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Experimental Materials Library

The Experimental Materials Library is a hands-on, community sourced material library and an initiative of Material Acts, an interdisciplinary research initiative, exhibition , publication , and…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part Time

Project categories

Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts

Structural Complexity of SU(3) fermions in optical lattices

The development of quantum gas microscopy for two-dimensional optical lattices has provided an unparalleled tool to study condensed matter physics models with ultracold atoms. Spin-resolved projective…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part Time

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Condensed Matter Physics (+1)

AlgorithmsCondensed Matter Physics

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” is a dish antenna on an amateur astronomy telescope…

3 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+2)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part TimeSummer - Full Time

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EngineeringPhysicsAstronomyCircuit DesignRoboticsSignal Processing

Physics-informed deep learning models for wildfire detection

Wildfire tracking and mitigation is a critical challenge in this world. The Machine Learning & Autonomy for Diverse Domains (MADD) Lab is advancing a hybrid approach that fuses classical physics-based…

3 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part Time

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Engineering (+5)

Computer ScienceEngineeringAlgorithmsClimate ChangeMachine LearningRobotics

Quantum Entangled Photons and Quantum Position Verification

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. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+2)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part TimeSummer - Full Time

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Engineering (+6)

EngineeringPhysicsAstronomyComputer VisionOpticsRoboticsSignal Processing

Exploring Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Sensors for Martian Terrain Localization

Navigating in deep space terrains such as in lunar caves and Martian lava tubes is a challenging problem for conventional sensors such as cameras due to dust storms and other environmental…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part Time

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Computer Science (+5)

Computer ScienceEngineeringAlgorithmsArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningRobotics

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. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+2)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part TimeSummer - Full Time

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Teaching & Learning (+3)

EngineeringEngineering EducationSustainabilityTeaching & Learning

Electrical Measurement of Insect Feeding

Piercing-sucking insects (mosquitoes, ticks, aphids, sharpshooters) are vectors for animal and plant diseases that cause immense human suffering and that pose grave agricultural threats. For instance…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part Time

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Computer Science (+2)

Computer ScienceEngineeringCircuit Design

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Engineering Laboratories

Half of the courses that undergraduate engineers take are labs, but relatively little literature studies exactly how labs make students learn. This project is trying to fill in that gap.

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Fall - Part TimeSpring - Part Time

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Teaching & Learning (+3)

EngineeringCircuit DesignEngineering EducationTeaching & Learning

Carbon Capture Materials

Background: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are porous materials that are able to capture greenhouse gases, like CO2 and methane. We are particularly interested in "hybrid" MOFs, which contain small…

1 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time

Project categories

ChemistryMaterials Science

CACTI Lab: Creating an Open Online Dataset

Over the past few months, the lab has compiled a dataset related to climate change and disability. This data, however, is not yet accessible to the research community. Goals of this project include…

1 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time

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Human-Computer Interaction (+2)

Computer ScienceHuman-centered DesignHuman-Computer Interaction

Creative Computing Studio Pilot

Project Description This project explores the intersection of creativity and computing, with the goal of producing original artworks through a wide range of technical and artistic processes. Students…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time

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Circuit Design (+8)

Computer ScienceEngineeringHumanities, Social Sciences, and the ArtsCircuit DesignComputer VisionHuman-Computer InteractionMechanical EngineeringRoboticsVisual and Performing Arts

Ant Wars: Can Native and Invasive Ants Coexist?

Ants are among the most abundant organisms on earth, with a recent estimate placing their number around 20 quadrillion individuals and their biomass around 20% of human biomass. They play key roles in…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time

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Environmental Science (+3)

BiologyEcologyEnvironmental ScienceNatural Resources and Conservation

MuddOR Lab

Room draw left you fORlORn? Are scheduled times for required courses discORdant? Do your instructOR's office hour times leave you high and dry? Have you taken Math 187 (operations research) and want…

3 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time

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Operations Research

Metal-organic polymers

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. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time

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Materials Science (+1)

ChemistryMaterials Science

Imputing Measles Outbreak Data Based on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Vaccine hesitancy is on the rise nationally, resulting in outbreaks of dangerous diseases such as measles. In counties where measles vaccine uptake is low, measles outbreaks tend to go underreported…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time

Project categories

Data Science (+3)

MathematicsData ScienceOperations ResearchStatistical Modeling

LILAQ Real-time air quality monitoring: from collection to dissemination

This work is a collaboration between Professor Lelia Hawkins (Chemistry/Climate) and Professor Julie Medero (Computer Science). Air pollution research can be described as requiring “three legs of a…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time

Project categories

Environmental Engineering (+7)

ChemistryComputer ScienceClimate ChangeData ScienceEarth ScienceEnvironmental EngineeringEnvironmental ScienceSignal Processing

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