Faculty and Undergraduate Student Research Database

MOTIVATED, CURIOUS STUDENTS SOUGHT Multiple positions available on a paid, course credit, or volunteer basis for students interested in getting involved in a multi-disciplinary research project relating to human gesture and activity recognition technologies using radar. No prior radar experience required. Depending on student interests and background, specific role in project will be designed and level of responsibility determined. Potential topics include - programming and experimentation with a variety of software defined radio platforms - human kinematic modeling and skeleton tracking using multiple Kinect sensors - machine learning algorithm development for activity and gesture recognition - radar signal processing and radar...

There are multiple projects that deal with interfacing of sensors to microcontrollers (MSP430, STM32). Skills in hardware and software interfacing are needed. These skills may include: microcontroller programming, PCB design, 3D design, sensor prototyping, smartphone programming, etc. Some of the projects may be taken for class credit in the research scholars program, some are paid positions. The paid positions typically are on time cards, but do not pay for time, but rather for the final result. Previous projects like this resulted in students writing papers and presenting them at various conferences. One project took the second place at student paper competition at IEEE Southeastcon, another took 3rd place (and a $5000 award) at TI Innov...

Student can get involved in the following aspects of the project: 1. Development of novel radiation detectors optimized for the magnetic monopole searches. 2. Monte Carlo simulation and data analysis to support the current and planned searches for magnetic monopoles and other particles beyond the Standard Model of physics....

We have a number of occasional paid tasks associated with research. This is a good opportunity to develop design skills. The availability and selection of tasks varies from time time to time. Examples include: - software design: microcontroller programming, Bluetooth stack design, Java/Javascript - electronic design: sensor design, FPGA programming - 3D design: enclosure design and prototyping - manufacturing tasks, assembly - assistance with conducting human experiments and annotation of data...

We have several projects that deal with development and testing of biomedical instrumentation. Depending on the project, the students may participate in several related research activities: 1) Sensor design, manufacture and testing. Practical hands-on tasks that often need 3D design skills, working with plastics, resins and other materials. 2) Signal processing and pattern recognition of signals collected by our sensors. The sensors are used in the human studies and the collected data need to be processed to recognize events of interest in the sensor data. Either direction can be used as a credit in research scholars program or for conference paper preparation....

In this project, you will assist on a series of exciting projects examining the use of LLMs in media production and its effect on public trust towards media and media professionals. Under guidance, you will have the chance to conduct literature review, develop surveys and experiments, and help analyze data if you have the right skills set. You will have the chance to meaningfully contribute to social science research and will have the chance to be listed as an author in peer-reviewed journal articles in leading outlets in fields such as communication, information science, and interdisciplinary social science, which will be a great testimony to your research ability should you choose to pursue a graduate program or any research-related jobs ...

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 ...

Job Description: We are seeking a highly motivated and committed senior undergraduate student who is interested in gaining research experience by joining the Brain, Development, and Education lab as a Research Assistant for the Fall 2024 and the Spring 2025. Responsibilities: • Participant recruitment: Outreach, recruitment, and communication with participants. This includes designing and implementing outreach/recruitment materials, scheduling lab visits, and maintaining contact with participating families. • Compliance: Develop and monitor IRB protocols for approval, modification, or renewal. • Behavioral data collection: administration of tests, questionnaires, etc. • Receive Level 1 training to operate the MRI sc...

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...

Students can work on the following projects: 1. Novel approaches to simulation of nuclear track detector data for the MoEDAL experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using Generative Adversarial Networks. 2. Position reconstruction of gamma and beta decays in the EXO-200 neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment using Convolutional Neural Networks. Fluency in Python, experience with Linux, and familiarity with deep learning methods and software (PyTorch) are strongly preferred. Access to a GPU computing system will be provided....