Fully Funded GRA Positions in Mechatronics/Robotics/AI
Dr. Lingfeng Tao invites applications for multiple fully funded GRA Positions starting as early as Fall 2024. Applicants with backgrounds in engineering, informatics, mathematics, computer science, or any related area are welcome to apply. Preferences will be given to candidates who are highly motivated, comfortable with programming, eager to learn, hardworking, and interested in an area related to Dr. Tao’s expertise, including
- AI and its applications in Mechatronics/Robotics
- Augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR)
- Dexterous manipulation
- Human-robot interaction and cooperation
- Learning-based robot control
- Multi-robot cooperation
- Robot design
- Teleoperation and telemanipulation
Prospective students can send resumes and transcripts to Dr. Tao’s email lingfeng.tao@okstate.edu.
Admitted applicants will be mentored and trained as prolific and independent scholars. You will publish at top-tier international conferences and journals, network with world-class researchers, and become a national and international leader in the field.
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (officially Oklahoma State University; informally Oklahoma State, OK State, OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act. Originally known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M), it is the flagship institution of the Oklahoma State University System that holds more than 35,000 students across its five campuses with an annual budget of $1.7 billion. The main campus enrollment for the fall 2019 semester was 24,071, with 20,024 undergraduates and 4,017 graduate students. OSU is classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity”. According to the National Science Foundation, OSU spent $198.8 million on research and development in 2021.
U.S. News and World Report named Oklahoma State University a Top 100 Public School in the 2022-2023 Best College Rankings list.
Research at OSU
Science, engineering, and humanities research takes place in every college on our campuses, and our Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa. Oklahoma State research is in lock-step with its land-grant legacy. Research at OSU, a Carnegie R1 research university, is relevant, accessible, and beneficial — whether it’s exploring basic scientific questions or applied concepts that directly impact lives. In 2019, OSU had research expenditures of more than $184 million. Federal research agencies, like the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, sponsored more than $39 million in research in 2019 and are the largest source of research funding across OSU.
Life at OSU
At Oklahoma State University, freshmen are required to live on the school’s campus in Stillwater, a town that’s home to five lakes, theaters, restaurants, and more. There are more than 400 student organizations to consider, and OSU’s Greek life is a popular extracurricular choice, with about 3,000 students joining the fraternities and sororities. For graduate students, there are degree programs offered through the Spears School of Business, the Center for Health Sciences, the College of Education – which is particularly well known for its technical and vocational training – and the engineering school, among other academic departments.
Sports at OSU
The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls have won 52 national championships, which ranks fourth in most NCAA team national championships after Stanford University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California. The Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling is the most successful NCAA Division I program of all time in any sport. As of 2021, Oklahoma State students and alumni have won 34 Olympic medals (21 gold, 5 silver, and 8 bronze).
