Funded projects are in two research areas:

1) Metal Machining, and
2) Engineering Education

Financial support will be provided to the following two job positions that are currently available (last updated July 2008):

Position #1:  Post-doctoral Researcher in Metal Machining

Requirements for applicants: must have machining background and experience in traditional or high-speed turning, or milling, or drilling processes.   

Research goal: experimental and theoretical investigations of fundamental machining problems such as the effect of tool geometry, tool wear, and so on. 

Position #2:  PhD Student in Engineering Education Research

Requirements for applicants: 1) must have an engineering MS degree, or an engineering BS degree plus a non-engineering MS degree; and 2) must have a GRE score of minimum 40th percentile on the verbal test and on the quantitative test.

Research goal: study how new instructional strategies (such as multimedia, computer simulation, and online distance education) can help students better learn engineering.

If interested, please send your resume for initial evaluation to Dr. Fang at nfang@engineering.usu.edu.  Further contact will be initiated if suitable.