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Post-Doc Positions
Currently, the Haptics Laboratory has no postdoc positions available.
Graduate Student Positions
For prospective graduate students interested in admission for Fall 2009, there may be a position available at that time. You must submit a complete official application for consideration. Please see http://www.me.jhu.edu/gradadmis.html for details. Dr. Okamura's website also has a web page that answers most questions asked by prospective students interested in working with her: http://www.me.jhu.edu/~allisono/prospective.html. If you email Dr. Okamura and she doesn't respond, this is because the information you request is already covered on that web page. Please do not hound her. :)
Undergraduate Student Positions
We usually have several undergraduate student researchers working the Haptics Lab each year. We look for students who are proactive, responsible, independent, good "lab citizens", and results-oriented. We have to limit the number of such students due to the availability of mentors, but we always have a lot of ideas for undergraduate research projects. Here are a few:
- Assisting a graduate student or postdoc on an existing project (see Research)
- Continuously rotating fingertips for robot hands
- A robust haptic device and software for an educational museum display
- Using computer vision-based tracking of objects for undergraduate mechanics labs
- Haptic training wheels: using haptics to help teach tasks that don't normally include haptic feedback
Prospective undergraduate researchers from JHU should email Dr. Okamura their resume and unofficial transcript and are encouraged to attend our lab meetings to learn about the various projects. Dr. Okamura's website has more information on working in her lab. You can find that page here: http://www.me.jhu.edu/~allisono/prospective.html.
Teaching Assistant Positions
This is only for current JHU graduate and undergraduate students; the ME Department does not admit new graduate students as TAs.
Each of Dr. Okamura's classes uses one or more teaching assistants. Lecture TAs hold office hours, lead problem sessions, grade homework assignments, and prepare solutions. Lab TAs set up the labs, run lab sessions, grade lab assignments, and occasionally hold office hours. Currently, Dr. Okamura is looking for TAs for Fall/Spring 2008-2009 for her Freshman courses. Graduate students are preferred, but undergraduate students with excellent academic records will also be considered.
High School Student Positions
We accept one high school student each year to work in the Haptics Lab. Dr. Okamura's website has more information: http://www.me.jhu.edu/~allisono/prospective.html.
