ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
 
 

2005 Opportunities in Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Teaching assistantships

I routinely need a TA and grader for CE 356, Elements of Hydraulic Engineering and CE 319F, Elementary Fluid Mechanics. The TA duties include setting up the laboratory sessions, preparing short laboratory lectures, supervising the student labs and grading lab reports. The grader duties include grading homework problems that are assigned during the class.

The TA position is generally selected based on the following priorities: 1) a student of the professor teaching the class, 2) an EWRE student, 3) a CE student, and finally 4) a student from outside CE who has a suitable background and expertise. Note that I have only filled the hydraulics TA with students from categories 1 and 2, and have only once used students from categories 3 and 4 for a CE 319F TA.

 

Opportunities for graduate student research assistantships (RA) occur on a regular basis. While I try to keep this page updated, there are often developing or potential opportunities that are not posted. Please email me and we can set up a time to discuss on the phone.

Teaching assistantships (TA) are also regularly available. The TA positions are ideal for students who want to design their own research agenda rather than following the needs of a funded research program. TA positions of 20 hours provide full tuition plus stipend. TA positions of 10-19 hours provide only half tuition and a prorated stipend

Grader positions (usually undergraduate) are sometimes available - this typically provides approximately 10 hours of paid work per week (no tuition support)

Shoal Creek Restoration Modeling < Project Page >

Sponsor: None - this project would be done as a TA. The City of Austin and USGS will collaborate, but cannot provide funding

Students: 1

Overview: The City of Austin is restoring a highly-degraded section of Shoal Creek. The engineering design is essentially finished, but work has not yet begun. There is a fascinating opportunity for a student to get involved in urban stream restoration by modeling the before and after conditions of the system.

Student goals: Learn how to model the hydrodynamics of an urban stream. Learn to work with City and Federal Government engineers/scientists. Document the changes in the stream behavior due to restoration efforts.

Classes for background:

CE 380S - Environmental Fluid Mechanics - Hodges TTh 2-3

CE 394K - GIS in Water Resources

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