Summer 2004
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- Various projects involving terahertz radiation
These projects may involve: modeling electromagnetic propagation using FEMLAB for optimizing waveguide structures or studying antenna effects, fabrication of photoconductive antennas using the (soon to be completed) Rice clean room facility, characterization of these structures using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy.Contact: Daniel Mittleman
- A new protocol for parallel downloads in peer-to-peer systems (e.g. KaZaa)
In contrast to existing protocols which operate at the application layer, our protocol operates at the transport layer and uses information from the different TCP subconnections. Simulations show a performance gain of 10-52% compared to application-layer protocols.I have 2 openings. One student will be responsible for implementing the protocol in a linux kernel and measuring its performance in a real network environment. The second student will be responsible for developing an application-layer protocol (integrate with a TCP-friendly protocol), deploy it over PlanetLab and perform a thorough measurement study.
Contact: Roger Karrer
- System Engineering - Wargaming study
The student will work closely and under the direction of Tony Elam (Associate Dean of Engineering) to gather data, analyze and aggregate information, and provide recommendations on appropriate standards, assessment of the current state-of-the art in wargaming systems and related technologies, and study alternative architectural approaches for a platform to support a rapid prototyping wargaming system. The student will NOT be responsible for any direct programming during this summer project. Instead the student will do more "system engineering" - requirements gathering and analysis, trade studies, competitive analysis, technology assessment, standards investigation, and some architectural design. The student may investigate and utilize various tools, environments and existing systems (software). However, the student will do some basic web work in creation of web pages to reflect the results of his study efforts.The student must be able to work independently, show initiative, be creative and hard working. The student must also be task focused, disciplined and willing to take direction. Familiarity with basic system engineering principles and design concepts a plus. Basic web page development skills required. If you have interest in this summer position please send you resume to Tony Elam, elam@rice.edu. If there are any restrictions on your summer work availability/schedule please include them with your resume.
Contact: Tony Elam, Associate Dean of Engineering
- More to come!
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