15 New Engineering Students Named to Undergraduate Research Program
News Release — March 8, 2022 — Fifteen new students were recently named Engineering Undergraduate Research Program fellows as part of the program's 17th cohort.
The Engineering Undergraduate Research Program, or EURP, began in 2010 and provides support to engineering undergraduate student researchers. Since the program’s beginning, the college has named 177 fellows.
Biological engineering student Emily Brothersen is one of the students who received funding. She is researching whether antioxidants can be used to prevent diesel exhaust particles from causing lung damage. Brothersen said she is excited to have personally secured funding for her research.
Fifteen undergraduate students have been named Engineering Undergraduate Research Program fellows for the Spring 2022 semester.The Engineering Undergraduate Research Program, or EURP, began in 2010 and provides support to engineering undergraduate student researchers. Since the program’s beginning, the college has named 177 fellows.
“It’s not just, I’m getting money from my professor and I’m working for my professor,” Brothersen said. “I’m taking initiative and getting my own research funding.”
Jaydon Pierson is a mechanical and aerospace engineering student who was named a EURP fellow this year and will be researching cis linear trajectories and tracking. He said it’s encouraging to know the college wants to support his research financially.
“It’s really satisfying,” he said. “Beyond getting to participate in research, it's nice to know that my work is valued.”
Undergraduate research has many benefits for students. For Brothersen, the opportunity helps her connect the materials she is learning in her courses.
“By doing my own research, I’m going to take all the things that I’ve learned and all the engineering principles and actually put it together,” Brothersen said.
Conner Sabin, a mechanical and aerospace engineering student, also received EURP funding this semester to research more about the thermal effects of wireless charging systems. He works in the power electronics lab on campus.
Sabin has been participating in undergraduate research since last spring and feels especially passionate about beginning this new project.
“Undergraduate research helps me a lot with my schooling because I’m getting to apply the stuff I learned,” he said. “It’s cool to just work on my own project because I feel like there are so many things outside of the class I’ve been learning. And it gives me a lot better idea of what I might want to go into as a career.”
Find a complete list of this semester's EURP fellow here.
Applications are currently being accepted for the Spring 2022 round of founding. More information about deadlines and how to apply can be found here.
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Writer: Matilyn Mortensen, matilyn.mortensne@usu.edu, 435-797-7512
Contact: Dr. Ryan Berke, ryan.berke@usu.edu, 435-797-8184
Emily Brothersen, emily.brothersen@usu.edu
Jaydon Pierson, a02243671@usu.edu
Conner Sabin, conner.sabin@usu.edu