Research Assistant

Benefits of Working at Oakland University

No benefits are associated with this position.

Employee Group/Grade

Employee Group/Grade Casual

Job Category

Job Category Casual Posted

Casual/Temp Classification

Work Schedule

Work Schedule Casual (19hrs or less, No Benefits)

Shift/Days

Flexible

Pay Schedule

Pay Schedule Hour

Number of Hrs./Wk.

Number of Hrs./Wk. 10

Employee's Effective Start Date 11/24/2025

If this is a Temporary position, provide end date or enter N/A for any other position type.

If this is a Temporary position, provide end date or enter N/A for any other position type. 01/31/2026

Minimum Qualifications

• Studies in Mechanical Engineering.

Desired Qualifications

Master’s or doctoral studies in Mechanical Engineering.

Position Purpose

The study of computational studies.

Job Duties

This project is focused on computationally studying how solid particles suspended in a gas settle under gravity, with an interest in characterizing the behavior of how volcanic debris particles settle following an eruption. The specific tasks the student will be engaging in include: running an existing code on OU’s high performance computing cluster, Matilda, post processing results using MATLAB and visualizing results with the software VisIT.

In addition, the student will contribute to writing the manuscript that will result from this work.

Job Open Date 12/03/2025

Job Close Date 01/31/2026

Open Until Filled No

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Required Documents

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Optional Documents

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