May 15th Deadline

OPENING FOR SUMMER 2015:

One position is available in Summer 2015 for an Undergraduate student to conduct research in the area of control systems. Support will be provided by the National Science Foundation-Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) program, as part of the NSF Directorate for Engineering project “Theory, Methods, and Applications of Nonlinear Control Systems with Time Delays”. The project would support the student with $8000 which includes funding for housing. The student would work with Prof. Michael Malisoff . No prerequisite background in control systems is needed. Required qualifications are:

• Majoring in engineering, mathematics or a closely related area.
• Overall and major GPAs of at least 3.2.
• Good mathematical background including differential equations.
• Interest in Mathematica programming.
• Interest in applying mathematics to engineering.

Interested candidates should submit their CV as a .pdf file and an at most 500 word letter of interest as a plain text file to Prof. Malisoff at malisoff@lsu.edu. Applications received by May 1st will be assured consideration, but applications will be considered until the position is filled.  To comply with NSF rules, the student must be a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States or its possessions.