Applied Mathematics

Project Description Working on a project funded through the NSF designing and prototyping a robotic arm that is able to attach to a research drone used to collect samples from ice floes in the Arctic that are too soft for researchers to walk on. This position is for a student...

Project Description Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (VAM) is the latest and greatest 3D printing technology that is bringing science fiction 3D printing to life! By projecting images into a volume of liquid material at different angles, an accumulation of energy builds within the material. When the energy accumulation in a region...

Project Description The overarching project seeks to model how we perceive our orientation and motion in our world. In order to do this, we will be taking data from human subjects. We will be using motion devices in the Bioastronautics laboratory to move subjects around while we ask them what...

Project Description Generative adversarial networks (GANs) have become the state of the art of unsupervised learning, bringing significant improvements to artificial intelligence applications. However, the GAN algorithm does not often converge and there is no well-developed theoretical framework for the study of its convergence. In this project, we will develop...

Project Description Inspired by recent advancements in geospace observing capabilities and the opportunities of Big Data, our research group developed and deployed an open-source Python software and associated web-applications for Assimilative Mapping of Geospace Observations (AMGeO) that are fully interoperable with established community data resources supported by NSF and NASA...

Project Description The TeachEngineering Video Production team is a small group of students who produce educational videos that demonstrate how to perform hands-on STEM activities (with a focus on engineering) for K-12 teachers. These videos provide step-by-step design solutions to engineering challenges by problem solving and cycling through the design...

Project Description This research project aims to study thermal energy transport and conversion at the nanoscale, which is critical to the development of new thermal management and renewable energy technologies with high performance. The DLA student will team with a PhD graduate student and work on both the theoretical and...

Project Description The Center for Infrastructure, Energy and Space Testing (CIEST) houses 3 centrifuges, the largest of which, a 400 g-ton centrifuge, is the 2nd largest in the US. An automatic robotic sand pourer is currently used to prepare geotechnical laboratory and centrifuge models for teaching and research purposes. However,...

Project Description This project focuses on developing and offering a Digital Wellness Summer Program (DWSP) that addresses the negative impacts of smartphones and social media on adolescent females’ psychological well-being. This program takes a novel approach to guiding young people toward developing healthier relationships with smartphones and social media. Rather...

Project Description The Bioastronautics Laboratory in the Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences is conducting experiments to explore how humans and autonomous systems can best team up to address the challenges of deep space missions. As part of these experiments, we have developed a computer interface that simulates what remote...