Graduate Training

WISeNet will once again be recruiting trainees for the program in early 2015. Applications are typically due by April 30th each year.

• How to Apply
• Certificate and Program Requirements
• Core and Recommended Courses
  • Description: Intelligent Sensors
  • Description: Optimal Environmental Sensing
  • Description: Hierarchical Planning and Sensing
  • Description: WISeNet Seminar Course
• Laboratory and Field Experiment Information
• Menu of Experiments with Descriptions
• Visualization and Virtual Reality Projects
• Downloadable Brochure
• Links for students (below)

Participating Departments

• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Earth and Ocean Sciences
• Environmental Sciences and Policy
• University Program in Ecology
• Psychology and Neuroscience
• Statistical Science
• Biology/Ecology
• Physics

Links for Students

WISeNet Profile on IGERT.org

Professional Development

• Responsible Conduct of Research, Duke University
• The Writing Studio, Duke University
• Writing Guide, Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC), Duke University
• Creating Scientific Poster Presentations
• Using Powerpoint and Keynote Effectively
• Career Center, Duke University
• Skills Workshops for Graduate Students, Career Center, Duke University
• Science Writing Workshops - Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
• Career Development Resources - Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
• Career and Professional Development, Duke University Graduate School
• Teaching Workshops, Duke University Graduate School
• Certificate in College Teaching, Duke University Graduate School
• Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program, Duke University Graduate School
• Future Faculty Workshop for women and underrepresented minorities - NextProf Workshop
• Academic Job Search Series – Duke
• PhD Plus Program - Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University

Duke University Resources

• Bulletin of Duke University Graduate School
• Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC)

Educational Opportunities

• Venice 2014 Summer School Program (Venice International University)- Environmental Management in a Changing World: Coping with Sea Level Rise (http://www.univiu.org/shss/seminars-summer-schools/rising-sea-levels)
• Venice Summer Schools on Environmental Science (http://www.istitutoveneto.it/bess/index.htm)
• Summer School on Biogeodynamics and Earth System Sciences (BESS) - Venice, Italy (http://www.istitutoveneto.org/bess/)

Research Sites and Tools

• EFLUM Laboratory of Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology
• Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC), University of Ulster
• Duke Forest at Duke University - Research
• Harvard Ocean Prediction System (HOPS) (http://modelseas.mit.edu/HOPS/)
• “The player project,” Website (free software tools for robot and sensor applications), http://playerstage.sourceforge.net
• “Usarsim (Unified System for Automation and Robot Simulation),” Website, http://usarsim.sourceforge.net/
• Sensorscope Sarl (http://www.sensorscope.ch/)