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Consent, Alcohol and Sexual Assault (CASA) Lab
Sexual violence is a pervasive problem for young people and our understanding of factors that increase the risk for sexual violence to occur or impede our efforts to prevent sexual violence is not well-understood. Within our lab, projects focus on three main areas: 1) understanding how alcohol use impacts people's ability to communicate about the sex they do or do not want, 2) how alcohol use impacts people's ability to intervene when they witness risky sexual experiences, and 3) how alcohol use increases the risk for sexual violence to occur. Across these studies, we also examine how these factors may look similar and different among cisgender women and men, and sexual and gender minority persons. If these topics interest you, students...
Preferred Majors
Sociology | Social Work | Clinical Psychology | Psychology | Public Health | Criminology & Criminal JusticeKeywords
sexual assault | sexual miniority persons | LGBTQIA+ | alcohol use | sexual consent | sexual refusals | bystander intervention | sexualityFaculty
Tiffany MarcantonioManufacturing and Measurement of Solar Cells
As a rising star, perovskite-based photovoltaics have been demonstrated to be the most promising solar technology for low-cost mass production through high-speed printing. The certified champion power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) has been boosted to 25.7%, which is on par with the best performance of dominating silicon solar cells. However, PVSCs still must overcome a few obstacles before becoming economically competitive in the photovoltaic market. The primary challenges include instability causing reduction in lifetimes and lengthy annealing times limiting the mass production. In this project, undergraduate students research fellow will work with graduate students and postdoctoral research fellows to explo...
Preferred Majors
Physics | Applied Physics | Chemistry | Chemical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Materials Metallurgical Engr | Mechanical Engineering | Manufacturing EngineeringKeywords
solar cell measurement | solar cell manufacturing | renewable energyFaculty
Dawen LiComputational Catalysis
Catalysis is used to produce most chemicals worldwide. Thus, optimization of catalysts is relevant for both economic and environmental reasons. The ever-increasing computational power has led to the rise of computational research in catalysis that has been one of the main developments of the previous decades in the field. Computations have helped understanding chemical bonding, assign spectroscopic features, and explore reaction mechanisms among others. Regarding this latter, identifying rate-determining steps and analyzing critical chemical interactions have become standard tools to understand catalytic reactions and design more active, selective, and/or stable catalysts. As such, the Szilvasi group is interested in using computational met...
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Physics | Chemistry | Chemical Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Mathematics | Materials ScienceFaculty
Tibor SzilvasiBattery State-Of-Health (SOH) Diagnosis, Management, and Customer Discovery
Participate in one or more of the following: (1) NSF I-Corps and Customer Discovery Activities, (2) Data collection and analysis for Battery State-Of-Health (SOH) Diagnosis and State-Of-Charge Estimation, (3) Design and Fabrication of electronic circuits for battery related measurements, (4) Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) algorithms development for Battery Management Systems, and (5) Matlab Modeling or Programing for Battery Management Systems. The project is co-advised by Dr. Jaber Abu Qahouq (ECE, College of Engineering) and Dr. Rob Morgan (The Culverhouse College of Business). Additional information details are available upon request by contacting Dr. Jaber Abu Qahouq at jaberq@eng.ua.edu or Dr. Rob Morgan at ...
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The End of TimeCourse Credit?
Yes - Research Scholars Course (Optional)Paid Position?
NoPreferred Majors
Electrical Engineering | Materials Metallurgical Engr | Mechanical Engineering | Computer Engineering | Computer ScienceKeywords
Battery | Customer Discovery | NSF | I-Corps | Computer | Customer | Circuits | Business | SOH | BMS | Battery Management Systems | Electronics | Matlab | artificial intelligence | machine learningFaculty
Jaber Abu QahouqMachine Learning-based Materials Design
Designing new environmentally friendly and cheap materials for practical applications is one of the main challenges of our century. This process is however very slow because synthesizing and testing new materials take time and have considerable cost. Computational methods provide an alternative method to screen materials faster and circumvent the costly and slow experimental trial-and-error approach. In this research area, machine learning-based methods have emerged as flexible tools recently to predict the properties of hitherto unknown materials based on previously known information. The Szilvasi group is working on developing databases and machine learning-based workflows to design new materials in the area of catalysis, energy storage, ...
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Physics | Chemistry | Chemical Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Mathematics | Materials ScienceFaculty
Tibor SzilvasiAsian Americans' Healthcare Service Utilization in Alabama
Job Description: Undergraduate Research Assistant Position Overview We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented undergraduate research assistant with experiences in data collection and literature review. The successful candidate will join our research team and contribute to a research project regarding “Asian Americans and Health Care Services in Alabama.” This is a dynamic and hands-on role that offers the opportunity to gain practical experience in research and opportunity to write academic manuscripts. The successful candidate will work closely with the research team to ensure high-quality data collection and maintain project timelines. Required Qualifications • Undergraduate student in a relevant field such as social sc...
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Hee Yun LeeDesign and Fabrication of a Deployable Tensegrity-Based Robotic Arm
The primary goal of this research is to conceptualize, design, fabricate, and deploy a robotic arm driven by the principles of tensegrity structures, providing a unique approach to robotic movement, flexibility, and adaptability. Tensegrity, a portmanteau of "tension" and "integrity", refers to structural systems that derive their stability from a balance between tension and compression components. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in applying the principles of tensegrity to the realm of robotics, primarily due to its potential advantages such as lightweight structures, increased flexibility, and adaptive resilience. Scope: Literature Review: Investigation of existing research related to tensegrity robotics, its prin...
Preferred Majors
Electrical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Aerospace Engineer & MechanicsKeywords
robotics | 3D modeling | prototyping | 3D printingFaculty
Sichen YuanEvaluating Safer Walkers for Older Adults to Prevent Falls
I am looking for a team of students from a variety of disciplines. I would like the team to be part of UA Crimson Start-Up to assist with NSF applications in the future. We are searching for students with Business backgrounds to lead this effort. I am searching for Mechanical engineering students to assist with design components of the Safe Walker. Pre-Med students to assist with writing about the health impacts of falls in older adults and prevention efforts as well as surveying older adults and health providers. Psychology and social work students to aid in survey development and surveys and manuscript writing. Kinesiology students to provide feedback on walker design and survey occupational and physical therapists. The goal of this r...
Course Credit?
Yes - SW 498Paid Position?
NoPreferred Majors
Social Work | Business Administration | Engineering | Psychology | Interdisciplinary Studies | Medical Technology | Medicine | Nursing | Computer ScienceFaculty
Avani ShahMapping Personal Finance Education: A Data Collection of High School Financial Education Course Standards in the United States
The Mapping Personal Finance Education project will involve data collection of school-level financial education course offering standards in US high schools for the 2025-2026 academic year. The data collection effort is intended to encourage further research documenting the implementation and effects of personal finance education. Financial education course offering standards will be collected from online course catalogs and matched to publicly available data on school characteristics. The project outcomes include constructing a dataset for the use of researchers, developing documentation explaining how to use the data and detailing the specifics of the dataset, and producing a summary of results of the data collection for dissemination, in...
Preferred Majors
Law | Pre-Law Studies-AS | Pre-Law-CB | Political Science | Secondary Education | Social Work | Consumer Sciences | Consumer Sciences (GR) | Economics (CB) | Economics (AS) | Educational Research | FinanceKeywords
policy | education | data | Emerging Scholars | Financial Education | Education Policy | Data Collection | Data Analysis | CodingFaculty
Madelaine L'EsperanceAsian Americans and Health Care Services in Alabama
We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented undergraduate and graduate research assistant with experiences in quantitative and qualitative research methods. The successful candidate will contribute to a research project regarding “Asian Americans and Health Care Services in Alabama.” This is a dynamic and hands-on role that offers the opportunity to gain practical experience in mixed method research approach in academic setting. The successful candidate will work closely with the research team in involving data collection, analysis, and report/manuscript writing. Required Qualifications Major in a relevant field such as social sciences, social work, psychology, health sciences, or a related discipline. • Strong proficiency in...