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 [841]
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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Hsp90 and the Evolution of Novel Cellular Differentiation
Cellular differentiation is a prerequisite for complex multicellular life, yet little is known about how it evolves de novo. Several mechanisms may explain how early multicellular organisms evolved to perform cell-specific ... -
On the Rank of Random, Symmetric Matrices over Z_2 via Random Graphs
It is well-known that the game of \textit{Lights Out} on a graph $G$ with $|V(G)| = n$ is universally solvable if and only if the sum of the adjacency matrix of $G$ and the identity matrix $I_{n}$ is invertible over $\Z_2$. ... -
The effects of AT-RvD1 delivery on SPM metabolism, myeloid recruitment, and myogenesis in a murine model of Volumetric Muscle Loss injury
Volumetric Muscle Loss injury (VML) is the partial ablation of skeletal muscle, usually on the extremities, sustained through traumatic or surgical means, such as motor vehicle accidents, military combat, or surgical ... -
Measuring Cerebral Blood Flow in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs), which are defined by an absence of overt structural damage in the brain have been associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's Disease when sustained multiple times over an interval. ... -
Differentiation and Proliferation of Therapeutic T cells from umbilical cord blood derived cells
Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide; in 2018, there were 18.1 million new cases and 9.5 million cancer-related deaths. Current methods, such as chemotherapy, have been used for decades and while it is a ... -
Applying a hierarchical linear model to investigate intra-individual variability in response time as a predictor for neurocognitive impairment
The Alzheimer’s Association Research Roundtable has called for research to focus on the development of diagnostics that identify dementia and Alzheimer’s’ disease (AD) before overt symptoms arise and the disease accelerates. ... -
Characterizing Solid State Battery Degradation Using Optical Microscopy and Operando X-Ray Tomography
The implementation of solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) into lithium-ion batteries shows much promise in enabling the use of higher energy density anodes, such as pure lithium metal. However, the implementation of SSEs and ... -
The True Cost: An Analysis of Course Registration Patterns in the College of Sciences
In the United States, less than half of college students who enroll in a STEM program will graduate with a STEM degree (Chen 2013). Attrition rates are disproportionately high for marginalized students, leading to a ... -
An Anti-Influenza Strategy Based on siRNA Approach Targeting the Critical Viral and Host Factors
The influenza virus remains a major public health concern causing significant morbidity and mortality in humans. Vaccination is considered the most effective prevention strategy as antivirals are suboptimal in treating the ... -
The role of action observation in prosthesis learning
When portions of upper limbs are lost, persons with new amputations must re-learn how to exist within the world. This involves training patients on prosthetic devices that aim to replace limb functionality; however, these ... -
Providing Proprioceptive Feedback Via A Simultaneous Skin Stretch And Vibrotactile Haptic Display
This paper presents the development and testing of a non-invasive haptic display that will provide proprioceptive information to a user about the location of the prosthetic device. This is accomplished using a previously ... -
Generating Knowledge Graphs using GPT-J for Automated Story Generation Purposes
Automated story generation is a recent challenge in artificial intelligence that aims to create stories in coherent ways. While it’s made much progress, stories are still not coherent; however, a possible solution is to ... -
Modeling Aortic Valvular Leaflet Thrombosis Risk Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is the thickening of the aortic valve leaflets in the heart due to calcium buildup. Currently, the most widespread treatment option is transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a minimally ... -
Understanding Intrusive Questioning in Online Conversations
In online mental health platforms, ensuring that vulnerable users receive care without harm is of paramount importance. Our group created a representative, data-driven semantic taxonomy for harmful behaviors that occur on ... -
Improving Online Instructional Design using Memory, Attention, and Engagement
Neuroscience research supports a relationship between the psychological constructions of attention and engagement. The level of selective attention and engagement present during the learning process correlates with increased ... -
Including a Warm Corona within the Inner Accretion Disk of Active Galactic Nuclei
Warm coronae, Comptonizing regions of warm (temperature kT ∼ 1keV), and optically thick (Thomson depth ∼ 10 - 20) gas, at the surfaces of accretion disks in active galactic nuclei (AGNs), have been proposed to explain the ... -
Exploration of copper-catalyzed Grignard cross-coupling between 3-halo-4-alkoxybenzoates and bromoisoprenoids
Allylic functionality, often taking the form of terpenes, is a mainstay of marine natural products. The aryl-allyl connection is particularly common, appearing in several product classes derived from Callophycus serratus, ... -
Prediction and Visualization of RNA Secondary Structures
Non-coding RNAs play key roles in cellular systems such as transcription and translation. Computational predictive methods provide insight into the secondary structures of non-coding RNAs from diverse organisms for which ... -
Improving the Balance of a Random-access Data Structure on a Migratory Thread Platform
In this work, we look at a distributed random-access data structure provided with a migratory-thread platform: the Lucata Pathfinder, called a chunked array. A chunked array provides sequential locality on sections of the ... -
Metagenomic evaluation of the caddisfly-associated microbiome and its implications for nutrient cycling in montane streams
Anthropogenic excess nitrogen in the environment has many negative impacts on environmental and human health, including eutrophication, pollution, and loss of biodiversity. River systems carry the burden of regulating this ...
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