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Towson University has obtained funding from the National
Science Foundation to establish a Research Experiences
for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for
Teachers (RET) program during the summer. This combined
REU/RET program provides 7 undergraduate students and
7 in-service teachers with hands-on research experiences.
The nine-week program will pair one student and one teacher
with one of seven experienced research mentors. Participants
will work closely with their research mentor on the identification
of the project, design and collection of the experiment,
analysis of the data, and presentation of the results
via publication or oral/poster presentations. As the program
progresses, the senior mentor’s role will change from
teacher to collaborator. Students and teachers will participate
in a wide range of research projects in the areas of nanotechnology,
thin film and sensor technology, and solid-state chemistry.
Through these diverse but related experiences participants
will gain an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature
of science.
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