undergraduate research :

Undergraduate Research:The opportunity to learn and

discover side-by-side with first-class faculty

Some Ways to Enhance your Education Outside the Classroom

• Student Activities• Internships• Study Abroad• Community Service• Undergraduate Research

Types of Undergraduate Research Opportunities

• Research experiences in the classroom• Work study• Grant-funded research• Research courses• Summer research opportunities• Volunteering

Examples of Research and Creative Areas

• Biomedical• Marine Biology• Environmental Sciences• Psychology• Sociology• Political Science• Education• English

• Chemistry• Business• Sports Management• Communication• Women and Gender

Studies• History• Occupational Therapy• Art

HIS 290: History Hands On

Studying history from those who lived it:

Home front Letters of WWII

Hands-on History:Student Designed Museum

Exhibit

HIS 345: Museums & Public History

Environmental Studies students collect elevation data in wetland.

Environmental Studies students setting up nets to catch fish that use a UNE salt marsh.

Biology students conducting research at the Marine Science Center use a seine to sample fish at Freddy Beach

Students collecting water samples from the Marine Science Center’s R/V Llyr

Student researcher in the Environmental Studies program determines sediment loads in estuarine waters.

Stevenson Lab

Megyn – Medical Biology/Pre PA

Cristina – Psychology

Jim – Medical Biology

Alexa - Psychobiology

Winners of Outstanding Poster Award at UNE Symposium

UNE student and faculty researchers at the Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium in Bar Harbor

Psychology Students at UNE Undergraduate Symposium

Why Participate in Undergraduate Research?

• Develop Self-Confidence• Experience Working as a Team• Develop a Relationship with a Faculty Member• Clarify Career Path• Sense of Accomplishment• Understand the Personal Demands of a Career• Learn to Persevere at a Task• Develop Ability to Solve Technical/Procedural Issues• Helps with Future Employment and Graduate School

Where to Begin?• What is your passion? What are your interests?• What research projects are available?

– Ask your professors– Go to the Undergraduate Research website– Take research seminar courses– Observe research posters around campus– Attend Undergraduate Research Symposium– Ask other students

• Work hard in your classes

Questions?