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The Software Engineering for Real-Time
Systems Laboratory (SERTS), has openings for Undergraduate Research
Assistants (URAs). URAs assist faculty members, graduate students, and
possibly some of the department's industrial affiliates, in their research.
The SERTS Laboratory is a leader in developing advanced software technology
for embedded computer systems. These are the computers typically found in
larger electromechanical and electronic systems, such as VCRs, automobiles,
locomotives, cellular phones, electronic games, and satellite transmission
and receiving stations.
The SERTS lab has established a multi-year URA program, that gradually gives
more technical experience to young students as their studies progress. As a
result, URA appointments can be renewed each semester until graduation,
assuming satisfactory progress and mutual interest in continuing the
appointment. The experience gained by URAs has allowed many current and
past URAs to obtain in-course scholarships, fellowships, internships
with local industry, and an increased chance to get into the
best graduate schools.
In a student's first semester, their work will generally focus on web page
design, electronic publishing, literature searches, small programming and
testing in both UNIX and PC environments, and other miscellaneous duties,
until the student is familiar with the environment. Subsequently, the student
gradually gets involved in more technical work, such as programming embedded
computers and testing and performance monitoring of embedded systems using
logic analyzers and oscilloscopes. By the end of a student's junior year,
the student will have learned various system level programming techniques,
at the operating system and device driver levels. These skills are currently
in high demand by industry, thus students will find they have a significant
edge over many other job applicants.
URAs are paid hourly, up to 10 hours per week. Current SERTS positions
are open to enthusiastic and motivated freshman and sophomores in computer
engineering or electrical engineering honors, who are maintaining a GPA of
3.7 or higher, and have taken (or currently taking) at least one programming
course in C or C++ (CMSC 114 or ENEE 114). If interested in the position,
please send your resume, a cover letter, and a copy of your transcript to:
Dr. D. B. Stewart
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
A.V. Williams 1339
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
dstewart@eng.umd.edu
Freshman applicants should also include a photocopy of their final high
school transcript.
Check the SERTS Home Page for current status of positions open. For best consideration, please submit your application as soon as possible.
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