Winter 2027 Teaching Assistants: Chemical Engineering

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These positions are open to McGill University Graduate Students only.

Use this application form to apply to any of the positions currently being posted (see the list below).

You will have the opportunity to list your ranked top choices of courses for the Winter 2027 semester by uploading the completed TA application form to your application in Workday:

https://www.mcgill.ca/hr/files/hr/1_-_graduate_student_application_for_ta_-_english_-_jan_2021_-_fillable.pdf
 

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NOTE (Important):

1. Teaching Assistants are required to be on campus to perform their tasks in person. 

2. Course Instructors are responsible for assigning tasks to Teaching Assistants.

3. Teaching Assistant tasks include: assisting with undergraduate labs and lab safety training.

Hiring Unit:
Department of Chemical Engineering

Duration of each position:

4-Jan-2027 to 30-Apr-2027

Rate per hour: $38.46

Course Title, Course Number and number of positions and hours:

Chemical Engineering Principles II (CHEE204) // 2 x 100 hrs

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (CHEE220) // 4 x 100 hrs & 1 x 50 hrs

Resource Recovery and Circular Use (CHEE301) // 1 x 100 hrs & 1 x 50 hrs

Physical Chemistry for Engineers (CHEE310) // 4 x 100 hrs

Heat and Mass Transfer (CHEE315) // 4 x 100 hrs & 1 x 50 hrs

Separation Processes (CHEE351) // 4 x 100 hrs

Biochemical Engineering (CHEE374) // 4 x 100 hrs

Materials Engineering (CHEE384)// 4 x 100 hrs

Energy Systems Engineering (CHEE401) // 2 x 100 hrs & 1 x 50 hrs

Process Modelling (CHEE440) // 3 x 100 hrs

Design Project (456D1/D2) // 1 x 100 hrs

Instrumentation & Measurement II (CHEE491) // 5 x 100 hrs & 1 x 50 hrs

Foundations of Soft Matter (CHEE585) // 1 x 75 hrs

Computational Methods (CHEE662) // 1 x 50 hrs

Process Dynamics and Control (CHEE672) // 1 x 75 hrs

Laboratory Safety 2 (CHEE682) // 1 x 100 hrs

Research Skills (CHEE687) // 1 x 50 hrs

Complete Course descriptions and Lecturers may be found here:

Undergraduate courses:

Program/Courses | Chemical Engineering - McGill University

Graduate courses:

https://www.mcgill.ca/chemeng/grad/gradcourses 

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Qualifications:

For all courses listed:

• having been a TA for the course previously, is a plus
• having taken the course as a student, is a plus
• Chemical Engineering or equivalent degree
• WHMIS certification is a must

Additional Qualifications:

Chemical Engineering Principles II (CHEE 204):

• Must have taken CHEE204 or equivalent and must have experience working in UG lab (i.e., gas cylinder, high pressure vessel, calorimeter, safety) and process design;
• Responsible for mini design project and calorimetry lab

Resource Recovery and Circular Use (CHEE 301):

• Must have taken CHEE301 and/or have advanced knowledge of waste recovery processes (e.g., municipal solid waste, CO2 capture & reutilization, wastewater treatment etc.)

Physical Chemistry for Engineers (CHEE 310):

• Solid background in chemical kinetics and/or reactions engineering.
• Background in electrochemistry preferred

Separation processes (CHEE 351):

• Must have taken CHEE 351 and/or have advanced knowledge of distillation, absorption, carbon capture, and extraction.
• Ability to conduct tutorials and office hours on course topics involving separation processes.
• Ability to do a combination of: grading quizzes and midterms; leading in-person lab sessions; grading reports; invigilating in-person exams; evaluating in-person presentations; and delivering in-person tutorials.
• Must have up-to-date WHMIS.

Biochemical Engineering (CHEE 374):

• Experience operating a microbial stirred tank bioreactor.
• Having taken CHEE 474, CHEE 651 or an equivalent course focused on bioprocess engineering.
• Having fundamental knowledge of both chemical engineering as well as biology (e.g. university-level courses in biochemical engineering, biotechnology, biomanufacturing) 

Materials Engineering (CHEE 384):

• Have taken the course or have previously worked with ANSYS EduPack and EcoAudit.

Process Modelling (CHEE 440):

• Having taken an undergraduate or graduate course equivalent to CHEE440.
• Proficient in applied mathematics for chemical engineering.
• Proficient in chemical engineering process modeling: discrete models and continuous models.
• Mathematical skills: working knowledge of linear and nonlinear algebra, vector and tensor algebra and calculus solution methods for coupled algebraic equations, partial and ordinary differential equations, integro-differential equations, difference equations optimization with constraints,  calculus of variation, scaling methods, approximation methods.
• Ability to conduct tutorials and office hours on course topics involving chemical engineering applied mathematics.
• Ability to grade quizzes and midterms in chemical engineering applied mathematics.
• Problem solving teaching skills in applied mathematics.

Design Project (CHEE 456D1/D2):

• Advanced knowledge of HYSYS software.

Instrumentation & Measurement II (CHEE491):

• ​Experience with data acquisition and control.
• Knowledge of LabView and instrumentation necessary.
• Must have up-to-date WHMIS.

Foundations of Soft Matter (CHEE585):

• Beneficial to be conducting research in soft matter and/or a closely related area, e.g., biomaterials, interfaces, colloids, gels, liquid crystals.
• Beneficial to have experience using Matlab.
• Beneficial to have previously taken CHEE688 (Advanced Materials) and/or CHEE585  (Foundations of Soft Matter), or equivalents at other institutions.

Computational Methods (CHEE662):

• Having taken CHEE662 or equivalent course in Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering.
• Working knowledge of theory and computation of:
  • Partial Differential Equations; 
  • Discretization Methods;
  • Finite Elements;Integration;
  • Interpolation and Mapping Functions;Nonlinear Algebraic equations;
  • Time integration techniques for PDEs and MD;
  • Nonuniqueness and stability in nonlinear systems;
  • Bifurcations and Continuation Methods;Mesh Refinement Strategies;
  • Convection dominated transport and Hyperbolic PDEs;Inverse Problems in Chemical Engineering;
  • Computational Geometry of Surfaces.
    

Process Dynamics and Control (CHEE672):

• Having taken CHEE672 or equivalent graduate core course in Process Dynamics and Control in Chemical Engineering.
• Proficient with MATLAB and its SIMULINK add-on
• Committed to rapid grading and feedback to students, excellent communication skills.

Laboratory Safety 2 (CHEE682):

• Experience as a TA with lab safety.

***** HOW TO APPLY *****

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