Summary of Undergraduate Research Opportunities for Chemical Engineering Students During the Summer of 2013
Collected by Prof. Michael B. Cutlip, University of Connecticut (not responsible for errors or omissions) Please e-mail additions or corrections.
The Undergraduate Research Experience - Great Introductory Videos - Essential Viewing
Presenters: Professor Wendy Crone and Dr. Andrew Greenberg of the University of Wisconsin
http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/research/career02.html
Please note that QuickTime is required and please be patient while page downloads, then click on ► in the video control area to begin.
Research Experience for Undergraduates - Very Informative Slides
http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/research/slides/greenberg_REU_slides.pdf
National Science Foundation Sites
NSF Summary of REU Sites for Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=10006
NSF Summary of REU Sites for Materials
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5052
NSF Summary of REU Sites for Chemistry
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5048
NSF General Listing of REU Sites
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Undergraduate Research Program
Department of Energy - All Laboratories ~ 15
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships
http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/
Deadline - January 10, 2013
National Laboratories
National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://www.nist.gov/surfgaithersburg/welcome1.cfm
Deadline - February 15, 2013
National Renewable Energy Center
C2B2 Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels
http://www.c2b2web.org/7JobsUnd_REU.php
Deadline - February 17, 2013
National Programs
Amgen Scholars Program in Science and Biotechnology
Various Biotechnology Projects at 10 Universities in the U. S. and 3 in Europe
http://www.amgenscholars.com/about_amgen_scholars/program_overview/
Deadline - February 1, 2013 (may vary at each participating university)
Nanotechnology - NSF Supported
Various Nanotechnology Projects at 14 Universities
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
Pathways to Science - NSF and NASA Support
Various Projects throughout the US
http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Undergrads.asp
Deadline - Variable
Fluid Power Research
Various Nanotechnology Projects at 7 Universities
http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu
Deadline - January 25, 2013
Research Abroad
American Chemical Society
International Research Experience for Undergraduates (IREU)
ACS International REU Information
Deadline - Awaiting Funding News for 2013
NanoJapan IREU: International Research Experience for Undergraduates
Summer Research Program in a Japanese Research Lab
http://nanojapan.rice.edu/index.shtml
Deadline - January 25, 2013
Research Internships in Science and Engineering in Germany
Summer Undergraduate Research in Germany
Deadline - January 31, 2013
Special Programs
Atmospheric and Related Sciences
SOARS - Students from Historically Under-Represented Groups
http://www.soars.ucar.edu/apply/
Deadline - February 1, 2013
Cornell University
LSAMP in Engineering - Participation limited to underrepresented minority students
http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/diversity/summer/lsamp.cfm
Deadline - March 1, 2013
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Various Topics in Nanotechnology at 14 Universities
http://qb3.berkeley.edu/synberc/reu.html
Deadlines - On-line Application February 13, 2013
Recommendation system offline February 20, 2013
Receipt of mailed and faxed materials February 21, 2013
Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center
Synthetic Biology - UC Berkeley, MIT, UCSF, Stanford, and Harvard
http://qb3.berkeley.edu/synberc/reu.html
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Integrated Bioengineering Research, Education, and Outreach Opportunities for Females and Underrepresented Minorities
http://www.wpi.edu/academics/bme/nsfres21.html
Deadline - February 1, 2013
USA Sites for Chemical Engineering Students (Alphabetical)
Arizona State University
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
Auburn University
Micro/Nano-Structured Materials, Therapeutics, and Devices
http://eng.auburn.edu//programs/chen/research/micronanoreu/
Deadline - February 15, 2013
California Institute of Technology
Amgen
Scholars Program
http://www.amgenscholars.caltech.edu/index.html
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Carnegie Mellon University
Interdisciplinary Materials Research Projects - Various Departments
http://reu.materials.cmu.edu/
Deadline - March 1, 2013
City College of New York
Exploitation of Nanostructures in Sensors and Energy Systems
http://www.ibparticipation.org/pdf/SUM-CUNYCityCollege-CENSES.pdf
Deadline - March 6, 2013
Clemson University
Advanced Functional Membranes
http://www.clemson.edu/ces/chbe/reu/index.html
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Colorado School of Mines
Advancing Polymer Materials by Integrating Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Deadline - March 1, 2013
Colorado School of Mines
Renewable Energy Projects in Biorefining and Biofuels
http://www.c2b2web.org/7JobsUnd_REU.php
Deadline - February 17, 2013
Colorado School of Mines
Renewable Energy - Fundamental Materials Projects
http://remrsec.mines.edu/reu.htm
Deadline - February 1, 2013
Colorado State University
Renewable Energy Projects in Biorefining and Biofuels
http://www.c2b2web.org/7JobsUnd_REU.php
Deadline - February 17, 2013
Columbia University
Redefining Photvoltaic Efficiency through Molecular Scale Control
http://www.cise.columbia.edu/efrc/category/education-and-outreach/
Deadline - February 14, 2013
Cornell University
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
Cornell University
Cornell Center for Materials Research
http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/reu/
Deadline - March 1, 2013
Cornell and Other Universities
Nanobiotechnology Infrastructure Network REU's
http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/cnf5_reuprogram.html
Deadline - February 13, 2013
Duke University
Environmental Nanotechnology
http://www.cee.duke.edu/reu-ceint
Deadline - Now Taking Applications
Georgetown University
Materials Physics
http://www.physics.georgetown.edu/reu
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Georgia Institute of Technology
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
Georgia Institute of Technology
Aquatic Chemical Ecology
http://www.biology.gatech.edu/undergraduate-program/reu/
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Georgia Institute of Technology
Engineering Biological Machines
http://ebics.net/engineering-biological-machines-summer-2013-reu
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Georgia Institute of Technology
Fluid Power
http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu
Deadline - January 25, 2013
Harvard University
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.reusite.seas.harvard.edu/
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
Harvard University
Materials Research, Nanoscience and Engineering
https://reusite.seas.harvard.edu/application/
Deadline - February 28, 2013
Howard University
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
Biological Materials and Processes (BioMAP)
http://www.cbe.iastate.edu/research/undergraduate-research/
Deadline - March 15, 2013
Biorenewable Chemicals
http://www.cbirc.iastate.edu/education/university/nsf-reu/
Deadline - March 15, 2013
Earth, Wind, and Fire – Sustainable Energy for the 21st Century
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Summer Academy in Sustainable Bioenergy
http://www.sustainable-energy.ksu.edu/REU
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Biosecurity and Chemistry
http://www.k-state.edu/chem/undergrad/reu.html
Deadline - February 21, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biological Engineering
http://web.mit.edu/be/programs/reu.shtml
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Processing
http://web.mit.edu/cmse/educational/reu.shtml
Deadline - February 15 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engineering Biological Machines
http://ebics.net/engineering-biological-machines-summer-2013-reu
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
College of Engineering - Six Departments Involved
http://web.mit.edu/be/programs/reu.shtml
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Michigan State University
Biological Engineering
https://sites.google.com/a/msu.edu/egr-summer-research/students
Deadline - February 1, 2013
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Fluid Power
http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu
Deadline - January 25, 2013
North Carolina A&T
Fluid Power
http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu
Deadline - January 25, 2013
North Carolina State University
Integrative Molecular Plant Systems Research
Deadline - February 22, 2013
Northeastern University
Awareness and Localization of Explosives Related Threats
http://www.northeastern.edu/alert/education/undergraduate_programs/research_experiences/
Deadline - February 24, 2013
Northwestern University
Nanoscale Science
http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/REU.htm
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Northwestern University
Materials Science
http://www.mrsec.northwestern.edu/content/educational_programs/reu.htm
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Pennsylvania State University
Soft Materials
Deadline February 29, 2013
Pennsylvania State University
Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Chemistry
http://www.chem.psu.edu/undergrad/reu/research-experiences-for-undergraduates
Deadline - February 28, 2013
Pennsylvania State University
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
Princeton University
Science and Technology of Materials
http://www.princeton.edu/~pccm/outreach/reu.htm
Deadline - March 1, 2013
Purdue University
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/SURF/Programs/Campus
Deadline - March 9, 2013
Purdue University
Fluid Power
http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu
Deadline - January 25, 2013
Purdue University
Environmental Grand Challenges of Engineering
https://engineering.purdue.edu/EEE/Research/REU
Deadline - February 1, 2013
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Materials and Systems Biology
Research in Biotechnology and Biomedicine
http://www.bme.rpi.edu/index97f9.html
Deadline - March 8, 2013
Rice University
Multi-Scale Biomolecular Networks (BioNetworks)
http://ibb.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=563
Deadline - Support Pending
Southern Illinois University
Interdisciplinary Materials Research
http://www.chem.siu.edu/undergrad/reu.htm
Deadline - February 25, 2013
Stanford University
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
University of Akron
Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
http://www2.uakron.edu/cpspe/reu.php
Deadline - February 1, 2013
University of Arkansas
Astronomy, Space and Planetary Sciences
http://spacecenter.uark.edu/97.htm
Application Deadline - March 1, 2013, All Materials Received - March 8, 2013
University of California at Berkeley
Amgen Scholars Program in Science and Biotechnology
http://amgenscholars.berkeley.edu/
Deadline - February 1, 2013
University of California at Berkeley
Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Research
http://susanb.physics.berkeley.edu/coins/?page_id=27
Deadline - February 1, 2013
University of California at Los Angeles
Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/srp/srpintro.htm
Deadline - February 1, 2013
University of California at Santa Barbara
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
University of Colorado
Renewable Energy Projects in Biorefining and Biofuels
http://www.c2b2web.org/7JobsUnd_REU.php
Deadline - February 17, 2013
University of Colorado
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
University of Connecticut
Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Academic-Industrial Partnerships
http://www.cbe.engr.uconn.edu/research-experience-for-undergraduate-students-reu
Deadline - March 1, 2013
University of Delaware
Development of Catalytic Technologies for Sustainable Energy Applications
http://www.efrc.udel.edu/reu/index.html
Deadline - November 30, 2012
University of Houston
Engineering Research in Various Areas
http://www.egr.uh.edu/research/reu/?e=description
Deadline - March 22, 2013
University of Illinois at Chicago
Novel Advanced Materials and Processing with Applications in Engineering
http://www.uic.edu/labs/AMReL/NSF-REU.htm
Deadline - February 28, 2013
University of Illinois
Fluid Power
http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu
Deadline - January 25, 2013
University of Illinois
Engineering Biological Machines
http://ebics.net/engineering-biological-machines-summer-2013-reu
Deadline - February 15, 2013
University of Iowa
Environmental and Health Aspects of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
http://www.uiowa.edu/~nanotech/reu/about.html
Deadline - March 1, 2013
University of Illinois at Chicago
Novel Advanced Materials and Processing with Applications in Engineering
http://www.uic.edu/labs/AMReL/NSF-REU.htm
Deadline - February 28, 2013
University of Kansas
Various Research Projects
http://www.cpe.engr.ku.edu/research/reu.html
Deadline - February 15, 2013
University of Kentucky
Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices
Deadline - February 15, 2013
University of Maine
Sustainable Forest Bioproducts
http://forestbioproducts.umaine.edu/students/reu/
Deadline - Applications reviewed as received until March 31, 2013
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Cellular Engineering
http://www.umass.edu/ice/reu/index.html
Deadline - March 1, 2013
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Collaborative Undergraduate Research in Energy Program
http://www.chem.umass.edu/masscrest/reu/
Deadline - February 11, 2013
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Undergraduate Research Experience
http://www-new.ecs.umass.edu/reu
Deadline - February 13, 2013 Pending Funding
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Nanoscale Science & Engineering
http://www.umass.edu/massnanotech/SURE.htm
Deadline - February 28, 2013
University of Michigan
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
University of Minnesota
Fluid Power
http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu
Deadline - January 25, 2013
University of Minnesota
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013 - Online Recommendation February 20, 2013, and Final Application Received February 21, 2013
University of Minnesota
Materials Science and Engineering
http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/EHR/REUdescription.php
Deadline - February 15, 2013
University of Missouri
Neuroscience
http://engineering.missouri.edu/neuroreu/
Deadline - February 15, 2013
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Nebraska Summer Research Program - Several Programs
http://www.unl.edu/summerprogram/research.shtml
Priority Deadline - February 15, 2013, Application Deadline - March 1, 2013
University of New Mexico
Micro-Engineered Materials
https://reu.unm.edu/reu_students.html
Deadline - March 11, 2013
University of Pennsylvania
The Nano-Bio Interface
http://www.nanotech.upenn.edu/reu.html
Deadline - February 28, 2013
University of Pennsylvania
Materials Research Projects
http://www.lrsm.upenn.edu/outreach/reu.html
Deadline - March 1, 2013
University of Texas
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
University of Washington
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - Various Engineering Disciplines
http://studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/diversity/sure/
Deadline - Starts January 15 with absolute Deadline February 10, 2013
Vanderbilt University
Fluid Power
http://www.ccefp.org/get-involved/students/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu
Deadline - January 25, 2013
Vanderbilt University
Nanoscale Science and Engineering
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/reu/
Deadline - February 15, 2013
Virginia Tech
Design and Delivery of Polymer-Drug Complexes
http://www.mii.vt.edu/SURP/research.html
February 1, 2013- review begins
Washington University
Various Nanotechnology Projects
http://www.nnin.org/reu/reu-application-gateway
Deadline - Online Application February 13, 2013
Online Recommendation February 20, 2013
Final Application Received February 21, 2013
Washington University
Energy Research with Global Reach
http://www.reu.eece.wustl.edu/
Deadline - January 31, 2013
Washington State University
Charactrerization of Advanced Materials and Introduction to Multiscale Engineering
Deadline - March 1, 2013
West Virginia University
Multifunctional Materials
http://nanosafe.wvu.edu/education/undergraduate-programs/reu
Deadline - Pending Funding
General Listings of Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Bernard College of Columbia University - 2013
Summer Internships - Various Fields
http://hspp.barnard.edu/barnard-student/internship-opportunities/summer
Bucknell University - 2013
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering (extensive listing - academic and industrial)
http://www.bucknell.edu/x13974.xml
Florida State University - 2013
Listing of Summer Research Opportunities
Grinnell College - 2013
Listing of Summer Research Opportunities in Science and Engineering
http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/divisions/science/summer/scisumres-offcampus
Providence College - 2013
Chemistry and Biochemistry
http://www.providence.edu/chemistry/kcornely/Pages/summer-research.aspx
Rochester Institute of Technology - 2013
Biomedical Engineering
http://people.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/bme.htm
Swarthmore College - 2013
Biology Related
http://www.swarthmore.edu/x12024.xml
University of Southern California - 2013
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Other Summer Research Programs
February Deadlines: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/research/febdeadlines.htm
March Deadlines: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/research/reumardeadlines.htm