Technical Program

Date Location Topic
Week 1
5/27 		Tu (5/27/08):
8.30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Th (5/29/08):
3.00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 		ERF 1043


ERF 1033 		Social Orientation, Lab Assignments (keys, locations, general rules and guidelines, etc.)


Tutorial 1: Lab Safety & Waste Management
Turorial 2: Oral Presentation, Technical Writing
Week 2
6/2 		Th (6/5/08):
3.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 		ERF 1033 Project Description* (Part I): Students-I
Tutorial 3: Man-Machine Interfaces
Week 3
6/9 		Th (6/12/08):
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 		SEL 1033 Project Description* (Part I): Students-II
Tutorial 4: Bio-MEMS
Week 4
6/16 		Th (6/19/08):
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 		SEL 1033 Progress Report** Students-I
Tutorial 5: Nanotechnology
Week 5
6/23 		Tu (6/26/08):
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 		ERF 1033 Progress Report Students-II
Tutorial 6: Electrospinning
Week 6
6/30 		Th (7/3/08):
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 		ERF 1033 Progress Report Students-I
Tutorial 7: Electron Microscopy
Mid-term report due***
Week 7
7/7 		Tu (7/8/08):
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Th (7/10/08):
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 		ERF 1033


ERF 1033 		Tutorial 8: Ethics in Engineering and Science
Progress Report Students-II
Tutorial 9: Combustion Technology
Week 8
7/14 		Th (7/17/08):
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 		ERF 1033 Progress Report Students-I
Tutorial 10: Boron-Based Hydrogen Storage Materials
Week 9
7/21 		Th (7/24/08):
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 		ERF 1033 Progress Report Students-II
Tutorial 11: Intracranial Pressure by MRI
Week 10
7/28 		Th (7/31/08):
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 		ERF 1047 Final Symposium****
Presentation of the 2008 UIC REU-NSF Program
Evaluation

Students – I: Naweed Paya, Emily Meyer, Peter Gu, Carlos Lopez, Danielle Meyers, Shirley
Tan

Students – II: James Lyon, Paul Chando, Katherine Kragh, Elizabeth LeMaster, Madeline
Midgett, Matthew Huberty, Stacey Skaalure

*Project Description: 7-9 min (max) presentation of objectives, 2 page handout for all participants

**Progress Report: 8-10 min (max) presentation of accomplishments and open challenges, 2-page handout for all participants

***Mid-term written report due at the end of the sixth week of our program (July 6, 2008).

****Final Symposium:

Oral Presentation to REU members, industrial participants, and other colleagues and students

Final written report including documentation of all work, research results and measurements.

All REU Site projects/final written reports must lead to manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Undergraduate Research (http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/~jur/)