The students experience how to develop research ideas, how to search the literature for relevant information, how to perform experiments, how to evaluate their data critically, how to write research reports, how to communicate their findings with other scientists through group meetings, seminars, and national conferences, and how to give both oral and poster presentations.

Faculty and graduate students present seminars on current research topics, and graduate school application and admission.

Each student gives a presentation on his/her research project .

"REU Program: What Are Our Expectations and How Summer Research Can Help You Achieve Your Goals?"

Seminar: "Polymeric Membranes and Functional Materials" - Professor. D. Bhattacharyya, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

Picnic

Brief student presentations of research projects (~3-4 min using 2-3 slides)

"Graduate Studies" (Laura Lowe, discussion coordinator) "Life in Graduate School"

Seminar: "Organic Molecules and the Future of the Electronics Industry" Professor John Anthony, Department Of Chemistry

“Giving an Effective Research Presentation” - Professor Yinan Wei and Karthik Venkatachalam

Panel Discussion on "Professional Ethics and Scientific Misconduct"

"Graduate Studies in Chemistry"
Professor Robert Grossman, Director of Graduate Studies

"Graduate Studies in Chemical and Materials Engineering"
Professor Barbara Knutson, Director of Graduate Studies

In addition there will be tours of: