Demonstrating work
Demonstrating and Teaching Assistant roles for research students are organised by the Student Support Offices for each School. Some roles may be advertised directly by individual Schools.
Available roles:
- Research Officer - Data Mining
- Research Officer – Finite Element Modelling
- Demonstrator for MECH1520: Engineering Mathematics (Examples classes)
- Demonstrator for MECH2610: Engineering Mechanics (Examples classes)
- Demonstrator for Engineering Mechanics: MECH2610 (Practical classes)
Demonstrator for MECH1520: Engineering Mathematics
Job Title: Demonstrator
School/Service: Mech Eng
Duration: ~20 hours
Hours of Work: Mondays 15.00-16.00 in Mechanical Engineering Lecture Theatre B
Responsible to: Head of School/Service
Reports to: Module Manager
Job Summary
Two positions are available for the role of Demonstrator: (i) to assist students with example sheets and course materials in 10 one hour-long examples classes and (ii) to assist the module leader with running the class test on Tuesday 12/3/13 (14.00-15.00) and in marking the students’ scripts.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Deal with student queries about the content and delivery of a module as well as providing advice and ideas to them where necessary
- Attend departmental meetings and courses run by SDDU necessary to carry out teaching effectively
- Invigilate class test and assist in marking of class test scripts.
Person Specification
- Registered Postgraduate Student
- Possess sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in engineering mathematics
- Ability to recognise those having difficulties, intervene and provide help and support.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to encourage active participation by students
- Enthusiasm and self motivation
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable:
Previous experience of demonstrating and assessment on engineering mathematics related courses.
Application via email to Prof Harvey Thompson, Module Manager ( H.M.Thompson@leeds.ac.uk ) stating your match to the person specification. Applications by 23rd January 2013
Demonstrator for MECH2610: Engineering Mechanics
Job Title: Demonstrator
School/Service: Mech Eng
Duration: ~10 hours
Hours of Work: Fridays 11-12 in Houldsworth Lecture Theatre A
Responsible to: Head of School/Service
Reports to: Module Manager
Job Summary
Two positions are available for the role of Demonstrator is to assist students with example sheets and course materials in 10 one hour-long examples classes.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Deal with student queries about the content and delivery of a module as well as providing advice and ideas to them where necessary
- Attend departmental meetings and courses run by SDDU necessary to carry out teaching effectively
- Record students attendance at classes and report any problems to the agreed School/Faculty officer responsible
Person Specification
- Registered Postgraduate Student
- Possess sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the relevant discipline which covers:
- For bending of beam stresses, relationships between stresses, bending moments and cross-section size and shape. Bending moment diagrams and calculating stresses in such beams.
- Calculation of (i) additional stresses in asymmetric beam sections and warping that occurs in such beams, (ii) shear stress distributions in symmetric beams bent with a bending moment varying along its lenghth.
- Derivation of relationships between bending moment and curvature of symmetric beams.
- Derivation and solution of equations for limit loads on structures and the instability and collapse of axially-loaded beams.
- Partial differential equations in the context of the mathematical theory of elasticity: derivation of radial and hoop stresses in an asymmetric stress field and relations between radial and hoop strains and displacements. Mathematical solution of these equations with application to problems of pressurizing a thick walled cylinder, shrink fits and stresses in rotating discs and cylinders.
- Ability to recognise those having difficulties, intervene and provide help and support.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to encourage active participation by students
- Enthusiasm and self motivation
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable:
Previous experience of demonstrating on engineering mechanics-related courses.
Application via email to Prof Harvey Thompson, Module Manager ( H.M.Thompson@leeds.ac.uk ) stating your match to the person specification. Applications by 23rd January 2013
Job Title: Demonstrator
School/Service: Mech Eng
Duration: ~30 hours between January and May 2013
Hours of Work: A total of 12 2-hour lab sessions on 11/3/13, 12/3/13, 15/4/13, 16/4/13
Responsible to: Head of School/Service
Reports to: Module Manager
Job Summary
Three positions are available for the role of Demonstrator is to assist the Module Manager in the delivery of teaching, by providing help and support to students during practical classes and with the assessment of coursework.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist with the delivery of teaching within established programmes under the direction of the module manager
- Provide help and support to students in the use of laboratory equipment during practical experiments
- Supervise the work of the students where appropriate
- Attend departmental meetings and courses run by SDDU necessary to carry out teaching effectively
- Contribute to the planning and review of the delivery of practical modules
- Work with other demonstrators and tutorial assistants to ensure that practical classes run effectively and according to timetable requirements
- Deal with student queries about the content and delivery of a module as well as providing advice and ideas to them where necessary
- Record students attendance at classes and report any problems to the agreed School/Faculty officer responsible
- Assess students coursework and provide feedback.
- Be aware of and compliant with the Health and Safety requirements relevant to the role.
Person Specification
- Registered Postgraduate Student
- Possess sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the relevant discipline of engineering mechanics:
- For bending of beam stresses, relationships between stresses, bending moments and cross-section size and shape. Bending moment diagrams and calculating stresses in such beams.
- Calculation of (i) additional stresses in asymmetric beam sections and warping that occurs in such beams, (ii) shear stress distributions in symmetric beams bent with a bending moment varying along its length.
- Derivation of relationships between bending moment and curvature of symmetric beams.
- Derivation and solution of equations for limit loads on structures and the instability and collapse of axially-loaded beams.
- Partial differential equations in the context of the mathematical theory of elasticity: derivation of radial and hoop stresses in an asymmetric stress field and relations between radial and hoop strains and displacements. Mathematical solution of these equations with application to problems of pressurizing a thick walled cylinder, shrink fits and stresses in rotating discs and cylinders.
- Ability to recognise those having difficulties, intervene and provide help and support.
- Ability to assess students coursework and provide feedback.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to encourage active participation by students
- Act as a good role model
- Ability to exercise initiative and be pro active
- Enthusiasm and self motivation
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable:
Previous experience of demonstrating engineering-mechanics based subject.
Application via email to Prof Harvey Thompson, Module Manager ( H.M.Thompson@leeds.ac.uk ) stating your match to the person specification. Applications by 23rd January 2013
Research Officer - Data Mining (Part-Time, Casual)
The post-holder will undertake applied research work on behalf of Procter and Gamble (P&G) and funded through a research grant to the University of Leeds. The work that will be undertaken will be agreed jointly between the Simulation Centre Manager, the Investigators on the Project and a nominated problem owner at P&G. Typically this will involve undertaking numerical simulations with a view to identifying improvements to products and processes produced and operated by P&G. It will be necessary to contribute to the precise scoping of the project, to undertake the research work under the guidance of the Simulation Centre Manager and to deliver written and verbal reports on the progress made and the results obtained.
This will be an hourly paid role (up to 20 hours per week) that would be ideal for a student in the fourth year of their PhD studies. It will provide excellent employment experience, working closely with a commercial customer, and building upon the research skills that will have been developed throughout the prior period of research study.
Hourly Rate: (£15 per hour)
Applications and a C.V. to be sent to Richard Porter, Simulation Centre Manager, email R.T.J.Porter@leeds.ac.uk.
For full details, including application form, see:
http://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/hr/ResearchOfficersPG.shtml
Closing Date: 5pm, 31st January 2013
Research Officer – Finite Element Modelling (Part-Time, Casual)
The post-holder will undertake applied research work on behalf of Procter and Gamble (P&G) and funded through a research grant to the University of Leeds. The work that will be undertaken will be agreed jointly between the Simulation Centre Manager, the Investigators on the Project and a nominated problem owner at P&G. Typically this will involve undertaking numerical simulations with a view to identifying improvements to products and processes produced and operated by P&G. It will be necessary to contribute to the precise scoping of the project, to undertake the research work under the guidance of the Simulation Centre Manager and to deliver written and verbal reports on the progress made and the results obtained.
This will be an hourly paid role (up to 20 hours per week) that would be ideal for a student in the fourth year of their PhD studies. It will provide excellent employment experience, working closely with a commercial customer, and building upon the research skills that will have been developed throughout the prior period of research study.
Hourly Rate: (£15 per hour)
Applications and a C.V. to be sent to Richard Porter, Simulation Centre Manager, email R.T.J.Porter@leeds.ac.uk.
For full details, including application form, see:
http://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/hr/ResearchOfficersPG.shtml
Closing Date: 5pm, 31st January 2013