2008 Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Program

 

Funded jointly by DoD-ASSURE and the NSF-Division of Materials Research

Ethics component funded by the Science and Society Program of SBS

 

2007 REU Participants (from left): Mary Collins, Alison Goodsell, Christine Pappas, Saleema Kapadia, Rachel Lynn (front row);

Andrey Malyutin, Angela DiCiccio, Kimberly Sung (middle row); Jacob Grosek, Jeff Garber, Shiraz Cassim and Kyle Braam (back row)

 

Dates of Program: June 17th to August 15th, 2008

 

The application deadline for 2008 is March 13th, 2008.

 

Click HERE for information about the 2008 program.

 

With the support of the Department of Defense Awards to Stimulate and Support Undergraduate Research Education (DOD ASSURE) program, administered by the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program, we offer a nine-week summer program in nanomaterials research in the beautiful rural New England college town of Hanover. Participants work on projects at the forefront of nanomaterials research. Students choose between experimental and theoretical investigations of materials' properties. Professors work closely with the undergraduate students to help them accomplish their research goals, to learn how to communicate their results orally and in writing, and to help them develop as responsible scholars. Weekly group discussion sessions and field trips to industrial laboratories, where students view materials research in the "real world," are all a part of the summer experience.

 

The program is open to US Citizens or permanent residents.

 

REU participants receive a $4050 stipend, paid housing, a $750 lab supplies budget, and up to $700 of travel reimbursement for travel to and from the program to their home or home institution.

 

Former REU participants are invited to send us their comments and current occupation/student status.

 

Interested in what previous REU participants had to say about the program?  Click here for some of their comments.  Or click here and view the REU Update newsletter, Nano Minute.

 

Papers and posters in Adobe PDF format from previous years of the REU program are available by clicking HERE. 

 

Photos from the 2007 REU Poster Session: