Position: Adaptive Structures Co-Op, Spring 2018
Location: HRL Laboratories - Malibu, California
About HRL and the Adaptive Structures Group:
We are a private Research and Development laboratory co-owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors, located approximately 5 minutes from the beach in Malibu, California. We perform low TRL research in an array of engineering fields for our owners and other outside customers, including the US government.
http://www.hrl.com/index.html
The Adaptive Structures group designs and develops novel mechanical structures and composites to address open problems in vibration isolation, thermal isolation, and high-performance sensing. An example of a recent internal project from our group that lead to a publication
in Science Advances is below:
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/2/e1500778
http://jalopnik.com/these-metal-muscles-could-revolutionize-cars-and-robots-1760617740
We are looking for students interested in the following:
Mechanical Design and Rapid Prototyping
Including solid modeling, manufacturing drawing production, and prototype assembly
Structural/Dynamic testing and characterization of mechanical assemblies
Structural Analysis and Simulation
Including FEA, lumped-parameter modeling, and experimental data post-processing
Advanced Materials Development -
Including composite materials, elastomers, and material characterization.
The following are preferred qualifications. These are flexible, however, and any students with interest are encouraged to submit their resumes.
Previous internship, co-op, or research experience.
Hands-on lab experience (use of power tools, prototype or assembly construction, machining).
Test setup and data acquisition (use of mechanical load frames, DAQ software, testing instrumentation, etc)
Materials testing experience (mechanical load frames, DMA, SEM, composite material layup)
Classwork, project, or work experience related to the following:
Mechanical Design and Manufacturing
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and FE Model Building
Structural Mechanics, Structural Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics
Software experience in: Abaqus, MATLAB/Simulink, Solidworks or Autodesk Inventor
Programming experience with: Python, C++, embedded prototyping (Arduino, etc).
Requirements: Student must be enrolled at a degree-granting university. Student must be a citizen of the United States or a green-card holder.
Students with interest are encouraged to forward their resumes to me at
cjsennott@hrl.com with the subject line Wisconsin - Adaptive Structures Co-Op Spring 2018.
Casey Sennott
Sensors and Materials Laboratory
