EECS Undergraduate Research

Why Engage in Undergraduate Research? Resources Workshop Series Poster Sessions and Poster Tips Academic Year Research Programs Summer Research Opportunities Summer Research Opportunities Outside UC Berkeley Summer Research for Undergraduate Women and Minority Students

Why Engage in Undergraduate Research?

• Form personal relationships with faculty
• Excellent experience and preparation for graduate school
• Gain motivation and confidence
• Apply classroom theory to practice and products
• Create new knowledge
• Develop oral and written communication skills
• Meet and interact with graduate students
• Make better informed decisions about your future career

Resources

• Unlocking the Key to Undergraduate Research
  Tips for getting started in the research process.
• EECS Website
  Browse Research Areas and Faculty Lists. Projects are available in most faculty research groups.
• EECS/ERL Research Summary
• EECS Meetings, Seminars, and Colloquia
• Faculty, Graduate and Undergraduate Researchers
• EECS Center for Student Affairs - (205 Cory Hall / 377 Soda Hall)
• Office of Undergraduate Research
• Research Bulletin Board (Cory Hall Student Lounge / 3rd floor Soda Hall)

Research Workshop Series

Fall 2009

Undergraduate Research Part 1: Finding Research Opportunities

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 PM
Place: 212 Cory Hall
Description: Thinking about undergraduate research but unsure? Come hear students discuss their experience in undergraduate research and how it's helped them with their educational goals.

Undergraduate Research Part 2: How to get Started in Undergraduate Research

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 PM
Place:212 Cory
Description: Now that you've decided you want to do undergraduate research, how do you get started? Come to this workshop and we will have a guest speaker discuss the best ways to get started in undergraduate research and have your questions answered too!

Haas Scholars Research Workshops for Fall 2009

Workshop A: How to Get Started in Undergraduate Research

Workshop B: How to Write a Research Proposal

Poster Sessions

Engineering & Science Fall 2009 Poster Session

Defining the Future through Today's Research

Date: TBD

Place: TBD

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: TBD

Poster Tips

• How to Make a Research Poster by Prof. Randy Katz
• How to Create a Winning Poster by Prof. Kim Keeton

Academic Year Research Programs

• UW-Madison College of Engineering Diversity Affairs Office Opportunities in Engineering Annual Conference November 4 - November 7, 2009
  The conference gives selected students an opportunity to hear faculty research presentations, tour laboratories, meet with current graduate students and individually with faculty in the students' area of interest, and tour the city of Madison as well as the UW campus. *All expenses including travel, housing, and food are paid in full by the College of Engineering (with the exception of food for Saturday and Sunday)*. We are particularly interested in identifying underrepresented candidates including women and students of color. All applicants should be in their Junior or Senior year.
• EECS 199: Independent Study/Research
  • EE/CS 199 Enrollment Application
• Haas Scholars Program
• Berkeley Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP)
• Computing Research Association's Collaborative Research Experience for Women (CRA/W)
• McNair Scholars Program
• UC Leads
• SRC Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (formerly Intel Undergraduate Research Program)

  Researchers [ Spring 2009 | Fall 2008 | Summer 2008 | Fall 2007 | Summer 2007 ]

Summer Research Opportunities

Summer Research Programs at UC Berkeley

• Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley- Computer Science in the Interest of Society (SUPERB-CSIS)

• QB3 Undergraduate Biotech Research Internship Program (UCB/UCSC/UCSF)

• The Haas Scholars Program at UC Berkeley The Robert & Colleen Haas Scholars Program at the University of California, Berkeley funds financial aid eligible, academically talented undergraduates to engage in a sustained research, field-study or creative project in the summer before and during their senior year at Berkeley. Program Applications due by February 16, 2010

Summer Research Programs Outside UC Berkeley

• National Science Foundation
  Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program (REU)

• U.S. Department of Energy
  Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
  

• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Program
  Research Navel Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP)

• The Institute for Systems Research (ISR) Program
  

• More Programs outside of UC Berkeley

  
  
  

Summer Research for Undergraduate Women and Minority Students

• Computing Research Association (CRA) Distributed Mentor Program

• Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)
  A University of Santa Barbara Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program.

• AT&T Undergraduate Research Program

• InRoads
  The mission of Inroads is to develop and place talented minority youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership.

• Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)
  The FASEB MARC Program strives to develop the best research opportunities for underrepresented minority students by providing financial support for students to visit, learn, and participate in new research techniques at prominent research laboratories and institutions during the productive summer "recess" periods.

• Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS)
  CENS, a National Science Foundation Science & Technology Center, is developing Embedded Networked Sensing Systems and applying this revolutionary technology to critical scientific and social applications. Like the Internet, these large-scale, distributed, systems, composed of smart sensors and actuators embedded in the physical world, will eventually infuse the entire world, but at a physical level instead of virtual. The CENS summer program provides undergraduates the opportunity to gain hands-on research experience in CENS labs; to work with CENS faculty, staff and graduate students; and to participate in research, professional development and social activities with other CENS undergraduate scholars. Program includes: stipend, housing, meal allowance, GRE test preparation, workshops, seminars and poster presentations and networking activities.

• UCLA NSF AGEP Summer Research Scholars for Undergraduates (SRS) and Bridges to Success (for Master's Students)
  UCLA NSF AGEP Summer Research Scholars (for Undergraduates) and Bridges to Success (for Master's Students) are funded by a National Science Foundation AGEP grant, sponsors underrepresented students to participate in hands-on research with leading UCLA faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. AGEP SRS and Bridges to Success are joint programs where interested students participate in one of the following SPUR Programs (CARE SEM, CENS, CMISE, and SINAM) and in addition to this program's activities, also participate in weekly AGEP activities. Program includes: minimum $3000 stipend, travel reimbursement, on-campus housing allowance all program participants are required to reside in assigned University housing), meal allowance, GRE test preparation, workshops, seminars and poster presentations.

• Spelman College Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE)
  The MIE Research Internship introduces sophomores and juniors to the exciting world of science, engineering and mathematics research. Interns work with Spelman faculty, individually or in teams, on selected projects during the academic year. Sophomores receive $2,500 and juniors receive $3,000 in scholarship funds for the academic year. In some cases, students receive travel expenses to present their research at professional meetings.

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Email questions or comments to Elisa Lewis (elisa@eecs)

Center for Student Affairs