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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships for Rice Physics and Astronomy Majors

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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships for Physics and Astronomy Majors

including the Thomas A. Trombello Award, the Harold E. Rorschach Memorial Scholarship, and the G.C. Phillips Memorial Scholarship for work in the T.W.Bonner Nuclear Laboratory

 

Award will be $5,600 for a nominal 10-week period

Application Due Date: Friday, April 8, 2022

 

Application materials include:

  1. a cover page listing:
    1. proposal title
    2. your name
    3. your email address
    4. your research advisor
    5. your academic year (freshman, sophomore, junior)
    6. length of time you have worked with the advisor if any
    7. if you are currently a junior: whether you plan to continue this research for a senior thesis
  2. a one-page summary outlining the proposed research experience, prepared in consultation with your proposed P&A faculty mentor, including a general overview accessible to a non-specialist, a description of the specific topic you will study and how it connects to the big picture, a description of what you will be doing, and a discussion of what you hope to learn.
  3. an unofficial transcript

 

E-mail all materials to prof. Geurts (geurts@rice.edu)

Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022 – Registration is NOW OPEN!

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To whom it may concern,

RURS is a celebration of undergraduate research accomplishment at Rice designed to connect students with their communities and put research in context. This year, the 20th Anniversary of RURS will take place on Friday, April 15, 2022. The event provides opportunities for researchers to dialogue with and receive feedback from scholars, professionals, and advocates to develop an understanding of the purpose as well as the quality of research at Rice. Entrants may also opt to be considered for recognition of research merit in addition to receiving qualitative feedback from evaluators.

This year, the event hosts three categories for research presentation.

  1. Exhibition Sessions (No Mentor Approval Required): students at all levels of research will elect a theme and use visual and oral communication to give a five-minute “lightning talk” that adopts creative mediums to illustrate their research that encapsulates that theme. Attendees will vote for their favorite, with winners announced at the closing reception. Themes include topics like climate, health of the mind & body, justice & dignity, and more!
  2. Poster Sessions (Mentor Approval Required): provides a platform for sharing research, at any stage, with the broader Rice community in two one-hour sessions. Students need mentor approval to apply, and will be evaluated by attendees for the opportunity to be recognized as a top presenter at the closing reception.
  3. Shapiro Showcase (Nomination Required): features 10-minute research talks from 16 nominated competitors across the disciplines. One winner will be selected through judge evaluations and announced at the closing reception.

To register, students must respond to a brief questionnaire and submit an abstract for their research by 11:59 PM on Thursday, March 10. Student participants can find the application and further instructions here: https://tinyurl.com/rurs2022.

The Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry in collaboration with the Program for Writing and Communication are hosting workshops to help students prepare for registration:

  1. Thursday 2/17 (HRZ 210) & Wednesday 2/23 (Farnsworth Pavilion) 4-5pm: The “How to Write an Abstract” workshop supports undergraduate students writing an abstract for the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS). During the workshop, students will develop a strong understanding of abstract expectations and begin writing their draft.
  2. Thursday 3/3 (McMurtry PDR) 4-5pm: In the “Peer Review for Abstracts” workshop, students registering for the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) can participate in a guided peer review session, in which they will revise abstracts for content and style.

For more information, please check the RURS website or email rurs@rice.edu. We look forward to celebrating the outstanding and diverse research carried out by Rice undergraduates!

Sincerely,

Brittney Espinoza ’22
RURS 2022 Co-Chair

Aman Eujayl ’23
RURS 2022 Co-Chair

Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022
Rice University | April 15, 2022
rurs@rice.edu
ouri.rice.edu/rurs

Brittney Espinoza ’22
RURS 2022 Co-Chair

Aman Eujayl ’23
RURS 2022 Co-Chair

Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022
Rice University | April 15, 2022
rurs@rice.edu
ouri.rice.edu/rurs

REU opportunity at Louisiana State University

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CCT REU: Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Computational Sciences
http://reu.cct.lsu.edu/
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The Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) will host a ten week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program where students work collaboratively on a wide variety of computational science projects. Each student receives a stipend of $6,000, free housing in university dormitories, and up to $600 in travel expenses to and from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ten students will be selected.

Qualifications:
Undergraduate, community college student, or high school senior attending college in the fall, interested in a major that is within the computational sciences umbrella (leaves out few majors as it includes all sciences, mathematics, engineering, finance, statistics, etc.) with at least a 2.75 GPA, considering a career in research and/or graduate school in your major, being a US citizen or permanent resident, and graduating at least one semester after completion of the REU.

Important Dates:
February 28, 2022: Application deadline.
March 20, 2022: Notification of decision.
May 23, 2022 through July 30, 2022: Program dates.

The research activities of the CCT are organized into five Focus Areas: Core Computing Sciences, Coast to Cosmos, Material World, Cultural Computing, and System Science and Engineering. These are broad, and sometimes overlapping areas where faculty from diverse departments (Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Civil Engineering, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computing Engineering, Music, Business, etc.) collaborate in multidisciplinary projects. Our REU students learn how to use some of the nation’s largest supercomputers, may participate in the setup and management of large-scale simulations, and may take on an important role in the analysis and visualization of the simulation results.

For more information and to apply, visit: https://reu.cct.lsu.edu/
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The LSU Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT, is an innovative research environment, advancing computational sciences, technologies and the disciplines they touch. Researchers at CCT use the advanced cyberinfrastructure – high-speed networks, high-performance computing, advanced data storage and analysis and hardware and software development – available on campus to enable research in many different fields. By uniting researchers from diverse disciplines, ideas and expertise are disseminated across LSU departments to foster knowledge and invention. For more information on the CCT, visit: http://www.cct.lsu.edu.

Computational physics summer program

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From:
 Joel Giedt, Program Director
 Professor
 Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
We are hosting a boot camp and summer school on computational physics, “Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Training for Modeling Physical Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,” with particular emphasis on applications that require high performance computing, organized here at Rensselaer, June 15 – July 8, 2022 (Troy, NY).  Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this program will most likely be held entirely on-line.  The boot camp and summer school is aimed at advanced undergraduates and all levels of graduate students.  This program is supported by the National Science Foundation.  More information can be found on the following flyer:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d15iiavtse8mx2n/flyer1.pdf?dl=0

We would greatly appreciate it if you could inform students about this unique opportunity.  Those who are interested in applying should go to the following webform to complete the application process:

https://webforms2.rpi.edu/physics-summer-program

Paid APS/IBM Research Internships: Deadline Jan 31

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The APS/IBM Research Internship program is offering two virtual and paid undergraduate internship opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities.

Learn More: https://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/ibm/index.cfm

The goal of this program is to encourage women and underrepresented minority undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in science and engineering. Both internship programs feature salaried positions at IBM Research that are typically 10 weeks long, and they provide an opportunity for interns to work closely with an IBM mentor.

Applications and letters of recommendation are due by January 31, 2022. Please refer to the application process for further details on how to apply.

https://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/ibm/process.cfm

Physics REU at UT Dallas–Applications Open. Priority Deadline Feb 16

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Research experiences for undergraduates (REU) opportunity in theoretical, computational, and experimental physics at UT Dallas.
The UT Dallas Physics REU is a 10-week program that will take place from May 31 to Aug 5, 2022. Topics will include biophysics, computational physics, condensed matter physics, cosmology and gravity. REU Fellows will also attend seminars on different areas of physics, broadening their horizons. This program includes a $6,000 stipend, housing, a meal allowance, access to the gym, and multiple social events.
Applications received by Feb. 16 will be assured of full consideration, and the application site will close March 5.
Details on the program and the link to apply can be found here: https://sites.utdallas.edu/reuphysics/

Medical physics opportunity for physics majors after Rice

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Please find below an interesting opportunity regarding a MS program in medical physics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Hello -

I am currently an assistant professor of radiological physics at
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, working on theoretical soft 
matter and biophysics approaches to predicting radiation toxicity
in cancer patients, with an eye towards real-world application to 
clinical treatment planning of future patients.

Additionally, I would like to mention that we at Hopkins have just
started a Master's program in Medical Physics (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/radiology/education/ms_medical_physics/application.html).
Our first incoming cohort this past fall was two students, but 
we are looking to grow and add more!

I was hoping that you could please share this with Rice 
undergraduate majors in physics. In particular, if there are any 
students who know for sure that they do not want to do a PhD or 
have a research-oriented career, our MS program (which is 
accredited by CAMPEP, the medical physics accreditation 
organization) would provide them with a route towards a clinical 
medical physics residency.

As for students who ARE interested in research and might want to 
eventually do a PhD (but may not be sure yet), one thing we are 
trying to do here at Hopkins, in contrast to many other MS 
programs in medical physics, is really emphasize research and 
innovation. We are particularly strong in radiopharmaceutical 
therapy, which is a state-of-the-art emerging new treatment 
modality for metastatic cancers. Additionally, I myself am working
on a number of grants, and I foresee a number of MS thesis 
projects that would showcase medical physics applications of 
soft condensed matter. I expect that by the end of the MS program,
an interested student who wanted to pursue a PhD in 
physics/medical physics instead of going to a direct clinical 
route would be well-prepared to do so.

If any of your undergraduates are interested in learning more, 
please feel free to have them reach out to me.

Yours sincerely,
Tahir Yusufaly

 

UG research opportunity: Topology and geometry of spatial cognition (UT McGovern)

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website: https://med.uth.edu/neurology/faculty/yuri-a-dabaghian-phd/

Posting subject line: Topology and geometry of spatial cognition

Professor : Yuri Dabaghian, Ph.D.

Departments: Neurology

Institution: The University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston

Openings: The lab has a one or more opening(s). Starting dates and hours are flexible (9-12/hr per week is typical during the school year), multiple semesters possible. The students will work on personal projects in close contact with Y. Dabaghian. Background in physics, math or computational neuroscience preferred, familiarity with MATLAB is required.

Lab focus: The lab focuses on computational modeling of neurobiological phenomena, notably mechanisms and principles spatial cognition, using methods of computational topology and geometry, mathematical physics.

Techniques: Computational topology and geometry, mathematical physics, statistical physics, probability theory, network modeling.

Location: 6431 Fannin St., suite 7005A (seventh floor)

Environment/ Personnel: Each lab member has a personal research project; the student would be advised directly by the professor.

Student research philosophy: Be interested in adventurous, interdisciplinary research

To apply: Please contact Dr. Y Dabaghian by email Yuri.A.Dabaghian@uth.tmc.edu.

Columbia Engineering (incl. Applied Physics)

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From Gabrielle Gannon
Director of Graduate Admissions
The Office of Graduate Student Affairs
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Columbia University

Every year, the Columbia Engineering Road Show team travels the world visiting top universities and meeting with students face-to-face. While we can’t do that this year, we have planned a robust schedule of events and we were hoping you could help us in spreading the word. Please see the details below, and share the information with prospective graduate students who you feel would be qualified applicants to Columbia Engineering.

REU Program in Neutrino Physics (Virginia Tech)

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Dear students,
I hope you are all doing well. Our department is gearing up for the fourth year of our NSF REU program in neutrino physics. The program will run from late May through early August in 2022 (10 weeks; exact dates TBD).
Please see the attached flier for more information. (This past summer, our program ran in person , but allowances were made for a few students to participate remotely.)
 
The online application will open on December 1.
 
If you have any questions about the program, email: reu@phys.vt.edu
Stay safe and healthy,
Betty

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Betty J. Wilkins
Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. of Physics at Virginia Tech
(540) 231-8728

 

Flyer: VT REU 2022