Undergraduate Research Assistant (Engineering- WiSeMAN)

Job Summary

The Research Assistant will work under supervision and will be responsible for assisting in running and managing an on-going mobile autonomous vehicle networks-based research project.

This project aims to establish a solid theoretical foundation to develop a testbed for the optimized design and deployment of energy-efficient and secure mobile autonomous vehicle networks, while considering heterogeneous vehicle and the “malicious” vehicles. This theoretical foundation and the resulting testbed will help:

• Ensure energy-efficient connectivity of homogeneous (using ground OR aerial vehicles) mobile autonomous vehicle networks.
• Ensure secure communications of mobile homogeneous autonomous vehicle networks in the presence of “malicious” vehicles.
• Ensure energy-efficient and secure connectivity and communications of mobile autonomous vehicle networks, while accounting for heterogeneous vehicles (ground AND aerial vehicles) and “malicious” vehicles

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Research and collect data through complex techniques and procedures.
• Assist with data management and perform basic statistical analyses.
• Develop assessment and evaluation tools.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities

• Building testbed of autonomous cars (QCars), autonomous drones (QDrones), and autonomous robots (QBots).
• Integration of QCars and QDrones.
• Integration of QCars and Qbots.
• Integration of QDrones and QBots
• Integration of QCars, QDrones, and QBots.

Minimum Requirements

• Enrolled at least half-time, 6 credit hours per semester for undergraduate and 3 credit hours per semester for graduates.
• Maintain a TAMIU overall GPA of 2.0 for undergraduate students and 3.0 for graduate students.
• Must meet all other requirements as stated in TAMIU’s Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy (SAPP).

Preferred Experience and Education

• Mathematical background.
• Programming experience.
• Knowledge in discrete mathematics, data structures and algorithms, and computer security.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficiency in use of personal computer workstation with common software applications.
• Ability to organize and multitask functions to ensure compliance with deadlines.
• Outstanding customer service skills.
• Excellent interpersonal relationship and communication skills.
• Problem analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn and use multiple software programs.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Requirements

• Position requires on campus, face-to-face interactions.
• Position requires maintaining a regular schedule of attendance on campus and in the workplace.
• Work schedules are created by the department based on departmental needs but ensure it does not conflict with class schedule.
• Promptly complete all required training.
• Submit time sheet biweekly.
• Some evening and weekend work may be required.
• Subject to funding and/or need.