Research Experience for Undergraduates (WARPED REU) Summer 2023
Join us this summer! We’re making tiny electronic devices grab onto wires and meshes for flow-through electronics. To develop this new way to build circuits, we seek a student with a textiles background to help us integrate a loom with our robotic assembly system. Keep on scrolling for more details. The application deadline was March 10, 2023. If you missed it, but might be interested in future opportunities like this, feel free to fill out the general interest form on our Join the Lab page.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Help configure an AVL Compu-Dobby loom for weaving in coordination with robots
- Get help on the robotics side from staff and robotics students
- Design and make meshes of insulated fine wire for device bonding (Main focus)
- Learn to use a laser engraver to create bonding sites
- Contribute to a workshop activity about the principles behind our devices.
Required Qualifications:
- Currently in a 4 year science/technical/engineering degree program
- Won’t graduate before August 3, 2023
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
- US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Required by funding agency)
Desired Qualifications:
- Textile engineering/science major; knowledgeable about textile production
- Previous experience from a research, capstone, or course project
- Initiative, strong communication skills, effective team skills and coursework or related experience in your major field of study.
- Interested in robotics and automation (no experience required).
Job Facts:
- Dates: May 30 – Aug 3, 2023
- Salary: $6k stipend for summer ($15/hour)
- Full-Time: Yes. 40 hours/week.
- Remote Component: None. Hands-on lab work.
- Location: University of Louisville Belknap Campus, Louisville, KY
- Housing: Provided
- Activities: Join other REU students in tours, talks, and events in a 10 week program
- Travel Assistance: $500
- Are graduates eligible: No
- Flexible hours: No. Facility is closed outside 9-5 M-F and on holidays.
- Other benefits: Possible conference travel support with conference acceptance
- Are full-time summer students eligible: No (On break from coursework)