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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

2012 IAP UROP Expo
UROP & OME Staff
Thu Jan 26, 02-04:00pm, Kresge Lobby

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Never participated in UROP? Want to get involved, but don't know where to start? Come to the 2012 IAP UROP Expo and meet faculty, staff, and students representing UROP departments, labs, and centers across campus. The Expo provides an excellent opportunity to find out about UROP in the areas that interest you most!

Knowledgeable representatives from participating departments will be on hand to answer your UROP-related questions, such as:

- When is the best time to start looking for a UROP?
- What is the best way to approach faculty within the department?
- What kind of experience might I need?
- I'm interested in a specific type of research; who in the department should I contact?

UROP students will display posters on their research and share their UROP experiences. UROP staff will be on hand to answer your questions about the UROP proposal process, research credit, funding, and other aspects of the program.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/urop
Contact: UROP Staff, 7-104, x3-7306, urop@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of Minority Education

2012 IROP Summer Research Exchanges Info Session
Michael Bergren, Sara Nelson
Thu Jan 12, 03-04:00pm, 1-134

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Interested in conducting faculty-mentored research in Asia this summer?

Attend the info session to learn more about the IROP Summer Research Exchange Programs, how to apply, and how you could become a summer researcher at one of these leading institutions:

National University of Singapore (NUS)
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) or
University of Hong Kong (HKU)

These programs give you an excellent opportunity to live in another culture, conduct research in a different academic/research environment, and enhance skills needed for leadership roles in a global economy.

SPACE IS VERY LIMITED. Students interested in applying to one of these summer research exchange programs should contact UROP staff (urop@mit.edu, x3-7306, 7-104) in the Office of Undergraduate Advising & Academic Programming for more information. More information is also available on our website: http://mit.edu/urop/basicinfo/irop/index.html
Web: http://mit.edu/urop/basicinfo/irop/index.html
Contact: Michael Bergren, 7-104, x3-7306, urop@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming

Eloranta Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session
Sara Nelson
Fri Jan 13, 04-05:00pm, 1-273

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

The Eloranta Fellowship offers $6,000 stipends for MIT undergraduates (including graduating seniors) to spend the summer of 2012 on their own independent investigation/research project or branch out in a new direction inspired by some previous work.

Recipients of the 2011 Eloranta Fellowships may be present to discuss their project.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/eloranta/
Contact: Sara Nelson, 7-104, x3-0751, snelson@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming

Mentorship Workshop
Janet Rankin, Ph.D., Neelkanth Manoj Bardhan
Wed Feb 1, Thu Feb 2, Fri Feb 3, 12-01:30pm, 2-132

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 40 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: First came basis

DATES CHANGED : 1st Feb-3rd Feb from 12-1:30pm

In most science and engineering fields, success in research (in both academia and industry) requires not only advanced domain-specific knowledge and sophisticated experimental and analytical skills, but mentoring and managerial skills as well.

In order to support graduate students and post-docs from across the Institute in their roles as undergraduate mentors, the Teaching and Learning Lab (TLL) and the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming (UAAP) offer the Facilitating Effective Research (FER) Program.

The FER program is designed to facilitate the communication and skills between mentors and mentees. This 5-session workshop will make the students be aware of some of the most common mistakes when mentoring and teaching to a new trainee.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/213/rankin.html
Contact: Rodolfo E Camacho-Aguilera, 13-4138, (404) 274-5047, rcamacho@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Graduate Student Council


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