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US Army Research Laboratory
Open Projects (Updated 7/11/2011)
Full-time one-year appointments are renewable up to three years; postdoc appointments are renewable up to four years. Students can participate fulltime or parttime as long as they meet eligibility requirements. Appointments for students can be during the summer or winter breaks, or during the academic year.
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Please scroll down to see open projects. If you don't see a project that interests you, send a resume/cv to recruiter@orau.org
S = Summer full-time appointment
APG = Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
The Research Participation Program for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USARL) provides opportunities to participate in USARL’s on-going and applied research and development projects through its programs in: Computational & Information Science, Human Research and Engineering, Survivability & Lethality Analysis, Sensors & Electron Devices, Weapons & Materials Research, and Vehicle Technology. The mission of USARL is to provide the Army the key technologies and the analytical support necessary to assure supremacy in future land warfare. Project areas disciplines include Engineering, Physics, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, Material Science and more. ARL accepts applications on a continuous basis.
| Project Title | Location | Educational Requirements | Project Number | # of Openings |
| Polymers Chemistry Project | APG, MD | Master's or Doctoral Degree | ARL-LC-2011-014 | 1 |
| Coatings Project | APG, MD | Doctoral Degree | ARL-LC-2011-012 | 1 |
| Structural Analysis/Biomechanics/Blast-Protection/Crash-Safety Projects | APG, MD | Doctoral Degree | ARL-LC-2011-047 | multiple |
| Engineering/Computer Science Project-Summer Internship | APG, MD | Pursuing Bachelor's Degree | ARL-LC-2011-043s | 1 |
| Chemical Project | APG, MD | Doctoral Degree | ARL-LC-2011-027 | 1 |
| Electrochemistry Metallurgy | APG, MD | Doctoral Degree | ARL-LC-2010-303 | 1 |
| Material Science/Engineering Research | APG, MD |
Doctoral Degree | ARL-LC-2010-038 | 1 |
| Materials Engineering Research Project | APG,MD | Doctoral Degree | ARL-LC-2009-287 | 1 |
| Multiple Research Projects. These projects remain open and continuous | APG, MD | Bachelor's, Master's Doctoral Students/Postgraduates | ARL-LC-2009-00 | 20 |