Department and University Student Jobs
General advice to students looking for on-campus jobs
- Don't simply walk into a department or faculty office (in CS or any other department) looking for employment.
- Do not send unsolicited mail to faculty members in other departments looking for jobs.
- If you want to speak to a faculty member about employment, don't write a generic email saying "I want to meet you". Be frank: Send email that starts "I am a student looking for a job". You can attach a resume if you like. That email lets the faculty member respond "I have no positions" and you have both saved a lot of time. You generally should not bother faculty members before the semester with coursework or research questions, because they are busy preparing for the semester.
- Look for job postings on campus web sites and bulletin boards and the University online employment system (try for position type = "student", job category = "Student employment").
Received job announcements
The following job announcements have been received by the Computer Science Department. The positions may have already been filled. They are listed in reverse chronological order.
- Monday, July 11, 2008
The Kentucky NSF EPSCoR Office and the Center for Computational Sciences seek a web designer for maintenance of two websites. Knowledge of HTML and CSS is a must, JavaScript is a plus. You may work from home. The average time commitment is 10-15 hours per week at a pay rate of $9 per hour. Responsibilities include working with staff to update text and photos, menus and expand the websites. The anticipated start date is August 2008. Please send resume with contact information to epscor at uky.edu.
- Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Department of Communication's Office of Research and Instructional Technology (COM-RIT), located in the Grehan-Journalism Building, is assembling a technical development team of 4-6 part-time undergraduate students and is seeking applicants for immediate hire. You should be able to do Win/MAC hardware/software support, server administration, database development (mySQL, MS Access, or FileMaker), application programming (C++, PHP, Visual Studio, or PalmOS), website management (Dreamweaver or equivalent), audio/video production, or graphic design (Adbobe/Macromedia). Send a resume and a description of interests, abilities, experience, and humor to Scott Johnson <scott.johnson at uky.edu>
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Student Activities Board of the University needs a director of web design to work about 20 hours per week. You must be a full-time UK student with a GPA of 2.5 or higher. The job is to keep their website updated and fully functioning, to create visually appealing pages, fit the website into the marketing plan, and send HTML email newsletters to a listserv. The work is done with Adobe Dreamweaver. You need to know that software as well as HTML, PHP, and JavaScript. It helps to know Flash, databases, and graphics tools. Contact Kristen Fulcher <krfulcher at ukky.edu> 257-8867.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Solar Decathlon Project team has undergraduate and graduate assistantships to provide engineering support for the analysis, design and construction of the University of Kentucky's entry http://www.uky.edu/solarhouse/ into the 2009 Solar Decathlon sponsored by the US Department of Energy. The entry is to be a small (less than 800 square foot) house which will be designed and optimized to be energy efficient and use solar energy to make it a net-zero energy building. The project will involve the analysis, design, production of construction drawings, and construction of the structural, HVAC, photovoltaic, solar-thermal, solar hot water, plumbing, and electrical distribution systems. The effort starts in early May and continues through Spring 2009. Send resumes to Don Colliver <colliver at bae.uky.edu> or Keith Rouch <rouch at engr.uky.edu>
- Friday, June 13, 2008
Human Resources is looking for a student to help track data using Access; the shop also uses Excel spreadsheets. Contact Shawn K. Stokes <shawn.stokes at uky.edu> (859) 257-8894.
- Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Department of Communication's Office of Research and Instructional Technology (COM-RIT), located in the Grehan-Journalism Building, is assembling a technical development team of 4-6 part-time undergraduate students and is seeking applicants for immediate hire. You should be able to do Win/MAC hardware/software support, server administration, database development (mySQL, MS Access, or FileMaker), application programming (C++, PHP, Visual Studio, or PalmOS), website management (Dreamweaver or equivalent), audio/video production, or graphic design (Adbobe/Macromedia). Send a resume and a description of interests, abilities, experience, and humor to Scott Johnson <scott.johnson at uky.edu>
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Student Activities Board of the University needs a director of web design to work about 20 hours per week. You must be a full-time UK student with a GPA of 2.5 or higher. The job is to keep their website updated and fully functioning, to create visually appealing pages, fit the website into the marketing plan, and send HTML email newsletters to a listserv. The work is done with Adobe Dreamweaver. You need to know that software as well as HTML, PHP, and JavaScript. It helps to know Flash, databases, and graphics tools. Contact Kristen Fulcher <krfulcher at ukky.edu> 257-8867.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Solar Decathlon Project team has undergraduate and graduate assistantships to provide engineering support for the analysis, design and construction of the University of Kentucky's entry http://www.uky.edu/solarhouse/ into the 2009 Solar Decathlon sponsored by the US Department of Energy. The entry is to be a small (less than 800 square foot) house which will be designed and optimized to be energy efficient and use solar energy to make it a net-zero energy building. The project will involve the analysis, design, production of construction drawings, and construction of the structural, HVAC, photovoltaic, solar-thermal, solar hot water, plumbing, and electrical distribution systems. The effort starts in early May and continues through Spring 2009. Send resumes to Don Colliver <colliver at bae.uky.edu> or Keith Rouch <rouch at engr.uky.edu>
- Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The Center for Computational Science is looking for a new CS grad student, preferably one who will be here for a while, to assist in programming for the gridchem project. A successful applicant must have a thorough knowledge of working on Unix using a combination of Java and XML, and must have a strong understanding of networking concepts. Experience in distributed computing is desirable. Send resumes immediately to Sandy Leachman <sandy at uky.edu>
- Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The College of Engineering hosts KySat, a state-wide effort to establish a space program in Kentucky. KySat-1, our first orbital spacecraft, is set to launch in December 2008 as part of the first NASA mission to launch student built CubeSat Satellites. Assistantships, Fellowships, Stipends and Course Credit are available to students at all levels. Some students will qualify for an internship at NASA Ames Research Center in San Jose California this summer. Computer Science students can help with Real-Time Embedded programming, Embedded Networks, Global Groundstation Networks, Dependable/Fault-Tolerant Computing, Software Verification and Validation, and Systems Engineering. Visit 571 FPAT and fill out an interest survey, and see the application for the satellite design team. If you are planning to apply, also contact Jim Lumpp <jel at uky.edu>
- Monday, March 17 2008
The Division of Rheumatology and The Center for the Advancement of Women's Health is in need of someone to create a database to be able to track patient referrals and appointments. Contact Betsy Dennis at <medenni at uky.edu> (859-323-1292).
- Monday, Feb 11 2008
There is a funding opportunity for PhD students in at least their second year. They must be US citizens. Successful applicants become "algebra^3 fellows", who work as math specialists with middle and high-school math teachers in Bath and Powell counties in KY. There are duties of about 15h/w as specialists, 10h/w in the schools. The stipend is $30K/y plus tuition for 12m. The application deadline is March 20, 2008. Contact Dr. Richard Millman at <millman at ms.uky.edu> or at 257-6821.
- Wed, Jan 2 2008
A full time Research Assistant position is open. The project is on maintenance scheduling using simulation, funded by General Motors. The student should be familar with Simul8, and have basic knowledge of manufacturing systems, and would like to work on his/her Master/PhD thesis in this direction. Send your CV to Jingshan Li <jingshan at engr.uky.edu>.
- Wed, Jan 2 2008
The Library Information Technology Division is looking for a full-time server administrator and programmer to create programs to improve work flows in the creation of digital images. The programmer will examine digital conversion work flows and create automated processes, implement standards and specifications for metadata creation according to XML, METS/ALTO, MARC and other formats, validate data for digital repository ingest, develop applications, produce scripts for work with commercially produced software, create and manage databases, and maintain, troubleshoot, update and customize server applications. Contact information is here.
- Fri, Nov 30 2007
The Cooperative Extension Service is looking for a web master for the remainder of the academic year. Contact Carol D. Hanley <chanley at uky.edu>.
- Thu, Nov 15 2007
The Department of Chemistry has several TA positions available in the General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry laboratories. You have to be a graduate student, having taken undergraduate chemistry and organic chemistry laboratory courses with at least a B. Contact information is here.
- Fri, 21 Sep 2007
There is an opening in the Digital Programs group for an image management specialist. Details are on the UK Jobs site.
Contact Mary Molinaro <molinaro at uky.edu>.
- Mon, 4 Sep 2007
Wuyang Hu, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, is looking for an RA who can provide some computer support. The work in the initial 2-3 months will require a full time commitment (20 hours a week) and it will reduce to about 10 hours afterward for an undetermined period of time. We will support the RA with $1500 per month for full-time and part-time salary is proportional to this. Starting time will be determined upon mutual agreement but should be no later than the end of this year. Individuals with experience in the following skills will be given priority. 1) Able to design interactive website, preferably using some sorts of tagging language, for the purpose of internet-based consumer surveys. 2) Able to manage databases.
Contact Wuyang Hu <whu3 at email.uky.edu> with a cover letter, A CV, a reference letter from a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science, and some sample related work by September 14, 2007.
- Thu, 30 Aug 2007
A doctoral student in Economics has a project that requires programming abilities that are somewhat beyond the folks there. They have a scaled drawing of Commonwealth Stadium, and need someone who has google sketchup or autocad skills to build a complete 3-D drawing of the seating in the stadium. A second step will require GIS skills to find line-of-sight distance to the center of the stadium. The overall research project involves using data on ticket prices extracted from online ticket resellers to estimate ex ante demand for each seat in Commonwealth Stadium for each UK football game.
Contact: Professor Frank A. Scott, Jr. <fscott at uky.edu>
- Mon, 30 Jul 2007
The Graduate School at UK is looking for a student to help migrate the Graduate-School web site from HTML Web pages to a MS-Sharepoint (MOSS 2007) content-management site. They prefer someone with experience with Sharepoint; they require that you know content-management systems. You must have experience with Visual Studio, C#, dynamic Web page design, CSS, and image-editing software. The position requires organized thinking and good communication skills.
Contact Greg Franseth <Franseth at uky.edu>.
- Fri, 8 Jun 2007
A researcher at the Gill Heart Institute (on campus) is developing a database for clinical and research imaging (MRI and CT) studies.
Contact Musshabar A. Syed <masyed2 at email.uky.edu>