Project RAMP Research Assistant - School of Aviation

Project RAMP Research Assistant - School of Aviation

Salary

$18.00 Hourly

Location

Main Campus (BG), OH

Job Type

Student Worker

Job Number

BGSU01811

Division

Presidents Office

Department

Student Employment

Opening Date

07/29/2026

Closing Date

8/31/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Benefits

Summary

The Aviation Research Lab is seeking a student to support Project RAMP in the development of high-fidelity Virtual Reality (VR) simulations for a drone applications. The student will assist faculty researchers with various tasks including thorough literature reviews and research synthesis, VR simulation development, documentation, and scholarly/technical writing. This positions requires programming abilities as well as strong writing skills, careful documentation, and professional work ethics.

Career Readiness Competencies

• Adjust tone and approach based on audience (e.g., peers vs. supervisors).

• Identify when additional information is needed before making a decision.

• Break down tasks into steps to complete work more efficiently.

• Demonstrate reliability and accountability in completing tasks.

• Support others by offering assistance when your workload allows.

Essential Functions

• Assist with literature searches, reviews, and annotated summaries
• Assist with Virtual Reality (VR) development (preferably in Unity)
• Assist with basic data analysis, such as descriptive statistics, simple comparisons, trend identification, or visualizations
• Contribute to research documentation and technical writing, including short summaries, tables, figures, report sections, or publications.
• Follow research ethics, data integrity, and professionalism standards, including proper citation, confidentiality, and responsible data handling.
• Perform additional research-related tasks as assigned by the faculty

Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant education background and prior work experience
• Demonstrated experience/proficiency with C#, C++, and Unity (preferably)
• Some experience with academic research tasks, such as literature review, data organization, referencing, structured analysis, and methodological approach.
• Strong time management and organization skills
• Proven responsibility, accountability and determination
• Strong attention to detail, including accurate documentation and data handling.
• Ability to communicate clearly in written and verbal formats within a research team.
• Maintains good academic standing
• Experience with systematic or structured literature reviews.
• Familiarity with GIS, modeling, simulation, or visualization tools.
• Prior experience contributing to technical reports, research posters, or conference papers.

Bowling Green State University is an equal opportunity employer. The University is committed to maintaining an employment and educational environment that is free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of protected class: age (40 years of age or older), ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity and expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, marital status, military status, national origin, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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This position is not eligible for benefits.

Employer Bowling Green State University

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