Undergrads show off their research
The UMR Undergraduate Research Conference is being held on campus today.
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April 11, 2007
January 25, 2007
Undergrad research: Are you experiential?
It's time once again for UMR undergraduate researchers to show their stuff in our annual Undergraduate Research Conference. Students have until March 16 to register. The top researchers can win cash prizes.
Last year's winners (PDF) included students researching medical biosensors, quantum dots, robotic swarms, elephant migration patterns, IEDs, editorial cartoons and more. It's all part of UMR's effort to give undergraduates "experiential learning opportunities" -- i.e., hands-on research.
July 21, 2006
Water wanted
The lush rainforests of Bolivia provide a picturesque educational setting for the 250 students studying at the Rio Colorado Technical Agricultural High School. But ironically, despite the campus's 400-acre, rainforest location, the school is struggling to provide enough water for its students, who stay in dormitories on campus and go home only on weekends.
That's why -- at a time when most college students are packing up to return to campus -- a team from UMR's Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter is heading to Bolivia next month. The UMR team’s goal is to gather enough information about the water supply and geology surrounding the campus so they can return next spring and develop a safe and sustainable water supply for the school.
This is the fourth project for the UMR EWB chapter, which was formed on campus in 2004.
April 26, 2006
Predicting elephant migration and more
Traditional and molecular techniques for describing fungi in streams... A neural network based approach to elephant migration prediction... Why fathers are important to the understanding of drinking behaviors... Skeletal morphology of Blanchard’s cricket frog... This is just a sampling of topics from UMR's 2006 Undergraduate Research Conference. The best student researchers took home $750 bucks each for their prize-winning work.
April 13, 2006
Star researchers: The next generation
Boeing's Jon Schneider, a UMR graduate, was the keynote speaker at Wednesday's Undergraduate Research Conference on campus. Schneider spoke to the students about innovations at Boeing, research partnerships with universities and the constant need for new ideas. A big proponent of UMR's hands-on learning philosophy, Schneider was also featured in UMR Magazine's latest issue, which was devoted to undergraduate research opportunities. At the conference, UMR students pitched their research to judges during oral and poster sessions. Students from all disciplines participated. Their interests ranged from robotic arms to psychological studies.
April 04, 2006
From the labs to the legislature
Several UMR undergraduates are in the state capitol today to show off their research projects to Missouri legislators and to show why this research is important to the state and nation. The trip to Jefferson City is part of the four-campus University of Missouri's Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. Organizers of the event hope it will not only demonstrate to lawmakers the benefits of hands-on learning, but will also help students in their leadership development, collaborative problem solving and professional development.
Among the UMR projects to be discussed and displayed today in the Capitol Rotunda are the following:
- A study on the use of nanoparticles to improve drug delivery into the body
- Research on how to secure the nation’s powers systems
- The use of automated systems to detect floods at low-water bridges
- Research into how lead mining affects frog populations in Missouri
For more information on undergraduate research at UMR, visit the UMR Office of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies.
There's also an undergraduate research conference coming up on campus April 12.
March 27, 2006
Undergrads do research, too
Undergraduate research is the subject of the latest issue of our alumni magazine, UMR Magazine. This issue includes stories about UMR students who are working to create soy-based paints, studying malformations in frogs, building a minature satellite and conducting other relevant research. All of the featured research is conducted through UMR's Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences program, a 15-year-old service that gives students the chance to learn by doing.