This is a reminder about the need for ME 26400 TAs for Sp26 (see my email below). As of today I've received no responses. We need to have time for these TAs to receive training in WLaf this semester so please forward potential TA names to me soon. Thanks, -- Carl From: Carl R Wassgren <wassgren@purdue.edu> Date: Monday, October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM To: me-indy-faculty@ecn.purdue.edu <me-indy-faculty@ecn.purdue.edu> Subject: UG TAs needed for ME 26400 in Sp26 Colleagues, This spring (Sp26) we'll be teaching ME 26400 (Introduction to Manufacturing for Mechanical Design, 3 cr, https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Undergraduate/Files/Courses/me264.pdf) for the first time in Indianapolis. This course has a significant hands-on component involving various forms of manufacturing. To provide sufficient support for the course, we'll need 24 UG TAs (yes, 24). Ideally these would be students who have good hands-on manufacturing skills. Students from engineering, the polytechnic, and continuing students would all be fine. To bring the TAs up to speed before the course starts, we would ask them to travel to West Lafayette on Fridays to participate in the ME 26400 regular training sessions. These sessions will allow them to get hands-on experience with the lab format, meet the current TA team, and discuss other responsibilities such as grading and providing project feedback. The students would be paid hourly for their time, including the travel time to/from WLaf for training. Please forward to me the names of any students who you think would make for a good ME 26400 UG TA. I'll compile these and forward the names to Francisco Montalvo who is coordinating the course at both campuses this spring. The sooner you provide me the names, the better since we'd like to fit in training this semester. Thanks, -- Carl