Published on April 7, 2017
By Karina Vielma-Cumpian
The NHERI REU summer program has gained momentum in its inaugural year. The Education and Community Outreach Committee, a leadership group of representatives from the ten NHERI equipment sites, worked diligently to plan and organize this year’s recruitment, application, and selection process. The ECOC was formed for this purpose and has been instrumental in the success of this year’s program.
In the fall semester, the committee met monthly to discuss the summer schedules along with drafting and editing recruitment materials. After careful review, the student application went live on the DesignSafe NHERI site in late November and the deadline for submission was extended to March 1st. Applications were distributed to the sites, and currently, a committee from each site is reviewing over forty applications to select participants for the ten operational experimental sites including:
Students will be notified in late March about their application status and those accepted will begin important processes in preparation for the summer program such as faculty mentor and graduate student mentor matching. The ten-week REU summer program will take place in two blocks; the first will take place May 29 – August 4 and the second June 19 – August 25.
All experimental sites anticipate welcoming undergraduate students who will gain invaluable research experience working with the natural hazards engineering community.
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