This REU Site will provide STEM undergraduate students, especially underrepresented ones, with valuable research experiences in wireless sensor networks at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. This goal can be achieved through an REU research program that strengthens the synergy between computer science and convex geometry, while engaging these undergraduate students in a truly multidisciplinary setting through several challenging research projects having a wide variety of real-world applications. Our REU Site aims at providing underrepresented undergraduate students with the research tools and experiences to be science and engineering statespersons for their generation. This REU Site will be an impetus for a project plan that will enable the PI and his undergraduate students to design, develop, and validate a solid framework to study the problem of joint connected k-coverage, sensor scheduling, and data gathering and delivery in wireless sensor networks. This project will consider two-dimensional and three-dimensional sensor deployments, while accounting for: Sensor heterogeneity, i.e., sensors with different features Sensor irregularity, i.e., sensors with irregular sensing and communication ranges This REU Site will leverage both instances of Helly’s Theorem for two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces. This REU Site will use the concept of polygonal plane tiling for two-dimensional sensor deployment. This REU Site will use the concept of polyhedral space filling for three-dimensional sensor deployment. Undergraduate participants include those from 4-year institutions, which offer bachelor's degree programs. Every participant in this NSF REU Site will be fully supported as follows: $700 per week Housing Meals Travel (round trip: Your hometown - TAMIU) Note: Every participant will be paid BIWEEKLY (i.e., every 2 weeks).
Wireless senso1r networks, Computational geometry, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Coverage, k-Coverage, Connectivity, Algorithms
First, undergraduate student participants in this REU Site must be: U.S. citizens Second, undergraduate student participants in this REU Site must be: Hard-working [NO phones can be used during work - All Internet accesses for Research Purposes ONLY (No movies or anything else)] Highly dedicated to research Thinkers Doers Problem solvers Not taking ANY Fall classes The PI, Dr. Ammari, will introduce the undergraduate participants to his area of research step by step, and will present them those research problems clearly so the participants do very well and succeed in their fall research experiences, while they have an enjoyable journey at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) for 5 weeks in fall from December 15, 2025 until January 16, 2026! Please find below the documents that should be submitted by the undergraduate participants: Personal Statement Transcript Resume 2 Recommendation Letters
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