Projects

Developing a Low-cost, Modular, and Open Source In Vivo Imaging System

The goal of this project is to develop a modular, inexpensive (<$1000), open-source, multi-modal in vivo imaging system (IVIS). IVIS systems are used to perform 2D or 3D optical imaging of animals and…

2 sp. | 6 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+2)

Engineering (+3)

Monitoring the Rizosphere with Optics

Light is a key factor for the growth of plant life. Most are familiar with the need for plants to be exposed to light for photosynthesis, but recent findings have found that light is not only…

2 sp. | 3 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+2)

Fish-Inspired Propulsion through a Water-Air Interface

Prof. Mendelson's Flow Imaging Lab at Mudd (FILM) uses mechanical models to study the fluid mechanics of jumping fish and evaluate jumping strategies for bioinspired underwater vehicles.

2 sp. | 9 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Biomechanics (+4)

Low-Cost Open-Source Three-Dimensional Fluid Flow Measurement

Prof. Mendelson's Flow Imaging Lab at Mudd (FILM) develops low-cost measurement systems (cameras! lasers!) and open-source codes for 3D flow imaging. Experimental and software opportunities available.

2 sp. | 3 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Signal Processing (+4)

Pre-lab Video Development in Chem 24

The goal of this research project will be to create short pre-lab videos for Chem 24, to help prepare students for experiments by highlighting key aspects of experimental setup, safety, and chemical…

1 sp. | 2 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Evaluating Glucometers as Teaching Tools in Undergraduate Biochem

Glucometers are ubiquitous point-of-care diagnostic tools used to determine glucose concentrations in blood; they have revolutionized diabetes monitor at home since their development in the 1960s…

1 sp. | 0 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Engineering Laboratories

Study how students learn from laboratory experiences.

2 sp. | 2 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Teaching & Learning (+1)

Low-Cost Ultrasound Circuits for Imaging and Robotics

Build ultrasonic transceiver circuits to control tiny robot submarines and track fish, process ultrasound data to make images, and build big mechanical experimental rigs to test it all.

2 sp. | 9 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Signal Processing (+3)

Automated Circuit Design with Python-Based Generators

Design time is a limiting factor in deploying many modern electronic products, but large portions of many electronic designs re-implement already designed circuits. Improved design tools could speed…

2 sp. | 16 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Computer Science (+3)

Controlling material degradability through stereochemistry

Many plastics are used by humans for only a few minutes before being discarded to sit in a landfill for generations. New strategies to degrade plastics are urgently needed, and fundamental…

1 sp. | 8 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Sustainability (+4)

Identification of selective prebiotics for commensal bacteria

We are just beginning to understand that trillions of microbes live within us and are key regulators of our health. This dynamic population comprises both beneficial commensal organisms and harmful…

1 sp. | 5 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Studying Fluorescence in Bio-Inspired Materials for Sustainability

The student scholars in the Molecular Engineering lab will be the first to study a previously undiscovered fluorescence property in a well-researched material, with applications as a sensor for…

5 sp. | 11 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Engineering (+5)

Processes shaping the formation and evolution of planetary systems

The ~5,000 planets discovered beyond our solar system provide us a first opportunity to constrain the dominant physics shaping how planetary systems form & how they evolve over billions of years.

1 sp. | 20 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Reduced Cost Heat Pump Space- and Water-Heating in Cold Climates

Critical technological challenges impact the cost and performance of decarbonized space- and water- heating solutions. This project is a multi-institution effort to develop, model, fabricate, and test…

3 sp. | 3 appl.

Summer - Full Time (+1)

Numerical Modeling (+4)

Elastic Movements in Nature, Robotics and Materials

Some animals can use elastic energy to drive repeatable, ultra-fast motion. For example, some species of mantis shrimp can accelerate their hammer-like appendages 10,000 g's of acceleration, reaching…

3 sp. | 21 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Studying the electrical properties of Quantum Materials

Our lab investigates how electrons behave in solids — such as crystals, glasses, metals, superconductors, van-der-Waals (2D) materials, spin-liquid magnets, charge-ordered oxides and amorphous…

2 sp. | 6 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Condensed Matter Physics (+2)

Music and Machine Learning Research

The HMC MIR research lab explores the intersection of music, machine learning, and signal processing. Our goal is to train machine learning and signal processing ninjas using music as a playground…

6 sp. | 1 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Machine Learning (+1)

Manufacturing Transformation

This fellowship provides exciting opportunities to pursue applied and basic research initiatives in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, Design, and Engineering…

7 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computational Fluid Dynamics: Optimize Microfluidic Mixing Efficiency

Our team works to design hydrogels that mimic biological tissues. These tissue mimics seek to copy the mechanical and chemical properties of living tissues while also recapitulating their architecture…

1 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Mechanical Engineering (+4)

Learning about Design Learning: Reflection in Engineering Instruction

Critical reflection is a deliberate process wherein students focus on their practice and consider the thinking and mindsets that led to particular actions, what happened, and what they are learning…

1 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Engineering Education (+1)

Making Materials: Synthesize Polymeric Biomaterials and Catalysts

Our team works to design hydrogels that mimic biological tissues. These tissue mimics seek to copy the mechanical and chemical properties of living tissues while also recapitulating their architecture…

1 sp. | 1 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Biomedical Engineering (+4)

Printing Biomaterials:Design a Bioprinter to Manufacture Model Tissues

Our team works to design materials that mimic biological tissues. We use super hydrophilic polymers that are saturated with water (hydrogels) to build synthetic tissues. We work to design hydrogels…

1 sp. | 4 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Biomedical Engineering (+4)

Programming Cells with Materials: Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis

Intercellular communication plays critical roles in development, maintaining tissue homeostasis/function, and when deregulated, in the progression of diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration. It…

1 sp. | 3 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Biomedical Sciences (+5)

Eco-friendly molecule making

Do you want to do chemistry that is good and beautiful, green and clever? Do you dream of making molecules no one has ever made before or to make chemicals in a new way? Join us! We are developing eco…

2 sp. | 5 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Pharmaceuticals (+3)

Lead-free brass for drinking water applications

Due to the severe health impacts of environmental lead, there is an urgent need to eliminate it from infrastructure and products, with a particular focus on the lead-containing brass alloys used in…

2 sp. | 3 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Mechanical Engineering (+2)

Computational materials science: novel lead-free brass

Due to the severe health impacts of environmental lead, there is an urgent need to eliminate it from infrastructure and products, with a particular focus on the lead-containing brass alloys used in…

1 sp. | 1 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Engineering (+4)

Transdermal Transport and Mechanical Property Measurement

The Transdermal Research Team investigates the effects of changes in the skin's microstructure due to varying hydration levels and mechanical stretching on the transport of chemicals across the skin.

2 sp. | 4 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Engineering (+4)

Nanocomposite Membranes for Energy-Efficient Gas Separations

The Nanocomposite Gas Separation Membrane Team examines the performance of inorganic-polymer composites with the aim of designing membranes for energy-efficient gas separation.

3 sp. | 4 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

Engineering (+3)

Ant Transportation Networks

We are working to understand how simple organisms can work together in groups to build transportation networks, using a multidisciplinary combination of approaches.

6 sp. | 14 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Mapping Flowers to Save the Bees

Honey bees and native bees such as bumble bees are important pollinators in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. However, bees of both kinds are disappearing, and one of the key factors…

2 sp. | 4 appl.

Spring - Part Time