Part-Time Research Assistant

Job description

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process . Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants . Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants . JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS: Conduct a systematic investigation of the microflotation behavior of clay minerals, focusing on both single-mineral systems and binary mineral mixtures. The study will examine the flotation response of cookeite and clinochlore individually, as well as their separation from kaolinite in mixed systems (cookeite–kaolinite and clinochlore–kaolinite), using a Hallimond tube ce...