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2009 Sensor Aided Vigilance

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

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We are offering a Sensor Aided Vigilance (SAVig) REU program during the summer of 2009.  This program is a collaborative research effort between Wright State University, the Air Force Research Laboratory, several companies and the Wright Brothers Institute and will be located in the Tec^Edge facility at the Wright Brothers Institute next to Wright Patterson Air force Base.  Click here to download a pdf flyer about the program. 

·        Download a Word application.  We will accept applications on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.  We expect to have all positions filled by later April or early May.

·        This will be a 10 week interdisciplinary program to work in the area of sensors (radar, infrared and video cameras, acoustic arrays,…) and sensor fusion.  The general theme is Sensor Aided Vigilance (SAVig).  This will involve a combination of basic research into sensor phenomena as well as applied research in applications using remote sensing techniques.  Most projects involve a significant computational component.  A broad range of disciplines, such as physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science, as well as other science and engineering majors such as psychology and human factors engineering, are needed to fully understand and develop remote sensing techniques for specific applications.

·        All participants (approximately ten through this program) will work with other researchers (AFRL scientists, faculty and students) in a collaborative research environment at the Wright Brothers Institute Innovation and Collaboration Center located next to Wright Patterson Air Force Base.   This will be a unique opportunity to work with faculty, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Scientists and Engineers, Industry Scientists and Engineers as well as other graduate and undergraduate students.  A variety of disciplines from physics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, mathematics, computer science, and human factors engineering (to name a few) will be working on common problems.  Student must be highly motivated and be willing to face the challenge of working on complicated, interdisciplinary problems.

·        The goal of the program is to help recruit the next generation of scientists and engineers into graduate school in the Dayton Area and join the workforce at the Air Force Research Laboratory as a career.  There will be several educational activities that include research seminars, tours of laboratories, and discussions of graduate school are career opportunities.

·        Local students will have the opportuntiy to continue projects during the academic year at either Tec^Edge or at Wright State Univeristy in the Layered Sensing Futures Lab.

·        A research scholarship/stipend of $3,000 - $5,000 depending on the students current academic standing (high school, undergraduate or graduate student), a limited travel allowance and housing in a WSU on-campus apartment for non-local students are provided by the program. 

·        Program dates: June 15 – August 20, 2009.  Start dates are flexible for local students and these dates reflect the availability of WSU housing.

·        Participants must be US Citizens and pursuing and undergraduate or graduate degree in physics, math, engineering, or computer science (or a closely related field to the above).   

·        To learn more about what is going on at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, please take a look at the following:

A Perspective on Workforce Needs of the Sensors Directorate, by Dr. Paul McManamon, Chief Scientist, Sensors Directorate

AFRL Sensors Directorate Web Site

AFRL Website

 

 

Other Programs of Interest:

·        Directed Energy AFIT website

·        AFIT Excellence in Engineering at Science Summer Internship Website

·         SOCHE internship program for WPAFB

·         Wright Scholar Research Assistants (high school students)

NOTE: The link at the NSF webpage advertises our previous program that has been replaced by the SAVig REU program.  Please visit the following link to learn about our previous Physics REU program.  Note that the new SAVig REU program is open to all STEM majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). 

 

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SAVig REU Contact for any additional questions:

Dr. Doug Petkie
Department of Physics
248 Fawcett Hall
Wright State University

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001

Email: doug.petkie@wright.edu
Telephone: (937) 775-3124  Fax: (937) 775-2222

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