Forest Service to Explore a New Frontier--Electric Trucks
As part of the push to electrify government fleets, employees at three national forests will test out Ford F-150 Lightnings for field operations in rugged and remote areas
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As part of the push to electrify government fleets, employees at three national forests will test out Ford F-150 Lightnings for field operations in rugged and remote areas
Current role: Research social scientist at the U.S. Forest Service, 2015–present Previously: Postdoctoral researcher, Northwestern University, 2012–2014 Terminal degree: PhD in cognitive science and statistics, 2005–2010 Landing the job After my postdoctoral position at Northwestern, I worked in the private sector for a bit, and that’s where I honed a lot of the computational skills that I use currently in my work—programming, natural language processing, those types of things. And then over that time frame, I learned about this position through a flyer that came in my email—I t...