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Attractive Openings and
Graduate Research Opportunities
The University of Tennessee Space
Institute, an integral unit of the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, invites applications for
Graduate Research Assistants in Mechanical
and/or Aerospace Engineering for the
upcoming Fall and Spring
semesters. UTSI
offers a stimulating graduate experience in a gorgeous campus
setting and climate that are second to none.
Students may enroll in a wide variety
of graduate courses that prepare them for successful
professional careers. Furthermore,
UTSI is strategically located in the aerospace propulsion
corridor, being adjacent to the Arnold Engineering Development
Center, the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and the U.S. Army
Aviation and Missile Command Center. Our mission and location
provide our faculty and students with outstanding opportunities
for collaboration with these national resources.
Presently, a large number of funded positions are
available. These positions provide full student support
starting at $41,474/$43,393+ per year depending on academic
seniority toward the M.S./Ph.D.
degrees. In addition to complete
tuition and health care coverage, students receive an annual stipend
starting at $17,273/$19,192. Considering the low cost of
living in Tullahoma, these stipends are among the
highest in our nation.
For example, some graduate students have been able
to purchase homes while furthering their education.
As for the degree itself, it is conferred from
the main campus of the University
of Tennessee.
Our
current research projects involve exciting
studies of vortex engine technology, rocket combustion instability,
rocket internal ballistics (in solid, hybrid, and liquid
rockets), hypersonic and transonic flow, VSTOL aircraft
(Vertical Short Take-Off and Landing), vorticity confinement
theory, perturbation theory, material science, laser
applications, etc. Some students
are granted the opportunity to work on a project funded
by a major aerospace contractor (Sverdrup, Boeing, Lockheed
Martin, TRW, etc) at the adjacent Arnold Air Force Base (AEDC).
Such positions provide practical experience to participants who
may later settle with the prime contractor or one of its
affiliates. Both AEDC and UTSI are located on the same road.
Pursuing your Master of Science or
Doctorate degrees at UT’s Space Institute is an excellent
opportunity for advancement, both in your career and your
pursuit of scholarship. UTSI offers a
well balanced graduate
experience that justifies its dual nickname
in the propulsion community as "Tennessee's Best Kept Secret" or
"The MIT of Aerospace Engineering."
Our students partake in a wide variety of graduate courses
that prepare them for exciting research
pursuits.
Examples include frequent offerings of
specialized courses in
mathematics, propulsion, acoustics, computational fluid
dynamics, satellite design, aeronautics, hypersonic flow,
aerospace mechanics, etc. By way of
serving the community, short one-week courses
are offered nearly every term in
flow field modeling, combustion instability, Matlab,
Mathematica, LaTeX, Gas Turbine Technology,
Rocket Engine Design, and others. Students
are encouraged to freely attend these short courses. Our
graduate students are also active in research dissemination and
participation in national competitions. In 2004, our team
presented 16
scientific papers at the 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint
Propulsion Conference at Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 11-14, 2004.
Among them,
AIAA-2004-4054 received the AIAA Solid Rockets Best
Paper Award!
UTSI offers degree programs not only in
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (most
popular), but also in Physics,
Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science,
Aviation Systems (very popular, Mathematics, and
Physics. Another popular program is the Engineering Management
degree which attracts a variety of students from out of state.
To apply online, please
visit our website at:
http://www.utsi.edu/futurestudents/app-proc.htm
For additional information on available
projects, please feel free to contact:
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