موقعیت‌های خالی در رشته‌ی مهندسی رباتیک و مکاترونیک سال 2013

[robotics]

Project-



The focus of the four-year research project BesMan is on mobile manipulation
using a novel mobile manipulator for space exploration which will be
developed in cooperation with DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial
Intelligence).

http://robotik.dfki-bremen.de/en/researc...w/besman-1





-Position-



Dynamic Manipulation Planning. The main task of the candidate is on the
design and implementation of novel dynamic, real-time, dual-arm manipulation
planning algorithms, therefore we expect a background in planning,
specifically for robotic manipulation. Expierence in manipulation with
mobile robotic systems would be a plus, as well as in robot collision
avoidance.



The position requires as well experience with Linux, real-time operating
systems, and C/C++ programming skills, as well as the ability to work in
small and medium-sized teams. Experience in OROCOS and/or ROS would be a
plus as well as knowledge about neuroscience principles for motion
generation.



The position is initially limited to a period of 2 years.



-About Robotics Research Group at University of Bremen-



At the University of Bremen more than 1,600 scholars and scientists are
working on cutting edge research in twelve different faculties, six
cross-faculty high-profile areas, and numerous smaller research profile
networks. The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, featuring
several hundred students and staff, is nationally and internationally
renowned for high-quality research. Robotics has been an integral part of
the department's research agenda for many years. Since 2002, the eighteen
scientists and PhD students that form the University's Robotics Research
Group are dedicated to basic research in the area of robotics. Under the
scientific leadership of Prof. Dr. Frank Kirchner, the Robotics Research
Group develops methods that enable robotic systems to be self-aware and
autonomous. Together with application-oriented research institutes like the
DFKI Robotics Innovation Center, these methods are the basis for innovative
robotic solutions in a number of application areas. The Robotics Research
Group is able to contribute a thorough knowledge of the technological
foundations, developments, and technical constraints that are important for
the field of space robotics.







If you are interested please send a CV, two letters of recommendation, links
to relevant publications, and a short statement of interest to



Ms Margot Kaehlke-Corrah

[robotics]

he University of Lincoln, UK, is seeking to appoint two new
Postdoctoral Research Fellows (fixed term for 4 years) and one PhD
student to join the recently established Centre for Autonomous Systems
(L-CAS). The centre is internationally recognised for its research in
sensing, mapping, and control for autonomous robotic systems, and
currently comprises 6 faculty staff and 14 post-graduate researchers.
The successful candidates will be employed as part of a European
collaborative project, involving six academic institutes and two
industrial partners across four European countries.

The FP7-funded project STRANDS "Spatio-Temporal Representations and
Activities for Cognitive Control in Long-Term Scenarios" aims to enable
robots to achieve robust and intelligent behaviour in human environments
through adaptation to, and the exploitation of, long-term experience.
The approach is based on understanding 3D space and how it changes over
time, from milliseconds to months. The project will develop novel
approaches to extract quantitative and qualitative spatio-temporal
structure from sensor data gathered during months of autonomous
operation. The project will also develop control mechanisms which
exploit these structures to yield adaptive behaviour in highly
demanding, real-world security and care scenarios.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 1 is focussed in the area of long-term
3D mapping/SLAM for enabling activity and scene understanding by
autonomous mobile robots (closing date: Sunday 20 January 2013). For
further information and online application form:
http://jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=MHT209

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2 is focussed in the area of behaviour
generation and control to facilitate life-long learning of activities
and dynamic scenes by autonomous mobile robots (closing date: Sunday 20
January 2013). For further information and online application form:
http://jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=MHT208

A PhD studentship is also offered, focussed in the area of adaptive
motion by mobile service robots in the presence of humans during
long-term operations(closing date: Sunday 27 January 2013). For further
information and application details:

http://robots.lincoln.ac.uk/files/2012/1...ntship.pdf

Informal enquiries about all posts can be made to Dr Marc Hanheide ).

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[robotics]

The Miniature Mobile Robots group invites applications for a postdoctoral research position.

The research will involve development of the distributed planning and control system for a team of mobile robots to carry out the autonomous collaborative construction of roofed structures. The main focus is on applying combinations of AI-based planning methods and machine-learning algorithms to solve autonomous-construction problems with mobile robots, in a real-world but scaled-down setup. The postdoctoral researcher will investigate different approaches to failure detection and recovery on the individual and collective level. This involves a good amount of experimentation with the real robots. The researcher will participate in the design of experimental and monitoring tools to validate different approaches to construction tasks varying from bio-inspired mechanisms to more classical AI approaches. The postdoctoral researcher will also take a part in the teaching and academic activities of the laboratory, which involve mentoring of PhD students.

Excellent programming skills are required for this position. Candidates should have a recent PhD in Computer Science, Robotics or related areas with a strong background in Hardware/Software Integration proved by publications. High expertise in C++ is required, as well as proficiency in Python or other scripting languages. Experience developing software in team using source code management (e.g. git) is a plus.

This research positions is within the context of the H2Swarm project funded by the European Science Foundation within the EUROCORES programme "Bio-inspired Engineering of Sensors, Actuators & Systems (EuroBioSAS). The position is limited to 16 months. Anticipated starting date is the March 1st, 2013 or earlier. Please send a letter describing your research interests, a curriculum vitae and two academic references to Francesco Mondada ( http://people.epfl.ch/francesco.mondada ).


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Dr. Francesco Mondada
Senior researcher, MER

Ecole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Laboratoire de Syst?mes Robotiques (LSRO)

Postal address:
Francesco Mondada
EPFL - STI - IMT - LSRO
bureau MEB330, Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

tel: +41 21 693 73 57
fax: +41 21 693 78 07
http://lsro.epfl.ch

[Shihan]

PhD Students in Robotics, KTH, Sweden

 Assignment
KTH School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC) announces 1-2 PhD positions in Personal care robots.
The students will be officially affiliated with the Computer Vision and Active Perception Lab (CVAP,http://www.csc.kth.se/cvap) and the Centre for Autonomous Systems (CAS, http://www.cas.kth.se) at CSC. This is a shared position with the University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden and the employment will be at HiG.
We are looking for highly motivated PhD students to research in the area of Physical assistive robotic systems for elderly persons focussing on:

• Upper body physical assistance for elderly persons
  
• Lower body physical assistance for elderly persons
  

HiG has initiated research activities in the area of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) which focus on the global ageing societal issues and how appropriate solutions can be developed to allow elderly persons to stay living independently in their own homes for as long as possible. Personal mobility and manipulation are essential activities taken for granted but which become increasingly difficult due to the ageing process. The area of personal care robots has been emerging recently and physical assistants have good potential for realising effective AAL solutions. Consequently, the area is receiving significant attention from the research community and industry. HiG has recently started an AAL project called EXO-LEGS which has started work in this area at Gävle to develop lower-body mobility assistive robotised “legs” able to help elderly persons perform everyday tasks such as straight walking on flat ground, stable standing, sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit motions, turning, walking upstairs, downstairs and on ramps, etc.

The positions are available immediately and the PhD students will work with Professors Gurvinder Singh Virk and Danica Kragic. The students will be based in Gävle but will attend relevant courses and spend appropriate time at KTH in Stockholm as deemed necessary for the research activities to be carried out.

The term of the first appointment is one year. Appointments as a PhD student may be granted for a maximum of five years, studies 80% and 20% departmental duties, however not longer than the equivalent of full-time postgraduate studies for four years. For further information regarding employment and PhD studies, see Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5.

Doctoral students must be registered at KTH. The starting date is open for discussion, though ideally we would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. The salary is regulated by a local agreement for PhD students at HiG.                             
HiG is striving for ethnic and cultural diversity and gender balance in all categories of staff.
Employment
Form of employment: Time-limited
Work time: Full time
The salary follows the directions provided by HiG
Start date: According to agreement
Number of positions: 1-2
Qualifications                                                                            
The The candidate must have a master's degree in an area such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics or Physics. Excellent written and spoken English and programming skills are required.  Experience with robotics hardware and software, modelling and simulation, human biomechanics will be useful assets.

Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis as well as possess good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities.
Application
Application deadline: May 5th , 2013
Employers´s reference: HIG-STÖD 2013/168.

Applications via email are to be sent to registrator@hig.se. Write reference number HIG-STÖD 2013/168 in the email subject. (CV and other documents you wish to enclose, should be sent as attachments,  as pdf-files.)

We also accept hard copy applications sent to:
HIG
Registrator
Högskolan i Gävle
801 76 Gävle, Sweden

Application shall include the following documents:
1. Curriculum vitae
2. Transcripts from university/university college
3. Brief description of why the applicant wishes to become a doctoral student.

Please observe that all material needs to be in English, apart from the official document.

We are currently gathering information to help improve our recruitment process. We would, therefore, be very grateful if you could include an answer to the following question within your application: Where did you initially come across this job advertisement?

Contacts
Magnus Isaksson, Head of Department
Electronics, Maths and Natural Sciences
E-mail: min@hig.se
Phone: +46 (0)26 64 82 49

For enquiries about the project please contact:

Professor Gurvinder S Virk
E-mail:  gurvinder.virk@hig.se   
Phone: +46 (0)26 64 87 04                             
Union representatives
Lars Abrahamsson, SACO,
E-mail: lars.abrahamsson@ee.kth.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 790 7058.Lili André, Saco-S
E-mail: lae@hig.se Tommy Gaude, Teachers´s Union
E-mail: tge@hig.se Lars Borbos, ST
E-Mail: lbs@hig.se

The union representatives at HiG can be contacted via the University switchboard on +46 (0) 26-64 85 00

[Leopold]

Positions Available
The following graduate positions are available in Robotics, Mechatronics, and Automation Lab at Ryerson University/University of Waterloo/University of Toronto under the supervision of Professor Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi. 
 
 
(1) PhD Position (PhD-STP)- Applicants with strong background in Robot Control are invited to apply.  Candidates with experience in image processing, computer vision, and particularly vision-based control will be given priority.  Applicants should have a MASc in Electrical-Computer Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, solid knowledge in robot control as well as control theory and practice, and strong team working skills. Industrial experience is not required but is an asset. Research assistantship and scholarships will be provided to the successful candidate.  The project is on manufacturing automation for aerospace industry.  It is multi-institutional and in close collaboration with aerospace industry and National Research Council of Canada (NRC).  The position will commence in January or September 2014.
 
Applicants are required to send their full CV, a statement of interest, copy of their transcripts, and three letters of reference or the names and addresses of three references to
Dr. Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Email: fsharifi@ryerson.ca
Subject of Email: PhD-STP
 
(2) MASc positions (MASc STP)-  Two positions are available for applicants with strong background in Robotics, Control, and/or Image Processing.  Candidates with experience in vision-based control will be given priority. Applicants should have a BSc in Electrical-Computer Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, good working knowledge in theory and practice of the above areas, and strong team working skills. Industrial experience is not required but is an asset. Research assistantship and scholarships will be provided to the successful candidate.  The project is on manufacturing automation for aerospace industry.  It is multi-institutional and in close collaboration with aerospace industry and National Research Council of Canada (NRC).  The positions will commence in January or September 2014.
 
Applicants are required to send their full CV, a statement of interest, copy of their transcripts, and three letters of reference or the names and addresses of three references to
Dr. Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Email: fsharifi@ryerson.ca
Subject of Email: MASc-STP
 
(3)  PhD Position (PhD-VS)- Applicants with strong background in Robot Control are invited to apply.  Candidates with experience in image processing, computer vision, and particularly vision-based control will be given priority.  Applicants should have a MASc in Electrical-Computer Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, and strong theoretical and practical knowledge in robot control as well as control theory and practice. Research assistantship and scholarships will be provided to the successful candidate.  The project is on robust control framework development for visual servoing.  The position will commence in January or September 2014.
 
Applicants are required to send their full CV, a statement of interest, copy of their transcripts, and three letters of reference or the names and addresses of three references to
Dr. Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Email: fsharifi@ryerson.ca
Subject of Email: PhD-VS
 
(4) PhD Position (PhD-US)- Applicants are invited from outstanding candidates with strong expertise in Robot Controland preferably Visual Servoing.  Candidates working in the areas of image-based control, medical robotics, and image-guided surgery are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have MASc in Electrical-Computer Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, good working knowledge in robot control as well as control theory and practice, and strong team working skills. Research assistantship and scholarships will be provided to the successful candidate. The project is on US (ultrasound-guided) medical robotics in collaboration with St. Michael’s Hospital and the Department of (Biomedical) Physics.  The position will commence in September 2014.
 
Applicants should send their full CV, a statement of interest, copy of their transcripts, and three letters of reference or the names and addresses of three references to
Dr. Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Email: fsharifi@ryerson.ca
Subject of Email: PhD-US
 
(5) PhD Position (PhD-UAV)- Applicants are invited from outstanding candidates with strong expertise in Robot Control and preferably Visual Servoing.  Candidates working in the areas of image-based control, and control of unmanned aerial robotics are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have MASc in Electrical-Computer Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, good working knowledge in robot control as well as control theory and practice, and strong team working skills. Research assistantship and scholarships will be provided to the successful candidate.  The project is on image-guided control of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) in collaboration with the University of Toronto- Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).  The position will commence in September 2014.
 
Applicants should send their full CV, a statement of interest, copy of their transcripts, and three letters of reference or the names and addresses of three references to
Dr. Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Email: fsharifi@ryerson.ca
Subject of Email: PhD-UAV
 
(6) PhD Position (PhD-MEMS)- Applicants are invited from outstanding candidates with strong expertise inopomechatronics.  Candidates working in the areas of adaptive optics, micromanipulation, and image-based control are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have MASc in Electrical-Computer Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, with good working knowledge in control theory and practice. Research assistantship and scholarships will be provided to the successful candidate.  The position will commence in September 2014.
 
Applicants should send their full CV, a statement of interest, copy of their transcripts, and three letters of reference or the names and addresses of three references to
Dr. Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Email: fsharifi@ryerson.ca
Subject of Email: PhD-MEMS
 

link: http://www.ryerson.ca/~rmal/gradad.htm

[Torkan]

Funded PhD Position in Long-Term Autonomy for Mobile Service Robots

Funded PhD position in Long-Term Autonomy for Mobile Service Robots

School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, UK

A PhD position is available in the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems Research (L-CAS) at the University of Lincoln UK. The position is funded for 3 years, including a bursary at the current RCUK doctoral stipend levels, tuition fees (fully covered for EU students only), and participation in international conferences and meetings.

This opportunity is part of an FP7 project called STRANDS (http://www.strands-project.eu), involving 30+ people, of whom a team of 5 already work at L-CAS (http://robots.lincoln.ac.uk). The STRANDS project investigates autonomous mobile robots that must perform 4D mapping in human environments, including security and care scenarios. By this we mean producing not just a map of space (3D mapping), but also of the activities that occur within that space. Such activity maps are necessary for robots to act autonomously within a space shared with humans for long periods of time.

The PhD position is offered in the area of long-term autonomy, including autonomous exploration to complete and refine the acquired 4D maps. The studentship offers the opportunity to engage in international collaboration within an ambitious team, to work with state-of-the-art robotic hardware and software, and to benefit from excellent support to produce and disseminate original research contributions.

You should have a good Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Mathematics or Physics. You should have excellent mathematical and coding skills (C++/Python, ROS), and be available to start work on the project early in 2014.

In the first instance please contact Tom Duckett and Marc Hanheide (tduckett at lincoln.ac.uk, mhanheide at lincoln.ac.uk), with your CV and transcript. Put "STRANDS PhD application" in the subject line. If appropriate we will contact applicants to discuss things further.

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School of Computer Science
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS
Phone: +44 1522 837113
Fax: +44 1522 886974

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[Torkan]

PhD positions @ UCBM in Rome

Call for open positions in the fields of bio-robotics, biomechanics, and neural engineering

The Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems (http://www.biorobotics.it) at Università Campus-Biomedico di Roma (http://www.unicampus.it) is accepting applications for 3 PhD positions in the fields of bio-robotics, biomechanics, and neural engineering.
The candidates will cooperate in the three-year project "HandBot - Biomechatronic hand prostheses endowed with bio-inspired tactile perception, bi-directional neural interfaces and distributed sensori-motor control", funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research under the “PRIN” program.
We are looking for highly-motivated candidates with a strong background in robotics, mechatronics, bio-mechanics and motor control. Ideal candidates should have clear attitude for excellent research and the capability to collaborate within an interdisciplinary research group, involving people from medical fields as well as from the engineering disciplines.

Profile 1
Candidates have a background in control and artificial intelligence applied to robotics, are highly motivated and interested in medical applications of robotics and are interested in the development of a hierarchical control architecture of a biomechatronic hand for prosthetic application.

Profile 2
Candidates have a background in biomechanics and biomechatronic design, and are interested in the development of novel actuation and sensory systems for orthopedic surgery, implantable surgical instruments, prosthetic sockets.

Profile 3
Candidates have a background in biorobotics, biomechatronics and human-machine interfaces, and are interested in the biomechatronic design of a multi-fingered prosthetic hand embedding tactile sensors for bidirectional hand control.

Applicants should have a MSc degree, although exceptional candidates with a BSc degree will be considered.

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Ideal candidates should fulfill the following requirements
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• University degree (master/diploma) in mechanical/electrical/ biomedical engineering or other suitable field
• In-depth knowledge of (bio-)mechatronic design
• Strong interest in neurophysiology and biomechanics
• Good aptitude for experimental trials with healthy and amputee subjects
• Ability to work in international and interdisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of CAD software for designing mechanical (SOLIDWORKS) and electronic (EAGLE) components is desired
• Strong competencies in C/C++ programming and MATLAB
• Previous experience with LabVIEW, PIC development tools (CSS or MPLAB)
• Good oral and written English skills to disseminate results through scientific publications and presentations.

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Workplace
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The project will be carried out at the Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems (http://www.biorobotics.it) at Università Campus-Biomedico di Roma (http://www.unicampus.it). Università Campus-Biomedico di Roma is a no-profit institution devoted to higher education and research in the biomedical field. The university confers degrees in Medicine, Biomedical, Chemical, and Industrial Engineering, Nursing, and Nutrition; it also runs Ph.D. programs in "Bioengineering and Biosciences", and in "Integrated Biomedical Sciences and Bioethics". It is characterized by emphasis on the central role of the patient in health care. A research polyclinic is associated to the university. The Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems strongly benefits from the tight link with the School of Medicine and Surgery, and with its University polyclinic, for developing and validating innovative biomedical robotics technologies with high safety, reliability, robustness and acceptability, based on a solid human-centered design approach.

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How to apply
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All the interested candidates can contact Prof. Eugenio Guglielmelli (e.guglielmelli at unicampus.it) or Dr. Loredana Zollo (l.zollo at unicampus.it) for information about the HandBot project.
The selection of PhD students will follow the general enrollment of the University Campus Bio-medico. Additional 9 positions are open on other areas of biomedical engineering and nutrition science. All the details on how to apply to the PhD in Bioengineering and Biosciences, the roles and the guidelines are detailed at the following link: http://www.unicampus.it/dottorati-ba...clo-anno-2014. For additional info contact Dr. Mario Policastri (m.policastri at unicampus.it).
The deadline for the application for the PhD position is January, 2nd 2014.

[Torkan]

PhD Student/Research Assistant
Locomotor Control Systems Laboratory
Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas

The Locomotor Control Systems Laboratory
(http://www.utdallas.edu/~rgregg/locolab/) at the University of Texas at
Dallas (UTD) is accepting applications for the position of PhD
Student/Research Assistant to start in Fall 2014. The student will
pursue a PhD in Bioengineering (joint with the UT Southwestern Medical
Center) or Mechanical Engineering. This position is funded by an NIH
Director?s New Innovator Award and a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career
Award at the Scientific Interface. Graduate Research Assistants receive
a living stipend starting at $1650/month in addition to a tuition
waiver. Strong domestic students may be eligible for departmental
recruitment fellowships to supplement the living stipend.

The PhD student will contribute to a newly funded initiative to develop
a robot control paradigm for high-performance powered prosthetic legs
and exoskeletons. The project will have theoretical and experimental
components, including human subject experiments. This work will take
place at both UTD and UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), where the
PhD student will work with clinical collaborators and have opportunities
to shadow clinicians in the Prosthetics-Orthotics Program and the
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation program. For detailed information on
the proposed project, visit
http://www.utdallas.edu/~rgregg/locolab/research.html.

Qualifications

Applicants should have a Bachelor?s degree in a related engineering
discipline (e.g. robotics, mechanical, electrical, biomedical, controls,
or systems engineering). The student must have excellent oral and
written communication skills and strong knowledge in control systems and
robotics. Prior research experience in a related area is highly
encouraged. In order of importance, the following skills are desired for
this position:
1. Control systems/mechatronics
2. Matlab or Mathematica
3. LabView or dSPACE
4. Microcontrollers (e.g., C programming)
5. CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, ProE)
6. Signal electronics

This position will require travel between the UTD and UTSW campuses
(about a 30 minute drive).

About the Laboratory

Directed by Prof. Robert D. Gregg, the mission of the Locomotor Control
System Laboratory is to develop high-performance wearable control
systems (e.g., robotic prostheses and orthoses) to enable mobility and
improve quality of life for persons with disabilities. We approach this
needs-driven research from the perspective of dynamical systems and
control theory, translating concepts from the field of humanoid robotics
into transformative solutions for physical rehabilitation. The
Laboratory is a highly interdisciplinary environment dedicated to
scientific innovation and achievement, clinical translation, and
individual career development. The Laboratory operates in the brand new
Arts & Technology Center at UTD and is currently establishing a new gait
laboratory at UTSW.

About the Institutions

UTD is a dynamic and rapidly growing institution with strong support
from the state of Texas. UTD is the home of the Erik Jonsson School of
Engineering & Computer Science, which has more than doubled its research
funding since 2003 and is on track to double it again by 2020. The
University has many new facilities that offer unique resources,
including the Center for Brain Health, the Arts & Technology Center, and
the Texas Biomedical Device Center. A brand new Bioengineering and
Sciences building is under construction to be completed in 2015, which
will be the new home of the Department of Bioengineering.

In addition to BS degrees, UTD Bioengineering offers MS and PhD degrees
jointly with UTSW, which is the largest of the six health institutions
in the UT System. The PhD student will leverage collaborations with the
clinical programs and resources at UTSW, which is located at the
southwestern medical district in Dallas?a 30 minute drive from the UTD
campus. UTSW ranks among the nation?s top 20 medical schools in US News
& World Report and is renowned worldwide for its biomedical and clinical
research. In particular, the Prosthetics-Orthotics Program at UTSW is
dedicated to research, education, and clinical services for the large,
diverse population of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Between UTSW and UTD,
physicians, therapists, prosthetists, orthotists, scientists, and
engineers collaborate closely and are devoted to restoration and
improvement of quality of life for individuals with disabilities.

Application Process

Formal applications must be submitted through UTD Graduate Admissions:
http://www.utdallas.edu/admissions/graduate/

Interested individuals should also email informal applications to Prof.
Robert Gregg (rgregg@utdallas.edu). The subject line of the email should
be ?Rehabilitation PhD Student Application.? In the email, please include:
- Cover letter describing background and research interests (PDF, < 1 page)
- Resume (PDF)
- Expected or actual date of graduation for previous degree
- Preferred PhD program: Bioengineering or Mechanical Engineering
(Electrical Engineering may also be considered)
- List of at least 3 references with contact information

Incomplete applications will not be considered.


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Robert D. Gregg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Bioengineering
University of Texas at Dallas
(972)883-4657
rgregg@utdallas.edu

http://www.utdallas.edu/~rgregg/locolab