Enhanced Cooking Thermal Management Graduate Research Assistant ATAS

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The Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) Laboratory is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant for Spring 2027.The Graduate Research Assistant will investigate a thermal science/heat scope that entails developing real-time, (primarily) physics-based approaches to modeling and simulating food product temperature field (inclusive of core temperature) evolution while being heated/cooked. The work would also interface state-of-the thermal imaging attempts to capture evolving surface temperature contours as a temporal boundary condition.

Graduate Research Assistant

• Pursuing a Master’s degree or PhD at Georgia Tech in Mechanical Engineering.
• Must be enrolled full-time (12+ credit hours)
• Must have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA

• Experience in 1 or more programming languages
• Interest/affinity for thermal systems design
• Interest in related automation attempts
• Strong math skills and ability to learn complex engineering concepts
• Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas
• Prior exposure to thermal management for enhanced industrial cooking

10-20 hours per week

Not Applicable

None

Housing and relocation assistance are not available for this position.

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