East Falls Campus Graduate Assistantships

The PhD in Architecture and Design Research program at TJU is inviting applications for graduate assistants starting August 2025. The student will work under the supervision of Dr. Yao Lu on developing An Efficient Modular Structural System through 2D-to-3D Curved Folding.

The research will focus on the innovative applications of thin-sheet materials in a high-performance modular structural system, which gain the structural efficiency and stability through curve-folded geometries. This work involves computational exploration and modeling, structural simulation, and physical prototyping. The student will receive training on the necessary computational tools.

The Fashion Design Technology at Thomas Jefferson University invites applications for graduate assistants starting September 2025. The student will work under the supervision of Domenica Vinci on research and development of bio plastic materials for various applications.   

The research will focus on different raw materials, their properties and how they can be applied to apparel. 

Student will be trained in lab, production and testing methods of various biodegradable raw materials and applications methods.

The MS in Historic Preservation program at TJU invites applications for graduate assistants starting August 2025. The student will work under the supervision of Dr. Suzanne Singletary on advocacy projects sponsored by Jefferson’s Center for the Preservation of Modernism whose mission is to develop preservation protocols tailored to the unique character of early and mid-century modern architecture and to promote the conservation of buildings and sites from this period.

The graduate assistant will research mid-century modern architecture in Philadelphia and its environs, which will be added to an interactive map of mid-century buildings compiled in collaboration with Docomomo PHL. The map will be available on both the Center and the Docomomo PHL websites. In addition, the student will support research that focuses on Richard Neutra’s projects in Pennsylvania in preparation for publication and will contribute to the organization of a symposium on the preservation of modernism to be held at Jefferson. 

The Technical Textiles programs at Thomas Jefferson University invites applications for graduate assistants starting September 2025. The student will work under the supervision of Brian George on assisting the Engineering Lab Technician.

Thomas Jefferson University has several spaces on the East Falls Campus that engineering and technical textile undergraduate and graduate students work in. The Engineering Lab Technician, with whom the GA will work closely, oversees all of these spaces and is responsible for ensuring the equipment is maintained, students are trained on how to use the equipment, safety regulations are complied with and that faculty have assistance with lab sessions as needed. Equipment in the labs includes a mill and lathe, a hot press, fluid and thermal lab equipment, microscopes and mechanical property testing equipment.

The School of Business at TJU is inviting applications for graduate assistants starting in August, 2025. The student will work under the supervision of faculty in School of Business on pedagogical and scholarly research using data analytics tools as applied to specific disciplines in business such as marketing and finance. The selected candidate will be trained in conducting scholarly research and receive basic training in software such as Tableau and R. Some of the available research projects include analysis of mutual fund performance, assessment of student learning in marketing discipline, developing models for preventing emerging infections.

The Undergraduate Business Program at Thomas Jefferson University invites applications for graduate assistants starting August 2025. The student will work under the supervision of Dr. Irina Stoyneva on “Are Institutions Good or Bad for Innovation?: Exploring the Effect of Institutional Ownership on Innovative Strategies”

The research will focus on exploring the effect of different types of institutional owners (pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, etc.) on the likelihood of firms to pursue Innovation. The project will begin with the building of a panel dataset of financial and ownership information of firms. It will then continue with the development of a theoretical model, aimed at explain the effect of institutional ownership on the strategy of Innovation. The project will conclude with analyzing the data to find support for the proposed effect of the different institutional owners on the firms’ decisions to pursue innovative strategies.

The student will also receive training in the process of deductive theory building and data analysis with STATA and the development of a research paper manuscript.