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Undergrads: Summer 2025 research opportunities

Elsi Taitano — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:54:42 +0000

Undergrads: Summer 2025 research opportunities Elsi Taitano Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:54 Sharon Anderson

ProReady has compiled a list of undergraduate research options both here at ��ֱ�� Boulder and at other universities. Many of the deadlines are in January and February, so don't miss your chance to engage in real-world engineering research and build your resume!

Boulder Solar REU
Application deadline: Jan. 22, 2025

The topic areas span the field of solar and space physics, from instrument hardware to data analysis to modeling of the Sun, the Sun-Earth system, the near-Earth environment, or the heliosphere. To be eligible, you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident, and enrolled as an undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor’s or associate’s degree in Fall 2025. Students spend 10 weeks in Boulder working on a research project with a mentor. Applications now open!

��ֱ�� SPUR (��ֱ�� Summer Program for Undergraduate Research)
Application deadline: March 17, 2025
Pay rate: $16/hour

An email with the application to apply will be sent out to all CEAS students in good academic standing in mid-February. Must be available for the entire 10 weeks, May 27– August 1, to be eligible to apply.

Purdue Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Purdue SURF)
Application deadline: January 15, 2025 (Priority), February 1, 2025 (Final)
Stipend: $6,500 (including $2,500 housing allowance and $1,000 travel allowance)

SURF is a 10-week-long, May 25 – August 8, 2025, paid research opportunity for undergraduates enrolled in US universities.

Purdue Summer Training on Awareness and Readiness for Semiconductors (Purdue STARS)
Application deadline: February 1, 2025 (rolling after this)
Stipend: $10,000 per student

Get paid to learn about semiconductors and grow your semiconductor training. Geared towards freshman and sophomore students but all undergraduate student ages/majors welcome to apply.

National Institutes of Health – College Summer Opportunities to Advance Research (NIH C-SOAR)
Application deadline: January 8, 2025, at noon (ET)
Stipends for summer interns are adjusted annually and are based on educational level.

This program is for college students interested in exploring careers in research and healthcare who lack substantial research opportunities during the school year. The program runs from June 2 – Aug. 8, 2025, 40 hours per week. These are full-time research positions within one of the NIH Institutes and Centers (IC) in the NIH Intramural Research Program. Research groups are located on all NIH campuses, including the main campus in Bethesda, MD.

National Institute of Science & Technology: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (NIST SURF)
Application deadline: January 31, 2025
Stipend: $7,810

Opportunities at NIST Boulder, NIST Gaithersburg, MD and NIST Charleston, SC to work with an engineer or scientist for 11 weeks, from May 19 – Aug. 1, 2025. See, link to application. Note, you can apply to either or both labs. The Boulder lab is very popular, so to increase your chances apply to both.

National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU)
Deadlines to apply varies by location, most are sometime in February, be sure to check each REU site you are interested in to see when the application opens and closes.
Stipend

NSF funds a large number of research opportunities for undergraduate students through its REU Site program. An REU Site consists of a group of ten or so undergraduates who work in the research programs of the host institution. Each student is associated with a specific research project, where he/she works closely with the faculty and other researchers. An REU Site may be at either a US or foreign location. Students must contact the individual sites for information and application materials. NSF does not have application materials and does not select student participants. A contact person and contact information is listed for each site.

Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
Application deadline: February 3, 2025 (11:59 PM EST)
Stipend: $5,000

The University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) is designed for outstanding undergraduate students who are underrepresented in their field of study. Register for an application workshop. The program runs from May 24 – July 31, 2025.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
Application deadline: February 14, 2025
Assistantships ($1,000 to $2,000) funding to students to partner with a faculty mentor to help on an existing project.
Individual Grants ($1,500 to $3,000) allow students to take ownership of part or all of a project with an original proposal.

UROP offers funding to support undergraduate projects in all fields of study and professional practice. Write a proposal with a faculty member to receive UROP funding for your research.UROP only has one application cycle each year. You can apply for summer funding, or academic year funding. Learn more and prepare a proposal.

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Anonymous — Tue, 07 May 2024 19:30:15 +0000

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Civil and Architectural Engineering Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/18/2024 - 09:01

Susan Glairon

Three graduating seniors from the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering share their thoughts about their experiences at ��ֱ�� Boulder.

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Thad Sauvain (ChemEngr'91)

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:41:54 +0000

Thad Sauvain (ChemEngr'91) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 02/15/2024 - 15:41

Thad Sauvain, 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient

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2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient

Current job and employer: Chief Operations Officer, Chevron Lummus Global

Current city: San Rafael, California

Professional background

Upon receiving a BS in chemical engineering from ��ֱ�� in 1991, Thad Sauvain embarked on a 33-year career with Chevron / Chevron Lummus Global. Starting as a process engineer, Sauvain branched into research & development and business development. He soon worked his way into design and process engineering multi-level management and served as the director of global licensing and sales for Chevron for nine years. Sauvain is now the chief operations officer for Chevron Lummus Global, overseeing all engineering design work, field services and supply of catalyst and equipment for CLG’s customers.

Contributions to the Chemical and Biological Engineering department over the past year

Over the past year, Sauvain has served as the president of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s External Advisory Board. In this capacity, Sauvain organized four board meetings in 2023, two in-person and two via Zoom, in addition to organizing meetings with department leadership. He spearheaded efforts to conduct the first-ever undergraduate senior exit interviews in the spring, and graduate student interviews in the fall. During those interviews, board members met individually with nearly 100 students. He was instrumental in bringing in three new board members this year, arranging for board members to meet with ABET evaluators, and calling prospective students to encourage them to enroll at ��ֱ��.

Sauvain has championed the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and ��ֱ�� students during his 33-year tenure at Chevron. He has participated in just about every activity possible for alumni, including department and BOLD Center panel talks, guest lectures, career fairs, mock interviews and resume critiques, mentor programs, senior design project support and student group talks. On top of giving class lectures on professionalism and other industry-facing topics, he arranged to fly in Chevron speakers to give technical talks in other courses such as process control and separations. Sauvain has been a champion of funding support from Chevron for numerous areas of the college, including the chemical and biological engineering department, BOLD Center and student groups such as AlChE and OXE. On a fun note, he was instrumental in getting murals put up in the department’s undergraduate lab. In general, Sauvain has embodied Sko Buffs with his unwavering support of ��ֱ��!

Thad Sauvain has served as the president of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s External Advisory Board. He has participated in various alumni activities, including panel talks, guest lectures, career fairs, mock interviews, mentoring and supporting senior design project support. Sauvain has also facilitated Chevron's funding for several college initiatives and arranged for Chevron speakers to give technical talks.

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Mike McCue (MechEngr'90)

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:32:53 +0000

Mike McCue (MechEngr'90) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 02/15/2024 - 15:32

Mike McCue, 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient

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2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient

Current Employer: Accu-Precision

Current city: Boulder, CO

Professional background

Michael ("Mike") McCue is president of Accu-Precision, a contract manufacturing company that he owns and operates. Early in his career, he worked at Chevron as an oil refinery project engineer, completing capital projects for refinery upgrades. He returned to school to get an MBA from Harvard Business School, which led to a job in mergers and acquisitions for Alcoa. In this role, McCue purchased and integrated smaller entrepreneurial companies to expand Alcoa’s capabilities. He was later asked to run some of these companies and take full responsibility for their success or failure. These experiences provided him with the confidence and expertise to buy and run his own company. Currently, his desire is to develop his company into one of the strongest, most forward-thinking organizations in the aerospace and industrial part manufacturing market.

Contributions to the Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering department over the past year

McCue has been a valuable contributor to the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) for many years, but went above and beyond over the past year. He served as chair of the ME Strategic Advisory Board (MESAB), helping to organize board meetings and recruit potential board members. He represented the board during the ABET accreditation process, meeting and having lunch with the department evaluator during his visit to campus. For the past several years, McCue and his company were clients for industry-sponsored senior design teams, and he participated in mock interviews and industry panels during the ME Alumni Connect and ME Partners days. McCue has given tours of his company to students in the ME as a Profession course, and his company has hired a number of graduates over the years. Finally, McCue created a new faculty fellowship (the Accu-Precision Faculty Fellowship) in 2023. One of MEs outstanding teaching professors, Janet Tsai, was the first recipient of the fellowship.

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Briana Santa Ana (CivEngr'20)

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:27:10 +0000

Briana Santa Ana (CivEngr'20) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 02/15/2024 - 15:27

Briana Santa Ana, 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient

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2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient

Current job and employer: Graduate Engineer, Development Review for the City of Mesquite

Current city: Dallas, TX

Professional background

Briana Santa Ana earned her BS degree in civil engineering at ��ֱ�� Boulder, where she was also active in undergraduate research, a GoldShirt Scholar, a peer mentor in the BOLD Center, and a longstanding member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. While an undergraduate student, Santa Ana had two internships at the ��ֱ�� Department of Transportation and a local construction firm. Upon graduation, she worked for a general contractor and a concrete contractor, before moving to Dallas, Texas, where she is a city project engineer.

Contributions to the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering department over the past year

In an effort to bring attention and awareness to issues around discrimination and diversity in the construction industry, Santa Ana helped organize the Construction Diversity Summit, which took place in April 2022 with nearly 200 attendees. Briana was fully engaged in the planning process, which included coordinating three breakout session speakers and a panel of industry leaders. She joined two of her peers who represented recent graduates and shared their stories with the audience. The summit enabled participants to learn new communication strategies and skills, recognize the importance of DEI work on the jobsite, and better understand the challenges underrepresented populations face in the construction industry.

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