Approach:
Recruited nine highly-talented students (four female, two from underrepresented
minorities) to work on Utah MRSEC research in engineering, physics and chemistry. REU
students attended professional development and academic seminars, and led outreach activities at a local
children’s museum.
Impact: Three of the 2014 REU cohort intend to
apply to graduate school at the University of Utah, and four will submit
abstracts on their research to the National Conference for Undergraduate
Research (NCUR). Utah MRSEC will fund those chosen to present at NCUR.
Feedback from 2014 REU students:
“I found every aspect of the research experience of great value to my future, not only as a student, but a member of the scientific community.”
“I really appreciated that the research I was participating in was on the frontier of science.”
Nekasia Reynolds, from Spelman College in Atlanta, was part of the Terahertz Plasmonics interdisciplinary research group.
Karina Smolyar, from Northeastern University in Boston, ran the egg drop engineering activity at a local science festival. Smolyar was part of the Magnonics interdisciplinary research group. Read more about the Utah MRSEC REU Program here: http://www.mrsec.utah.edu/reu
