Emma Coumbe

• Conducting laboratory and field tests in compliance with IANZ accreditation for different civil construction materials and sites.
• Maintaining equipment calibration.
• Communicating with clients and helping them achieve the desired results based on my knowledge of the material and processes.
• General laboratory functionality.

• Completing field and laboratory testing in compliance with IANZ accreditation for various civil construction materials.
• In charge of and managed equipment maintenance and calibration.
• Assisted with mobile data collection team with Hawkeye and road profile testing.
• Highway inspections/audits.
• Health and safety representative and hazardous substances PIC.
• Updating laboratory processes to be purely digital (involved using VBA in Excel, python etc).
• Various other laboratory functions.

• Was a teaching assistant for a geospatial and remote sensing course.
• Helped course coordinator and lecturer organise lessons and laboratory sessions.
• Ran laboratory sessions for a couple dozen students, guiding them through coursework and answering any questions or solving problems with software.
• Marking coursework.

Was involved in a summer programme where students are provided support to do a research project related to earthquake resilience. I was involved in three projects:

• Using ARCGIS and python I created a risk map for landslide blockages along State Highway 6 during an Alpine Fault Magnitude 8 rupture event, correlating variables such as earthquake magnitude, slope angle, distance from road etc.
• Created a map of essential locations for AF8 geospatial database.
• Assisted in a project to simulate the impact sedimentary basins will have on seismic waves by creating 3D models of multiple around the country based on geological maps and raster DEM data.