Undergraduate Internship: Programming a Telepresence System for Remote Surgery
UNL is partnering with the Department of Defense Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) to develop a new surgical robot. They are looking for a student to help design the telepresence system for the robot. The system will enable: In vivo telepresence, which includes collaboration regarding control of the surgical robot to perform various surgical tasks, such as identification and manipulation of tissues and organs, surgical procedures, etc. Ex vivo telepresence, which includes collaboration regarding the establishment of the location and orientation of the surgical ports, setup of the surgical robot, and other ex vivo (bedside) interactions between the surgeon, the operating room staff, and the patient that occur during the surgery.
Preferred requirements:
1) Taken (or currently enrolled in) CSCE 310
2) GPA of 3.4 or higher
4) Interest in learning how to program network protocols
5) No medical knowledge is necessary.
Pay is $12/hour. The start date is flexible: you may start work part time this Spring semester and/or start full time by May 16. Please send a resume and a cover letter to bterry2@unl.edu.