Internships in the
Superconducting Electronics Laboratory provide excellent opportunities
for Physics and Electrical Engineering students, graduate and undergraduate,
looking for hands-on technical and laboratory experience. Some projects
are also suited for interested undergraduate Computer Science, Math
and Mechanical Engineering students. Internships can begin as early
as your sophomore year-- responsibility, commitment and intellegence
are more crucial than prior schooling! (Prospective interns should have
completed General Physics II and have a minimum GPA of 3.0)
Internships can
count towards independent study or co-op credit and there is potential
for the development of senior design or graduate study projects. Commitment
can be as little as 8 hours per week for one semester.
Interns are needed
to support research projects through:
- Basic device
screening: Low-frequency transfer function and noise measurements.
- SQUID parameter
measurments: Self and mutual inductances and ultra low resistances
(milliohms).
- SPICE modelling
of DC characteristics using Josephson relationships.
- SPICE modelling
of AC characteristics using DC SPICE models.
Your internship
experience can include:
- Modelling electrical
devices not generally covered in undergraduate EE or Physics classes,
using MATLAB, SPICE and electromagnetic simulation software.
- Use of 'real-world'
laboratory techniques and concepts (four terminal measurments, device
noise, S-parameters, etc.).
- Data acquisition
and control techniques, including GPIB protocol.
- Preparation of
papers and posters for professional conferences.
- Use of high-sensitivity
techniques (grounding, shielding, isolation, current sensitivity to
2pA/sqrt(Hz), voltage sensitivity to 2nV/sqrt(Hz)).
- Working with
Mac, Windows and Unix operation systems and applications.
- Programming in
BASIC and C/C++ based languages.
- Laboratory notebook
techniques.
- Weekly lectures
on advanced topics in Physics.
For more information
please contact:
Martin E. Huber NC
3805
Tele: 303-556-3561
Fax: 303-556-6257
Or visit the lab: NC 3601
