Available Research Positions

A Ph.D. position for Intelligent Sensing Lab

  Job Description

A funded Ph.D. position is available in the Intelligent Sensing Laboratory (ISL) in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) and the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst. High priority will be given to highly qualified candidates who are available to start in 2024. The ideal candidates will work on both fundamental and applied research in automation, control, machine learning, and their applications in flexible electronics manufacturing or medical decision support systems.

Research topics

  • Control
  • Deep learning

Required Qualifications

  • B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Computer Engineering
  • A burning desire to conduct both theoretical and experimental engineering work
  • Highly self-motivated and persistent in solving practical engineering problems
  • Strong hands-on skills in Programming or Mechatronics
  • Experience in solving engineering problems

Required skills

  • Programming in LabVIEW, MATLAB, or C/C++ for data acquisition and processing
  • Experiments design, data collection, processing, and analysis

Preferred Qualifications

  • Peer-reviewed conference and journal publications
  • Strong technical writing, communication, and presentation skills

Note: your strong interest and hands-on experience to work on and solve practical engineering problems will be more important for this lab than any skills and qualifications.

The successful applicants will join a vibrant team of students working in the Intelligent Sensing Lab that is focused on translational machine intelligence and innovative sensing techniques for flexible electronics manufacturing and medical decision support systems. This is an exciting time to join because UMass is going through substantial growth in the scale-up of intelligent flexible electronic manufacturing for low-cost, multi-function, wearable wireless sensor systems for personalized health care and biometric monitoring.

An early start in 2025 is preferred for exceptional applicants who submit their applications ASAP. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Xian Du at xiandu@umass.edu.

Emailing Instructions

Please include the following attachments to your email

  1. CV (curriculum vitae)
  2. Cover letter
  3. List of peer-reviewed publications
  4. Three references or letters of recommendation
  5. TOEFL and GRE certificates