Finding the Boundary between Fecal and Wastewater Sampling?

Project Description Wastewater-based epidemiology is a fast-evolving field with direct application and benefit in the management of pandemics. A key distinction of this approach is the ability to monitor entire communities or neighborhoods. However, when getting closer to structures, a separate question arises: are we performing fecal or wastewater sampling?...

Hot-Spot Management in Microelectronics: Mapping Temperatures of a 3D Chip

Project Description In the era of hybrid cloud, AI, and the Internet of Things, the demand for faster and more energy efficient microprocessors continues to rise. In order to address this growing demand, the newest IBM innovation projects to host 50 billion transistors on a chip the size of a...

Quantum Acoustics: Identifying Loss Mechanisms in Quantum Architectures

Project Description Quantum information science and technology (QIST) has been undergoing rapid development in recent years. The recent demonstration of various elements such as quantum computers and quantum communication links indicate the beginning of a new era where QIST starts to transit from pure laboratory research into real-life applications. However,...

Machine Learning Framework for Materials with AI

Project Description Machine-learning (ML)-based materials informatics approaches (MI) are increasingly used to accelerate design and discovery of new materials with targeted properties, and extend the applicability of first-principles techniques to larger systems. However, in order to empower materials with AI capabilities, it is crucial to develop a predictive framework that...

DIY-Based Approach to Cultivate Data Visualization and Science Education

Project Description Somebody once said, "What a fool can do for a dollar, an engineer can do for a nickel". Thinking about costs as an engineering constraint brings new life to old ideas. This is what makes the difference between an idea influencing a hundred people or a billion! With...

Simulation of Superconducting Microwave Resonators Towards Quantum Computing

Project Description The student will use AWR, python, and GitHub to simulate superconducting microwave resonator transmission behavior and optimize python analysis code to improve accuracy and reproducibility of quality factor extraction with a variety of levels of applied noise. The student will learn how these measurements impact our understanding of...

FPGA development for Radio Frequency Communications Distortion Reduction

Project Description Transmitters used for radio frequency (RF) communications systems (cell phones, wifi, etc) need to be made linear so they don't introduce distortion into the data signal. Normally, this is done with digital signal processing techniques to "pre-distort" a signal as a way to correct for the nonlinearity of...

Optimization of Multipulse Ultrasound Imaging

Project Description Ultrasound imaging is an important tool for medical diagnostics, but we must work to develop imaging sequences that can image faster and with greater clarity to address a wider range of patients and clinical tasks. We have developed a method that involves transmitting from each element on an...

Investigating the Effects of Wildfires in Indoor Air Quality

Project Description The Vance Lab at the Â鶹ӰԺ specializes in indoor and outdoor air quality investigations, with a special focus on aerosols or particulate matter (PM). PM can range from a few nanometers to micrometers in size and can be generated from a variety of sources, from...

Envisioning Future Technologies in the Work-From-Home Era

Project Description Looking for an exciting research experience in Human-computer interaction/Interaction Design? The TMI (Too Much Information) lab is recruiting DLA research assistants to support our current study! We are focused on understanding remote workers’ experiences in a work-from-home setting and envisioning future technologies for well-being and work-life balance. We...

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