Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
What is Undergraduate Research?
- One-on-one work with faculty
- Searching for new knowledge in a field
- Discovering new phenomena, methods, and techniques
- Application of what is learned in lecture
Why do Undergraduate Research?
- Develop a better understanding of “hot” topics and areas of concern
- Experience in your field of study (or another)
- Want to know more than what’s provided in traditional coursework
- Hands-on Experience
- Preparation for graduate or professional school
- Further work with internationally known faculty members or as part of a research team
- New communication skills
- Clarify your career goals
How is the learning different than classroom learning?
- You help to formulate the question to answer
- You help to design the methods to answer the questions
- You interpret the results of your tests or discoveries
- You learn to communicate the new results to others in your field
The President of Georgia Tech strongly believes in the value of undergraduates and invites them to experience the excitement of new discovery through research. He established the President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) to encourage and supplement undergraduate research opportunities for all majors. Currently over 200 students are awarded up to $1500 in research salary to work with a faculty mentor or up to $1000 funding to present work at a professional conference.
Research is not always in laboratory and scientific settings. New discoveries in literature, social sciences, architecture, and business are also exciting avenues of learning. Students can participate in undergraduate research for course credit or pay, part time or full time. Opportunities are available institute-wide or within specific colleges and schools. Interdisciplinary opportunities are also available. Find a faculty member whose interests match yours and start doing research today!
For additional information, please contact the UROP office at UROP@gatech.edu
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Sub-communities within this community
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Undergraduate Research Symposia [49]
Showcases to recognize ongoing undergraduate research projects at Georgia Tech
Collections in this community
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SABUR Presentation Series [1]
The Student Advisory Board for Undergraduate Research (SABUR) plans activities and events related to undergraduate research. -
The Tower [38]
The Undergraduate Research Journal of the Georgia Institute of Technology -
Undergraduate Research News [19]
The newsletter of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). -
Undergraduate Research Option Theses [466]
To support the growth of both the quality and quantity of undergraduate research on campus, Georgia Tech offers a Research Option for undergraduates. The research option is intended to indicate that the student has had a ... -
UROP, Fellowships, and Pre-Health Advising Events [2]
Events and showcases held by units of the Office of Undergraduate Studies
Recent Submissions
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Effects of Microgravity on Visual Impairment and Intracranial Pressure Syndrome
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-02-12)Studying the effects of microgravity on visual impairment and intracranial pressure syndrome. Specifically looking at the combined effects of mechanical stretch and homocysteine. -
The Personal is Political: Enclosed Settings in Roman Polanski's Apartment Trilogy
This paper examines enclosed settings in Roman Polanski’s Apartment Trilogy, comprising Repulsion (1965), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), and The Tenant (1976). In each of these films, Polanski illuminates the protagonists’ lack ... -
Markov Chain Algorithms for Emergent Phenomena in Self-Organizing Particle Systems
We investigate Markov chain algorithms that can accomplish global emergent phenomena in a distributed setting, namely in self-organizing particle systems, an abstraction of programmable matter. These particle systems are ... -
Controlling Interfacial Properties of Solid-State Lithium Batteries Using Atomic Layer Deposition
Solid-state lithium batteries (SSLiBs) could enable improved safety and higher energy density compared to traditional lithium-ion batteries due to the use of metal anodes without dendrite growth. However, successful ... -
Characterizing iron reducing microorganisms from anoxic ferruginous lake sediments
Lake Matano, Indonesia is a well-known ancient ocean analogue as its anoxic ecosystem in the subsurface sediments allow the growth of microorganisms capable of mediating anaerobic oxidation coupled to iron reduction. An ... -
Character Eyes: Seeing Language through Character-Level Taggers
Character-level models have been used extensively in recent years in NLP tasks as both supplements and replacements for closed-vocabulary token-level word representations. In one popular architecture, character-level RNNs, ... -
Unsupervised State-space Decomposition in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning
We intend to develop a framework that allows to determine sub goals for hierarchical reinforcement learning tasks in an unsupervised manner. The motivation for this research project is to make hierarchical reinforcement ... -
A Mechanism of Visual Concept Learning via Neuronal Random Projection
We explore the effectiveness of the random projection method, a biologically plausible, computationally efficient,and data-independentmethodofdimensionalityreductionindistinctionbetweencategoriesofvisualstimuli. We observe ... -
LeapTrak: Exploring Smartwatch Gestures in 3D
As mobile devices and wearables become smaller and more portable, their development becomes limited in size and hardware capabilities. This leads to difficulties with input as the size of a user’s finger can narrow the ... -
Continuous Input for Gesture Detection from Wrist-Worn Wearables
Smartwatches have been readily available in markets for more than 5 years. However, smartwatches today continue to use input modalities such as touch screens, which are suitable for smartphones, but provide problems when ... -
Gaussian Mixture Belief Space Reinforcement Learning
In reinforcement learning and optimal control, one successful approach to address system stochasticity and epistemic uncertainty in the dynamics model is to consider, rather than a single state, a distribution over the ... -
Material-Directed Chondrogenic Differentiation Under Mechanical Stimulation
The mechanical properties of scaffolds used to encapsulate stem cells are widely known to help direct the differentiation of those stem cells down different lineages. When studying chondrogenesis, the ability of the scaffold ... -
Simplifier for Quantifier-Free Linear Arithmetical Expressions As a Means for Optimizing Automated Proofs of Partial Program Equivalence
The purpose of this study is to introduce performance optimizations and improvements to Pequod, an implementation of an algorithm capable of proving or disproving partial equivalence of two computer programs, given their ... -
Exosome-mediated differentiation of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to trabecular meshwork cells
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness and affects over 70 million people worldwide. Intraocular pressure (IOP), a well-established risk factor for primary open angle glaucoma, the most common form of glaucoma, ... -
An examination of the noninflammatory role of astrocytes in glutamate excitotoxicity in SOD1 G93A ALS mouse model
Astrocytes can be found between the vascular and neuronal elements of the central nervous system, where they take up and release molecules in order to maintain a homeostatic microenvironment for optimal neuron growth. ... -
Optimization of Point Absorber Design in Ocean Wave Energy
The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that affect the efficiency of a wave energy conversion device and design an optimal point absorber float geometry considering the various factors. Factors to be analyzed ... -
A Biophysical Model of Endothelial Cell Behavior during Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCMs) are a collection of enlarged blood vessels with irregular structure in the brain that are caused by a mutation in one of three genes, CCM-1, -2, or -3. For those with CCMs, the ... -
Multi-scale Quantitative Assessment of Apoptosis, Bioenergetics, and Oxidative Stress Molecular Mechanisms in the SOD1 G93A Transgenic ALS Mouse Model
Apoptosis, bioenergetics, and oxidative stress have been implicated in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) disease progression; it is unclear as to how the interactions within this highly inter-related triad of categories ... -
The Effects of Polycrystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Performance
The objective of this study was to investigate the differences in performance between monocrystalline silicon and monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic cells in addition to the effects on the performance of solar powered ... -
Modeling Electrophysiological Dynamics in Transient Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subcallosal Cingulate
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a promising investigational treatment for patients with treatment resistant depression (TRD). However, the exact mechanism of action of SCCwm-DBS is unknown and its effects on the electrophysiology ...
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