Undergraduate Honors Opportunities - 12 Current Listings |
Job Number: 30
ARL Unit: Drivetrain Technology Center
Location: Applied Science Bldg
Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Junior or Senior with Engineering Mechanics or Material Science major. Special skills: Hands-on mechanical assembly experience, as well as microscopy work preferred. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: Project Title: "Relationship Between Durability and Density in Powder Metal Steel Alloys". Powder Metal (P/M) steel components are increasingly being utilized in mechanical systems because of cost considerations. However, data on the impact of density of the P/M material on strength and durability is scarce or unavailable. This effort will experimentally establish this relationship for drive train components. Position location is Research West.
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Job Number: 60
ARL Unit: Manufacturing Systems Division
Location: Applied Science Bldg
Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: EE/Physics students would be most ideally suited for this application. Other majors in the physical sciences will be considered. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: PSU-ARL has developed systems for conducting chemical analysis using LIBS (Laser-Induced-Breakdown-Spectroscopy). The ARL Electro-Optics Group is looking for an undergraduate honors student to assist in the development of techniques for the application of LIBS to the measurement of laser-welded joints as part of a process control analysis. The LIBS process requires a high energy laser to be focused upon a target where a plasma forms, ablating material. An atomic emission occurs, containing emission lines of the elements contained in the sample. Computer classification algorithms are used to determine the elemental content of the materials based on the emission spectra. Interested students would be required to actively work with the LIBS process in the ARL Electro-Optics Group’s laboratory, including: (1) Learning the operation of the LIBS apparatus, including the laser, optics, gating electronics, and spectrometer. (2) Operating the LIBS apparatus on a regular basis to obtain and process samples. (3) Processing spectral data, including the identification of elements corresponding to measured LIBS lines. (4) Generating reports of experimental data findings.
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Job Number: 26
ARL Unit: Image Processing/GIS
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Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Junior or Senior with Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Acoustics, Physics, or Math major. Special skills: Elementary Engineering Math background and minimal Computer Programming experience. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: The research project will involve modeling state of the art High Frequency Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging Systems for skin, eye, and cellular imaging. The work will involve defining systems imaging requirements, transducer array design, phantom tissue target design and finite element analysis of material structures utilized the fabrication of the array. It should be stressed that no background is needed in any of these areas. The student will work closely with the supervisor to develop the skills necessary to complete the work. Areas of research include Imaging Sciences, Acoustics, and Biomedical Ultrasound. Position location is ARL West III and Applied Science Building.
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Job Number: 36
ARL Unit: Energy Science and Power Systems
Location: ARL Main Lab
Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Junior or Senior with Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering major. Familiarity with the Fortran language is preferred. Must be eligible for Undergraduate Honors Program. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: This project would involve doing computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis of two-phase flow and comparing it to experimental data gathered several years ago at ARL. Video recordings several years ago were taken of aluminum particles mixing with gas in a vortex mixer. This is a valuable body of data that has yet to be compared with CFD results. The CFD program FLOW3D would be run and its results would be compared with the experimental vortex mixing data. Various particle/gas drag law algorithms would be run in the program to try to obtain the best agreement with the data. The goal would be to have a better computational tool for predicting two-phase flow. This improved tool could then be applied with greater confidence to other situations. Area of Research Interest include Fluid Dynamics. Position location is ARL Building.
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Job Number: 62
ARL Unit: Computational Mechanics Division
Location: Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel
Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Major in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or Math. Grade of "A" in ME 330 Fluid Flow (or equivalent). Excellent computer skills required, including some knowledge of MATLAB, Linux, C++ and python. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: Student will use state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) computer models to simulate the flow of a density-stratified fluid over simple obstacles. Focus will be on the generation of internal waves, and their influence on surface waves.
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Job Number: 63
ARL Unit: Computational Mechanics Division
Location: Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel
Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Major in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering,
Physics, or Math. Grade of "A" in ME 330 Fluid Flow (or
equivalent). Excellent computer skills required, including some
knowledge of MATLAB, Linux, C++, and python. U.S. Citizenship required.
Job Description: Study of biomimetic drag reduction and humpback
whale flippers. Student will use state-of-the-art computational
fluid dynamics (CFD) computer models to simulate the turbulent flow
around a humpback whale flipper, including leading-edge tubercles.
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Job Number: 53
ARL Unit: Autonomous Control and Intelligent Systems Division
Location: ARL Main Lab
Job Dates: Summer 2009 - Spring 2010
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr
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Job Qualifications: Major: any engineering, CSE, math or physics. Interest in acoustics, underwater applications. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: Some or all of the following applied to waterborne acoustic scattering, propagation, absorption, bubble effects, and similar problems: Develop experimental plans to measure phenomena of interest; specify required instrumentation; carry out measurement; analyze data and present results; develop basic theory to explain results.
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Job Number: 28
ARL Unit: Transducer Systems Group
Location: ARL Main Lab
Job Dates: Summer 2009
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Junior or Senior with Electrical Engineering background (preferred). Special skills: Matlab, electronic instrumentation, and computer software experience. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: The student will be required to develop a software program to measure in-air transducer test parameters using a new Wayne Kerr Impedance analyzer that is being purchased. This will involve a good understanding of how sonar transducers work, test instrumentation, test instrumentation software, and Matlab code. The student will develop the algorithms, write the software code, validate it with measurements, and document the code and results. Areas of research include Acoustic transducer research, including in-air, sonar, actuators, etc.
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Job Number: 52
ARL Unit: Laser Processing Division
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Job Dates: May, 2009 through April, 2011
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Sophomore or Junior level students in Engineering. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: The specific area of research will be selected based on the student's background and interest; however, one of three areas of technology will be chosen. These areas are: laser micro-deposition, numerical modeling of laser processing, or sensing and control during laser processing. The student will work closely with his/her academic and ARL advisors to develop a research program, conduct the research, and report results. Emphasis will be placed on conducting and publishing leading edge research in lasers and materials processing.
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Job Number: 27
ARL Unit: Manufacturing Systems
Location: Applied Science Bldg
Job Dates: Fall 2009
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Sophomore, $10.00/hr., Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Sophomore, Junior or Senior with Computer Science or Computer Engineering major. Special skills: Research interest in applications development, networking, operating systems, and UNIX systems programming. U.S. citizenship required.
Job Description: The department supports ARL's Enovia Matrix One eMatrix application which is based on the Java 2 platform and utilizes open-source as well as commercial web-based applications in a multi-tier architecture. Applications used in this architecture include Apache, Tomcat, eMatrix, Oracle relational database manager, and FTP servers, in both Windows and Unix environments. The goal of the project is to provide applications and database support utilizing Java, JSP, Ruby on Rails, and other development environments to enhance ARL's eMatrix product lifecycle management (PLM) software that is used to manage the lifecycle of weapons systems data at ARL/Penn State. Typical tasks include configuration and deployment of Unix systems (including virtual environments), application configuration and programming, database maintenance, and systems troubleshooting. Position location is on campus at ARL Building.
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Job Number: 61
ARL Unit: Manufacturing Systems Division
Location: Applied Science Bldg
Job Dates: 5/11/09 - 5/10/10
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr., Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: CMPSE or CMPEN + U.S. citizenship required
Job Description: The Manufacturing Systems Department at the Applied Research Laboratory works on projects for a variety of sponsors most of which are DoD with the US Navy being the most prominent. We are looking for someone who has experience and/or taken courses in high level programming (Java, C++, VB, etc.) and has a desire to learn new applications and develop tools, techniques, and methodologies to support our project sponsor needs. The successful candidate will be tasked with supporting project engineers managing standalone software/ application development projects supporting US Navy shipbuilders.
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Job Number: 47
ARL Unit: Geospatial Imaging and Technology Division
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Job Dates: 1/1/09-12/31/09
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Senior-$12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: ITS/Computer Science/Geography + U.S. citizenship required
Job Description: Postion will assist in the development of both desktop and network tools centering around the use of geospatial technology. .NET programming language knowledge and understanding of geospatial concepts recommended.
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General Undergrad Wage-Payroll Opportunities - 1 Current Listings |
Students should indicate their position preference in the comments section of their application. NOTE: U.S. citizenship is required.
Job Number: 66
ARL Unit: Guidance Systems
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Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: Junior $11.50/hr.; Senior $12.00/hr.
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Job Qualifications: Junior or Senior with major in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related fields. Special skills: Experience with C++ programming language, U.S. Citizenship required.
Job Description: The Guidance Systems Department has a need to develop a Matlab interface to its real-time signal processing software. The outcome of this project will allow test engineers to generate simulated acoustic data and test the performance of the signal processing system from the Matlab environment. The student will develop interface classes connecting Matlab to the signal processing C++ code, a GUI interface for command setup and generic plot routines which can be used for plotting output parameters.
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Coop & Intern Opportunities - 1 Current Listings |
Students should indicate their position preference in the comments section of their application. NOTE: U.S. citizenship is required.
Job Number: 20
ARL Unit: Navigation Research & Development Center in Warminster, PA
Location: Warminster NRDC Bldg
Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 2
Salary/Term: TBD
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Job Qualifications: Accepting Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. Electrical Engineering or Physics major required. Minimum GPA of 3.2. Transportation will be required to get to work. U.S. Citizenship Required.
Job Description: Assist research engineers in the development of circuitry and software to support navigation sensor (gyroscope and accelerometer) test operations. Perform navigation sensor test operations. Assist research engineers in the development of algorithms and simulations for navigation systems. Utilize analytic tools and aid in the evaluation and characterization of sensor and system performance.
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| Graduate Student Opportunities - 3 Current Listings |
Students should indicate their position preference in the comments section of their application. NOTE: U.S. citizenship is required.
Job Number: 24
ARL Unit: Information Science and Technology
Location: Applied Science Bldg
Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 2
Salary/Term: TBD
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Job Qualifications: Graduate students in Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematical/Physical Sciences having academic background and interests in the above areas will be considered. Programming skills in C++, Discrete event simulation tools, Matlab and Linux/Windows internals will be especially desirable. Graduate positions beginning in Fall 2008 are research assistantships that cover tuition and provide a stipend. Multi-year fellowships are also available.
U.S. Citizenship is required. Please mention your citizenship status in your response.
Job Description: The IST Division of ARL has initiated DoD funded research in Mine Counter Measures for the US Navy. We are seeking highly motivated Graduate students to become a part of our multi-disciplinary research team. This is a good opportunity for students to pick research topics that will push and define the state-of-the-art in their chosen field of research, and implement the innovative concepts developed into real-world applications. This cutting edge research will allow students to increase their research portfolios and gain experience in an environment compatible with their academic pursuits, while working closely with experts in the field and real-life data, to solve a real-life problem. Research Areas include, but are not limited to: Distributed decision making, Network control, Semantic Fusion, Formal Languages, Control of multiple robots, Distributed Sensor networks, Signal processing, Bayesian reasoning, Dynamic control systems, Algorithm design for research applications, Programming and design language theory, Language and automata theory, FPGA design, and Video and image processing. The selected candidates will have the opportunity to conduct pure research and applied research in these areas in our labs that have state of the art facilities.
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Job Number: 23
ARL Unit: Information Science and Technology
Location: Applied Science Bldg
Job Dates: TBD
Openings: 2
Salary/Term: TBD
Related Web Address: http://www.ist.arl.psu.edu/SenseIF/
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Job Qualifications: Graduate students in Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematical/Physical Sciences having academic background and interests in the above areas will be considered. Programming skills in C++, NS2, Discrete event simulation tools, Matlab and Linux/Windows internals will be especially desirable. Graduate positions beginning in Fall 2008 are research assistantships that cover tuition and provide a stipend. Multi-year fellowships are also available.
U.S. Citizenship is required. Please mention your citizenship status in your response.
Job Description: The IST Division of the ARL has recently initiated DoD funded cutting edge MURI research in the design and operation of urban sensor networks that require high degree of resilience, performance and dynamic adaptation to rapidly changing situations. We are seeking highly motivated Graduate students to become a part of our multi-disciplinary research team comprising renowned researchers from ARL, Penn State, Harvard, Duke and Ohio State universities. As the project has just begun, this is a good opportunity for students to pick research topics that will push and define the state-of-the-art in their chosen field of research, and implement the innovative concepts developed into real-world applications. This cutting edge research will allow students to increase their research portfolios and interact with prestigious researchers from these universities.
Research Areas: This research being multi-disciplinary, will span several areas, such as, Distributed computing, Sensor networks, Network control and adaptation, Wireless networks, Intelligent control, Embedded systems, Nano-sensor technologies, Semantic data fusion, Service oriented architectures, Formal languages, Expert systems and Robotics. The selected candidates will have the opportunity to conduct pure research and applied research in these areas in our labs that have state of the art facilities.
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Job Number: 68
ARL Unit: Information Science and Technology
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Job Dates: Immediate
Openings: 1
Salary/Term: TBD
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Job Qualifications: Graduate student in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematical or Physical Sciences having Networking experience. Programming skills in C++, NS2 or other Discrete event simulation tools is required. Matlab is desired though not required. Multi-year employment is available. U.S. Citizenship is required. Please mention your citizenship status in your response.
Job Description: The IST Division of ARL has a DTRA grant entitled “Survivability Modeling and Analysis of Networks Under WMD Attack.” We are seeking a highly motivated student to assist in this cutting edge research that will allow the student to increase his/her research portfolio and gain experience in an environment compatible with academic pursuits, while working closely with experts in the field with real-life data, to solve real-life problems. The selected candidate will also have the option of writing a Master’s thesis based on this work.
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