Teaching Assistant (BIEN 340-W24)

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Hiring Unit:
Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering

Course Title and Course Number:

BIEN 340 Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems 2

1 TA position of 180 hours

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Position Summary:

• A Teaching Assistant is a Graduate Student employed to assist a Course Supervisor
• Assist Professor in preparing, grading, and reviewing HW sets & other assignments, quizzes, exams. Duties can include marking or demonstrating or tutoring.
• Prepare, conduct, and lead tutorials.
• Monitor and participate in discussion boards on MyCourses
• Assist course instructor with the instruction and evaluation of students. Developing practice problems and solutions.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must currently be students enrolled in a program at McGill University . Priority will begiven to students currently in the priority pool
• Expert knowledge in transport phenomena, including mass-transport with (bio)chemical reactions, conservation relations and constitutive equations, dimensional analysis for mass, heat and momentum transport.
• Differential equations, numerical analyses and proficiency with MathLab tools.
• Good knowledge of biological systems for application of transport phenomena (ex: physiological transport systems in the human body and bioreactor operations.
• Lead 2-hour weekly tutorial
• Applicants must be familiar with the course content (please consult the eCalendar)
• Proficiency in English is required

Hourly Salary:

$33.03

Position Start Date:

2024-01-02

Position End Date:

2024-04-27

Deadline to Apply:

2023-11-15

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