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The WV Governor's Internship Program is now accepting applications (from Jan 2 to June 14, 2019)!

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Undergraduate Summer Research Positions at University of Kansas and West Virginia University in Produced Water Management

Multiple undergraduate research positions are available for Summer 2019 at the University of Kansas and West Virginia University as part of an NSF supported research program to address the treatment, management and environmental impacts of produced water- wastewater resulting from oil and gas production. Students will work with a faculty mentor on an 8 week research project addressing one of the following research areas:

Thirty-four WVU students will take part in the sixteenth annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol (URDC) in Charleston on Tuesday, February 26, 2019.

Students will represent fifteen institutions at URDC, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the Capitol Rotunda.  In all, over 90 students will participate.

Undergraduates are encouraged to apply to engage in scholarly activity (research/creative work) via the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program. Applications are now open (March 1 application deadline). SURE is a PAID undergraduate research experience for students interested in GRADUATE SCHOOL and research/creative work within their discipline or a related discipline. 2019 SURE program dates are May 28-July 26, 2019.

More information and link to applications? SURE@mail.wvu.edu and see https://undergraduateresearch.wvu.edu/research-opportunities/wvu-opportunities/summer-undergraduate-research-experience-sure

Undergraduates from all majors are invited to submit abstracts for presentation of scholarly works (research or creative endeavors) at WVU's 3rd Annual Undergraduate Spring Symposium on April 12-13, 2019 at the WVU Mountainlair.

More information on the Symposium? See https://undergraduateresearch.wvu.edu/present-and-publish/presentation-opportunities/undergraduate-spring-symposium

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is hosting a problem-based challenge for undergraduate students!

The challenge for undergraduates is to identify a situation in which an instrument interferes with its own measurements and data collection, and to propose a solution to the problem. Your proposal could win you a $5,000, $3,000, or $1,000 scholarship!

Karan Sah, from Lexington South Carolina, is a junior at West Virginia University majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Karan is actively involved on campus as a researcher, an administration assistant for the Physics department, and as the SolidWorks CAD Modeling Lead on the WVU Robotics team. I met with Karan inside a laboratory at the Engineering Research Building on the Evansdale campus where he and the WVU Robotics research team are currently working on innovating projects and preparing for upcoming robotic competitions. 

The Office of Undergraduate Research is seeking undergraduate students with a strong interest in research, publishing, and scholarly communication to re-launch the WVU undergraduate research journal, the “Mountaineer Undergraduate Research Review,” or MURR, in fall 2020. MURR was published in four volumes of open access journals from 2009-2014 and is accessible on the Research Repository @ WVU. 

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine (MU JCESOM) Graduate Program is offering the Summer Research Internship for Minority Students (SRIMS) for its 11th year!
The SRIMS program includes nine weeks of graduate-level research in the field of biomedical sciences. Participants receive formal research training while expanding their learning experience through workshops, seminars on current topics, mentoring and professional networking.

Application Deadline
The application and supporting documents are due in the office on or before February 8th, 2019

The 51st annual Southeastern Undergraduate Research Conference will be held at The University of Tennessee Martin, February 8-9th. The last day to submit an abstract or register for SURC 2019 is January 15th. Please forward to any interested students and faculty at your institution. Also, when registering you have the option to reserve a recruitment table if interested.

Our keynote speaker is New York Times best-selling author, Sam Kean. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, Mental Floss, Slate, Psychology Today, and The New Scientist. He has also published four books which discuss scientific discoveries in a narrative style: The Disappearing Spoon, Caesar's Last Breath, The Violinist's Thumb and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons.

Sam Kean will speak Friday evening with a book signing to follow. Student presentations and posters will take place Saturday, February 9th.

Please visit http://surc2019.org for all other information. If you have any questions, please contact surc2019@gmail.com.