at late notice (2 weeks before the start date), this amount will be considered as a financial penalty.

IMAGE: brentolson. Myanmar Tibet House. Flickr.com.https://www.flickr.com/photos/brentolson/8515650301/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Licence.

GSP-cKinetics-02: Business Plan for a Sustainability Market-intelligence Service

Geoff Marchiori COMPLETED ,
GSP-cKinetics-02: Business Plan for a Sustainability Market-intelligence Service

Paid Internship in India

Project title: Business Plan for a Sustainability Market-intelligence Service

Industry partner:  cKinetics is a mission driven Sustainability Insight, Innovation & Capital Advisory firm with offices in New Delhi, India and California, USA. The company works with clients and partners globally to develop solutions that are both sustainable and profitable.

Project aim: cKinetics is planning to launch a new division that will provide sustainability-related market-intelligence services. This would seek to provide professionals with research updates on different sustainability segments, e.g. sustainable energy, sustainable agriculture, waste-water reuse, circular economy systems, materials, etc. This is built on some pilot experiences that cKinetics has constructed in the last few years.

cKinetics India is seeking two interns who could help to conduct the following research:

  1. Identify the different target audiences with a fair degree of specificity (this will be a global product). This would entail conducting primary interviews
  2. Frame the market intelligence product offerings (typical content, value proposition, characteristics, price, and viability)
  3. Size the market for different audience segments and different geographies
  4. Analyze the competitive landscape
  5. Build a go-to-market approach
  6. Identify a team profile / expertise required to deliver this (will require framing job descriptions and identifying possible candidates)
  7. Create financial projections for the next 2-3 years.

At the end of the project, the business case would be presented to the cKinetics management.

Benefits:

  • Be guided by an academic supervisor and gain course credits (12 or 24CPs)
  • Monthly stipend of US$500
  • Internationalise your resume and gain a competitive edge in the global job market
  • Create memories that will last a lifetime.

Work Method:

  • Students are required to conduct the research in the New Delhi office during the summer semester (November – February).
  • If students enrol in a course for summer semester, they will get assistance from an academic staff and gain course credits. They will also be supported by cKinetics staff while they are in India.

Intern Selection criteria:

  • Postgraduate or Honours students are preferred
  • Self-directed and highly motivated
  • Research skills
  • Experience in conducting marketing campaigns or developing new markets would be desirable.

mapping out data system

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GSP-MCD-05: Humanitarian Engineering Internship in Vietnam

Nina NEW ,
GSP-MCD-05: Humanitarian Engineering Internship in Vietnam

Program Details:

* Dates: 12 weeks, starting any time from 01/01/2020 to 30/12/2020. If students want to start the projects during the semester, they have an option to attend other courses at RMIT Vietnam campus (exchange semester).
* Places: north and central of Vietnam
* Number of internships: 5 unpaid and 5 paid internships

With increasing recognition of the importance of building youth civic participation, RMIT’s Greenhouse and Sustainability Program (GSP) partners with leading Vietnamese NGOs and local communities to engage our students in their humanitarian engineering activities. The students will be provided with internship opportunities to carry out research in the areas of natural disaster mitigation and climate change adaptation. These could be in a wide range of research areas, such as marine waste management, water and sanitation or renewable energy. The research will focus on impoverished coastal communities who are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Eligibility: 

* A minimum GPA of 2.5 and higher; and
* Unpaid internships are open for both Honours and Masters students and both local and international students.
* Paid internships (fully covered) are only available for undergraduate and Australian citizen students.

Academic Credit:

Students will gain 12 or 24 credit points depending on the course they enrol in and the project they implement during their internship.

Program Costs:

* Airfares and accommodation (12 weeks) will cost about $3,000
* Other expenses (e.g. food, local transport, logistic arrangements) will costs about $2,000
* 5 x $7000 New Colombo Plan grants are available for Australian undergraduate students (Honours preferably).

Other Costs to consider:

* RMIT Tuition Fees
* Personal expenses
* Immunisations

Application Process:

* Submit your expression of interest at our website (https://sites.rmit.edu.au.au/gps) together with your CV and recent academic transcripts.
* If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you to come for an interview where we can discuss options for the enrolling course and potential start date as well as the potential project that you are interested in (note: the projects will fall in the research areas mentioned at Program Details).
* Selected students are required to pay $150 deposit. This amount will be returned to students after they start the internship. If the students withdraw from the program at late notice (2 weeks before the start date), this amount will be considered as a financial penalty.

More information:

Please contact Nina Nguyen for any further information or queries:
(T): +61 3 99259625
(E):  nina.nguyen@rmit.edu.au

 

 

image of Terraced Rice Fields in Sapa, Vietnam

IMAGE: Y Nakanishi. Terraced Rice Fields in Sapa, Vietnam. Flickr.com. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ynakanishi/15334040051/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic Licence.
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