Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

SuperUROP students Arun Saigal and Weihua Li celebrated receiving their SuperUROP certificates with Professors Anantha Chandrakasan, at left, and Dennis Freeman, who taught the two-semester class.

First ‘SuperUROPs’ cap off inaugural year

EECS program immerses undergraduates in advanced research projects.

May 13, 2013

MIT conference showcases undergraduate research

EECScon 2013 marks MIT’s first research conference geared toward engineering undergraduates

May 13, 2013

MIT senior Marisa Simmons at work in the Building Technology Lab.

Better buildings, better lives

Whether working on clean water for a Ugandan village or studying concrete reinforced with natural fibers, MIT senior Marisa Simmons is a civil engineer looking out for the world.

March 15, 2013

Jean Sack (right) presented at the 2012 Poster Scholars Event.

Important lessons learned outside the classroom

MIT senior Jean Sack describes her experience with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

February 28, 2013

Civil engineering senior Nicky Soane works on the Guastavino vault replica at the Boston Public Library as mason Steve Bolognese looks on.

CEE students build model Guastavino vault for exhibit

The students' vaulted ceiling replica is part of a touring exhibit now at the Boston Public Library.

February 6, 2013

Students in the Advanced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program presented their work during a poster session last month.

SuperUROP propels undergraduate research to next level

Poster session showcases student advances in key technologies and attracts faculty, venture capitalists and industry sponsors.

January 23, 2013

Undergraduates Marcus Lowe and Victoria Sun developed a vision-based touch screen interpretation system for a blind woman who previously had trouble using her coffee machine’s controls.

Students develop assistive technologies

Undergraduate teams create helpful phone apps and devices for people with disabilities.

January 8, 2013

From left to right: Professor Cary Forest, University of Wisconsin, 2012 Chair of DPP; Victoria Winters; four other student award winners; Professor Paul Miller of West Virginia University, the APS-DPP Sub-Committee Chair for Education and Outreach.

Undergraduate Winters presents winning poster at APS annual meeting

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering junior wins one of three poster awards.

November 6, 2012

At the reception, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Head Anantha Chandrakasan introduced some of the key players in the implementation of SuperUROP. The speakers, from left to right, included Dr. Erika N. Angle '04, who with her husband, Colin A. Angle '89, SM '91 (not pictured), support SuperUROP; Analog Devices Chairman and Co-Founder, Ray Stata '57, SM '58; Chandrakasan...

EECS celebrates the launch of SuperUROP

November 2, 2012

C.J. Enloe, Elise Myers and Franco Montalvo take a weekend trip to Segovia to explore the impressive castles and the world renowned Aqueducto de Segovia, seen in the background here.

MIT-Madrid: five students share their study abroad experience

October 30, 2012

Shannon Taylor holds up an ingot, which is 30 percent by weight copper and 70 percent by weight silver, which is similar composition to some artifacts she studies.

The mysteries in materials

MIT senior Shannon Taylor researches 500-year-old artifacts and art to understand and restore materials.

October 24, 2012

Where in the world did MIT students go? | Click to enlarge

Where in the world did MIT undergraduates go?

In 2011-12, more than 700 took part in opportunities across the globe.

October 11, 2012

'MIT is equal to infinite' pattern was made of various spatially organized cell types in defined geometries. 'MIT' and 'equal' patterns were made of spatially distributed human hepatoblastoma cells and NIH-3T3 fibroblasts. The infinite pattern was combination of one circular and one square pattern which were made of spatially arranged human hepatoblastoma cells and human umbilical vein endothelial...

Replicating living structures

Research examines how to control spatial distribution of cells in microenvironments

September 27, 2012

MIT Chancellor Eric Grimson PhD '80, the symposium chair, delivered the event's opening remarks.

Innovation in the classroom

‘Future of Education’ symposium, held before the inauguration of President L. Rafael Reif, examines the evolution of teaching and learning.

September 21, 2012

A transmission electron microscope image of <i>Vibrio choleraethat</i>.

Weapon-wielding marine microbes may protect populations from foes

In some populations, natural antibiotics are produced by a few individuals whose closest relatives carry genes conferring resistance.

September 6, 2012

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