Engineering Undergraduate Research Program (EURP)
The Engineering Undergraduate Research Program (EURP) program is designed to involve outstanding undergraduate students in research projects and encourage students to consider graduate school.
Eligibility requirements
- be admitted into the Professional Program in the College of Engineering
- be graduating no sooner than August 2012
- have at least a 3.4 GPA (or GPA required by your department)
- have the support of a research advisor in the College of Engineering
- Computer Science Students are eligible to apply, but awards are contingent on approval of the merger of Computer Science into the College of Engineering.
Major features of the program are:
- You are expected to work at least 10 hours per week, starting in the Spring 2012 semester.
- You will be paid a minimum of $1500/semester.
- You can renew your EURP appointment for two additional semesters for a total of $4500 received from the program, if your research advisor and department head approve. You may use some of these funds for work during the summer.
- As a part of the program,
you must present your results at an appropriate professional
venue (technical meeting, peer-reviewed publication, USU
Undergraduate Research Showcase, Utah Conference on Undergraduate
Research, Research on Capitol Hill.
- You should apply for the "Undergraduate Research Scholar" designation to be included on your official student transcript (Apply Here)
Applications are due November 18, 2011 (Apply Here)
BE: David Britt
CEE: Laurie McNeill
ECE: Chris Winstead
ETE: Oenardi Lawanto
MAE: Barton Smith
CS: Renee Bryce
EURP Information for faculty
2010 EURP Award Recipients:
Abiezer Tejeda
Major: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Chris Winstead.
Abiezer is working with Dr. Winstead in the area of synthetic
biology, investigating a new soft logic approach for designing
biological genetic circuits.
Email: a.tejeda@aggiemail.usu.edu
Research Update: Abiezer attended four professional conferences and
presented "Resolving Variable Dependencies in the iSSA-MPDE Algorithm"
at the IWBDA 2010 International Workshop on Biodesign Automation, which
was part of the Design Automation Conference. He also presented his
"Simulating and Characterizing Genetic Circuits" poster at the Council
on Undergraduate Research. He co-authored two papers, "The Restorative
Feedback method", and "An Adaptive Incremental Stochastic Simulation
Algorithm (iSSA) for Behavioral Design Verification in Synthetic
Biology". Both papers have been submitted for publication and are
waiting for responses from the journals. Abiezer has a paper in
progress, "Resolving Conservation Constraints in the iSSA-MPDE
Algorithm", which will be included as part of a book chapter that Dr.
Chris Winstead is currently working on. His next research step is to
implement the enhanced MPDE algorithm in iBioSim, a tool for simulating
genetic circuits, which is currently under development by the Myer's
group at the University of Utah. Once embeded into iBioSim, he says they
will be able to test the method for more complex circuits and verify
its accurateness and/or limitations.
Alex Hatch
Major: Biological Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Charles Miller
Alex is working to identify algal species in the Logan Lagoons for biofuel production.
Email: a.hatch@aggiemail.usu.edu
Research Update: Alex presented a co-authored paper, "Characterizing the
Microbial Community of an Algal Growth Pond," at the Institute of
Biological Engineers Annual Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts in
March 2010. He also presented at the USU Undergraduate Research Student
Showcase in March 2010, and was named the Outstanding Undergraduate
Researcher for the College of Engineering for 2010.
Alyssa Calder
Major: Biological Engineering
Advisor: Dr. David Britt
Alyssa is researching nanoparticles and their affect on the environment.
Email: lyss_50@hotmail.com
Research Update: Alyssa presented a co-authored paper,
"Nanoparticles and the Environment: Effects of Ag NPs on a beneficial
soil microbe and wheat" at the 24th National Conference on Undergraduate
Research in Missoula, Montana in April 2010. She co-authored a paper
that is currently under review at the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology and another at the international journal, Environmental Pollution.
Advisor: Dr. Heng Ban
Andrew is researching nucleate boiling and its application to heat transfer.
Email: A.Fassmann@aggiemail.usu.edu
Research Update: Andrew presented at the USU Undergraduate Research Student Showcase in March 2010. He is a member of the USU Get Away Special (GAS) Team that was selected by NASA to fly their experiment "Follow-up Nucleate Boiling On-flight Experiment" on the reduced Gravity Education Flight Program (the "Vomit Comet") in June 2010.
Advisor: Dr. Paul Barr
Dereck is researching live load testing and computer modeling of highway bridges in the SMASH Lab as part of the Long Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) program.
Email: bostonhodson@yahoo.com
Research Update: Dereck presented a co-authored a paper, "Analyses of Live Load Tests Performed on Three Bridges for the LTBP Program" at the 2010 FHWA Bridge Engineering Conference in Orlando, Florida in April 2010.
Advisor: Dr. Chris Winstead
Eduardo is designing a genetic circuit to coordinate independent processes for quorum sensing mechanisms in bacteria.
Email: eduardo.monzon@aggiemail.usu.edu
Research Update: Eduardo co-authored a paper, "Resolving Variable Dependencies in the MPDE-SSA Algorithm," at the Second International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation (IWBDA) in Anaheim, California in June 2010.
James Wilson Advisor: Dr. David Geller
James is developing code that will determine the probability of collisions between spacecraft. After creating the code he creates a visual model to envision the scenario of multiple spacecraft flying at the same time.
Email: Jam.Ra.Wil@aggiemail.usu.edu
Research Update: James is progressing on his research and updates will be forthcoming.
Johnathan NielsenAdvisor: Dr. YangQuan Chen
Johnathan's research involves using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) to create high resolution wind profiles.
Email: johnathan.nielsen@aggiemail.usu.edu
Research Update: Johnathan is progressing on his research and updates will be forthcoming.
Advisor: Dr. Leila Ladani
Jordan will be exploring fracture and crack propagation in the intermetallic compound Cu6 Sa5.
Email: jordan.bentley@aggiemail.usu.edu
Research Update: Jordan co-authored "Microstructure and mechanical strength of snag-based solid liquid inter-diffusion bonds for 3 dimensional integrated circuits," which was published in the international journal, Thin Solid Films in April 2010. He also co-authored a publication that was presented at the ASME Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada in November 2010, "Crack Initiation and Propagation Analysis of the Intermetallic Compound Cu6Sn5."
while pursuing MS in Solid Mechanics at University of Utah.
Oscar Marquina Advisor: Dr. Bethany Neilson
Oscar is doing a water balance study modeling the exchanges between ground water and surface water to better understand our natural resources.
Email: oscar.a.marquina@aggiemail.usu.edu