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Computational materials design and discovery for green infrastructure
Members of my group will seek to design and understand materials along two main thrusts (interest in either one is sufficient): Materials which could be used to harvest thermal and mechanical energy…
1 sp.
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14 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Engineering
(+2)
Chemistry
Engineering
Physics
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.
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13 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Engineering
(+4)
Engineering
Biomechanics
Fluid Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics
Designing Fluorescent Sensors to Detect Contaminants in Water
The student scholars in the Molecular Engineering lab are the first to study a previously undiscovered fluorescence property in a well-researched material, with exciting applications as a sensor for…
2 sp.
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13 appl.
Hours per week
Fall - Part Time
(+1)
Fall - Part Time
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Materials Science
(+5)
Chemistry
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Materials Science
Molecular Design
Sustainability
Carbon Capture Materials
Background: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are porous materials that are able to capture greenhouse gases, like CO2 and methane. At the moment, my lab is working with a particular material called…
1 sp.
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16 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Materials Science
(+1)
Chemistry
Materials Science
Biomechanical insights to prevent and treat kneecap instability
Using medical images, machine learning, and biomechanics, we will study patient-specific knees and relate their qualities to kneecap instability and treatment.
2 sp.
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44 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Engineering
(+3)
Engineering
Biomechanics
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Join the CuTE Lab [Santana]
tl;dr: To apply, complete this form by the URO deadline. The Cell Biology, μfluidics, and Tissue Engineering (CuTE) Lab is hiring for next semester (and beyond)! Our work focuses on designing…
6 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Materials Science
(+9)
Biology
Engineering
Physics
Biomedical Engineering
Bioprinting
Fluid Mechanics
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Microfluidics
Teaching & Learning
Making plastic from metal
Background: Plastics are usually made from organic polymers, and are incredibly widespread and useful. However, metals bring a whole host of useful properties - color, conductivity, catalytic activity…
1 sp.
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12 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Chemistry
(+1)
Chemistry
Materials Science
Prototyping Social and Environmental Impact in Engineering Courses
The world needs engineers who, in addition to their technical skills, can evaluate and address the environmental, social, and ethical factors impacting their engineering decisions. In parallel…
2 sp.
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3 appl.
Hours per week
Fall - Part Time
(+2)
Fall - Part Time
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Teaching & Learning
(+3)
Engineering
Engineering Education
Sustainability
Teaching & Learning
Text Data Adventures: Laptop-Scale Text Analysis
This independent study will provide an introduction to tools of text mining for digital humanities and computational social science on a new dataset of the student’s choosing. This includes practice…
6 sp.
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20 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Computer Science
Bacterial gene regulation in response to stress
Project Overview: Bacteria respond to stressful changes in their environment by changing their patterns of gene expression. The RpoS protein coordinates E. coli ’s general stress response, allowing…
3 sp.
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14 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Biomedical Sciences
(+1)
Biology
Biomedical Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics of Planetary Systems
Planets form in protoplanetary disks of gas and dust, which damp their motions onto planar, circular paths. The final stage of planet formation occurs after that gas dissipates, setting off a phase of…
2 sp.
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22 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Astronomy
(+3)
Computer Science
Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Astronomy
Multiple Openings for Autonomous Navigation in Robotics
Prof. Mohanty's Autonomous Navigation for Robotics Lab is seeking passionate students to work on cutting-edge projects related to increasing the deployment of autonomous vehicles in land, aerial and…
2 sp.
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12 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Engineering
(+2)
Computer Science
Engineering
Robotics
Shape-dependent Polymer Function
Overview: The accessibility of polymeric materials has led to their widespread use in addressing diverse global challenges from food preservation to light transportation and affordable medical devices…
2 sp.
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10 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Molecular Design
(+4)
Chemistry
Materials Science
Molecular Design
Polymer Science
Sustainability
Transdermal Transport and Mechanical Property Measurement [Lape]
The Transdermal Research Team investigates the mechanical properties of skin and 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.
3 sp.
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13 appl.
Hours per week
Fall - Part Time
(+2)
Fall - Part Time
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Chemical Engineering
(+5)
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Lead-free brass for drinking water applications
We are developing new non-toxic and industrially-viable brass alloys to meet the global challenge of eliminating lead-containing brasses in the next decade. We travel to Australia for summer research.
2 sp.
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10 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Materials Science
(+2)
Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Drone FPGA Radio-Telescope Beam Mapping
We will fly a large hexacopter drone with a weak radio transmitter to calibrate the beam pattern of a radio telescope. Our on-campus “telescope” will be a dish antenna on an amateur astronomy…
3 sp.
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10 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Circuit Design
(+5)
Engineering
Physics
Astronomy
Circuit Design
Robotics
Signal Processing
Water reuse in the power sector: experimental evaluation of tradeoffs
I will work closely with students to (i) evaluate the performance of a bench-scale reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment system and to (ii) describe the fundamental mechanisms involved in the treatment…
2 sp.
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9 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Environmental Engineering
(+2)
Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Sustainability
Developing a Low-cost, Open Source In Vivo Imaging System [Brake]
📢 Apply for this project by completing this form . 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…
2 sp.
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1 appl.
Hours per week
Fall - Part Time
(+2)
Fall - Part Time
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Biomedical Engineering
(+3)
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Optics
Molecular Spectroscopy: From the Microwave to the UV
Have you ever wondered how we know the structures of molecules and even of atoms? -- Welcome to SPECTROSCOPY, which uses electromagnetic radiation to interrogate matter. In my lab we focus on the…
3 sp.
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8 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Optics
(+3)
Chemistry
Physics
Chemical Engineering
Optics
Monitoring the Rizosphere with Optics [Brake]
📢 Apply for this project by completing this form . 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…
2 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
Fall - Part Time
(+2)
Fall - Part Time
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Optics
(+3)
Engineering
Physics
Biomedical Engineering
Optics
Sending Quantum-Entangled Photons Across Campus
We will use a pair of amateur astronomy telescopes and mounts to beam a laser and then individual photons from one telescope to another telescope. Each telescope will send a beacon laser so they can…
3 sp.
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14 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Robotics
(+6)
Engineering
Physics
Astronomy
Computer Vision
Optics
Robotics
Signal Processing
Computational materials science: novel lead-free brass
We are developing new non-toxic and industrially-viable brass alloys to meet the global challenge of eliminating lead-containing brasses in the next decade. We travel to Australia for summer research.
1 sp.
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3 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Chemistry
(+4)
Chemistry
Engineering
Physics
Materials Science
Numerical Modeling
Dark Matter & Hidden Particles at Colliders
We are using simulations and data from particle physics experiments to look for dark matter and other hidden particles
2 sp.
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26 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Data Science
(+1)
Physics
Data Science
Entrepreneurship Studio Program (ESP)
Bridging technical research with entrepreneurial opportunity is intense, creative, and fun. The ESP supports these self-directed, team-based, entrepreneurial bridge projects.
8 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Biology
(+8)
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Engineering
Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
Mathematics
Physics
Human-centered Design
Human-Computer Interaction
Is Pure Water a Mixture?
Water is simultaneously the most common liquid on earth and the weirdest, judging from the variety of its anomalous properties. For example, water has a density maximum at 4 degree Celsius, while…
2 sp.
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14 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Mathematics
(+2)
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics
Wavefront shaping through multicore fiber bundles [Brake]
📢 Apply for this project by completing this form . The goal of this research proposal is to explore the capabilities of wavefront shaping through flexible, minimally-invasive, multicore fiber…
2 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
Fall - Part Time
(+2)
Fall - Part Time
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Engineering
(+3)
Engineering
Physics
Biomedical Engineering
Optics
Music Information Retrieval Research
The Music Information Retrieval (MIR) Research Lab explores the intersection of music, signal processing, and machine learning. Our goal is to train machine learning and signal processing ninjas using…
6 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Signal Processing
(+2)
Human-centered Design
Machine Learning
Signal Processing
Assistive Intelligence for Cooperative Robot inspection survey of infrastructure systems
The project seeks to investigate training and conducting of bridge inspection using drone technologies. The primary focus is on understanding detailed human behavioral markers based on biometric measurements (eye tracking, EEG) to predict and improve system behavior. Student researchers will conduct experiments with volunteer subjects, and perform data analytics on related outcomes.
1 sp.
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5 appl.
Hours per week
Fall - Part Time
(+2)
Fall - Part Time
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Engineering
(+1)
Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction
3d-printed Computational Microscopy using Fourier Ptychography [Brake]
The goal of this project is to develop a computational microscope using the UC2 system, a 3-D printed, reconfigurable optics platform that can be used to build compact and flexible optical systems.
2 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
(+1)
Spring - Part Time
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Optics
(+2)
Biomedical Sciences
Optics
Signal Processing
Making Accessible Climate Change Interventions
The design and implementation of any equitable intervention begins when we accurately understand different stakeholder perspectives. This fact holds true for technological interventions and global…
6 sp.
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10 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Human-Computer Interaction
(+3)
Computer Science
Environmental Science
Human-centered Design
Human-Computer Interaction
Ellison Institute Internship in Applied AI and Analytics
The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), located in Los Angeles, researches and deploys advanced technology in pursuit of solving some of humanity’s most challenging and enduring problems in medical…
2 sp.
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7 appl.
Hours per week
Summer - Full Time
Project categories
Mathematics
(+2)
Biology
Computer Science
Mathematics
Modeling the Propagation of Fake News in Social Networks
Spring 2025: Network Analysis of Fake News Propagation on Social Media: We are embedding our previously developed probability model for the propagation of fake news on social media into a network…
2 sp.
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13 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Operations Research
Interactive Simulations and Applets for Theoretical Mechanics
This project is open to students in any major. In this project, we are developing a set of interactive simulation applets and associated curricular materials for the HMC junior-level Theoretical…
2 sp.
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13 appl.
Hours per week
Spring - Part Time
Project categories
Human-centered Design
(+3)
Computer Science
Physics
Human-centered Design
Teaching & Learning
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