JOB TITLE
Post Doctoral Fellow

LOCATION
Worcester

DEPARTMENT NAME
Robotics Engineering – NFR JM

DIVISION NAME
Worcester Polytechnic Institute – WPI

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
The Automata Lab in the Robotics Engineering Department at WPI is searching for qualified post-doctoral fellow. The lab is undergoing rapid growth, and a post-doctoral fellow will have the opportunity to contribute to our cutting-edge research, while working with a collaborative team of faculty and graduate students.

The Automata Lab conducts research at the intersection of formal methods, machine learning, and control, with the goal of developing safe, reliable, autonomous robots capable of performing advanced tasks from high-level specifications. This work includes methods for combining reinforcement learning and temporal logic, using control barrier functions with learning-enabled state estimators, and other related research areas.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities:

Conduct original research in close collaboration with the Automata Lab PI Assist in the conception and writing of research proposals Provide mentorship to graduate students,

MIT researchers have designed a printable aluminum alloy that’s five times stronger than cast aluminum and holds up at extreme temperatures. Machine learning helped them zero in on the ideal recipe in a fraction of the time traditional methods would take. When 3D printed, the alloy forms a tightly packed internal structure that gives it exceptional strength. The material could eventually replace heavier, costlier metals in jet engines, cars, and data centers.