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Teaching (TA) and Project (PA) Assistantship Renewal Application

Contract renewal applications, in the case of current TAs and PAs, must be submitted to ME Graduate Director each time (i.e., each semester) a student is requesting to be considered for these positions. [Deadlines: Nov. 1 (Spring) and April 15 (Fall). Note: contract renewals are subject to availability of funds as well as student's performance (both academic and job-related) and progress towards degree.]

 

Last (Family) Name:
First (Given) Name:
E-mail Address:
Cell Phone Number:
Cell Phone Service Provider:
(This allows the ME Department to send you brief text messages, in regards to your application.)
UNM (Banner) ID:
Name of your Advisor:
Today's Date:

Select the semester/year you would like to be considered for a TA/PA position:

Fall
Spring

 

Year:

Which semester are you planning to complete your degree? (include term and year)

 

Course Preference: Please check (below) the course(s) you are interested in serving as a Teaching (TA) or a Project (PA) Assistant. (You should select courses in which you have a very strong background. As a minimum, you must have taken the course[s] as a student, with a good grade. It is suggested that you include all courses that you are qualified to serve to increase your chances of obtaining an Assistantship position.)

The course descriptions are available at http://registrar.unm.edu/catalog.htm

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TA Positions (the mandatory pre-requisites and/or previous experience are shown in parentheses)
  • ME 160 (Engineering Drafting & ProE experience)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course :
  • ME 260 (shop experience is required)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 317 (Fluids Lab experience and course)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 318 (Instrumentation Lab experience and course)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 320 (Heat Transfer Lab experience and course)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 352/370 (Materials Lab experience and course)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:

PA Positions (Graders) (the mandatory pre-requisites and/or previous experience are shown in parentheses)

  • ME 306 (Dynamics)

Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 360 (FEM, Matlab)

    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 217 (Energy, Environment, & Society)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 301 (Eng. Thermo. I)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 302 (Eng. Thermo. II ) (offered in Spring semesters only)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 314 (Dynamics of Machinery)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 357 (Vibs )
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 380 (Controls)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
  • ME 459 (Machine Element Design)
    Your course number and grade in the same (or equivalent) course:
Current, Outside (non-UNM) Employer:
Number of Work Hours per Week for this Employer:
Would you expect to have outside (non-UNM) employment if offered another TA/PA position at UNM?
Yes
 No
If Yes, Number of Work Hours per Week:

By submitting this application, I confirm that all of the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge. I will inform the ME Graduate Director as soon as I obtain other sources of funding, such as Research Assistantships (RA).

Please submit the completed application to:

 

Ms. Janine Pacheco
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MSC01 1150
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

E-mail

jpachec3@unm.edu

Phone

(505) 277-2762
FAX (505) 277-1571