One thing is clear.

No single person has an understanding of all the research opportunities are available to ME undergraduates.  The situation is not really satisfactory to anyone.

Students can’t  easily identify research opportunities, if they’re interested. Faculty are put in the position of simply responding ad hoc to student requests  to participate in research.

The “system” is confusing and fragmented.

How can we make it more clear? How can we make it more productive? How can we provide students with valuable opportunities to learn research skills?

These are all the questions that our re|course team on undergraduate research are tackling.

If you’d like to help out, contact Ed Morrison at the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab: edmorrison@purdue.edu.

Who’s involved in this team?  Well, a lot of faculty: