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).
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
- Able to lift between 20-40 pounds.
- 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:
- have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or
- be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or
- be enrolled in summer session or
- 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
- 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
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