Please check below for selected activities in our 2021 REU program
Regular Internal Meetings on Research Progress
- Daily research progress discussion with mentor and RA for each team
- Daily research progress discussion with external collaborator for each team
- Weekly research progress discussion for both teams
Internal Discussions and Activities
- 06/21/2021: Attending PhD thesis presentation and discuss it afterward
- 06/28/2021-06/29/2021: Graduate school preparation and academic integrity
- 06/30/2021: Paper writing and publishing
- 07/01/2021: Explaining LaTex and Overleaf
Invited Talks from UMBC Leaders
- 06/15/2021: Invited talk from Dr. Vandana Janeja, Chair, Information Systems Department, UMBC
- 06/24/2021: Invited talk from Dr. Keith J Bowman, Dean, College of Engineering and Information Technology, UMBC
- 06/25/2021: Invited talk from Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President, UMBC
- 06/28/2021: Invited talk from Dr. Janet C. Rutledge, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, UMBC
- 07/09/2021: Invited talk from Dr. Karl Steiner, Vice President for Research, UMBC
- 07/13/2021: Invited talk from Dr. Animikh Biswas, Chair, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, UMBC
- 07/15/2021: Invited talk from Dr. William R. LaCourse, Dean, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, UMBC
- 07/15/2021: Invited talk from Dr. Erin Lavik, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering and Information Technology, UMBC
Invited Talks on Professional Development Activities
- 07/22/2021: Invited talk from Dr. John Lindemon, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: Experiences Sharing on Part-Time PhD Student
- 07/23/2021: Invited talk from Ms. Rachel Bachman, UMBC Career Center: Job Interview and Graduate School Preparation
- 07/26/2021: Invited talk from Dr. Kenneth Baron, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Advising Student Success, UMBC
Other External Activities
- 07/2021: Attend online research Webinar given by Mitch Bushuk at Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), title: Improved Regional Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice.
- 07/2021: Collaborate with UMBC Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program and attend their professional development activities including graduate school application process and graduate school seminar.
- 07/2021: Work with the EXERCISE (Explore Emerging Computing in Science and Engineering) REU Site program at Salisbury University to attend each other’s student presentations.
