The National Transportation Center at Morgan State is hiring a summer undergraduate intern to help build an AI-powered research assistant.

The intern will work hands-on with large language models and retrieval-augmented generation to develop a prototype tool that delivers fast, citation-grounded answers from curated transportation references. It's a chance to gain real experience in applied AI development while contributing to transportation safety research.
 

What You'll Do

• Define use cases and requirements for a GPT-powered AI research assistant
• Curate and organize a document corpus of transportation references with structured metadata
• Pre-process documents (text extraction, chunking, tagging) and build a searchable vector store
• Implement and refine a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline with citation-backed responses
• Develop test questions, run iterative evaluations, and track performance improvements
• Document the full workflow and deliver a final prototype demonstration

• Currently pursuing a BA in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related STEM field
• Knowledge of prompt engineering and GPT model structures
• Basic coding proficiency in Python
• Experience with RAG pipelines or vector databases
• Strong organizational skills and ability to document technical work clearly

Contact Research Engineer Mansha Swami at mansha.swami@morgan.edu.

Preference will be given to current Morgan State University students.

The National Transportation Center (NTC) at Morgan State University is a distinguished research institution focused on transportation and its vital role in human and economic development. Established by Congress in 1991, the NTC is dedicated to addressing social issues related to transportation through a robust program research and technology transfer, bringing together a wide variety of stakeholders to advance solutions in mobility. As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's University Transportation Centers Program and the Council of University Transportation Centers, the NTC plays a crucial role in advancing transportation technology and expertise in the United States.