How Do I Get Started?
¨Investigate
•Should I do research?
•When should I do research?
•Decide what area(s) of research interest you.  How?
•Classes/Educational Experiences
•Seminars/Colloquium
•Browse research summaries, publications
•Check out the research group climate
•Talk to grad and undergrad researchers in the group
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Thinking about all that…determined yes on research
**Relevant to any research
Question of when research, is personal decision-base on previous, mostly junior/senior-  Earlier ok-mike kurylo will speak to this…
A few ways to start thinking about what areas interest you
1)classes, ed experiences…what intrigues you, what are you good at
***Don’t go into this thinking that what you choose to research will be your path from this point forward…undergrad as opportunity to familiar with ACT of research, so open to possibilities, ok if not sure
2)Exposure to new areas…attend lectures, seminars, col. – dpmts announce…
3)Browse research sums, eecs has this book, browse web-areas, and faculty web pages, ask your department
4)Not just your dpmt….a lot of crossover within engin
*Get general feel for research environment, and at same time feel for that particular research group
Talk to grad/undergrad in groups-ask questions about the work, what their day is like, so forth