POOL: Fatigue and Fracture Research Assistant


Position Overview

Assisting in research lab work, including fabricating, building, instrumenting, testing, and cleaning up test specimens, analyzing data, and reporting results. Undergraduate and graduate students from all departments are welcome to apply.

Per the State of Kansas, student employees may hold concurrent appointments not to exceed maximum appointment and hours worked levels. However, concurrent student appointments must be of matching FLSA designation (exempt/salaried or non-exempt/hourly).

Job Description

100% The student will aid in research related to structural engineering. Job duties may include:
  • Fabricating, erecting, & testing physical specimens
  • Field testing
  • Applying instrumentation
  • Inspecting specimens and recording data
  • Working with computational simulations
  • Analyzing structural test data
  • Conducting literature review

Required Qualifications

  1. Able to lift between 20-40 pounds.
  2. During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must:
    1. have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or
    2. be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or
    3. be enrolled in summer session or
    4. be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be for undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).

Preferred Qualifications

  1. Currently enrolled as a student in good standing in the School of Engineering.

Additional Candidate Instructions

A complete application consists of the online application, cover letter, & resume.

Contact Information to Applicants

Caroline Bennett, crb@ku.edu
William Collins, william.collins@ku.edu

Advertised Salary Range

$15.00 Hourly

Work Schedule

Flexible hours not to exceed 20 hours weekly.

Anticipated Start Date

Monday December 2, 2024

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Posting Information

  • Posting ID:  29404BR
  • Department:  Civil/Environ/Arch Engineering
  • Primary Campus:  University of Kansas Lawrence Campus
  • Reg/Temp:  Temporary
  • Employee Class:  S-Student

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