LLE Project Assistant

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Job Location (Full Address):

250 East River Rd, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14623

Opening:

Worker Subtype:

Regular

Time Type:

Time as Reported / Per Diem

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

As Scheduled

Department:

220548 LLE-Laboratory for Laser Energ

Work Shift:

UR - Day (United States of America)

Range:

UR URG 102 H

Compensation Range:

$17.00 - $22.10

The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Responsibilities:

GENERAL PURPOSE:
The High-Energy-Density Physics (HEDP) Theory Group in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) at University of Rochester is offering paid research Internship to both undergraduate and graduate students to carry out HED science research.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

(https://www.lle.rochester.edu/index.php/education/research-areas/high-energy-density-physics-hedp-theory-group/)

The selected interns will join in the HEDP-Theory Group as Project Assistant (for undergraduate student) or Research Assistant (for graduate student) to work on a variety of exciting research projects, ranging from understanding/designing extreme HED materials, solving physics “mysteries” in HED astrophysical setting, to exploring new HED physics phenomena in planetary science. Specifics of research project(s) can be discussed between the candidates and Scientists from the HEDP-Theory Group at LLE. Students participating in these projects will gain valuable research experience, while advancing LLE’s missions of education and research excellence in HED sciences. The general research efforts may be partitioned as:

• Doing literature survey on the assigned research topics (10% effort);
• Performing large-scale simulations on high-performance computing (HPC) for the assigned project(s), with possible effort put in programing (50% effort);
• Analyzing simulation data, presenting research findings, and writing manuscript(s) for possible publication in scientific journals (40% effort).

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