Research Experience for Undergraduates - Nanotechnology and Biomedicine
College of Engineering, University of Georgia
Program Format:
Hands-on and interdisciplinary research experience at the interface of nanotechnology and biomedicine will bring participants recruited nationally to the University of Georgia campus for 10 weeks in the summer of 2015 .
The REU program will provide an interdisciplinary research experience at the interface of nanotechnology and biomedicine to undergraduate students from other institutions, leveraging the diverse interdisciplinary expertise, resources, and training opportunities in this area at University of Georgia (UGA).
Students will participate in interdisciplinary research projects that apply nanotechnology to specific biomedical questions. Each REU student will be co-mentored by paired faculty from the nanotechnology and biomedical disciplines on a collaborative research project. Individual posters will be completed, and there will be a poster session at the conclusion of the 10-week program. Work with the faculty mentors can continue during the coming academic year and eventually result in a publishable work. For a list of the current mentors, click: http://www.genetics.uga.edu/NBmentors14.html.
In addition to a total-immersion, hands-on research experience, students will participate in enriching activities that will include an ethics-in-science workshop; weekly lunch presentations on the opportunities in interdisciplinary research, and what to expect in graduate school; a career workshop; research seminars; tours to UGA research facilities; participation in a regional summer symposium in nanotechnology and biomedicine; and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
Weekly seminars are held with the potential faculty mentors for the individual lab section of the program giving a brief review of their work. From these talks the participants will request the areas they would like to do research in during the individual portion of the program.
The program will begin on May 24, 2015 and end on August 1. Participants will be expected to participate in research at least 40 hours per week. Students may not enroll in classes or hold outside employment during the program. All participants are expected to stay for the full 10 weeks.
Participants are encouraged to take their personal poster/Power Point presentation back to their institution either to use at student seminars, other professional meetings during the year or to complete an undergraduate or honors thesis.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be undergraduate students who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Students who have either graduated or recently completed all requirements for their degree are not eligible.
Application Process
A complete application should be either mailed to Professor Leidong Mao, College of Engineering, Riverbend South Research, 220 Riverbend Road Room 166, Athens, GA 30602 or e-mailed to mao@uga.edu and received by April 1, 2015.
A complete application includes:
1. The Application Form (may be submitted online or via PDF version).
2. Two letters of academic recommendation.
3. One personal recommendation letter.
4. A current transcript.
Note: The academic recommendation form is available in Adobe Acrobat format.
We expect to notify applicants who are accepted into the program by mid April 2015, and either an acceptance or a decline of the offer will be expected within a week of the invitation.
Each participant will receive a $5,000 stipend toward food and expenses, travel money up to the program limit, a shared dorm room on the same floor with the NSF funded REU programs at UGA, free transportation on campus, lab safety training and preparation to work in any type of scientific lab.
Any questions?
Contact: Leidong Mao, Program Coordinator
E-mail: mao@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-1871
Mailing Address: Riverbend Research South, 220 Riverbend Road Room 166
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602