Student Lunch Research Seminar

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Dr. Tom Cheatham, Dean College of Basic and
Applied Sciences

• Student Lunch Research Seminar
• February 2, 2005

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Dr. Tom Cheatham, Dean College of Basic and
Applied Sciences

• Student Lunch Research Seminar
• Why?
• Encourage a research community
• Goal for STEPMT
• (STEP STEM Talent Expansion Program)
• (STEM Science, technology, engineering, math)
• (NSF funded grant to )
• Free pizza

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Dr. Tom Cheatham, Dean College of Basic and
Applied Sciences

• Student Lunch Research Seminar
• Who?
• For undergraduate STEM majors(BIOL, CHEM, PHYS,
  MATH, CSCI, ETIS, GEOL)
• All undergraduates welcome

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Dr. Tom Cheatham, Dean College of Basic and
Applied Sciences

• Student Lunch Research Seminar
• When?
• Weekly on Wednesday _at_ 1245-135 pm
• Where?
• KOM 123

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Dr. Tom Cheatham, Dean College of Basic and
Applied Sciences

• Student Lunch Research Seminar
• What?
• Focus on undergraduate research
• What is it?
• Why would I want to do it? Benefits?
• How do I get started?
• Can I get paid to do it?
• How do I find a research problem?
• What mentors are available?

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Dr. Tom Cheatham, Dean College of Basic and
Applied Sciences

• Student Lunch Research Seminar
• What?
• Focus on building a research community
• Learn who is doing what
• Pitfalls to avoid
• Working on a research team
• Faculty, upper-division undergraduates,
  lower-division undergraduates
• Academic year grants, summer grants, curriculum