Internship Opportunities @ the Sports Biomechanics Lab
Jason Moore
http://biosport.ucdavis.edu/internships
Internships
Internship opportunities at the Sports Biomechanics Lab.
These are current unpaid internship opportunities available at the Sports Biomechanics Lab. We are looking for eager undergraduate students interested in preparing for graduate school or industry. Send a resume and cover letter to bios...@ucdavis.edu if you would like to apply for one of the internships. If you are planning to continue in graduate school at UC Davis some of these projects can potentially be turned in to Master or PhD theses projects.
Website Development and Maintenance
Date: February 19, 2010
Description: The intern will help develop and maintain the Sports Biomechanics Lab website using a modern open source web content management system (Plone). This includes site administration, reworking existing site content, and adding new content about the lab's projects and members on a weekly basis.
Recommended Skills:- Good computer and organizational skills and web saviness
- Graphic design
- Photo manipulation
- Familiarity with web blogs
- HTML/CSS
- Content Management Systems
- Web 2.0
PyDy Development
Date: February 19, 2010
Description: PyDy (Python Dynamics) is software that is utilizes a symbolic manipulator to develop the equations of motion for multibody dynamical systems using Kane's method. It is written in Python and released under a BSD license. The capabilities include automated derivation of symbolic equations of motion, symbolic linearization, numerical simulation and visualization. The intern will develop new functionality and create and distribute documentation.
Skills required:- Physics/Engineering background
- Knowledge of C/C++/Python programming languages and object oriented software design.
- Familiarity with Sphinx Python documentation system.
- Familiarity with symbolic manipulation
Recommended skills:
- Knowledge of Kane's method and/or Autolev
- Knowledge of Sympy symbolic manipulator
- Knowledge of C/C++/Matlab for code generation in multple formats
Dynamical Systems Visualization
Date: February 19, 2010
Description: The intern will be tasked with researching options available for creating both non-interactive and interactive animations based off of rigid body multi-body dynamic systems. The solution should include easy animation generation without lots of visualization experience and web compatability. The software will need to be open source and easy to use alongside our current scientific tools (Python, Qt, etc). Possible solutions are Visual Python, Processing, Java3d, OpenGL, PovRay, Blender, etc.
Required Skills:- C/C++/Python/Java programming experience
- Linear
Algebra and Vector Calculus, must understand how orientation and
positions of 3-D objects are described both mathematically and on a
computer.
- Experience creating animations, interactive or otherwise
Recommend Skills:
- Knowledge of OpenGL, Blender, Visual Python, or Processing
Bibliography Utility Software Design
Date: February 19, 2010
Description: The intern will work on the development and design of a collaborative bibliographic database system. The goal will be to add collaboration and web connectivity to the Jabref citation management software either as a stand-alone web site or through connectivity with a web content management system (Plone).
Recommended skills:- Knowledge of Java and Python programming languages
- Object oriented database familiarity
- Familiarity with LaTeX and BibTeX
Bicycle Instrumentation and Experimentation
Date: February 19, 2010
Description:
The intern will be tasked with the design and fabrication of various experimental apparatus for our experiments in bicycle dynamics, control and handling. These will contribute to the design of a instrumented and actuated bicycle that will be used to measure the dynamics of the rider and be able to be controlled autonomously. The intern will also be involved in running experiments and taking data.
Recommended skills:- Sketching and Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)
- Metal working: machining, welding, sheet metal
- Basic electronic circuit design and construction
- Familiarity with bicycle assembly
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