STEM Leads Research Opportunities

Written by
Pamela E. Cohen, Ed.D. | Associate Director, Career Advising
May 6, 2020

Here is the Center for Career Development's weekly compilation of research events, opportunities, and positions, as advertised through Handshake. Click here for additional Career Development tools/resources. Feel free to contact the Center for Career Development if you have any questions regarding the opportunities listed below or contact the Office of Undergraduate Research if you have other questions about doing research.

FULL-TIME OPPORTUNITIES 

Propulsion Research Engineer – Innovative Scientific Solutions

Firm specializes in combustion research for the USAF Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson AFB. Hiring for the Disruptive Propulsion Group focused on fast-paced projects as well as fundamental research on piston, gas turbine, and detonation engines.

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

Digital Marketing Internship – MassGen Hospital

Help prospective patients find the services they need by updating, optimizing, and writing webpages. Research how people use the web to learn about health topics and how health info is presented on the web. Interview doctors and admins and draft articles.

RESEARCH POSITIONS

 

Summer Research Opportunity - FDA

Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research ensures the safety, purity, potency, and effectiveness of biological products including vaccines, blood and blood products, and cells, tissues, and gene therapies for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases, conditions, or injury. 

 

Undergraduate Research (remote) – Penn State University

Seeking students interested in helping to analyze measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes associated with energy

production, transportation and ecosystems, and how these fluxes have been changing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Chemical and Environmental Engineer – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Appointment w/ the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water in the Water Security Division in Washington, DC. Objective of this project is to advance the nation's analytical ability to response to drinking water and waste water contamination incidents.  

 

Research Assistant (Health Science Specialist) - Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research

Full-time Research Assistant needed in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. Seeking a motivated individual to work as part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary research team conducting work evaluating patient-centered care.