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student position: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Water Sampling</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">The Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology lab at the University of
Nebraska, Lincoln has a position for an M.S. student to aid in the development
of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to collect water samples. This is a collaborative effort between Amy
Burgin (School of Natural Resources), Carrick Detweiler and Sebastian Elbaum
(UNL - Computer Science and Engineering), Sally Thompson (UC Berkeley) and
Michael Hamilton (UC Berkely – Blue Oak Ranch Reserve) and is funded by the
USDA under the National Robotics Initiative.
Drs. Detweiler and Elbaum lead the effort and are responsible for the development
and programing of a prototype, a video of which can be viewed on their website
(</span><a href="http://goo.gl/PEsQ2e"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">http://goo.gl/PEsQ2e</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">We seek a student who can work at the interface of ecology
and computer science to assist in further development and application of the
UAV. Interested students should apply
through the School of Natural Resources to work in Dr. Burgin’s lab
(<a href="http://burginlab.weebly.com/">http://burginlab.weebly.com/</a>). Applications to UNL-SNR are due 3 January
2014. Two years of funding is available
for a M.S. student. Prior to applying to
UNL-SNR, interested students should contact Dr. Burgin (</span><a href="mailto:aburgin2@unl.edu"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">aburgin2@unl.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">;
with ROBOT in the subject line) to provide: 1) a cover letter discussing
interest in the project, applicable background experience, and goals for undertaking
a graduate program, 2) CV, 3) unofficial transcripts and/or GREs. Details on the full application process can
be found at: <a href="http://goo.gl/3amtXZ">http://goo.gl/3amtXZ</a>.</span></p>
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<div><div dir="ltr">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Amy Burgin, Ph.D.<br>Assistant Professor<br>School of Natural Resources<br>University of Nebraska<br><br>412 Hardin Hall<br>3310 Holdrege Ave.<br>Lincoln, NE 68583-0974<br>
<br><a href="http://burginlab.weebly.com/index.html" target="_blank">http://burginlab.weebly.com/index.html</a><br>office: (402) 472 - 3491<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div></div>
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