2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Training Program

Seminar 1: Safety in the Laboratory 1 – Chemical and Fire Safety and Hazard Communication Certification

Seminar 2: Safety in the Laboratory 2 – Radiation Safety Certification

Seminar 3: Graduate Education and Research Opportunities - MS and PhD degree programs in Engineering, Biomedicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC and nationwide, College of Engineering; Biomedical Sciences; Pharmaceutical Sciences; and UC NSF-IGERT Program

Seminar 4: Research Ethics Case Studies & Discussions (see attached Optional Ethics component)

Seminar 5: Intellectual Property

Seminar 6: Experimental Design, Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation

Seminar 7: Presentation of Research Results Discussions on effective oral presentations, effective overheads and slides, poster presentations, LCD ? PowerPoint? presentations, technical writing

Seminar 8: Team-Based Problem-Solving Workshop - A collaborative 4-hour professional workshop for students in Chemistry and Membrane Science NSF REU Site Programs

Seminar 9: New Discoveries & Technology Transfer

Seminar 10: REU Student Poster Competition – Faculty judges

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Technical Writing – weekly writing assignments leading to a technical report

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Case Series in Ethics – weekly selected cases modified for undergraduates sourced from the Online Center for Ethics Center for Engineering and Science .