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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white'>NSF Funded Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Research Assistant Positions in summer 2023<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white'>Two Research Experience for Undergraduate assistant positions: $1,600/month for 3 months, from mid May to mid August 2023. This is open to undergraduate students in USA and requires U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency. Preferred background: 3D printing, robotics, mechatronics, or manufacturing automation. Our REU assistants become very competitive after summer research. For example, the two REU assistants in summer 2022 received NASA internships in fall 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white'>Interested students please contact Dr. Weihang Zhu via email at <a href="mailto:wzhu21@central.uh.edu">wzhu21@central.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>uh</span>.edu</a> with your resumes and unofficial transcripts. The positions need to be filled as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white'>NSF, USDA, and EPA-funded </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Doctoral </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white'>Research Assistant Positions<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Multiple doctoral research assistant positions are open, funded by National Science Foundation, US Department of Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The projects are on 3D printing, automated mushroom harvesting and optimization, climate-smart agricultural automation, and algae production. The required background is 3D printing, robotics, mechatronics, or manufacturing automation, with automation hardware and software development experience. The preferred background includes SolidWorks modeling, finite element analysis, computer vision, deep learning, NVIDIA GPU programming, and PLC. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Interested students please contact Dr. Weihang Zhu via email at <a href="mailto:wzhu21@central.uh.edu">wzhu21@central.uh.edu</a> with your resumes and unofficial transcripts. The positions are for applicants to doctoral program only.<span style='background:white'> Major can be in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science. We can accept outstanding BS to go into Ph.D. program directly. Positions will start in fall 2023 or spring 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white'>For more details, please visit: <a href="https://uh.edu/tech/coss/">https://uh.edu/tech/coss/</a></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Weihang Zhu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fuh.edu*2Ftech*2Fcoss*2F&data=04*7C01*7Ckmcsweeney*40eagle.org*7Ca3f1406ffe66424d729108d88c0d713b*7Cd810b06cd0044d52b0aa4f3581ee7020*7C0*7C1*7C637413336666054280*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000&sdata=9SuKKSEtZnNk6mkqKPSCTiJxAZ*2ByI4PDj6KXtYXIodM*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!LkSTlj0I!U0mK_tPtHxZxEfnyQzfXpQF3fisbxBkBBB7UJc0de6XQfE5A8zZm4kSHA4DodBY0KguHKw$"><span style='color:blue'>https://uh.edu/tech/coss/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>T2 Room 374, (713) 743-6980, <a href="mailto:wzhu13@uh.edu"><span style='color:blue'>wzhu13@uh.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Department of Engineering Technology, Technology Division, Cullen College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Houston, Houston, Texas <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>