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PREP Undergrad Student Assistant II - Science Communications Specialist Position at NIST in the Public Safety Communications Research Division (PREP0002722)

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:24:49 +0000

PREP Undergrad Student Assistant II - Science Communications Specialist Position at NIST in the Public Safety Communications Research Division (PREP0002722) Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 09/13/2024 - 09:24

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program (PREP). NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

The Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) is a special partnership between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the ��ƷSM��ӰƬ. PREP provides research opportunities to CU undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers with a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in NIST labs to gain research experience alongside NIST scientists.

Research Location:

At NIST in the Public Safety Communications Research Division.

Summary of the Position:

Provide high-level scientific writing and editing for program communications, including articles, website, email marketing, social media, internal/external correspondence, reports, and publications, as well as educational materials.

Key Responsibilities:

Support the creation of original content such as articles, web pages, blog posts, or other written materials.
Conduct research to gather information, verify facts, and ensure the accuracy and credibility of the content.
Communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders and team members to understand requirements, provide updates, and address feedback.
Adapt writing style, tone, and voice to suit different audiences, platforms, and communication objectives.
Create and update briefing and marketing materials needed for conferences, speaking engagements, and other outreach events.
Coordinate and facilitate timely communication and outreach efforts with internal and external stakeholders.
Review and revise content for clarity, coherence, accuracy, grammar, spelling, punctuation, style, and consistency.
Manage time effectively to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality content on schedule.
Ensure that content complies with relevant laws, regulations, ethical standards, and client guidelines, such as Section 508 compliance.
Maintain awareness of industry trends, best practices, and new technologies to continuously improve writing and editing skills.

Requirements:

In progress bachelor’s degree in communications or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to translate complex topics to a general audience.
Experience gathering, analyzing, and composing complex information.
Experience translating technical information into clear, readable materials to be used by technical and non-technical personnel.
Ability to work collaboratively with subject matter experts in technical fields.
Ability to work independently and move between tasks.
Preferred: Familiarity with email marketing, contact management, Twitter, LinkedIn, Drupal, or similar.

Length of Term:

Start Date: 10/1/2024
End Date: 9/30/2025

Eligibility to be in PREP:

Must currently possess a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Must be a degree seeking student through ��ƷSM��ӰƬ

Hourly Rate:

$21.29

If interested, please send your resume/CV to Lisa Valencia at recruitprep@colorado.edu. The finalist will be required to submit their resume, transcript, and one letter of recommendation.

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c)

Purpose: The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) which is designed to provide valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to undergraduates, post-bachelor’s degree holders, graduate students, master’s degree holders, postdocs, and faculty.

PREP is a 5-year cooperative agreement between NIST laboratories and participating PREP Universities to establish a collaborative research relationship between NIST and U.S. institutions of higher education in the following disciplines including (but may not be limited to) biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, electronics, materials science, mathematics, nanoscale science, neutron science, physical science, physics, and statistics. This collection of information is needed to facilitate administrative functions of the PREP Program.

Routine Uses: NIST will use the information collected to perform the requisite reviews of the applications to determine eligibility, and to meet programmatic requirements. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notices: NIST-1: NIST Associates.

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary. When you submit the form, you are indicating your voluntary consent for NIST to use of the information you submit for the purpose stated.

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PREP Graduate Research Assistant Position at NIST in the Guided Wave Electromagnetics Group under the RF Technology Division (PREP0002774)

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:29:11 +0000

PREP Graduate Research Assistant Position at NIST in the Guided Wave Electromagnetics Group under the RF Technology Division (PREP0002774) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/29/2024 - 14:29

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program (PREP). NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

Research Location:

At NIST in the Guided Wave Electromagnetics Group under the RF Technology Division

Summary of Position:

This PREP position focuses on developing traceable standards for 5G, 6G, and beyond. The position requires finite element simulations, programming, network analysis, dimensional metrology, and other skills. The position will use on-wafer and resonator methods to develop standards for mmWave industry to validate the authenticity of integrated circuits and materials. Measurement techniques include balanced circular disk resonators.

Key Responsibiilties:

Coordinate all stakeholder engagement to understand industries’ needs and coordinate regular updates to solicit feedback.
Design, simulate, and assemble on-wafer electronics for mmWave test and measurement.
Design, simulate, and assemble resonator methods for mmWave test and measurement.
With the measurement systems integrated, perform all measurements and analysis on the data.
In coordination with NIST researcher, develop and carry out on-wafer metrology.

Required Qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree in physics, materials science engineering, or a related field.

Minimum Qualifications:

Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the ��ƷSM��ӰƬ master’s degree or doctoral degree program in physics, mathematics, engineering, or closely related program.
Must currently possess a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Must be a degree seeking student through ��ƷSM��ӰƬ.

Preferred Qualifications:

Two (2) years of relevant experience with on-wafer calibration, and materials metrology.
Familiarity with programming in MATLAB.
Experience with HFSS, Circuit, and Q3D.
Strong oral and written communication skills.

Length of Term (if applicable):

Start date: 10/1/24
End Date: 10/1/28

Salary (contract pay format):

Pre-comps: $3,041 per month
Post-comps: $3,202 per month

Benefits:

Graduate Research Assistant contract pay based on pre-comps/post-comps rate.
Tuition, fees, and insurance paid for by PREP during the academic year while in PREP.

If interested, please send your resume/CV to Lisa Valencia at recruitprep@colorado.edu. The finalist will be required to submit their resume/CV, transcript, two letters of recommendation, and the PREP application.

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c) Purpose: The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) which is designed to provide valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to undergraduates, post-bachelor’s degree holders, graduate students, master’s degree holders, postdocs, and faculty.

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary. When you submit the form, you are indicating your voluntary consent for NIST to use of the information you submit for the purpose stated

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PREP Graduate Research Assistant Position at NIST - Superconductive Electronics Group (PREP0002519)

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:15:10 +0000

PREP Graduate Research Assistant Position at NIST - Superconductive Electronics Group (PREP0002519) Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 06/14/2024 - 12:15

Overview

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program (PREP). NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

The Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) is a special partnership between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder. PREP provides research opportunities to CU undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers with a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in NIST labs to gain research experience alongside NIST scientists.

Research Location

At NIST in the Superconductive Electronics Group under the RF Technology Division.

Summary of the Position

This PREP research position will focus on developing high-speed superconducting integrated devices, circuits, and systems for applications in voltage standards, radio-frequency communications, and energy efficient control circuits for superconductor-based quantum computing. In particular, the researcher is expected to design and model superconducting circuits, fabricate devices in the NIST Boulder Microfabrication Facility, and test and measure superconducting Josephson junctions and single-flux-quantum circuits.

Key Responsibilities

Design, simulation, and layout of superconductive circuits.
Develop fabrication processes with superconducting materials.
Perform cryogenic testing of Josephson junctions and single-flux-quantum circuits.
Communicate results through published papers and presentations at conferences and meetings.

Minimum Qualifications

PhD graduate student in Electrical Engineering, Experimental Physics, Materials Science, or related field.
B.S. degree in electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, and materials science, or related field.
Relevant research experience with low-temperature (LTS) and high-temperature (HTS) superconductive devices and circuits.
Relevant graduate-level research experience with electronics design and automation (EDA) tools for single-flux-quantum (SFQ) circuits, including layout and routing methodologies.
Relevant research experience with Josephson junction superconductive circuits.
Relevant research experience with fabrication processing and techniques, especially with HTS YBCO then films.

Length of Term (if applicable)

Start date: 6/23/24
End date: 6/23/26

Eligibility to be in PREP

Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the University of Colorado Boulder master’s degree or doctoral degree program in physics, mathematics, engineering, or closely related program.
Must currently possess a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Must be a degree seeking student through CU Boulder.

Salary (contract pay format):

Pre-comps: $2,924 per month
Post-comps: $3,079.00 per month

Benefits

Graduate Research Assistant Contract Pay based on pre-comps/post-comps rate.
Tuition, fees, and insurance paid for by PREP during the academic year while in PREP.

If interested, please send your resume/CV to Lisa Valencia at recruitprep@colorado.edu. The finalist will be required to submit their resume/CV, transcript, two letters of recommendation, and the PREP application.

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c)

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary. When you submit the form, you are indicating your voluntary consent for NIST to use of the information you submit for the purpose stated.

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PREP Graduate Research Assistant Position at NIST - Fiber Sources and Applications (PREP0002127)

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 20:53:31 +0000

PREP Graduate Research Assistant Position at NIST - Fiber Sources and Applications (PREP0002127) Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 02/02/2024 - 13:53

Overview

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

The Research Assistant will conduct research on open-path spectroscopy using a dual-comb spectrometer. This effort seeks to develop new methods for accurate and precise measurements of greenhouse gases and other atmospheric gases related to climate change and human health. The work is applied research and will be part of the associates PhD thesis.

Research Location

At NIST in the Fiber Sources and Applications Group under the Spectrum Technology and Research Division

Key Responsibilities

Develop, deploy, and operate a fieldable dual-comb spectrometer for open path measurements.
Analyzes the resulting data to determine atmospheric concentrations of target gas species.

Requirements

Knowledge of atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric measurements, data analysis.
Knowledge of spectroscopy or frequency combs.

Length of Term (if applicable)

START DATE: 05/20/24
END DATE: 05/19/25

Eligibility to be in PREP

Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the ��ƷSM��ӰƬ master’s degree or doctoral degree program in physics, mathematics, applied mathematics, engineering, or closely related program.
Must currently possess a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Must be a degree seeking student through ��ƷSM��ӰƬ

Salary

Pre-comps rate: $2,924.00 per month
Post-comps: $3,079.00 per month

Benefits

Graduate Research Assistant Contract Pay based on pre-comps/post-comps rate.
Tuition, fees, and insurance paid for by PREP during the academic year while in PREP.

If interested, please send your resume/CV to Lisa Valencia at recruitprep@colorado.edu. The finalist will be required to submit their resume/CV, transcript, one letter of recommendation, and the PREP application.

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PREP Graduate Research Assistant Position at NIST - High Frequency Semiconductor-based Transistor Modeling (PREP0001838)

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:46:58 +0000

PREP Graduate Research Assistant Position at NIST - High Frequency Semiconductor-based Transistor Modeling (PREP0001838) Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/20/2023 - 14:46

Overview

Research Location

At NIST in the High-Speed Waveform Metrology Group under the RF Technology Division.

Opportunity Description

In conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the candidate will develop metrology standards and circuits for the characterization of state-of-the-art transistors up to a 1 THz. Using new instrumentation and commercial software, the candidate will develop and validate transistor models with improved architectures in III-V semiconductor technologies. Characterization will include on-wafer scattering parameter up to 1 THz and nonlinear electrical measurements from [75 – 260] GHz, frequency bands intended to host to high-speed communication beyond 5 and a variety of emerging wireless applications.

Key Responsibilities

DC and RF devices measurements.
Contribute to developing transistor models on the linear and nonlinear behavior of transistors.
Develop approaches to integrate measurement error and process variation in models.
Work as a team and with external collaborators to design, integrate, and test mm-wave devices and circuits.
Studies will result in a series of publications, providing important changes to existing products, processes, techniques, or practices.
Present technical results.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics, or related field.

Preferences

Basic skills in semiconductor devices.
Ability to master electrical measurement techniques such as: DC characterization, nonlinear network analysis, load-pull, and small and large signal network analysis.
Ability to operate and adjust instrumentation systems, spectrum and network analyzers.
Ability to code with, or learn to code with: Matlab, Visual Basic, and Lab View is required.
Ability to develop simulations in microwave electronics simulation software (e.g. HFSS and ADS) is desirable.
Must be good with handling small parts.

Length of Term

START DATE: 10/1/23
END DATE: 12/31/24

Eligibility to be in PREP

Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the ��ƷSM��ӰƬ master’s degree or doctoral degree program in physics, mathematics, applied mathematics, engineering, or closely related program.
Must currently possess a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Must be a degree seeking student through ��ƷSM��ӰƬ.

Compensation

Pre-comps rate $2,924.00 per month
Post-comps rate $3,079.00 per month

Benefits

Graduate Research Assistant Contract Pay based on pre-comps/post-comps rate.
Tuition, fees, and insurance paid for by PREP during the academic year while in PREP.

Interested in Applying?

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c)

Purpose: The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) which is designed to provide valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to undergraduates, post-bachelor’s degree holders, graduate students, master’s degree holders, postdocs, and faculty.

Routine Uses: NIST will use the information collected to perform the requisite reviews of the applications to determine eligibility, and to meet programmatic requirements. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notices: NIST-1: NIST Associates.

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary. When you submit the form, you are indicating your voluntary consent for NIST to use of the information you submit for the purpose stated.

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