(Houghton, Michigan) — No, the waves aren’t that high on Lake Superior–at least not usually. But 26 undergraduate scientists-in-training are spending their summer SURFing: conducting research in Michigan Technological University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program.
Funded by Michigan Tech’s vice president for research and Honors Institute, SURF pairs up undergraduates with faculty members to work on a 10-week summer research project. In the 11 years since SURF’s inception, student research in the program has led to more than 44 peeer-reviewed publications and several presentations at national and international conferences.
See a story at http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/august/story94433.html about a couple of this year’s SURF projects–a mechanical engineering student who is working on autonomous underwater gliders and a biomedical engineering student who is developing a hydrogel to help deliver cells directly into a wound.
To talk with the coordinator of the SURF program, Will Cantrell, email cantrell@mtu.edu or call 906-487-2356.
To talk with the faculty advisors or the SURF students, contact Nina Mahmoudian, ninam@mtu.edu, 906-487-3084, or Rupak Rajachar, rupakr@mtu.edu, 906-487-1129.
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