A TA opportunity for your graduate students... From: Karen Denise Alfrey <alfreyk@purdue.edu> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM Subject: Graduate TA opportunities in Indianapolis (EPICS/VIP/Makerspace) Hello, Indianapolis Site Directors – Please share the following with your graduate students who may be interested in TA opportunities in Indianapolis: Hello, Purdue graduate students in Indianapolis! We are currently recruiting Teaching Assistants for Indianapolis-based roles in EPICS, VIP, and the Makerspace for Fall 2026. EPICS projects connect undergraduate students to nonprofit community partners to provide engineering design solutions to address real-world needs. VIP teams work on faculty-sponsored research projects or industry-sponsored design challenges. Each EPICS and VIP section meets once a week for two hours, and TAs with a 20 hr/week appointment are typically assigned 3-4 sections. TAs would be expected to attend each weekly meeting as well as supporting the program through grading, mentoring/office hours, and holding occasional sessions to help students develop skills needed for their projects (such as coding, 3D printing, understanding tolerances, and other topics). Makerspace TAs staff the Indianapolis Makerspace, providing guidance to students who come there to work on their projects while ensuring safe operation of all equipment. The application is available here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_eRKuUvpK5EwiQtg&data=05%7C02%7Cme-indy-faculty%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C411678492862430991e308de8f579480%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C1%7C0%7C639105803474279804%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Bw7h4hgE0M4WNnaBQOkQ%2FKqxF09AfXX3E6IrNIQPkcc%3D&reserved=0>; we expect to begin interviews in mid-April. If this opportunity sounds interesting to you, I encourage you to apply! Thanks, Karen D. Alfrey, PhD Assistant Director of EPICS, Purdue in Indianapolis Professor of Engineering Practice, College of Engineering and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University alfreyk@purdue.edu<mailto:alfreyk@purdue.edu> | 765.495.7738 | ET 215C Thanks! Karen D. Alfrey, PhD Assistant Director of EPICS, Purdue in Indianapolis Professor of Engineering Practice, College of Engineering and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University alfreyk@purdue.edu<mailto:alfreyk@purdue.edu> | 765.495.7738 | ET 215C