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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5-10 (negotiable)'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
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  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: th22u@fsu.edu
  fsu_college: 'FAMU-FSU College of Engineering'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Mechanical Engineering'
  headshot_optional_: '26096'
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: 'Yes'
  mentoring_philosophy: 'As a mentor, I work best with students who are inquisitive, pro-active, and problem solvers. I do not like to micro-manage. I see my job as being a resource to my research students, helping to solve problems when stuck, providing overall vision, and occasionally giving nudges in the right direction. I see my students as the expert in their given project, and I expect students to go learn skills, find possible solutions, try many things that may or may not work, and ultimately to come to research meetings ready to teach me all the cool things they’ve learned, tried, and developed. I aim to creating a safe environment in which mentees feel that is acceptable to fail and learn from their mistakes. I do expect mentees to take ownership of their work and have accountability for their effort in the project. Overall, I want to do fun engineering work that makes a difference in human lives, and I want my students to feel empowered to do difficult things and solve challenging problems.'
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '1'
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  overall_research_project_description: 'There are many ways that engineers model complex systems. Sometimes we understand the underlying principles, such as physics, well enough to write out an analytical equation (usually a differential equation) that describes how the system evolves through time. We often call these analytical models white-box models, because it is clear exactly how the inputs to the model are related to the outputs. Other times, however, we don’t have good models for how the many influencing factors (model inputs) relate to a metric of interest (the output). In these cases, we sometimes use machine learning strategies to model the system. We call these black-box models, because it is often obscure exactly how the inputs are related to the outputs. Some new modeling techniques blend the two types of modeling in order to realize the best of both worlds and are called gray-box modeling. In this project we aim to use gray-box techniques to arrive at a better, more personalized, and controllable model for the human metabolic system. Then we hope to use these models to control an external artificial pancreas for individuals with insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetes.'
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  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://tgambon.wixsite.com/taylorgambon'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'AME Building (2003 Levy Ave. Tallahasse, FL)'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'During Business Hours'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Taylor Higgins'
  project_keywords: 'machine learning, analytical modeling, model predictive control, artificial pancreas'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Mechanical, electrical, or computer engineering. May consider other technical/medical majors.'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: She/her
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'Programming related to: Machine learning, data analysis and data-driven modeling, simulating dynamic systems, model-predictive control techniques.'
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: ''
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: 'Matlab programming. Other languages of programming, such as Python and/or C++ are welcome, but not necessary. Machine learning. Differential equations.'
  title_of_the_project: 'Gray-box modeling for improved model predictive control of an external artificial pancreas'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
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  year: '2023'