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UCLA Center for Embedded Networking Systems
A National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center

The CENS Undergraduate Research Experience:
A Summer Research Experience, A Network for Life

The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS), a 2002 National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Center (STC), is pleased to announce the availability of Summer 2004 Undergraduate Scholar Internship Awards. The Center is headquartered at UCLA with both research and field activities at UCLA and our partner institutions: USC, UC Riverside, UC Merced, James Reserve, Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cal State. CENS will provide funding to promising students to spend the summer working in the research area of Embedded Networked Sensing (ENS). Awards will cover transportation to UCLA, a weekly stipend, room and board allowance, and other applicable intern expenses.

Embedded Networked Sensing
Each intern will have the opportunity to participate in forefront research in the area of Embedded Networked Sensing (ENS) systems. ENS systems will form a critical infrastructure resource for society. They will monitor and collect information on such diverse subjects as plankton colonies, endangered species, soil & air contaminants, medical patients, buildings, bridges, and other man-made structures. Across this wide range of applications, Embedded Networked Sensing systems promise to reveal previously unobservable phenomena.

Undergraduate research opportunities include:
• Adaptive self configuring wireless systems
• Co-ordinated actuation
• Collaborative signal processing
• Micro/Nano sensor technology
• Ethical, legal, and social implications
• Contaminant transport monitoring
• Marine microorganisms
• Habitat sensing array
• Seismic monitoring

As a CENS Undergraduate Intern, you will have the opportunity to:
• Participate in forefront research in Embedded Networked Sensing.
• Contribute to research that makes a difference scientifically & socially.
• Interact with a community of undergraduate interns, graduate students, and faculty members nationally.
• Gain competitive advantage through professional development and academic seminars.
• Have fun at social activities.

Read what some of our 2003 CENS Undergraduate Scholars had to say about our program:
• “The CENS program went beyond the expected and gave me more learning experiences than anticipated.”
• “It is an experience that is unforgettable and gives one a different perspective regarding academics.”
• “I was impressed with the unusual gender-ratio.”
• “My graduate mentor was always available to answer my questions and to guide me.”

Interested? Apply Now!
If you are an undergraduate majoring in computer, electrical, mechanical, chemical, civil, or environmental engineering; computer science; or the physical sciences and are interested in exploring undergraduate research opportunities at CENS, visit:

www.cens.ucla.edu/stcure

Deadline is February 1, 2004!

If you are interested in finding out more about CENS and our 2003 Summer Program, please visit: http://www.cens.ucla.edu.

 

 

 

 
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