Undergraduate Student Employment

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Undergraduate Paid Research Assistants

Weihua Zhou, Applied Computing, is looking for undergraduate student research assistants with a computer science/computer engineering background. Hourly pay will be offered. Students will learn advanced skills in deep learning for medical image analysis and computer vision.

Interested? Please contact Dr. Zhou at whzhou@mtu.edu.

Posted January 15, 2024

Undergraduate Research Opportunity: AI-based Tutoring

The Breaking Digital Barriers Research Group is seeking four paid undergraduate student researchers, to work on a project related to developing AI-based tutoring systems to help older adults keep up with digital technology. We encourage students from Computer Science, Applied Computing, Cognitive & Learning Sciences, Humanities, and other departments to support our team.

Each student will work in one of the following four focus areas:

  • Data scrubbing: Scrubbing and analyzing questions from online forums that offer computer support; building a data set of real questions for use in training LLM.
  • Human-AI interaction: conduct literature reviews, conduct preliminary studies to examine the implications of different styles of response on human trust in AI-facilitated help sessions.
  • Learning from tutors: learn the BASIC tutoring model, code session notes, literature review, conduct interviews/studies
  • Asking effective questions: literature review, analyzing/coding questions that learners ask about technology.

To apply, please fill out the following short interest form. For full consideration, please complete the form by no later than January 17.

Pay Rate: $15/hour. Time Requirement: 5 hours per week throughout the spring semester.

For further information, please contact Dr. Charles Wallace (wallace@mtu.edu).

Posted January 9, 2024.

Software Developer Position

Associate Professor Scott Kuhl, Computer Science, is seeking graduate and undergraduate job applicants for a software developer position. The software developer will help develop, improve, and deploy educational tools to introduce students to mechatronics. The project entails updating and improving an existing 3D industrial robot simulator written in Java, and a PLC educational website written in PHP.

The software developer will also leverage Canvas to develop from scratch other educational tools for online use. Knowledge of mechatronics, PLCs, and industrial robots is not required for the position, as others working on the project can provide assistance in developing those educational materials. Experience with web technologies is strongly preferred.

Part of an NSF ExLENT grant, this hourly project starts in Fall 2023; it is expected that the position will continue through the Spring and Summer 2024 semesters. Please apply here. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Questions? Please email Scott Kuhl at kuhl@mtu.edu. Visit Dr. Kuhl’s website here.

Renewed December 5, 2023

Assistive Technology Research Opportunity

Department of Computer Science faculty member Keith Vertanen is seeking new team members to take part in a collaborative project with MIT that develops Nomon. Nomon is an open-source interface designed to help severely motor-impaired individuals communicate or control their computers.

The opportunity can be a paid hourly position or an independent study for academic credit. Interested undergraduate or graduate students can apply via this form.

Posted August 31, 2023

Weihua Zhou Seeking Lab Assistants

Weihua Zhou, Assistant Professor of Health Informatics, Applied Computing department, is looking for undergraduate and graduate students to join his lab. Learn more about his research projects on his lab webpage.

Zhou is particularly interested in self-motivated undergraduate students with a computer science/computer engineering background. All three undergraduate students in his lab have received multiple URIP and SURF awards and published high-impact journal papers. For example, one of his undergraduate students published a paper in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging as a co-first author.

Interested? Email your resume to Zhou at whzhou@mtu.edu.

Renewed January 15, 2024