URAP

Sayeef Salahuddin - Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Status: Current Term Now Closed     

It is widely believed that the rate of change in current in conventional MOSFETs cannot be decreased below 60 mV/decade. This means that to change every decade of current one must apply at least 60 mV. As a result, the power supply voltage in modern MOSFETs cannot be reduced...

Sayeef Salahuddin - Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Artificial Intelligence is becoming prevalent in many applications. In this research effort we are investigating new ideas of learning and inference. In addition to develop fundamental understanding of the algorithms, we are also designing novel hardware solutions that are specifically suitable for these Learning Machines, going beyond mere implementation of...

Raluca Scarlat - Professor, Nuclear Engineering

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Actinide-containing fluoride and chloride molten salts are utilized as fuel salts in molten salt reactors (MSR’s) and have applications in pyrochemical-processing for fuel recovery. However, the thermophysical property data of these salts such as melting point, viscosity, and density and the effects on these properties of varying levels...

Youngho Seo - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Keywords: cancer, radiopharmaceutical therapy, targeted alpha therapy, alpha particles, image processing, dosimetry, machine learning, digital autoradiography Radiopharmaceutical therapy with alpha-particle emitters (⍺RPT) is an emerging cancer treatment method that has demonstrated high efficacy in clinical trials for several types of cancer. Improvement of these drugs requires thorough pre-clinical...

Youngho Seo - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Molecular imaging is a powerful method of interrogating biochemical properties of imaging subjects. Particularly in research, we use small animal positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), which are combined with x-ray computed tomography (CT). More commonly, these imaging modalities are known as microPET/CT...

Youngho Seo - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Radiotherapy with alpha-emitting nuclides is an extremely promising technique in cancer therapy. The very short range of alpha particles compared to beta particles allows to deliver a much higher therapeutical dose to the lesion, sparing healthy tissue. A fundamental problem with this technique is the inability of current radiation...

Youngho Seo - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Keywords: image processing, image analysis, segmentation, medical imaging, PET, MRI, cardiac efficiency Myocardial injury causes how the heart muscle consumes energy and converts it to the work required for heart function. This damage could be either localized or global; however, to gain this knowledge, we should compute the local myocardial...

Carlo Sequin - Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Students will participate in the development of JIPCAD, a design environment that can describe geometrical shapes (e.g., abstract sculptures by famous artists such as Charles Perry, Eva Hild, or Robert Engman) either through a simple procedural language or through an interactive graphical user interface. The typical workflow would start with...

Na'ama Shenhav - Professor , Public Policy

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

Beyond being a source of income, jobs can potentially convey information about a worker’s abilities, personality, or values. For example, individuals may assume that a person who is a teacher is empathetic, or that a lawyer is assertive. In turn, this could imply that a person’s job may affect how...

Park Sinchaisri - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

To be considered, please also complete this form: https://bit.ly/45sjUZw ] Our lab is currently working on multiple research projects of various stages on human-AI interfaces for a variety of applications in the future of work. The overarching goals are to (i) understand how humans learn and make decisions...

Park Sinchaisri - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

To be considered, please also complete this form: https://bit.ly/45sjUZw ] Our lab is currently working on multiple research projects of various stages on human-AI interfaces for a variety of applications in the future of work. The overarching goals are to (i) understand how humans learn and make decisions...

Park Sinchaisri - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

To be considered, please also complete this form: https://bit.ly/45sjUZw ] Our lab is currently working on multiple research projects of various stages on human-AI interfaces for a variety of applications in the future of work. The overarching goals are to (i) understand how humans learn and make decisions...

Dawn Song - Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Status: Open     Weekly Hours: 12 or more hours     Location: On Campus

Large Language Model (LLM) agents are increasingly deployed in diverse and critical applications, ranging from customer service to decision support systems. As these agents become more integral to various domains, ensuring their safety and trustworthiness is paramount to prevent misuse, unintended behaviors, and to build user confidence. This project focuses...

Dawn Song - Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Status: Open     Weekly Hours: 12 or more hours     Location: On Campus

As AI models become more complex, understanding their internal decision-making processes becomes increasingly challenging. This project aims to advance the interpretability of AI systems, making their operations transparent and their decisions explainable to users and developers alike. Areas of focus include: - Explainable AI Techniques: Developing methods such as attention...

Dawn Song - Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Status: Open     Weekly Hours: 12 or more hours     Location: On Campus

The intersection of AI and software security presents unique opportunities and challenges. This project focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance secure code generation and protect software systems from vulnerabilities. Key objectives include: - Secure Code Generation: Developing AI models that can generate code snippets with built-in security best practices...

Dawn Song - Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Status: Open     Weekly Hours: 12 or more hours     Location: On Campus

Artificial Intelligence has the potential to revolutionize the field of mathematics by automating theorem proving and assisting in complex mathematical research. This project explores the application of AI techniques to enhance automated reasoning and support mathematicians in their work. Areas of investigation include: - Automated Theorem Proving: Developing AI models that...

Sameer Srivastava - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

Professor Sameer Srivastava uses computational methods to: (1) unpack the complex interrelationships between group culture, individual cognition, and interpersonal networks; and (2) examine how they jointly relate to individual attainment and organizational performance. Professor Srivastava directs the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation and the Berkeley-Stanford Computational Culture...

Nicole Starosielski - Professor, Film Studies

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: Off Campus

The design of data centers carries significant implications for our understanding of sustainability, national sovereignty, and the sociopolitical nature of infrastructure, yet architectural perspectives are largely absent from contemporary scholarship. Architecture plays a crucial role in shaping social life, the environment, and concretizing borders. This project brings architecture to the...

Nicole Starosielski - Professor, Film Studies

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Over the past two years, Berkeley undergraduates have been researching the hidden environmental costs of the internet, publishing their findings in industry journals, presenting at high profile industry and academic conferences, and teaching over 125 students from 32 different majors in a DeCal called Building A Sustainable Internet. We are...

Nicole Starosielski - Professor, Film Studies

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Data centers are currently responsible for 4% of United States power usage, and that number is projected to increase to 6.7-12% in 2028. Companies in the sector are increasingly considering nuclear energy (and specifically small modular reactors) to power their data centers, but missing from these conversations (and the research...

Sandya Subramanian - Professor, Computational Precision Health

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Our lab develops novel clinical-grade wearable sensors for at-home monitoring of chronic disease. We currently have or are in the process of developing new sensors for monitoring stomach muscle activity and bladder muscle activity from the surface of the skin, which would be a groundbreaking advance for many...

Sandya Subramanian - Professor, Computational Precision Health

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Our lab develops novel clinical-grade wearable sensors for at-home monitoring of chronic disease. We currently have or are in the process of developing new sensors for monitoring multiple physiological signals from the surface of the skin, which would open the door to at-home personalized medicine for many...

Jun Sunseri - Professor, Anthropology

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

The Picuris Pueblo Collaborative Field Program is a community-based archaeological and anthropological project between the University of Arizona, Columbia University, Southern Methodist University, and Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico near Taos. The project is seeking to map and record the outlying field structures surrounding the present-day Pueblo. Melanie...

Jun Sunseri - Professor, Anthropology

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

Our partnered project is a community-based, collaborative partnership involving Berkeley archaeologists and the Colfax-Todds Valley and Shingle Springs InterTribal Ecological Restoration (INTER) Crew. Tribal Leaders from Colfax-Todds Valley Considated Tribes and Shingle Springs Band of Miwok mentor our research at their Ancestral Places in the foothills of...

Jun Sunseri - Professor, Anthropology

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

The Archaeological Research Facility is teaming with us to develop detailed photorealistic 3D models of WW2 aircraft that went down in remote areas. The project team has begun detailed photo documentation of vintage aircraft in museums and private collections to understand what airframe components (hard points and high-density parts...

Jun Sunseri - Professor, Anthropology

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

The Ghost Ranch rockshelter archaeology project is a community-based archaeological and anthropological project between the University of California and Ghost Ranch Museums in New Mexico near Abiquiu. The project is seeking to map and record the features in a 3000 year old rockshelter site for which out team is...

Anton Tremsin - Research Physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

The Experimental Astrophysics Group at the Space Sciences Laboratory builds UV detector technology for space-based astronomical instruments as well as supports the development of detector technology for niche, land-based applications (typ. in support of biological, materials, high-energy physics research, etc.). We are currently seeking undergraduates who would...

Anton Tremsin - Research Physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

We want to continue to show feasibility (demonstrate in the lab) a sensing/imaging approach we hope to propose in the future on a low-cost, space-based platform (cubesat, small sat, rocket). This effort supports proof of concept using mostly what we have available in the lab. Timepix/Medipix...

Eleanor Tubman - Professor , Nuclear Engineering

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Fusion is an ongoing effort worldwide to produce a ‘clean’ energy resource. There are several approaches to achieving net energy gain that are being utilised. Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a method of achieving fusion energy, typically using lasers to implode and heat the fuel. However, there are, and will...

Eleanor Tubman - Professor , Nuclear Engineering

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Fusion is an ongoing effort worldwide to produce a ‘clean’ energy resource. There are several approaches to achieving net energy gain that are being utilised. Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a method of achieving fusion energy, typically using lasers to implode and heat the fuel. However, there are, and will...

Eleanor Tubman - Professor , Nuclear Engineering

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Fusion is an ongoing effort worldwide to produce a ‘clean’ energy resource. There are several approaches to achieving net energy gain that are being utilised. Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a method of achieving fusion energy, typically using lasers to implode and heat the fuel. However, there are, and will...

Eric Van Dusen - Lecturer, Data Science Undergraduate Studies

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

Research and help to develop a data-driven example of algorithmic pricing. This could be from online, from another author, or scraping information. There are many policy implications of algorithmic priceing, in ride-share and delivery, in housing rental markets, and on Amazon. This project is to develop a hands...

Eric Van Dusen - Lecturer, Data Science Undergraduate Studies

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

This project will focus on constructing a comprehensive dataset to analyze sovereign debt ratings across countries over time. The core of the dataset will be historical sovereign credit ratings from major agencies, which will then be enriched with additional macro-political and institutional indicators. These include measures such as corruption...

Maryam Vareth - Researcher, Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Our project focuses on developing a clinician-facing platform designed to enhance the lives of individuals with diabetes and hypertension. By integrating real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and blood pressure (BP) data into a dynamic, interactive dashboard, we empower healthcare professionals with comprehensive insights into patient health, enabling more...

Bryan Wagner - Professor, English

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

Berkeley's Folklore Program is working with Arhoolie Foundation on several projects involving their extraordinary archive of recordings, photographs, films, and manuscripts related to vernacular music and the vernacular arts broadly conceived. Arhoolie Foundation nonprofit organization rooted in the life's work of its founder Chris Strachwitz and his acclaimed independent label...

Bryan Wagner - Professor, English

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

The Berkeley Folklore Program is partnering with Berkeley Art Museum to support for the African American Quilt Documentation Study Group -- a Bay Area nonprofit that maintains a registry of quilt stories that will eventually be catalogued at the Library of Congress. The work for URAP position involves organizing metadata and...

Bryan Wagner - Professor, English

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

The Folklore Archive is seeking a detail-oriented student to help digitize archival materials. This role provides a hands-on opportunity to engage with archival processes and contribute to the preservation and dissemination of rich cultural materials from the Berkeley Folklore Archive. No prior experience in archival work or digitization...

Bryan Wagner - Professor, English

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

The Berkeley Folklore Program is partnering with Berkeley Art Museum to support an extraordinary exhibit, Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California (June 7, 2025 — November 30, 2025). The work for this URAP team involves supporting the museum's marketing and communications department in creating media to promote the...

Peter Washington - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

There are over 600 million Spanish speakers worldwide, yet Spanish-language mental health resources (like therapy content) remain limited. This project explores how generative AI can deliver culturally adapted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in Spanish. Prof. Adrian Aguilera’s Digital Health Equity & Access Lab at UC Berkeley (part of the Computational Precision...

Peter Washington - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

The UCSF TECH Lab (https://techlab.ucsf.edu/) led by Dr. Peter Washington at UCSF (DoC-IT, with appointments in the CPH and BMI PhD programs), in collaboration with the OSU Lifestyle Lab (https://u.osu.edu/lifestylelab/home/ and https://cancer.osu.edu/for-cancer-researchers/research/research-labs/lifestyle-lab), is looking for a...

Peter Washington - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Come work with a collaboration between the the UCSF TECH Lab (PI: Peter Washington, PhD, UCSF) and the UCSF Bove Lab (PI: Riley Bove, MD, UCSF) to create computer vision-based digital diagnostics for neurological conditions through the Bove lab's BRAINWALK project, with direct mentorship on the clinical, scientific, and...

Peter Washington - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

The UCSF TECH Lab (https://techlab.ucsf.edu/) led by Dr. Peter Washington at UCSF (DoC-IT, with appointments in the CPH and BMI PhD programs) is looking for a student researcher working as a full-stack web developer (Django for backend, Tailwind for frontend) to contribute to build features on a...

Ramon Weber - Professor , Architecture

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

The UN predicts a doubling of floor area until 2050, estimating a fantastic 230 billion square meters of buildings to be built in the next decades. Meanwhile, buildings should drastically lower their carbon emissions and energy use in order to avoid climate disasters. The project tackles this question with a...

Ramon Weber - Professor , Architecture

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

In this research we want to create new building prototypes for affordable and resilient homes in Mexico. The research project should address how, with a minimal budget, we can address challenges around safety and occupant health to create a blueprint for low-cost, low-carbon housing - aligning architectural design, with...

Christine Wildsoet - Professor, Optometry

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Myopia or short-sightedness has become the focus of increasing concern as its prevalence steadily climbs. Figures of around 90% have been recorded for some Asian university student populations and a recent US-based study also reported a dramatic increase in the prevalence of myopia, especially among AfroAmericans. Myopia is...

Christine Wildsoet - Professor, Optometry

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

This research has a number of different aspects. One aspect involves collection of optical images of the back of the eye, using an advanced high resolution SD-OCT imagining machine. Initial work will involve images already collected. It will involves working with large amounts of data in excel, using smoothing...

Christine Wildsoet - Professor, Optometry

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Myopia or short-sightedness has become the focus of increasing concern as its prevalence steadily climbs. Figures of around 90% have been recorded for some Asian university student populations and a recent US-based study also reported a dramatic increase in the prevalence of myopia, especially among AfroAmericans. Myopia is...

Christine Wildsoet - Professor, Optometry

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

There is increasing interest in the role of sunlight and light exposure in the development of myopia. In this project, we are using a wearable light sensor/activity monitor (Actiwatch), for human subjects. The sensor will record the intensity of light subjects are exposed to, and will allow us to...

Michelle Wilkerson - Professor, Education

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

My research so far has focused on how teacher education programs incorporate justice and critical consciousness into K-12 computer science curricula. By investigating both their theoretical foundations and the lived experiences of CS pre-service teachers (PSTs), I have found significant variance in how these programs prepare educators to...

Clancy Wilmott - Professor, Geography

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

This project is the production of the Botanic Gardens Signage Database, part of a wider collaboration with the UC Botanic Gardens at Berkeley on the use of signage and interpretive materials within the Crops of the World garden (and the gardens more broadly) from decolonial frameworks...