Earn up to $15,000 per year as an Undergraduate Research Assistant
Starting Fall 2024
Tasks
Selected students will be placed in teams and will:
- Design, acquire, and deploy a shaker/fixture/component system.
- Manufacture various dynamical systems in collaboration with Aggie Innovation Space.
- Excite assembly to estimate the response of the actual component operating in the actual service environment.
- Perform modeling, simulation and other aspects of environmental testing.
- Present research in the biannual symposia attended by LANL and NMSU personnel.
- Publish research in conference proceedings and journals
Post-BS Opportunities
Completed participation will provide a strong skill set in experimental and theoretical structural dynamics research and manufacturing of dynamical systems.
Interested in pursuing graduate study, working at a national lab, or working in industry?
- This program is an excellent opportunity to accomplish those interests!
- Students who find employment at a national laboratory such as LANL may be able to enroll in graduate school while working, with grad school expenses often paid by fellowship or tuition reimbursement programs.
Requirements
- ME, AE, MET, MAE Major
- GPA of 3.2 or greater is preferred
- US Citizen
- Students in semesters 4 or 5 are preferred
- Students in their final BS semester are not eligible
Application
Application and documentation must be submitted in PDF format
- An NMSU academic transcript (unofficial transcript OK).
- A short resume.
- A short cover letter stating the reasons for your interest in the program
- The names and contact information of two references, at least one of which must be a faculty member
Email materials to both of the following individuals:
Dr. Tom Burton
LANL Liaison
burton11479@gmail.com
Dr. Abdu Abdelkefi
ME Professor
abdu@nmsu.edu
