Exploration and Adventure Through Technology Paid Research

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Title: Engineers For Exploration

Engineers For Exploration believes in engineering solutions that extend beyond technology itself to drive the future of exploration. Our projects span aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial environments, opening new perspectives of the planet. With international collaborators in ecology, conservation, and archaeology, we apply remote imaging technologies to extend the scope of human knowledge.

Our research group consists mostly of undergraduate students interested in applying the theoretical knowledge learned in academic classes to solving real-world problems. Many of our students come from engineering majors, but any motivated student can join our group. Engineers for Exploration projects uniquely provide the opportunity to combine hands-on engineering skills with foundational academic research, allowing students to develop skills early on in their careers which are invaluable both to industry engineering positions and in graduate school.

Students must be self-motivated and excited about learning new technical skills, no matter their academic backgrounds. We especially encourage students with an interest in photography and film-making to join, since our field expeditions provide extraordinary opportunities for creating exciting media.

The program runs from June 25 – September 1 (10 weeks)

Deadline: FEB 17, 2017

Benefits include:

$5000 stipend

There is no particular major eligibility, but students are highly encouraged to have system building experience, and some experience with modeling, prototyping, and/or engineering. Projects cover a wide variety of fields, some of which include:

Global Studies

Archaeology

Marine Biotechnology

Physics

Mechanical Engineering

Biological Sciences/ Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/ Bioinformatics

Geography and Environmental Science

Robotics and modeling

Film and Photography

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

History

Terrestrial and Marine mapping

Wildlife and Environmental Conservation and more....

If you're curious about whether this peogam is for you, see some of the projects and platforms listed, or look at past REUs.

For help with polishing your application and/or personal statement, contact Janet McGlynn, mcglynn@umbc.edu