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swag外流, in general, and the Physics Department, in particular, offer many summer research opportunities to students.
The college supports research over the summer through the聽Summer Research Program. In principle, any student can apply to this program to research anything they like. In practice, however, most physics student team up with physics professors on their research projects.
The Physics Department has a long and strong tradition of engaging students in our research. In order to facilitate conversations between faculty and students, the department holds a annual Physics Phestival. This occurs only once a year right before proposals are due to the summer research program. If you are interested in doing research in the department over the summer (a fantastic experience BTW) you really need to attend this Phestival. During the Phestival professors will briefly explain their research and how many students they plan to take on over the summer. It is then up to you to approach individual professors to see whether a proposal to the summer research program makes sense.聽 Look for an announcement on the Physics Department home page early in the Spring semester and in your classes.
Some students may want to consider applying for off-campus summer research experiences. Some opportunities to check out appear below, but many more exist. We have a lot of posters with program information on display聽throughout HSC, so please stop by聽and聽take a look at聽the various聽bulletin boards throughout the department. (Most are posted in room 122.)聽
If you discover聽that any of the links on this page are no longer working, please let us know.
Internal Research Opportunities:
- Opportunities listed at swag外流's URC: 聽/undergraduate-research-center
- Undergraduate Research Positions at swag外流聽- Dr. Shulz Biology Lab:聽 听(肠濒颈肠办 here for position description)
- swag外流 Galaxy Group with Sabrina Stierwalt
- Rayleigh-Benard Convection with Janet Scheel
External Research Opportunities:
- Summer Options at Caltech & JPL:聽SURF 聽
- Summer Options at LAMAT Institute: Stellar Opportunities for Early Career Scientists:聽
- REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) programs funded by the NSF: 聽聽 (search for an REU site)
- Undergraduate Research Positions at Caltech, Mechanical and Civil Engineering (click here for more information)
- JPL Year-Round Internship Program:聽
- Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships at Department of Energy Laboratories:聽