Internship Opportunity: Mazda-Toyota Paid Internships for ECE Students

• February 23rd, 2024

The Alabama Productivity Center is working with Mazda-Toyota Manufacturing in Huntsville to fill a couple of ECE/CS internships for summer 2024.

Dates: May 13 – August 9

Pay Range: $16 – $21

Hours: Full-time 40 hours/week

Location: Huntsville, Alabama

GPA: 3.0 and above

Apply here: http://apc.ua.edu/Apply

Manufacturing Systems Enhancement Project

Overview: The project targets improved efficiency and lower maintenance costs by implementing advanced data processing and monitoring techniques in Stamping, Body Weld (DISCO), and Paint Engineering.

1. Body Weld DISCO System Optimization:

• Title: Body Weld DISCO System Upgrade
• Description: Develop and implement predictive maintenance, change point alerts, and robust data backup for the new Body Weld Discovery Data Processing system. This system efficiently collects and stores vital data, enabling proactive analysis through predictive maintenance models.
• Objectives:
  1. Develop a system for alerting personnel about specific change points.
  2. Build a predictive maintenance model to anticipate and prevent robot failures.

2. Panel Board Optimization for Energy Efficiency:

• Title: Panel Board Energy Efficiency Upgrade
• Description: Intern-led monitoring of energy usage and a comprehensive study on panel boards throughout the manufacturing shop. Explore options to split power consumption into Apollo, Discovery, and Common areas.
• Objectives:
  1. Monitor and accurately split power consumption for correct billing in the Paint Engineering department.
  2. Ensure continuous process monitoring to prevent sudden rises in energy consumption between production lines.

Benefits:

• Reduced downtime and maintenance costs via predictive maintenance models.
• Improved energy efficiency and accurate billing through optimized power consumption in Paint Engineering.
• Enhanced overall manufacturing system performance with data-driven insights and alerts.

Note: This project integrates advancements in data processing for Stamping and Body Weld with energy optimization in the Paint Engineering department, streamlining manufacturing operations

Accepting Ph.D. applications – Spring/Fall 2024 Admission

• September 5th, 2023

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has multiple opportunities for students to embark on a fully funded Ph.D. journey within a research-intensive institution. Our students work closely with globally acclaimed researchers in cutting-edge domains such as devices and materials, electromechanical and energy systems, embedded systems (including IoT and edge computing), and electromagnetics.

Student benefits include:

• A competitive stipend
• Tuition waiver
• Health insurance coverage
• Access to state-of-the-art facilities that foster excellence in research.

No Application Fees During 16-20 October 2023. See https://graduate.ua.edu/ for details.

Ph.D. students are sought for multiple projects, including but not limited to:

Underwater Wireless Communication, Networking, and Robotics, Prof. Aijun Song song@eng.ua.edu

Modeling, simulation, and control of power systems and microgrids, Prof. Qianzhi Zhang qianzhi.zhang@ua.edu

Monitoring of Microplastic Pollution Using Integrated Sensing Technology, Prof. Mark Cheng mmcheng@eng.ua.edu

Advanced Signal Processing and Machine Learning Algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles, Prof. Shunqiao Sun ssun21@eng.ua.edu

Machine and Deep Learning in Wearable Devices, Prof. Edward Sazonov esazonov@ua.edu

Power distribution system modeling, analysis and optimization, Prof. Lusha Wang lusha.wang@ua.edu

Research at UA ECE

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