Students are the backbone of the research that happens in my lab. I’m always looking for deeply motivated and enthusiastic students to work on research. That said, my resources and time are limited and so I have to be very picky about how I can allocate time and money. Right now the funds I have are already allocated for the students in my group, so it will be difficult for me to commit to a new student right now or in the foreseeable future (at least the next 6 months).
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The Nova project is the primary way I’ve chosen to offer undergraduate research opportunities. There are projects across topics in hardware, firmware, software, and algorithms. To get a sense of the types of things you might work on in Nova, check out our github trello board for our Developer Subteam and our Hardware, Firmware, and Electrical Subteam. We typically do our main recruiting push in the Fall each school year, but we also have Nova’s Open Door Policy for rolling evaluation of new members!
While Nova team members are not paid, I do have funds for Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in my lab for either special assignments and/or summer research. You receive around $500 per week and typically these have focused on tasks for Nova.
In exceptional cases, I may be open to undergraduate research on another topic.
Masters students currently attending UT Dallas have the opportunity to pursue a thesis as part of their degree program. I am open to advising MS thesis (1) if we can find a good topic at the intersection of our interests and (2) I have the bandwidth to take on the extra commitment. Email me to set up a time to chat.
Coming soon…
I don’t currently have funding for postdoc positions.